Luca Marin

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Medal record
Competitor for Flag of Italy Italy
Men's swimming
World Championships - Long Course
Silver 2005 Montreal[1] 400 m indivdual medley
Bronze 2007 Melbourne[2] 400 m indivdual medley
World Championships - Short Course
Silver 2006 Shanghai[3] 400 m individual medley
European Championships - Long Course
Silver 2004 400 m medley
Silver 2006 400 m medley
Bronze 2008 Eindhoven 400 m medley
European Championships - Short Course
Gold 2006 400 m medley
Silver 2004 400 m medley
Silver 2005 400 m medley
Silver 2007 400 m medley

Luca Marin (born 9 April 1986 in Vittoria, Ragusa) is an Italian medley swimmer. He specializes in the 400 m medley, and won six silver medals at the European and World Championship in this event. At the 2006 European Championship he won a gold medal, beating László Cseh, world record holder. He participated for Italy in the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens, achieving 10th place.

He was engaged to the French swimmer Laure Manaudou, Olympic gold medalist. Following their much publicized breakup during the European Championships in 2007, Luca was accused of releasing lewd pictures of Laure on the Internet. He denied being the culprit.

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