Paolo Barelli

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Paolo Barelli is an Italian Senator and president of the Italian Swimming Federation, in his youth Barelli was a world class swimmer.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Swimmer 1.2 Politician 2 Footnotes

[edit] Biography

Paolo Barelli was born in Rome on the 7 June 1954, was an Olympic Swimmer for Italy, an entrepreneur and a politician for the Forza Italia party.

[edit] Swimmer

Barelli broke 23 times the Italian record in many distances, namely 100 m butterfly and relays^[1].
He participated to the Summer Olympics of Munich 1972^[2].
In 1975 he won a gold medal at the Mediterranean Games of Algiers in 100 m butterfly (58.10 s).^[3]
In Montreal 1976 he achieved the Olympic final with the 4 x 200 m freestyle (7th) and the 4 x 100 m medley (8th)^[2].
He was elected president of the Italian Swimming Federation in 2000, he his the first high level swimmer to cover this position^[4].

[edit] Politician

He entered politics with the Silvio Berlusconi's party Forza Italia, was elected to the Italian Senate in 2001^[5] and reelected in 2006^[6].

[edit] Footnotes