Daniele Tirabassi
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 Venezuela | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 August 1986 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Pine Crest Swim Team (USA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Daniele Tirabassi (born August 16, 1986) is a Venezuelan swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events.[1] He is a multiple-time Venezuelan champion and record holder for both individual and relay freestyle events. He also won two medals, silver and bronze, in the 200 and 400 m freestyle at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.[2]
Tirabassi qualified for the men's 400 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 3:52.69 from the Latin Cup in Serravalle, San Marino.[3] He challenged four other swimmers on the first heat, including three-time Olympian Květoslav Svoboda of the Czech Republic. He raced to second place by nearly three seconds behind Norway's Gard Kvale in 3:53.26. Tirabassi failed to advance into the final, as he placed thirty-first overall on the first night of the preliminary heats.[4]
At the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome, Italy, Tirabassi set a Venezuelan record of 1:48.51 to touch the wall first on the tenth heat of the 200 m freestyle.[5] At the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, Tirabassi posted a time of 1:52.31 to round out the field in last place on the same distance, but missed his record by nearly four seconds.[6]
Tirabassi is also a member of the Pine Crest Swim Team in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he trained with numerous world-class swimmers including three-time Olympian Bradley Ally of Barbados, and Genaro Prono, an Auburn University graduate and a breaststroke specialist from Paraguay.[7]
References
- ↑ "Daniele Tirabassi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ↑ "Venezuela tiene peso en Mayagüez" [Venezuela has medal in Mayaguez] (in Spanish). Lider en Deportes. 22 July 2010. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
- ↑ "Latin Cup: Italy Dominates Meet". Swimming World Magazine. 28 April 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 400m Freestyle Heat 1". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ↑ "2009 FINA World Championships (Rome, Italy) – Men's 200m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ↑ "Pan American Games: Frasers Turn in Sibling 1-2; Three Pan American Games Records Fall". Swimming World Magazine. 18 October 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- ↑ Fitzgerald, Jay (11 November 2008). "Pine Crest Swimming – The Beijing Story". Pine Crest Swim Team. Retrieved 25 December 2012.