Giovanni Franceschi

Giovanni Franceschi

Personal information
Full name	Giovanni Franceschi
Nickname(s)	"Long John"
Nationality	Italy
Born	(1963-04-25) 25 April 1963 Milan, Italy
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Medal record European Championships 1983 Rome 200 m medley 1983 Rome 400 m medley 1981 Split 200 m medley 1981 Split 200 m medley World Championships 1982 Guayaquil 200 m medley Mediterranean Games 1983 Casablanca 400 m medley 1979 Split 400 m medley

Giovanni Franceschi (born 25 April 1963 in Milan) is an Italian swimmer who won two five medals in medley disciplines at European Championships of 1981–1983. He also competed in three events at the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics with the best achievement of eights place in the 400 m medley in 1984.^[1] During his career, Franceschi won 41 national titles in various freestyle, backstroke, butterfly and medley events.^[2]

Biography

His elder brother, Raffaele Franceschi, is also a retired Olympic swimmer.^[1] He encouraged Giovanni to start swimming in a pool, which was located just meters from their home.^[2]

Franceschi is currently leading a project, SwimCamp, which aims to improve swimming technique of any participant older than 8 years old.^[3]

References

External links

• Official site