Date of birth: 03/08/1988
Place of birth: Lugo
Height x weight: 1,87 x 85
First Club: Libertas Nuoto Forlì
Club: Esercito
First Coach: Cristina Giorgini
Coach: Cesare Casella
Other sports: Motorcycling, Formula 1, tennis
Hobby: Cinema
Relationship Status: Single
Olympic Club: Yes
Olympic Games Participation:
1 (Londra 2012)
Biography
He is the breaststroke man and the captain of the national swimming team. In 2011, he had a dream season winning two silver medals at the Shanghai World Cup in the 50m and 100m breaststroke, then a torn cruciate ligament seemed put his career in doubt, but, after a long rehabilitation and new technical choices, he has managed to improve himself with time. He has a reckless soul that leads him to love speed and extreme sports, but in his private life, all his “folly” is for Martina Carraro, a fellow breaststroke swimmer with whom he shares his house and training. After the defeat at the London Games, in which he finished only seventh in the 100m breaststroke, he decided to get a tattoo with five circles with a clock fixed at the finishing time, so as not to forget the disappointment of that moment, but also to have the motivation to carry on and improve. He failed to qualify for Rio, so Tokyo has the air of redemption.
Palmares
PrintOlympic Games
7° Londra (GBR) 2012 – 100 rana
14° Londra (GBR) 2012 – 4x100 misti
World Championships
2° Shanghai (CHN) 2011 – 50 rana
2° Shanghai (CHN) 2011 – 100 rana
11° Shanghai (CHN) 2011 – 4x100 mista
5° Barcellona (ESP) 2013 – 100 rana
6° Barcellona (ESP) 2013 – 4x100 mista
18° Barcellona (ESP) 2013 – 50 rana
6° Budapest (HUN) 2017 – 50 rana
18° Budapest (HUN) 2017 – 100 rana
9° Gwangju (KOR) 2019 – 100 rana
6° Gwangju (KOR) 2019 – 4x100 misti mista
European Championships
1° Budapest (HUN) 2010 – 50 rana
3° Budapest (HUN) 2010 – 100 rana
5° Budapest (HUN) 2010 – 4x100 mista
1° Debrecen (HUN) 2012 – 100 rana
1° Debrecen (HUN) 2012 – 4x100 mista
2° Debrecen (HUN) 2012 – 50 rana
2° Londra (GBR) 2016 – 4x100 misti mista
10° Londra (GBR) 2016 – 50 rana
9° Londra (GBR) 2016 – 100 rana
2° Glasgow (GBR) 2018 – 50 rana
3° Glasgow (GBR) 2018 – 4x100 misti mista
5° Glasgow (GBR) 2018 – 100 rana