Alessandro Miressi

Alessandro Miressi, born on 2 October 1998, is an Italian freestyle sprinter who has become one of the leading Italian swimmers of the early 2020s. He holds the Italian record in the 100 metre freestyle in both the long course and the short course pool, and he is a world record holder as part of the short course 4x100 metre freestyle relay. His individual titles include the 2018 European long course championship in the 100 metre freestyle and the 2021 world short course title in the same event, with further silver and bronze medals at the European and world championships between 2019 and 2022. At the 2020 Summer Olympics he won a silver medal in the men's 4x100 metre freestyle relay and a bronze in the men's 4x100 metre medley relay, and placed sixth in the individual 100 metre freestyle. Outside the pool he studied exercise science at the University of Turin.