Domenico Fioravanti

Domenico Fioravanti is a retired Italian breaststroke swimmer, born on 31 May 1977 in Trecate near Novara in Piedmont. He started competing at the age of nine, took part in his first European Championship in 1995 and was European champion in the 100 metre breaststroke in 1999. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney he became the first Italian swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal, and he won both the 100 metre and the 200 metre breaststroke. At the 2001 World Championships he won silver in the 100 metre breaststroke and bronze in the 50 metre breaststroke, and he won the Italian national championship thirty times. A genetic heart anomaly forced him to retire from competitive swimming in 2004. His long course personal bests include 1:00.46 for 100 metres and 2:10.87 for 200 metres.