Gabriele Detti

Gabriele Detti is an Italian former competitive swimmer, born on 29 August 1994 in Livorno, who specialised in middle and long distance freestyle. He is a two-time Olympic medallist, winning bronze in both the 400 metre and the 1500 metre freestyle at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and he competed at three Games in all, in 2012, 2016 and 2020. In 2017 he became world champion in the 800 metre freestyle at the World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, setting a European record of 7:40.77, and he took bronze in the 400 metre freestyle at that meeting and again at Gwangju in 2019. The Italian National Olympic Committee gave him its Gold Collar for Sporting Merit in 2017.