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Matteo Rivolta
Italian swimmer (born 1991) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Matteo Rivolta (born 16 November 1991) is a male Italian swimmer. He won bronze medal in 100 metres butterfly at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships.
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Personal information | |
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Born | (1991-11-16) 16 November 1991 (age 32) Milan, Italy |
Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Butterfly |
Club | Team Insubrika |
Coach | Gianni Leoni |
Medal record |
Rivolta an athlete of the Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro.[1]
He competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he finished 22nd in the 100 m butterfly and was part of the Italian team that finished in 14th in the men's 4 × 100 m medley relay.[2] At the 2016 Olympics, he finished in 25th in the 100 m butterfly.[2]
At the 2012 European Championships, he was part of the Italian team that won gold in the men's 4 × 100 m medley relay, and won bronze in the men's 100 m butterfly.[3]
At the 2015 European Short Course Championships, he was part of the Italian team that won gold in the men's 4 × 100 m medley relay, and won silver in the men's 100 m butterfly.[3] At the 2017 European Short Course Championship, he won the men's 100 m butterfly.[3]
In 2021, he won the gold in the 100 m butterfly and bronze in the 50 m butterfly at the Short Course World Championship, setting a new Italian record.[4][5] As of December 2022, he also holds the Italian short course record in the 100 m butterfly.[4] He was part of the Italian team that won gold in the men's 4 × 100 m relay in a new championship record of 3:19.76 (with Lorenzo Mora, Nicolo Martinenghi and Alessandro Miressi)[5] and bronze in the men's 4 x 50 m medley relay (with Mora, Martinenghi and Lorenzo Zazzeri).[5] At the 2021 European Short Course championships he won silver in the men's 50 m butterfly and the men's 4 x 50 m medley relay.[3]
At the 2022 Short Course World Championships, he was part of the Italian 4 x 50 m medley relay team that won the gold medal in a new world record time of 1:29.72 (with Mora, Martinenghi and Leonardo Deplano).[4][6] At that championships, he was also part of the Italian team that won bronze in the 4 × 100 m medley relay, with a new European record time (with Mora, Martinenghi and Miressi).[4][6] He was also part of the Italian 4 × 100 m medley relay team that won gold at the European Long Course Championships.[4]