Domenico Fioravanti

Domenico Fioravanti was born in Trecate, near Novara, Piedmont. He started swimming competitively at the age of nine, and one year later began training daily, spurred by his elder brother Massimiliano who was also a swimmer. In 1995 he took part in his first European Championship. In 1999 he was European champion in the 100 m breaststroke.

In 2000 Fioravanti became the first Italian swimmer to win a gold medal in the Olympic Games, winning both the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke races. He also won another gold European medal in the 100 m breaststroke. In 2001 he received the silver medal in the 100 m breaststroke and bronze medal in the 50 m breaststroke at the World Championship. Moreover, he won the Italian championship thirty times. In 2004 he was forced to retire from competitive swimming due to a genetic heart anomaly.

In long-course swimming, Fioravanti's personal bests are:

• 50 m breaststroke: 27.72
• 100 m breaststroke: 1:00.46
• 200 m breaststroke: 2:10.87

• Italian swimmers multiple medalists at the internetional competitions
• List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame

• Domenico Fioravanti at World Aquatics 
• Domenico Fioravanti at SwimRankings.net 
• Domenico Fioravanti at the International Swimming Hall of Fame 
• Domenico Fioravanti at Olympics.com 
• Domenico Fioravanti at Olympedia 
• Domenico Fioravanti at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)