Matteo Rivolta
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| Personal information | |
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| Born | 16 November 1991 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 | |
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.
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]
Achievements
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Performance | Notes |
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| 2012 | European Championships (LC) |  Debrecen | 3rd | 100 m butterfly | 52"40 | |
| 1st | 4 × 100 m medley | 3'32"80 |  | |||
| 2022 | European Championships (LC) |  Roma | 1st | 4 × 100 m medley | 3'28"46 |  |
References
[edit]- ^ "Programma e orari degli atleti cremisi in gara" (in Italian). poliziadistato.it. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Matteo Rivolta at Olympics.com". olympics.com. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Matteo RIVOLTA | Medals | FINA Official". FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Matteo RIVOLTA | Results | FINA Official". FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ^ a b c "Competition Results | FINA Official". FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Competition Results | FINA Official". FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
External links
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Media related to Matteo Rivolta at Wikimedia Commons- Matteo Rivolta at World Aquatics
- Matteo Rivolta at the International Swimming League
- Matteo Rivolta at Swimrankings.net
- Matteo Rivolta at Olympics.com
- Matteo Rivolta at Olympedia
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