Gabriele Detti
Gabriele Detti (born 29 August 1994) is an Italian competitive swimmer,[2] who is a two-time Olympic medalist and the 2017 world champion of the 800 m freestyle. He competed at the 2012, 2016, and 2020 Summer Olympics.[3][4]
Career highlights
[edit]At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Detti competed in the men's 1500 metre freestyle, finishing in 13th place overall in the heats, failing to qualify for the final. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the men's 400 metre freestyle[5] as well as a bronze medal in the men's 1500 metre freestyle, race won by teammate Gregorio Paltrinieri.[6]
At the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Detti won the bronze medal in the 400 m. Later he won the gold medal in the 800 m, becoming the world champion in the distance and setting the new European record in a time of 7:40.77. Two years later Detti confirmed his bronze medal in the 400 m freestyle in Gwangju 2019, sharing the podium with Sun Yang and Mack Horton, as already happened in Rio and in Budapest.
Personal bests (LC)
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References
[edit]- ^ "Profile of Gabriele Detti". Rio 2016. 7 August 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ "Gabriele Detti". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 15 May 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ "Swimming DETTI Gabriele - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ Nazione, La (22 July 2021). "Olimpiadi, la scheda degli atleti: Gabriele Detti, nuoto". La Nazione (in Italian). Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ "Rio 2016 Swimming 400m Freestyle Men Results". olympics.com. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Paltrinieri and Detti win Italy's first medals in the 1500 freestyle". swimswam.com. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
External links
[edit]- Gabriele Detti at World Aquatics
- Gabriele Detti at Olympedia (archive)
- Gabriele Detti at Olympics.com
- Gabriele Detti at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)
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- 1994 births
- Sportspeople from Livorno
- Living people
- Olympic swimmers for Italy
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Italian male freestyle swimmers
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
- Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Swimmers of Gruppo Sportivo Esercito
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen