Massimiliano Rosolino
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 Massimiliano Rosolino |
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Competitor for  Italy |
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| Men’s Swimming | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 2000 Sydney | 200 m individual medley | |
| Silver | 2000 Sydney[1] | 400 m freestyle | |
| Bronze | 2000 Sydney | 200 m freestyle | |
| Bronze | 2004 Athens[2] | 4x200 m freestyle relay | |
| World Aquatics Championship | |||
| Gold | 2001 Fukuoka | 200 m individual medley | |
| Silver | 1998 Perth | 200 m freestyle | |
| Silver | 2001 Fukuoka | 4x200 m freestyle relay | |
| Silver | 2007 Melbourne[3] | 4x100 m freestyle relay | |
| Bronze | 2003 Barcelona[4] | 200 m individual medley | |
| World Championships (SC) | |||
| Gold | 2006 Shanghai | 4x200 m Freestyle | |
| Silver | 2000 Athens[5] | 200 m Freestyle | |
| Silver | 2008 Manchester | 400 m Freestyle | |
| Bronze | 1999 Hong Kong | 400 m Freestyle | |
| Bronze | 2000 Athens | 400 m Freestyle | |
| Bronze | 2000 Athens | 200 m Medley | |
| Bronze | 2006 Shanghai | 400 m Freestyle | |
| Bronze | 2006 Shanghai[6] | 200 m freestyle | |
| Bronze | 2008 Manchester | 200 m Freestyle | |
| Bronze | 2008 Manchester | 4x200 m Freestyle | |
| European Championships (LC) | |||
| Gold | 2000 Helsinki | 200 m Freestyle | |
| Gold | 2000 Helsinki | 200 m Medley | |
| Gold | 2000 Helsinki | 4x200 m Freestyle | |
| Gold | 2002 Berlin | 4x200 m Freestyle | |
| Gold | 2004 Madrid | 4x200 m Freestyle | |
| Gold | 2006 Budapest | 4x100 m Freestyle | |
| Gold | 2006 Budapest | 4x200 m Freestyle | |
| Gold | 2008 Eindhoven | 4x200 m Freestyle | |
| Silver | 1997 Seville | 200 m Freestyle | |
| Silver | 1997 Seville | 400 m Freestyle | |
| Silver | 1999 Istanbul | 200 m Medley | |
| Silver | 2002 Berlin | 400 m Freestyle | |
| Silver | 2006 Budapest | 200 m Freestyle | |
| Silver | 2006 Budapest | 400 m Freestyle | |
| Silver | 2008 Eindhoven | 400 m Freestyle | |
| Silver | 2008 Eindhoven | 4x100 m Freestyle | |
| Bronze | 1995 Vienna | 4x200 m Freestyle | |
| Bronze | 1999 Istanbul | 200 m Freestyle | |
| Bronze | 2002 Berlin | 200 m Freestyle | |
| Bronze | 2004 Madrid | 200 m Medley | |
| Bronze | 2008 Eindhoven | 200 m Freestyle | |
Massimiliano ("Massi") Rosolino (born July 11, 1978) is an Italian swimmer.
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[edit] Biography
Born in Naples (Santa Lucia) of an Italian father, Salvatore, and Australian mother, Carolyn, he moved to Australia at the age of three, coming back to Italy at six. Rosolino declared about his beginnings as a swimmer:
| “ | I learned to float by sheer chance at the age of 4. Instead of the common arm floating bands, they made me swim with a headboard. Unfortunately it had a hole, and by the time I finally got out of the small and deep pool, the headboard had drowned... The first real swimming course I took was when I was 6 years old, and after that, lesson by lesson, I got to the pre-competition level. I always had a hard life, even though I was physically well-built, I always had to fight to become number 1, and even though I won a lot of races, I remember every race with emotion: the first regional championships, the national ones, the Young Europeans, and of course all the stomach aches I had. | ” |
In 2002 he moved back to Australia to train with coach Ian Pope at the Melbourne Vicentre Club.
His first participation in the Olympics was in 1996 at Atlanta. He reached three finals (200 m, 400 m and 4x200 m freestyle), scoring sixth in all of them. Rosolino declared he was unsatisfied by these results, in spite of the great improvements he showed, and that he would have to work hard to reach the highest level.
At Sydney, in 2000, he won three medals. He won the 200 m medley (setting an Olympic Record), while in the 400 m freestyle he finished behind an unbeatable Ian Thorpe. In the 200 m freestyle he was third: he was beaten again by the Australian champion and also by the winner, Pieter van den Hoogenband from Netherlands.
The 2004 games in Athens proved less satisfactory: Rosolino managed to achieve only a third place finish in the 4x200 m freestyle relay final.
Besides these results, Rosolino won one gold (200 m medley, Fukuoka 2001), two silver and one bronze medal at several Swimming World Championships. These are matched by one gold medal, one silver and three bronze medals in 25m pool events. At the European Championship his scores included 3 silver and 3 bronze medals, plus five gold, 3 silver and one bronze in 25m swimpool editions. He currently (2006) holds the Italian 200 m medley and 800 m freestyle records. Rosolino's popular nickname is Cagnaccio (Bad Dog).
[edit] Personal bests
In long-course swim pools Rosolino's personal bests are:
- 100 m freestyle: 49.35
- 200 m freestyle: 1:46.60 (Italian record)
- 400 m freestyle: 3:43.40 (European record)
- 800 m freestyle: 7:50.40
- 200 m ind. medley: 1:58.98 (Italian record)
[edit] 57 Medals
| _ | _ | Individuals | Relay | Total | |||||||
| Manifestation | Editions | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Olympics | 2 (2000/2004) | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| World Championships (LC) | 5 (1998-2007) | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| European Championships (LC) | 8 (1995-2008) | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 21 |
| World Championships (SC) | 5 (1999-2008) | - | 1 | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| European Championships (LC) | 10 (1998-2007) | 7 | 7 | 4 | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| _ | 30 (1995-2008) | 11 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 57 |
[edit] References
- ^ ESPN Sydney Swimming. Retrieved on 2007-07-22.
- ^ 2004 Olympic Games swimming results. Retrieved on 2007-07-22.
- ^ 12th FINA World Championships. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
- ^ 2003 World Championships - Short Course Swim Rankings results. Retrieved on 2007-07-24.
- ^ 5th FINA World Swimming Championships. Retrieved on 2007-07-24.
- ^ Shanghai 2006 results. Retrieved on 2007-07-24.
[edit] External links
- www.rosolino.com Personal site (Italian) (English)
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