Gabriele Detti

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Gabriele Detti
Personal information
National team Italy
Born (1994-08-29) 29 August 1994 (age 27)[1]
Livorno, Italy
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
CoachStefano Morini
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Italy
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 2
World Championships (LC) 1 0 2
World Championships (SC) 0 0 1
European Championships (LC) 1 2 4
European Championships (SC) 0 2 3
Total 2 4 12
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 1500 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2017 Budapest 800 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Budapest 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Gwangju 400 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Hangzhou 400 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2016 London 400 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2016 London 800 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2016 London 1500 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Berlin 800 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Berlin 1500 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2016 London 4x200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Budapest 800 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place 2012 Chartres 400 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2015 Netanya 1500 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Herning 1500 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Netanya 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Glasgow 400 m freestyle

Gabriele Detti (born 29 August 1994) is an Italian competitive swimmer,[2] who was for a time the world champion of the 800 m freestyle. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3][4]

Career highlights[]

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)[]

Event Time Meet Note(s)
200 m freestyle 1:46.38 2017 Italian Championships
400 m freestyle 3:43.23 2019 World Aquatics Championships NR
800 m freestyle 7:40.77 2017 World Aquatics Championships ER
1500 m freestyle 14:40.86 2016 Summer Olympics

References[]

  1. ^ "Profile of Gabriele Detti". Rio 2016. 7 August 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Swimming DETTI Gabriele - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  4. ^ Nazione, La (22 July 2021). "Olimpiadi, la scheda degli atleti: Gabriele Detti, nuoto". La Nazione (in Italian). Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Rio 2016 Swimming 400m Freestyle Men Results". olympics.com. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Paltrinieri and Detti win Italy's first medals in the 1500 freestyle". swimswam.com. Retrieved 17 May 2021.

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