Santo Condorelli
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Full name | Santo Yukio Condorelli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Canada (2015–2018)[1] Italy (2018–Present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kita-hiroshima, Hokkaido, Japan | January 17, 1995||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle, butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Bolles School[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Southern California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Santo Yukio Condorelli (born January 17, 1995) is an Italian competitive swimmer who previously competed for Canada.[3] He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, winning a silver medal.[4][5]
Personal life[]
Santo Condorelli was born in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido, Japan on January 17, 1995 to parents Joseph and Tonya Condorelli. Condorelli was raised in the Portland, Oregon suburb of Lake Oswego[6] and began swimming when he was 5 years old with the encouragement of his father. He was able to compete for the Canadian team because his mother was born and raised in Kenora, Ontario., and for Italy because of his father.[7]
Swimming[]
Condorelli competed in the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, and the 2014 Phillips 66 Summer National Championships while representing the United States.[7] At the 2013 American Junior National Swimming Championships, he set an American National Age Group Record for the 17-18 age group in the 100 m Freestyle. Starting in 2015, he began to represent Canada, and received a bronze medal at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships for the 4 × 100 m Mixed Freestyle Relay alongside Yuri Kisil, Chantal van Landeghem, and Sandrine Mainville, and finished 4th at the 100m freestyle event, missing the podium by 0.07 seconds.[8] He also received two individual and two relay medals at the 2015 Pan American Games.[9]
Condorelli swam collegiately for the University of Southern California from 2013-2018, utilizing a redshirt for the 2015 season leading up to the 2016 Summer Olympics.
In 2016, he was named to Canada's Olympic team for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[10] He finished 4th in the 100 m freestyle in a time of 47.88, missing a bronze medal by 0.03 seconds.
Rituals[]
Prior to his swims, Condorelli gives the finger to his father, who returns the gesture back to him, as a way to boost confidence and relieve stress.[11]
References[]
- ^ "Santo Condorelli". SwimSwam. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
- ^ Wilson, Jenny (November 13, 2012). "Getting to Know the Bolles School Dream Team". Swimswam. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
- ^ COC Profile
- ^ "Rosà all'Olimpiade con Manuel Frigo". Vicenzareport - Notizie, Cronaca, Cultura, Sport di Vicenza e provincia (in Italian). 2021-07-16. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
- ^ "Swimming CONDORELLI Santo - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Sherman, Matt (August 11, 2016). "Santo Condorelli shines for Canada in Brazil". Lake Oswego Review. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- ^ a b "Santo Condorelli". Official Canadian Olympic Team Website | Team Canada | 2014 Winter Olympics. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
- ^ "Omega Timing - Results - 16th FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Kazan Russia 7/24/2015 - 8/9/2015". www.omegatiming.com. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
- ^ "Swimming Schedule & Results - Toronto 2015 Pan American Games". results.toronto2015.org. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
- ^ "Olympic Team Nominated for Rio 2016". Swimming Canada. Swimming Canada. 10 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ "Santo Condorelli Flips His Dad Off Before Races In Best Ritual Ever". The Huffington Post. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
External links[]
- Media related to Santo Condorelli at Wikimedia Commons
- Biography at swimming.ca
- Living people
- 1995 births
- Sportspeople from Hokkaido
- Swimmers from Portland, Oregon
- Italian male freestyle swimmers
- Italian male butterfly swimmers
- Canadian male freestyle swimmers
- Canadian male butterfly swimmers
- American male freestyle swimmers
- American male butterfly swimmers
- Canadian people of Italian descent
- Italian people of Canadian descent
- American people of Italian descent
- American people of Canadian descent
- Swimmers at the 2015 Pan American Games
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada
- Olympic swimmers of Italy
- Olympic swimmers of Canada
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Bolles School alumni
- USC Trojans men's swimmers
- Pan American Games medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in swimming
- Olympic silver medalists for Italy