![]() Luca Pizzini (right) at the Rio 2016 Olympics. | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Italian |
Born | Verona, Veneto, Italy | 8 April 1989
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Breaststroke |
Club | CS Carabinieri |
Medal record |
Luca Pizzini (born 8 April 1989) is an Italian swimmer specialized in breaststroke. A junior medallist at both European and World Championships, he earned bronze medals in the 2013 Summer Universiade and the 2016 European Aquatics Championships. [1] He also competed in the men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [2]
At the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, contested in August at Foro Italico in Rome, Pizzini won the bronze medal in the 200 metre breaststroke with a time of 2:09.97. [3] [4] [5] [6]