Domenico Fioravanti (born 31 May 1977) is a retired Italian competitive swimmer who won two gold medals in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Career Domenico Fioravanti was born at Novara, Piedmont. He started to swim competitively at the age of nine, and one year later began training daily, spurred by his elder brother Massimiliano who was also a swimmer. In 1995 he took part at his first European Championship. In 1999 he was European champion in the 100 m breaststroke. In 2000 Fioravanti became the first Italian swimmer to win a gold medal in the Olympic Games, winning both the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke races. He also won another gold European medal in the 100 m breaststroke. In 2001 he received the silver medal in the 100 m breaststroke and bronze medal in the 50 m breaststroke at the World Championship. Moreover, he won the Italian championship thirty times. In 2004 he was forced to retire from competitive swimming due to a genetic heart anomaly. Personal bests In long course swimming, Fioravanti's personal bests are: 50 m breaststroke: 27.72 100 m breaststroke: 1:00.46 200 m breaststroke: 2:10.87 See also Italian swimmers multiple medalists at the internetional competitions List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame References External links 1977 births Sportspeople from the Province of Novara Living people Italian male swimmers Italian male breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers of Italy Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Italy World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Swimmers of Fiamme Gialle Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Swimmers at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Goodwill Games medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games 20th-century Italian people