Luca Dotto

Luca Dotto (born 18 April 1990) is an Italian swimmer. He holds the Italian record in the 100 m freestyle with a time of 47.96 and was the first Italian to break 48 seconds.[1] He also won the silver medal in the 50 m freestyle at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai.

Luca Dotto
Personal information
National team Italy
Born (1990-04-18) 18 April 1990
Camposampiero, Italy
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubG.S. Forestale

Dotto is an athlete of the Centro Sportivo Carabinieri.[2]

Biography

He competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, competing in the 50 m and 100 m freestyle, and as part of the Italian men's 4 x 100 m freestyle and 4 x 100 m medley on both occasions.[3]

References

  1. Lord, Craig (21 April 2016). "Gabriele Detti Puts Rosolino's 2000 Mark On Notice At 3:43; Luca Dotto A Pioneer On 47.96". Swimvortex. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. "IL GENERALE TULLIO DEL SETTE INCONTRA GLI ATLETI ALLA CERIMONIA DI INAGUARAZIONE DEI NUOVI IMPIANTI SPORTIVI" (in Italian). carabinieri.it. Retrieved 17 March 2020. Tra loro, oltre ai già citati Garozzo, Errigo, Miracco e De Luca, anche l’argento olimpico di Rio 2016 nel tiro a volo Chiara Cainero, il judoka Matteo Marconcini, 5° alle olimpiadi, i nuotatori Luca Dotto e Silvia Di Pietro, i canottieri Paolo Di Girolamo e Stefano Oppo, la marciatrice Noemi Stella, l’oro europeo di tiro a volo Massimo Fabbrizi, la triatleta Angelica Olmo, il mezzofondista Yohanes Chiappinelli, e numerosi altri ancora.
  3. "Luca Dotto Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
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