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Antonio Fantin

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Antonio Fantin
Personal information
Nationality Italy
Born (2001-08-03) 3 August 2001 (age 23)
Latisana, Italy
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesfreestyle, backstroke
ClubFiamme Oro Nuoto, Aspea Padova, SS Lazio Nuoto
CoachMatteo Poli, Federica Fornasiero
Medal record
Men's para swimming
Representing  Italy
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Paralympic Games 2 4 1
World Championships 5 3 3
European Championships 9 2 1
Total 16 9 5
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 100 m freestyle S6
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 100 m freestyle S6
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Mixed 4 × 50 m freestyle relay 20pts
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 400 m freestyle S6
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m freestyle 34 pts
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris 400 m freestyle S6
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 4x100 m medley relay 34pts
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Mexico City 400 m freestyle SM6
Gold medal – first place 2022 Madeira 400 m freestyle S6
Gold medal – first place 2022 Madeira 50 m freestyle S6
Gold medal – first place 2023 Manchester 50 m freestyle S6
Gold medal – first place 2023 Manchester 100 m freestyle S6
Silver medal – second place 2017 Mexico City 4 x 50 freestyle relay 20pts
Silver medal – second place 2017 Mexico City 4 x 100 freestyle relay 34pts
Silver medal – second place 2023 Manchester 400 m freestyle S6
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Mexico City 100 m freestyle SM6
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Mexico City 100 m backstroke SM6
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Madeira 100 m backstroke S6
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Dublin 50 m freestyle S5
Gold medal – first place 2018 Dublin 100 m freestyle S5
Gold medal – first place 2018 Dublin 4 x 50 freestyle relay 20pts
Gold medal – first place 2018 Dublin 4 x 100 freestyle relay 34pts
Gold medal – first place 2020 Madeira 50 m Freestyle S6
Gold medal – first place 2020 Madeira 100 m Freestyle S6
Gold medal – first place 2020 Madeira 400 m Freestyle S6
Gold medal – first place 2024 Madeira 100 m Freestyle S6
Gold medal – first place 2024 Madeira 400 m Freestyle S6
Silver medal – second place 2018 Dublin 200 m freestyle S5
Silver medal – second place 2018 Dublin 50 m backstroke S5
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Madeira 100 m Backstroke S6
Fantin awarded by Sergio Mattarella at Quirinale in 2021.

Antonio Fantin (born 3 August 2001) is an Italian swimmer who competes in Paralympic S5 and SM5 (individual medley) events.[1] He won the International Sports Prize World Athlete of the Year award in 2022.[2]

Fantin is an athlete of the Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro.[3]

Career history

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Fantin began swimming at age four in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy. He came to international attention when he competed at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships, at the age of 16, winning the 400 metres freestyle S6 category.[4]

The following year Fantin was reclassified as S5, and represented Italy again at the 2018 World Para Swimming European Championships in Dublin, Ireland. Fantin won 4 gold medals, and six medals in all, to make the top 5 individual performances of the meet.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Antonio Fantin". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.[dead link]
  2. ^ "Το Ειδικό Βραβείο «Giuseppe Sciacca» απενεμήθη στον Δρ Κωνσταντίνο Κωνσταντινίδη". karpathiakanea.gr (in Greek). 16 September 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Nuoto paralimpico: 21 medaglie mondiali per le Fiamme oro". poliziadistato.it (in Italian). Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  4. ^ "14 risultati per "ANTONIO FANTIN"". ilgazzettino.it (in Italian). Retrieved 1 September 2021.
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