Domenico Fioravanti

Domenico Fioravanti (born 31 May 1977) is a retired Italian competitive swimmer who won two gold medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

[2] Domenico Fioravanti was born in Trecate, near Novara, Piedmont.

He started swimming competitively at the age of nine, and one year later began training daily, spurred by his elder brother Massimiliano who was also a swimmer.

He also won another gold European medal in the 100 m breaststroke.

In 2004 he was forced to retire from competitive swimming due to a genetic heart anomaly.