Giancarlo Guerrini
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| Born | 29 December 1939 Rome, Italy | |||||||||||
| Died | 21 March 2025 (aged 85) Rome, Italy | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Water polo | |||||||||||
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Giancarlo Guerrini (29 December 1939 – 21 March 2025) was an Italian water polo player who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics, in the 1964 Summer Olympics, and in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Biography
[edit]When Guerrini was 15 years old, he did not know how to swim, and almost drowned in a trip to Ostia. He began taking swimming lessons, and instructors noticed that he had natural skill. He began participating in water polo.[1]
In the 1960 Summer Olympics, he was a member of the Italian water polo team which won the gold medal. He also competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was honored as a Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 2002, and won the Golden Collar for Sports Merit in 2016. He also served as the secretary general of the Italian Fencing Federation.[1]
Guerrini died in Rome on 21 March 2025, at the age of 85.[1][2][3]
See also
[edit]- Italy men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Morto Giancarlo Guerrini, campione olimpico di pallanuoto che a 15 anni non sapeva nuotare". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 2025-03-22. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
- ^ "Ci ha lasciati Giancarlo Guerrini. Le condoglianze. Un minuto di silenzio sui campi". Federnuoto. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- ^ "Muere con 85 años el italiano Giancarlo Guerrini, campeón olímpico de waterpolo en Roma 1960". Europa Press. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
External links
[edit]- Giancarlo Guerrini at World Aquatics
- Giancarlo Guerrini at Olympics.com
- Giancarlo Guerrini at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
- Giancarlo Guerrini at Olympedia
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- 1939 births
- 2025 deaths
- Italian male water polo players
- Water polo players at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Italy in water polo
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players from Rome
- 20th-century Italian sportsmen