Alessandro Pinzuti (born 10 May 1999) is an Italian competitive

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. He won a gold medal in the 4×100 metre medley relay and the bronze medal in the 100 metre breaststroke at the

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. At the

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, he won a bronze medal as part of the 4×100 metre medley relay, placed seventh in the 100 metre breaststroke and eighth in the 50 metre breaststroke. At the junior level, he won silver medals in the 50 metre breaststroke at the 2017 World Junior Championships and the 2017 European Junior Championships as well as a bronze medal in the 100 metre breaststroke at the 2017 European Junior Championships.

Background

Pinzuti was born 10 May 1999 in

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."Alessandro Pinzuti Bio"
(in Italian). ''

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''. Retrieved 24 February 2022."Alessandro Pinzuti: Results"
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''. Retrieved 24 February 2022. At the club level, he swims and competes for

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and In Sport RR.

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(30 November 2021)
"Campionato Italiano Assoluto Frecciarossa - V. 25m: Risulti 50 m Rana - Uomini"
(in Italian). ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 24 February 2022.

Career

2017

2017 European Junior Championships

At the 2017 European Junior Swimming Championships in

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, Pinzuti won the silver medal in the 50 metre breaststroke with a time of 27.51 seconds, finishing 0.27 seconds behind the gold medalist in the event and fellow Italian

Nicolò Martinenghi Nicolò Martinenghi (; born 1 August 1999) is an Italian swimmer. He is a two-time world record holder in the 4×50 metre medley relay, swimming breaststroke on both relays. He is the Italian record holder in the 50 metre breaststroke and 100 ...

.Race, Retta (30 June 2017)
"2017 European JR C'Ships Day 3: Hungarians Reign In Netanya"
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''. Retrieved 24 February 2022. He won the bronze medal in the 100 metre breaststroke with a time of 1:01.28 in the final and placed 21st in the 50 metre butterfly in 24.99 seconds.

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(2 July 2017)
"2017 Netanya LEN European Junior Swimming Championships: Results Book"
. ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 24 February 2022.

2017 World Junior Championships

On 24 August 2017, Pinzuti placed fifth in the final of the 100 metre breaststroke at the 2017 World Junior Swimming Championships in

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with a time of 1:01.01, finishing 0.77 seconds behind the bronze medalist in the event Michael Andrew of the United States.

(24 August 2017)
"6th FINA World Junior Championships 2017 Indianapolis (USA): Men's 100m Breaststroke Final Results"
. ''

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''. Retrieved 24 February 2022. Four days later, he split a 1:00.15 for the breaststroke portion of the 4×100 metre medley relay in the prelims heats, helping qualify the relay to the final ranking first.

(28 August 2017)
"6th FINA World Junior Championships 2017 Indianapolis (USA): Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Heats Results Summary"
. ''

''. Retrieved 24 February 2022. In the finals session later in the day, he won a silver medal in the 50 metre breaststroke with a time of 27.19 seconds, finishing just 0.09 seconds behind first-place finisher Nicolò Martinenghi.

(28 August 2017)
"6th FINA World Junior Championships 2017 Indianapolis (USA): Men's 50m Breaststroke Final Results"
. ''

''. Retrieved 24 February 2022.Dougherty, Alish (28 August 2017)
"Final Night of 2017 FINA World Junior Championships Highlighted by World Junior Record-Setting Relays"
. ''

Swimming World ''Swimming World'' is a US-based monthly swimming magazine that was first published in a magazine format as ''Junior Swimmer'' in January 1960. It concurrently runs online websites ''Swimming World Magazine'' and ''Swimming World News'', (known ...

''. Retrieved 24 February 2022. For the final of the 4×100 metre medley relay, Nicolò Martinenghi substituted in for him for the breaststroke and Pinzuti won a bronze medal when the finals relay finished third in 3:36.44.

(28 August 2017)
"6th FINA World Junior Championships 2017 Indianapolis (USA): Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
. ''

''. Retrieved 24 February 2022.

2018 European Aquatics Championships

In August 2018, Pinzuti placed twelfth in the 100 metre breaststroke with a time of 1:00.28 at the

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, held at

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(3 August 2018)
"LEN European Aquatics Championships Swimming Glasgow 2018: Results 100m Breaststroke Men Semi-Finals"
. ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 24 February 2022. In his next event, he swam a 27.32 and placed ninth for the semifinals of the 50 metre breaststroke.

(7 August 2018)
"LEN European Aquatics Championships Swimming Glasgow 2018: Results 50m Breaststroke Men Semi-Finals"
. ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 24 February 2022. Finishing competing at the Championships, Pinzuti placed ninth in the 4×100 metre medley relay with relay teammates

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, and

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, swimming a 1:00:15 for the breaststroke leg of the relay to help finish in 3:37.24.

(9 August 2018)
"LEN European Aquatics Championships Swimming Glasgow 2018: Results 4x100m Medley Relay Men Preliminary"
. ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 24 February 2022.

2019 World University Games

Competing at

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as part of the Italian team for the 2019 World University Games, Pinzuti reached the semifinals stage of competition in both of his individual events, placing ninth overall in the 50 metre breaststroke with a time of 27.78 seconds and 14th in the 100 metre breaststroke in 1:01.37.

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(10 July 2019)
"Napoli 2019 30th Summer Universiade: Swimming Results Book"
. ''Microplus Timing''. Retrieved 24 February 2022.

2021

2020 European Aquatics Championships

Pinzuti placed seventh in the final of the 100 metre breaststroke at the

, held at

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, with a time of 59.50 seconds after swimming a personal best time in the semifinals of 59.20 seconds.

(17 May 2021)
"Hungary 2020 LEN European Aquatics Championships: Results 100m Breaststroke Men Semi-Final"
. ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 24 February 2022.

(18 May 2021)
"Hungary 2020 LEN European Aquatics Championships: Results 100m Breaststroke Men Final"
. ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 24 February 2022. His time of 59.20 registered Pinzuti as the 14th-fastest performer in the event for the entirety of the 2021 year."World Rankings 2021: Men 100 Breaststroke Long Course Metres"
''

''. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022. For the 50 metre breaststroke, he placed eighth in the final with a 27.54 after swimming a personal best time of 27.11 seconds and ranking fifth in the semifinals.

(21 May 2021)
"Hungary 2020 LEN European Aquatics Championships: Results 50m Breaststroke Men Semi-Final"
. ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 24 February 2022.Byrnes, Liz (21 May 2021)
"European Championships, Day 5 Semis: Greenbank Drops 1:54 200 Back Again; Gorbenko Leads Hosszu in 200 IM"
. ''

''. Retrieved 24 February 2022.Sutherland, James (21 May 2021)
"2021 European Championships: Day 5 Finals Live Recap"
. ''

''. Retrieved 24 February 2022.

(22 May 2021)
"Hungary 2020 LEN European Aquatics Championships: Results 50m Breaststroke Men Final"
. ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 24 February 2022. In his final event of the Championships, Pinzuti split a 59.60 for the breaststroke leg of the 4×100 metre medley relay in the prelims heats and won a bronze medal for his contributions when the finals relay placed third with a time of 3:29.93.

(23 May 2021)
"Hungary 2020 LEN European Aquatics Championships: Results 4x100m Medley Men Preliminary"
. ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 24 February 2022.

(23 May 2021)
"Hungary 2020 LEN European Aquatics Championships: Results 4x100m Medley Men Final"
. ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 24 February 2022.

2021 International Swimming League

For the

2021 International Swimming League The 2021 International Swimming League was the third edition of the International Swimming League, a professional swimming league, established in 2019. It comprised ten teams composed of both women and men. The league, due to COVID-19 pandemic tr ...

, PInzuti competed representing the

Tokyo Frog Kings The Tokyo Frog Kings is a team in the International Swimming League (ISL) established in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the 2020 ISL competition which limited the teams including 2020 expansion teams Tokyo Frog Kings and Toronto Titans to ...

, Pinzuti placed fourth in the 100 metre breaststroke at the eighth match of the regular season with a time of 57.03 seconds. ISL (19 September 2021)
"ISL Match 8: Men's 100m Breaststroke Results"
. ''

''. Retrieved 24 February 2022. In the tenth match of the season, he placed second in the 50 metre breaststroke in 26.07 seconds. ISL (25 September 2021)
"ISL Match 10: Men's 50m Breaststroke Results"
. ''

''. Retrieved 24 February 2022.Carlson, Reid (26 September 2021)
"2021 International Swimming League – Match 10, Day 2: Live Recap"
. ''

''. Retrieved 24 February 2022. With his time of 26.07 seconds, Pinzuti tied in rank for the 14th-fastest swimmer in the short course 50 metre breaststroke for the 2021 year."World Rankings 2021: Men 50 Breaststroke Short Course Metres"
''

''. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022. His performances across five matches earning him 61

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points ranked him at number 290 out of 488 competitors since the

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began in 2019.Keith, Braden (13 December 2021)
"Sarah Sjostrom Becomes ISL's First-Ever Swimmer To Clear 1000 MVP Points"
. ''

''. Retrieved 24 February 2022.

2021 European Short Course Championships

At the 2021 European Short Course Championships held at the

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in November, Pinzuti ranked ninth in the prelims heats of the 100 metre breaststroke on day two with a time of 57.58 seconds and did not advance to the semifinals as he was the third-fastest swimmer representing Italy in the event.

(3 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 100m Breaststroke Men Final"
. ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 24 February 2022. Three days later, the same thing happened in the 50 metre breaststroke, this time he was the third-fastest Italian, in a time of 26.21 seconds, ranked sixth overall and did not advance to the semifinals.

(6 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 50m Breaststroke Men Final"
. ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 24 February 2022. The following day, he won a silver medal as part of the 4×50 metre mixed medley relay, swimming a 26.03 for the 50 metre breaststroke portion of the relay in the prelims heats and winning a silver medal when the finals relay, on which Nicolò Martinenghi swam the breaststroke, finished second in 1:36.39.

(7 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 4 x 50m Medley Mixed Preliminary"
. ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 24 February 2022.

(7 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 4 x 50m Medley Mixed Final"
. ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 24 February 2022.

2022 Mediterranean Games

For the preliminaries of the 50 metre breaststroke at the

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, on day two of swimming competition, Pinzuti qualified for the final along with fellow Italian

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.Passanti, Alessandro (2 July 2022)
"Nuoto, Giochi del Mediterraneo 2022: ottimi risultati dagli azzurri nelle batterie odierne, Scozzoli il più veloce nei 50 rana"
(in Italian). ''OA Sport''. Retrieved 2 July 2022. In the final, later the same day, he placed fourth with a time of 27.55 seconds, finishing 0.09 seconds behind bronze medalist

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.MicroPlus Timing (2 July 2022)
"Oran 2022 Swimming: Results 50m Breaststroke Men Final"
'' Oran 2022''. Retrieved 2 July 2022."Giochi del Mediterraneo: trionfi per Scozzoli e Megli"
(in Italian). ''

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''. 2 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022. Two days later, as part of the finals relay in the 4×100 metre medley relay, which consisted of him,

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(backstroke),

(butterfly), and Alessandro Bori (freestyle), he won a gold medal, splitting a time of 1:00.44 for the breaststroke leg of the relay to help finish in 3:35.77.Microplus Timing (4 July 2022)
"Oran 2022 Swimming: Results 4x100m Medley Men Final"
'' Oran 2022''. Retrieved 4 July 2022.Tiseo, Giandomenico (4 July 2022)
"Nuoto, Giochi del Mediterraneo 2022: Italia tutta d'oro nella piscina di Orano. Azzurri scatenati!"
(in Italian). ''OA Sport''. Retrieved 4 July 2022. The final morning, he swam a 1:01.50 in the preliminaries of the 100 metre breaststroke and qualified for the final ranking second."Davide Filippi e Olga Calissi in semifinale nel fioretto, sono già da medaglia"
(in Italian). ''

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''. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022. In the evening, he won the bronze medal with a time of 1:00.31.Microplus Timing (5 July 2022)
"Oran 2022 Swimming: Results 100m Breaststroke Men Final"
'' Oran 2022''. Retrieved 5 July 2022.Spada, Enrico (5 July 2022)
"LIVE Nuoto, Giochi del Mediterraneo 2022 in DIRETTA: tris doro azzurro con Mora, Rivolta e Megli! Argento per Zofkova e Restivo, bronzi per 4×100 sl, Pinzuti, Valsecchi e Cesarano"
(in Italian). ''OA Sport''. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

International championships

: Pinzuti swam only in the prelims heats.

Personal best times

Long course meters (50 m pool)

Legend: h – prelims heat; sf – semifinal

Short course meters (25 m pool)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pinzuti, Alessandro 1999 births Living people Sportspeople from the Province of Siena Italian male swimmers Italian male breaststroke swimmers Competitors at the 2019 Summer Universiade Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy 21st-century Italian people Swimmers at the 2022 Mediterranean Games