Daniele Tirabassi (born August 16, 1988) is a Venezuelan swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events. He represented his nation

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at the

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, and has also won a career total of five medals (two golds, one silver, and two bronze) in a major international competition, spanning two editions of the

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and the

2010 Central American and Caribbean Games The 21st Central American and Caribbean Games (Spanish: ''XXI Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe, Mayagüez 2010'') took place in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, from 18 July 2010 to 1 August 2010. Bid It was understood that Mayagüez was going to b ...

. Tirabassi also holds multiple Venezuelan championship titles and national records in both the long-distance freestyle (200 and 400 m), and freestyle relay events. Tirabassi competed for Venezuela in the men's 400 m freestyle at the

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. He fired off a powerful 3:52.69 to win handily over the rest of the competition and dip beneath the FINA B-standard (3:58.00) at the Latin Cup in

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. Leading the first heat from the initial length until the 250-metre lap, Tirabassi tried to hold on with Norway's Gard Kvale towards the final turn of the race by just half a body length apart from each other, but could not catch him immediately to regain his lead and end up instead with a runner-up time in 3:53.26. Tirabassi failed to advance further to the top eight final, as he placed thirty-first overall in the prelims. At the

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, Tirabassi set a Venezuelan record of 1:48.51 to touch the wall first on the tenth heat of the 200 m freestyle. At the

2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, ...

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, Tirabassi posted a time of 1:52.31 to round out the field in last place on the same distance, but missed his record by nearly four seconds. Tirabassi is also a member of the Pine Crest Swim Team in

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, where he trained with numerous world-class swimmers including three-time Olympian

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of Barbados, and Genaro Prono, an Auburn University graduate and a breaststroke specialist from Paraguay.

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NBC Olympics Profile
1988 births Living people Venezuelan male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Venezuela Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2011 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2015 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Caracas Pan American Games medalists in swimming Pan American Games bronze medalists for Venezuela Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Venezuela Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Venezuela Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games South American Games gold medalists for Venezuela South American Games bronze medalists for Venezuela South American Games medalists in swimming Competitors at the 2010 South American Games Competitors at the 2014 South American Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games 20th-century Venezuelan people 21st-century Venezuelan people {{Venezuela-swimming-bio-stub