Ezio Della Savia (24 June 1942 – 5 September 2021) was an Italian swimmer. He competed at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

in the

100 m freestyle The 100 metre freestyle is often considered to be the highlight (Blue Ribbon event) of the sport of swimming, like 100 metres in the sport of Athletics. The first swimmer to break the one-minute barrier (long course) was Johnny Weissmuller, in 1 ...

and at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

in the 200 m backstroke, but failed to reach the finals. He died in September 2021, at the age of 79.Ezio Della Savia's obituary

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* * * 1942 births 2021 deaths Italian male backstroke swimmers Italian male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Italy Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy Swimmers at the 1967 Mediterranean Games People from the Province of Gorizia Sportspeople from Friuli-Venezia Giulia 20th-century Italian people {{Italy-swimming-bio-stub