Federico Burdisso (born 20 September 2001) is an Italian

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. He won a bronze medal in Men's 200 metre butterfly, and Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, at the

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Career

He won a bronze medal at the

2018 European Championships The 2018 European Championships were the first edition of the European Championships. It was a multi-sport event which took place in Berlin, Germany, and Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (with Edinburgh hosting the diving events and Gleneagles ...

. He qualified to represent

Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics Italy competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Italian athletes have appeared in every ...

. At the

2022 World Aquatics Championships The 2022 World Aquatics Championships, the 19th edition of the FINA World Aquatics Championships, were held in Budapest, Hungary, from 17 June to 3 July 2022. In March 2022, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, FINA banned both the Russian an ...

, Burdisso split a 50.63 for the butterfly leg of the 4×100 metre medley relay in the final to help win the gold medal in a European record and Italian record time of 3:27.51.

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Background

He studied and trained at

Mount Kelly School Mount Kelly School is a co-educational independent day and boarding school in the English public school tradition for pupils from 3 to 18, in Tavistock, Devon. History Mount Kelly was established in June 2014 following the merger of two ...

from 2017 to 2019. He currently competes collegiately for

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

References

External links

Federico Burdisso
profile at

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web site 2001 births Living people Italian male swimmers Italian male butterfly swimmers European Championships (multi-sport event) bronze medalists Swimmers at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Italy Northwestern Wildcats men's swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming 21st-century Italian people People educated at Mount Kelly School Sportspeople from Pavia {{Italy-swimming-bio-stub