Gabe Mastromatteo (born April 27, 2002) is a Canadian competitive

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who specializes in the

breastroke Breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and that it can be s ...

Career

In 2017, Mastromatteo was part of the gold medal team that won the 4x100 mixed medley at the 2017 World Junior Swimming Championships. In 2019, Mastromatteo won 3 medals at the 2019 World Junior Swimming Championships in

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, including an individual silver medal in the 50 m breaststroke. As part of the 2021 Canadian Olympic swimming trials in

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, Mastromatteo won the 100 m breaststroke race. This qualified him for the

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. He placed thirty-eighth in the heats of the 100 m breaststroke, his lone individual event. He stated his main focus was on the 4x100 m medley relay, where the Canadian men's team made the final and placed seventh, with Mastromatteo swimming a new personal best relay time on the breaststroke leg.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mastromatteo, Gabe 2002 births Living people Sportspeople from Kenora Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Canadian male breaststroke swimmers Swimmers at the 2023 Pan American Games Toronto Varsity Blues players