Giorgio Lalle (born 4 March 1957) is a retired

breaststroke 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 ...

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

from Italy, who represented his native country at the

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in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He claimed the gold medal a year earlier at the

1975 Mediterranean Games The 1975 Mediterranean Games, officially known as the VII Mediterranean Games, and commonly known as Algiers 1975, were the 7th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Algiers, Algeria, from 23 August to 6 September 1975, where 2,444 athletes ...

in the men's 100 m breaststroke event.

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* 1957 births Living people Italian male breaststroke swimmers Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Italy European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Swimmers at the 1975 Mediterranean Games Universiade medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming Universiade bronze medalists for Italy Medalists at the 1977 Summer Universiade 20th-century Italian people {{Italy-swimming-bio-stub