Lorenza Vigarani (born 10 December 1969, in

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

) is a retired

backstroke Backstroke or back crawl is one of the four Swimming (sport), swimming styles used in competitive events regulated by FINA, and the only one of these styles swum on the back. This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disa ...

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from

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

, who represented her native country in three consecutive

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, starting in 1988. She won her first international senior medal (silver) as a member of the women's 4×100 medley relay team at the 1987 European Championships (long course).

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1969 births Living people Italian female swimmers Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Italy Sportspeople from Bologna World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Swimmers at the 1987 Mediterranean Games Swimmers at the 1991 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming {{Italy-swimming-bio-stub