Maurizio Felugo (born 4 March 1981) is an Italian male

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

player. He was a member of the

Italy men's national water polo team The Italian national water polo team represents Italy in men's international water polo competitions and is controlled by Federnuoto (the Italian Aquatics Federation). The national men's team has the nickname of "Settebello", a reference to both t ...

, playing as a driver.

Biography

Born at

Rapallo Rapallo ( , , ) is a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, located in the Liguria region of northern Italy. As of 2017 it had 29,778 inhabitants. It lies on the Ligurian Sea coast, on the Tigullio Gulf, between Portofino and Chiavar ...

, he currently plays for

Pro Recco A.S.D. Pro Recco (Official name: Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Pro Recco) is an Italian water polo club from Recco, in Liguria. It currently plays in Serie A1. Pro Recco is the most successful club in men's water polo. In men's domestic ...

and the Italian water polo national team as a defender. Felugo debuted in the youth team of Chiavari Nuoto, and in 1998 he was acquired by

Rari Nantes Savona Rari Nantes Savona is an aquatic sports club based in Savona, Italy, mainly known for its men's water polo team, which competes uninterruptedly in the Serie A1 (water polo), Serie A1, the top division of Italian championship, since 1982; the team ...

. During his stay there, he received his first cap with the Italian national team. Moving to

Posillipo Posillipo (; nap, Pusilleco ) is an affluent residential quarter of Naples, southern Italy, located along the northern coast of the Gulf of Naples. From the 1st century BC the Bay of Naples witnessed the rise of villas constructed by elite Roma ...

after five years, he won there the Italian top division title and a

LEN Euroleague The LEN Champions League is the top-tier European professional water polo club competition with teams from up to 18 countries. It is organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The competition started in 1963 as European Cup. A change of nam ...

. He is 1.89m and weighs 82 kg. In 2006 he moved to

. He won the gold medal at the 2011 FINA World Aquatics Championships in

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

. He was part of the Italian team that won the silver medal at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

References

Page at Italy's 2008 Olympic team website

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* 1981 births Living people People from Rapallo Italian male water polo players Water polo drivers Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Italy in water polo World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Sportspeople from the Province of Genoa 20th-century Italian people 21st-century Italian people {{Italy-Olympic-medalist-stub

Biography

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