Mario Sanzullo (born 5 June 1993) is an Italian
open water swimmer
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The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming is sometimes taken to be May 3, 1810, when Lord Byron swam s ...
who won two medals at the
World Championships
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. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in
10 km open water.
Biography
On 15 July 2019 Sanzullo had obtained, together with
Gregorio Paltrinieri
Gregorio Paltrinieri (born 5 September 1994) is an Italian competitive swimmer. He is a former world record holder in the short course 1500 metre freestyle. He holds the European record in the long course 800 metre and 1500 metre freestyle eve ...
, the qualification for the
marathon 10 km of
Tokyo 2020
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
, the
Olympic Games
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postponed to 2021 due to the
Coronavirus
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.
Achievements
See also
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Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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References
External links
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1993 births
Living people
Italian male long-distance swimmers
World Aquatics Championships medalists in open water swimming
Swimmers of Fiamme Oro
Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade
Universiade bronze medalists for Italy
Universiade medalists in swimming
21st-century Italian people