Roldano Simeoni (born 21 December 1948 in

Civitavecchia Civitavecchia (; meaning "ancient town") is a city and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Rome in the central Italian region of Lazio. A sea port on the Tyrrhenian Sea, it is located west-north-west of Rome. The harbour is formed by two pier ...

) is a retired

water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, 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 water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...

player 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 ...

, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...

. Simeoni was a member of the Men's National Team, that claimed the silver medal at the Montréal Olympics. During his career he was affiliated with ''Società Nuoto e Canottaggio Civitavecchia'' and ''

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 domesti ...

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* 1948 births Living people Italian male water polo players Sportspeople from Civitavecchia Water polo players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Italy in water polo Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics {{Italy-waterpolo-bio-stub

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