Santiago Grassi (born 25 September 1996) is an

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. He competed at the

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in the men's 100 metre butterfly; his time of 52.56 seconds in the heats did not qualify him for the semifinals. He represented Argentina again at the

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in the men's 100 metre butterfly event.

Career

He won the silver medal in the men's 100 metre butterfly event at the

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1996 births Living people Argentine male swimmers Olympic swimmers of Argentina Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2015 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina Swimmers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Pan American Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{Argentina-swimming-bio-stub Auburn Tigers swimming and diving Sportspeople from Santa Fe, Argentina 21st-century Argentine people