Simone Cerasuolo (born 22 June 2003) is an Italian competitive swimmer. He is the world junior record holder in the

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50 metre and 100 metre breaststroke events. In the 50 metre breaststroke, he won a gold medal at the 2021 European Junior Championships, the silver medal at the

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(

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), the bronze medal at the 2022 World Short Course Championships, and placed fifth at the

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(long course). In the 100 metre breaststroke, he won the bronze medal at the 2021 European Junior Championships and placed sixth in the final at the 2022 World Short Course Championships.

Early life

Cerasuolo was born 22 June 2003 in

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. He has swum for GS Fiamme Oro and Imolanuoto in national and regional competitions, and is coached by Cesare Casella.

Career

2021

On 25 April 2021, at the Italian Regional Championships of

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, Cerasuolo set a new world junior record and European junior record in the

50 metre breaststroke event with a time of 26.26 seconds, which broke the former records of 26.31 set by

Nicolò Martinenghi Nicolò Martinenghi (; born 1 August 1999) is an Italian swimmer. He is a two-time world record holder in the 4×50 metre medley relay, swimming breaststroke on both relays. He is the Italian record holder in the 50 metre breaststroke and 100 ...

in 2017.Lepesant, Anne (26 April 2021)
"Simone Cerasuolo Sets World Junior Record In SCM 50 Breast With 26.26"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

2021 European Junior Championships

At the

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, and held at the

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, Cerasuolo swam a personal best time of 1:00.78 in the prelims heats of the 100 metre breaststroke.

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(7 July 2021)
"LEN European Junior Swimming Championships Rime - Italy: Results 100m Breaststroke Men Preliminary"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 30 November 2021. In the final of the 100 metre breaststroke the following day, 8 July, he placed third with a time of 1:01.56, winning the bronze medal in the event.

(8 July 2021)
"LEN European Junior Swimming Championships Rime - Italy: Results 100m Breaststroke Men Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 30 November 2021.Johnson, Annika (8 July 2021)
"2021 European Junior Championships Day 3 Finals Live Recap"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 30 November 2021. Cerasuolo won the gold medal in the final of the 50 metre breaststroke with a time of 27.29 seconds, bringing his total medal count to two medals in individual events for the Championships.

(9 July 2021)
"LEN European Junior Swimming Championships Rime - Italy: Results 50m Breaststroke Men Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 30 November 2021.Sutherland, James (9 July 2021)
"2021 European Junior Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 30 November 2021.Byrnes, Liz (9 July 2021)
"Miladinov Adds Junior 100 Fly Gold To European Silver; Popovici Blasts 1:45.26 For 200 Free CR"
''

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''. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

2021 Italian Short Course Championships

At the short course 2021 Italian National Championships in

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, Cerasuolo broke his own world junior and European junior records in the 50 metre breaststroke with an event winning time of 25.85 seconds.

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(30 November 2021)
"Campionato Italiano Assoluto Frecciarossa - V. 25m: Risulti 50 m Rana - Uomini"
(in Italian). ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 30 November 2021.Race, Retta (30 November 2021)
"Simone Cerasuolo Posts New World Junior Record In 50 Breast"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 30 November 2021. In the 100 metre breaststroke, Cerasuolo set new world junior and European junior records with a time of 56.66 seconds that won him the event by finishing over three tenths of a second ahead of the former world junior record holder and second-place finisher

(1 December 2021)
"Campionato Italiano Assoluto Frecciarossa - V. 25m: Risulti 100 m Rana - Uomini"
(in Italian). ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 1 December 2021.Race, Retta (1 December 2021)
"Cerasuolo Nails Encore SCM 100 Breast World Junior Record – 56.66"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 1 December 2021.

2022

In April 2022, at the Italian National Spring Championships, conducted in long course metres, Cerasuolo swam a 1:00.59 in the prelims heats of the 100 metre breaststroke to qualify for the final ranking second.

(10 April 2022)
"Campionato Italiano Primaverile UnipolSai - V. 50m: Risultati 100 m Rana - Uomini"
(in Italian). ''microplustiming.com''. Retrieved 10 April 2022. He won the silver medal in the final with a time of 1:00.62.

(10 April 2022)
"Campionato Italiano Primaverile UnipolSai - V. 50m: Risultati 100 m Rana - Uomini Finale"
(in Italian). ''microplustiming.com''. Retrieved 10 April 2022.Carlson, Reid (10 April 2022)
"2022 Italian Spring Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 10 April 2022. On the fifth and final day, he swam a 27.28 in the preliminary round of the 50 metre breaststroke to qualify for the final ranking second.

(13 April 2022)
"Campionato Italiano Primaverile UnipolSai - V. 50m: Risultati 50 m Rana - Uomini"
(in Italian). ''microplustiming.com''. Retrieved 13 April 2022. In the final, he won the silver medal with a personal best time of 26.85 seconds.

(13 April 2022)
"Campionato Italiano Primaverile UnipolSai - V. 50m: Risultati 50 m Rana - Uomini Finale"
(in Italian). ''microplustiming.com''. Retrieved 13 April 2022.Bruno, Gianluca (13 April 2022)
"Nuoto, Niccolò Martinenghi sfiora il record italiano sui 50 rana. Ai Mondiali anche Simone Cerasuolo"
(in Italian). ''OAsport''. Retrieved 13 April 2022. His time of 26.85 seconds was fast enough to qualify him for the

in the event.Carlson, Reid (13 April 2022)
"2022 Italian Spring Championships: Day 5 Finals Live Recap"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 13 April 2022.

2022 World Aquatics Championships

On the fourth day of competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, held at

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, Cerasuolo swam a time of 27.17 seconds in the preliminaries of the 50 metre breaststroke and qualified for the semifinals ranking eighth across all prelims heats.

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(20 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 50m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary"
''

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''. Retrieved 20 June 2022.Tiseo, Giandomenico (20 June 2022)
"Nuoto, Mondiali 2022: Nicolò Martinenghi vola in semifinale con il miglior tempo nei 50 rana. Bene Cerasuolo"
(in Italian). ''OA Sport''. Retrieved 20 June 2022. For the semifinals later in the same day, he lowered his time to a 27.01, ranked fifth across both semifinals heats, and qualified for the final.

(20 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 50m Breaststroke Semifinals Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 20 June 2022. In the final, he swam a time of 26.98 seconds to place fifth, finishing 0.26 seconds behind bronze medalist Michael Andrew of the

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(21 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 50m Breaststroke Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 21 June 2022.Adami, Davide (21 June 2022)
"Nuoto, Simone Cerasuolo: "Il quinto posto per ora va bene, sono contento per Martinenghi""
(in Italian). ''OA Sport''. Retrieved 21 June 2022. The following month, at the 2022 Italian National Summer Championships in Ostia, Cerasuolo swam a personal best time of 1:00.08 in the 100 metre breaststroke to win the bronze medal, finishing 0.15 seconds ahead of fourth-place finisher Alessandro Pinzuti."Campionato Italiano Assoluto Herbalife - V. 50m: Resultati 100 m Rana - Uomini"
(in Italian). ''

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''. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.

2022 European Aquatics Championships

In the preliminaries of the 100 metre breaststroke on day one of the

, held in August in Rome, Cerasuolo ranked sixth with a time of 1:00.51 and did not qualify for the semifinals as he was not one of the two fastest Italian swimmers in the preliminaries.

(11 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 100m Breaststroke Men Preliminary"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 11 August 2022.Tiseo, Giandomenico (11 August 2022)
"Nuoto, Europei 2022: Nicolò Martinenghi in semifinale con il miglior tempo nei 100 rana, bene Federico Poggio"
''OA Sport''. Retrieved 11 August 2022. In a tight race for the top two spots by the Italians in the 50 metre breaststroke on day five, he ranked second, all of the top four spots were achieved by Italians, and qualified for the semifinals with a time of 26.85 seconds that equalled his personal best time.

(15 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 50m Breaststroke Men Preliminary"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 15 August 2022. For the semifinals, he swam a 26.86 and qualified for the final ranking second.

(15 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 50m Breaststroke Men Semi-Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 15 August 2022.Šimnovec, Miha (15 August 2022)
"Peter John Stevens ima velike cilje tudi za finale"
(in Slovenian). ''

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''. Retrieved 15 August 2022.Tiseo, Giandomenico (15 August 2022)
"Nuoto, Europei 2022: Nicolò Martinenghi e Simone Cerasuolo dominano le semifinali dei 50 rana"
(in Italian). ''OA Sport''. Retrieved 15 August 2022. In the final, he won the silver medal with a time of 26.95 seconds, finishing only behind fellow Italian Nicolò Martinenghi.

(16 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 50m Breaststroke Men Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 16 August 2022.Vigarani, Marco (16 August 2022)
"Europei di nuoto, altre due medaglie d'argento: Paltrinieri e Cerasuolo"
(in Italian). ''

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''. Retrieved 16 August 2022."Europei nuoto, Martinenghi oro e record italiano nei 50 rana. Argento per l'altro azzurro Cerasuolo"
(in Italian). ''

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''. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.

2022 World Short Course Championships

On the morning of day two of the 2022 World Short Course Championships in December in

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, Australia, Cerasuolo split a 26.46 for the breaststroke leg of the 4×50 metre mixed medley relay to contribute to a time of 1:38.91 in the preliminaries that advanced the relay to the final ranking sixth.

(14 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Mixed 4x50m Medley Relay Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 14 December 2022. Later in the morning, he qualified for the semifinals of the 100 metre breaststroke ranking ninth across all preliminary heats with a time of 57.24 seconds.

(14 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 100m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 14 December 2022. In the evening session, Nicolò Martinenghi substituted in for him on the relay and he won a silver medal for his efforts when the finals relay placed second in 1:36.01 before he achieved a 56.71 in the semifinals of the 100 metre breaststroke to qualify for the final ranking fifth.

(14 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Mixed 4x50m Medley Relay Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 14 December 2022.

(14 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 100m Breaststroke Semifinals Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 14 December 2022. With a time of 56.99 seconds in the final, he placed sixth exactly 1.11 seconds behind gold medalist

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of the United States.

(15 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 100m Breaststroke Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 16 December 2022. In his first of two events on the fifth morning, Cerasuolo swam the 50 metre breaststroke portion of the 4×50 metre medley relay in the preliminaries in a time of 26.06 seconds, helping qualify for the final ranking first with a 1:32.31.

(17 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x50m Medley Relay Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 17 December 2022. For his second race, the preliminaries of the 50 metre breaststroke, he qualified for the semifinals with a time of 26.16 seconds and overall seventh-rank.

(17 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 50m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 17 December 2022. He won a gold medal in the 4×50 metre medley relay in the evening when the finals relay placed first in a time of 1:29.72.

(17 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x50m Medley Relay Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 18 December 2022. Afterwards, he achieved a personal best time of 25.66 seconds in the semifinals of the 50 metre breaststroke to qualify for the final ranking third.

(17 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 50m Breaststroke Semifinals Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 18 December 2022. Springing to action in the preliminaries of the 4×100 metre medley relay with a 57.83 for the breaststroke leg on the sixth and final morning, Cerasuolo helped advance the relay with a time of 3:23.81 to final ranking third.

(18 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 18 December 2022. In the evening, he won his first individual medal at a World Championships, achieving a time of 25.68 seconds in the final of the 50 metre breaststroke to win the bronze medal and make history by becoming, along with Nicolò Martinenghi, the first-ever male duo from one county to win the silver and bronze medals in the event at a single edition of the World Short Course Championships.

(18 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 50m Breaststroke Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 18 December 2022.Mei, Piero (18 December 2022)
"Nuoto, Mora di bronzo nei 200 dorso. Rana, Martinenghi e Cerasuolo sul podio nei 50. Per gli azzurri rimpianto 4x100 mista: terzi nel medagliere"
(in Italian). ''

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''. Retrieved 20 December 2022."Récord de medallas para Italia"
(in Spanish). '' ANSA Brasil''. 18 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022."Nuoto, altre 4 medaglie per l’Italia: argento per Martinenghi. Bronzo per Cerasuolo, Mora e 4×100 mista maschile"
(in Italian). ''QdS.it''. 18 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022. Later in the session, Nicolò Martinenghi substituted in for him on the finals relay of the 4×100 metre medley relay and he won a bronze medal for his contribution in the preliminaries when the finals relay placed third in 3:19.06.

(18 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 18 December 2022.

International championships (50 m)

International championships (25 m)

: Cerasuolo swam only in the preliminary heats.

Personal best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Legend: h – heat

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Legend: WJ – World Junior record; sf – semifinal

World records

World junior records

Short course metres

Honours and awards

* '' SwimSwam'', Swim of the Week: 3 December 2021Sutherland, James (3 December 2021)
"Swim of the Week: Simone Cerasuolo Knocks Four-Tenths Off 50 Breast WJR – 25.85"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 28 March 2022.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cerasuolo, Simone 2003 births Living people People from Imola Italian male swimmers Italian male breaststroke swimmers Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Bologna 21st-century Italian people Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming