Simone Ercoli (born 5 May 1979 in Castelfiorentino, Italy)Ercoli's athlete page
from the Italian Swimming Federation's website; retrieved 2010-02-20. is an Italian male

open water swimmer Open water swimming is a swimming discipline which takes place in outdoor bodies of water such as open oceans, lakes, and rivers. The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming is sometimes taken to be May 3, 1810, when Lord Byron swam s ...

. Ercoli is an athlete of the

Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro The Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro is the sport section of the Italian police force Polizia di Stato. The color of the competition jerseys of the athletes of the Fiamme Oro is crimson, therefore the athletes of the sports group are sometimes called ' ...

. He has swum for Italy at the: *

World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 * Open Water Worlds: 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006 *

European Championships The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...

: 2000, 2002, 2006, 2010

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ercoli, Simone 1979 births Living people People from Castelfiorentino Italian male long-distance swimmers Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) World Aquatics Championships medalists in open water swimming Swimmers of Fiamme Oro 20th-century Italian people 21st-century Italian people