Luca Dotto (born 18 April 1990) is an Italian

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

. He holds the Italian record in the 100 m freestyle with a time of 47.96 and was the first Italian to break 48 seconds. He also won the silver medal in the 50 m freestyle at the

2011 World Aquatics Championships The 14th FINA World Championships () were held on 16–31 July 2011 in Shanghai, China at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The 2011 World Championships featured five aquatics disciplines: swimming, water polo, diving, open water, and synchro ...

in Shanghai. Dotto is an athlete of the

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Biography

He competed at the

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and

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

, competing in the 50 m and 100 m freestyle, and as part of the Italian men's 4 x 100 m freestyle and 4 x 100 m medley on both occasions.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dotto, Luca 1990 births Living people Italian male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of Italy Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics People from Camposampiero World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy Swimmers at the 2013 Mediterranean Games European Championships (multi-sport event) silver medalists Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming Swimmers of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri Swimmers at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Sportspeople from the Province of Padua 21st-century Italian people

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