Paola Cavallino (born 6 June 1977 in
Genoa
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) is a
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprise ...
swimmer from
Italy
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, who won the silver medal in the women's 200 metres butterfly event at the
2004 European Championships. She represented her native country a couple of months later at the
2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens, Greece.
References
Profile
Italian female swimmers
Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic swimmers of Italy
Sportspeople from Genoa
1977 births
Living people
European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
Swimmers at the 1997 Mediterranean Games
Universiade medalists in swimming
Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming
Universiade silver medalists for Italy
Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade
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