Pietro Figlioli (born 29 May 1984) is an Italian

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player. He competed for Australia at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics and for Italy in 2012 and 2016 and won two medals for Italy. He also won the world title in 2011. In 2012 he received the Gold Collar of Sporting Merit from the Italian Olympic Committee.

Personal life

Figlioli was born in Brazil, but his family moved to Australia when he was three years old. His father José Fiolo is a former Olympic swimmer. Figlioli is married to Laura and has sons Lorenzo and Matteo.Pietro Figlioli
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Career

Figlioli started competing with the North Brisbane Polo Bears at

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in Australia. He was part of Australia's Olympic squad for the

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and

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. He was the top sprinter at these two Olympics, with 24 and 21 sprints won, respectively. He was also a member of the Australian squad that finished 10th at the 2007 FINA World Championships in Melbourne and won the bronze medal at the 2007

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in Berlin. Figlioli is regarded as one of the world's fastest water polo swimmers and shooters. In May 2009, Figlioli signed a deal with Italian club

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. The deal included becoming an Italian citizen, to comply with the Italian league's rule changes to restrict extra-European players from two to one player per team. As a result of this, he was able to play for Italy at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, winning a medal on both occasions. He was the joint top sprinter at the

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, with 19 sprints won.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Figlioli, Pietro 1984 births Living people Australian people of Italian descent Water polo players from Rio de Janeiro (city) Australian male water polo players Brazilian male water polo players Italian male water polo players Water polo drivers Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic water polo players of Australia Olympic silver medalists for Italy in water polo Olympic bronze medalists for Italy in water polo World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Italy Naturalised citizens of Italy Brazilian emigrants to Australia Australian emigrants to Italy Brazilian emigrants to Italy Brazilian people of Italian descent Sportsmen from Queensland Expatriate water polo players

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