Stefano Tempesti (born 9 June 1979) is an Italian

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

. He competed at five consecutive Olympics between 2000 and 2016 and won a silver medal in 2012 and a bronze in 2016. He is the second water polo goalkeeper to compete at five Olympics, after Spaniard

Jesús Rollán Jesús Miguel Rollán Prada (4 April 1968 – 11 March 2006) was a water polo goalkeeper from Spain who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Four years earlier, when Barcelon ...

. Tempesti was the top goalkeeper at the

2008 Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...

, with 83 saves. He was also the top goalkeeper at the

2012 Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, with 87 saves.

Biography

Tempesti started his career in his hometown's Futura Prato, before moving to

RN Florentia Rari Nantes Florentia is an Italian water polo club from Florence. From the 2011-2012 season the men's team plays in the Serie A1, the top division of the Italian league. History The sport activities of Rari Nantes Florentia began in 1904. From ...

. He remained there until 2003 when he started playing for his current team,

Pro Recco A.S.D. Pro Recco (Official name: Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Pro Recco) is an Italian water polo club from Recco, in Liguria. It currently plays in Serie A1. Pro Recco is the most successful club in men's water polo. In men's domestic ...

. With Florentia he won a

LEN Cup Winners' Cup The LEN Cup Winners' Cup was a European water polo club competition organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation. National cup winners qualified for the tournament. After 2003, the nationalcup winners qualified for the LEN Euroleague, and the cup ...

in 2001, while with Pro Recco he won eleven consecutive national titles and five

LEN Euroleague The LEN Champions League is the top-tier European professional water polo club competition with teams from up to 18 countries. It is organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The competition started in 1963 as European Cup. A change of nam ...

s (2007, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2015). He debuted for the

Italian national team The Italy national football team ( it, Nazionale di calcio dell'Italia) has represented Italy in international football since its first match in 1910. The national team is controlled by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), the governing bo ...

in 1997 and won a gold medal at the 2011 World Championships, where he was chosen the Best Goalkeeper of the tournament. Tempesti has two children with his partner Elisabetta. He manages the women's water polo team Mediostar Prato.Stefano Tempesti
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Honours

RN Florentia

LEN Euro Cup The LEN Euro Cup is the second-tier European water polo club competition run by the Ligue Européenne de Natation for those clubs who did not qualify for the LEN Champions League. The cup was inaugurated in 1992. History Names of the competitio ...

: 2000–01 ;''runners-up'': 2002–03 Pro Recco * Serie A1: 2005–06 , 2006–07, 2007–08 , 2008–09 , 2009–10 , 2010–11 , 2011–12 , 2012–13 , 2013–14 , 2014–15 , 2015–16 , 2016–17 , 2017–18 , 2018–19 *

Coppa Italia The ("Italy Cup") is an annual knockout cup competition in Italian football organized by the FIGC until the 2009–10 season and the Lega Serie A ever since. History The beginning of the tournament was turbulent, due to the complexity of ...

: 2005–06 , 2006–07, 2007–08 , 2008–09 , 2009–10 , 2010–11 , 2012–13 , 2013–14 , 2014–15 , 2015–16 , 2016–17 , 2017–18 , 2018–19 *

LEN Champions League The LEN Champions League is the top-tier European professional water polo club competition with teams from up to 18 countries. It is organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The competition started in 1963 as European Cup. A change of nam ...

: 2006–07 , 2007–08 , 2009–10 , 2011–12 , 2014–15 *

LEN Super Cup The LEN Super Cup is an annual water polo match organized by LEN and contested by the reigning champions of the two European club competitions, the LEN Champions League and the LEN Euro Cup. From 1976 to 2002, the LEN Super Cup was contested betwe ...

: 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015 *

Adriatic League The ABA League, renamed to the ABA League First Division in 2017, is the 1st-tier regional men's professional basketball league that originally featured clubs from the former Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Mace ...

: 2011–12

Awards

* LEN "European Player of the Year" award: 2011 * Best Goalkeeper of 2009 World Championship * Best Goalkeeper of 2011 World Championship * Best Goalkeeper of 2012 World League *Member of the Second Best Team of the Decade in the World 2010–20 by ''total-waterpolo''

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* 1979 births Living people People from Prato Italian male water polo players Water polo goalkeepers Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics 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 Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Italy in water polo Olympic bronze medalists for Italy in water polo World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Sportspeople from the Province of Prato {{Italy-Olympic-medalist-stub

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