Valerio Cleri (born 19 June 1981 in

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) is a

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from

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, who primarily competes in

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Career

Cleri won a gold medal in the 25 km open water race at the

2009 World Aquatics Championships The 2009 World Aquatics Championships ( it, Campionati mondiali di nuoto 2009) or the XIII FINA World Championships were held in Rome, Italy from 18 July to 2 August 2009. The 2009 Championships featured competition in all 5 aquatics disciplines ...

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. At the

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he won the gold medal over the 10 km distance. At the

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he won silver medal over the 10 km distance and gold medal over the 25 km distance. He competed at the 10 km swimming marathon at the

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(finishing fourth) and at the

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(finishing 17th).

References

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1981 births Living people People from Palestrina Italian male swimmers Italian male long-distance swimmers Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Italy World Aquatics Championships medalists in open water swimming Swimmers of Gruppo Sportivo Esercito Italian male freestyle swimmers Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital 20th-century Italian people 21st-century Italian people {{Italy-swimming-bio-stub