René ("Spillo") Gusperti (born 18 March 1971) is an Italian former

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 was a world class freestyle sprinter during the 1990s and unchallenged Italian Champion in the same years.

Biography

Gusperti was born in Schlanders/Silandro. He began swimming in ''Rari Nantes

Trento Trento ( or ; Ladin and lmo, Trent; german: Trient ; cim, Tria; , ), also anglicized as Trent, is a city on the Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the autonomous province of Trento. In the 16th cen ...

'', there he met his long-lasting coach Walter Bolognani, current head-coach of the Italian Junior National Team. He later joined ''

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'' (the Athletic Team of

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) and won his first Italian Championship in 1991, from then on ten years of nearly uninterrupted victories follows. During the nineties Gusperti competed in all the major international events, including 1992 and 1996

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. In 2005 he joined ''CSI Trento Nuoto'' where he still swim -as of 2007- and coaches. He is the brother of André Gusperti, another renowned former Italian swimmer.

Major achievements

Personal Bests

International

Italian Championships

Other international participations

* Summer Olympic Games:

Barcelona 1992 The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

Atlanta 1996 The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

. * World Long Course Championships: Rome 1994. * World Short Course Championships: Rio de Janeiro 1995, Gothenburg 1997. * European Long Course Championships: Athens 1991, Sheffield 1993, Vienna 1995, Seville 1997, Istanbul 1999. * European Short Course Championships: Gelsenkirchen 1991, Espoo 1992, Gateshead 1993, Riesa 1996. *

Mediterranean Games The Mediterranean Games is a multi-sport event organised by the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (CIJM). It is held every four years among athletes from countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea in Africa, Asia and Europe. The fi ...

: Athens 1991, Languedoc-Roussillon 1993, Bari 1997.

External links

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René Gusperti page

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gusperti, Rene 1971 births Living people People from Schlanders Italian male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of Italy Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Sterzing Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Swimmers at the 1991 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming 20th-century Italian people