Birth Place: | Trieste, Italy |
Height: | 1.83 m |
Weight: | 69 kg |
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Franco Del Campo (born 18 March 1949) is an Italian journalist, writer, professor and retired backstroke swimmer and coach. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke and 4 × 100 m medley relay and reached the finals of the first two events.[1]
After retiring from competitions, in the 1970s Del Campo worked as a swimming coach, and since 1978 as a freelance journalist with national newspapers. He later taught political communications at the University of Trieste and is currently professor of philosophy at Liceo Petrarca in Trieste.[2]