Luca Dotto Explained

Luca Dotto
National Team:	Italy
Strokes:	Freestyle
Club:	G.S. Forestale
Birth Date:	18 April 1990
Birth Place:	Camposampiero, Italy
Height:	1.92 m
Weight:	80 kg
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Luca Dotto (born 18 April 1990) is an Italian swimmer. He holds the Italian record in the 100 m freestyle with a time of 47.96 and was the first Italian to break 48 seconds.^[1] He also won the silver medal in the 50 m freestyle at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai.

Dotto is an athlete of the Centro Sportivo Carabinieri.^[2]

Biography

He competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, competing in the 50 m and 100 m freestyle, and as part of the Italian men's 4 x 100 m freestyle and 4 x 100 m medley on both occasions.^[3]

See also

• Italian swimmers multiple medalists at the international competitions

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gabriele Detti Puts Rosolino's 2000 Mark On Notice At 3:43; Luca Dotto A Pioneer On 47.96 . Craig . Lord . 21 April 2016 . Swimvortex . 21 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160424075351/http://www.swimvortex.com/gabriele-detti-puts-massi-rosolinos-sydney-sizzler-on-notice-343-win-in-riccione-400/ . 24 April 2016 . dead .
2. Web site: IL GENERALE TULLIO DEL SETTE INCONTRA GLI ATLETI ALLA CERIMONIA DI INAGUARAZIONE DEI NUOVI IMPIANTI SPORTIVI. carabinieri.it. Tra loro, oltre ai già citati Garozzo, Errigo, Miracco e De Luca, anche l’argento olimpico di Rio 2016 nel tiro a volo Chiara Cainero, il judoka Matteo Marconcini, 5° alle olimpiadi, i nuotatori Luca Dotto e Silvia Di Pietro, i canottieri Paolo Di Girolamo e Stefano Oppo, la marciatrice Noemi Stella, l’oro europeo di tiro a volo Massimo Fabbrizi, la triatleta Angelica Olmo, il mezzofondista Yohanes Chiappinelli, e numerosi altri ancora.. it. 17 March 2020.
3. Web site: Luca Dotto Bio, Stats, and Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418014129/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/do/luca-dotto-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. en. 2019-08-17.