| Matteo Rivolta | |
| Strokes: | Butterfly |
| Club: | Team Insubrika |
| Coach: | Gianni Leoni |
| Birth Date: | 1991 11, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Milan, Italy |
| Height: | 1.94 m |
| Weight: | 94 kg |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Matteo Rivolta (born 16 November 1991) is a male Italian swimmer. He won bronze medal in 100 metres butterfly at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships.
Rivolta an athlete of the Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro.[1]
He competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he finished 22nd in the 100 m butterfly and was part of the Italian team that finished in 14th in the men's medley relay.[2] At the 2016 Olympics, he finished in 25th in the 100 m butterfly.
At the 2012 European Championships, he was part of the Italian team that won gold in the men's medley relay, and won bronze in the men's 100 m butterfly.[3]
At the 2015 European Short Course Championships, he was part of the Italian team that won gold in the men's medley relay, and won silver in the men's 100 m butterfly. At the 2017 European Short Course Championship, he won the men's 100 m butterfly.
In 2021, he won the gold in the 100 m butterfly and bronze in the 50 m butterfly at the Short Course World Championship, setting a new Italian record.[4] [5] As of December 2022, he also holds the Italian short course record in the 100 m butterfly. He was part of the Italian team that won gold in the men's relay in a new championship record of 3:19.76 (with Lorenzo Mora, Nicolo Martinenghi and Alessandro Miressi)[5] and bronze in the men's 4 x 50 m medley relay (with Mora, Martinenghi and Lorenzo Zazzeri).[5] At the 2021 European Short Course championships he won silver in the men's 50 m butterfly and the men's 4 x 50 m medley relay.
At the 2022 Short Course World Championships, he was part of the Italian 4 x 50 m medley relay team that won the gold medal in a new world record time of 1:29.72 (with Mora, Martinenghi and Leonardo Deplano).[6] At that championships, he was also part of the Italian team that won bronze in the medley relay, with a new European record time (with Mora, Martinenghi and Miressi).[6] He was also part of the Italian medley relay team that won gold at the European Long Course Championships.
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Performance | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | European Championships (LC) | 3rd | 100 m butterfly | 52"40 | ||||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 4 × 100 m medley | 3'32"80 | |||||
| 2022 | European Championships (LC) | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 4 × 100 m medley | 3'28"46 |