Leonardo Sottani (born 1 November 1973) is a retired

water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...

player from

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, who represented his native country at the

1996 Summer Olympics 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, ...

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. There the attacking forward (1m97) was a member of the men's national team that claimed the bronze medal. He participated at the 1996, 2000, and 2008 Summer Olympics representing the Italian National Waterpolo team. He played for the most successful waterpolo team in the world,

Pro Recco A.S.D. Pro Recco (Official name: Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Pro Recco) is an Italian professional water polo club from Recco, in Liguria. It currently plays in Serie A1. Pro Recco is the most successful club in men's water polo. In m ...

, and helped the team win the Italian League and Coppa Italia in 2006 and 2007. He also played for RN Florentia.

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RAI profile

Pallanuoto Page at Italy's 2008 Olympic Team Website

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* * * * 1973 births Living people Italian male water polo players Water polo players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic water polo players for Italy Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in water polo Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Florence 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-waterpolo-bio-stub

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