Loris Facci (born 13 August 1983 in
Torino
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) is a
breaststroke
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swimmer
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from
Italy
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, who won the on bronze medal in the men's 200 metres breaststroke event at the
2007 World Championships. He represented his native country at the
2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens, Greece
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.
References
Profile
1983 births
Living people
Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic swimmers for Italy
World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Italian male breaststroke swimmers
20th-century Italian people
21st-century Italian people
Sportspeople from Turin
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