Stefano ("Bibi") Battistelli (born 6 March 1970 in

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) is a former

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and

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from

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Biography

He competed in two consecutive

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(1988 and 1992), and won a bronze medal at each appearance. The bronze in Seoul was the first Olympic medal for a male Italian swimmer.

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* 1970 births Living people Swimmers from Rome Olympic swimmers for Italy Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Italian male freestyle swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Swimmers at the 1987 Mediterranean Games Summer World University Games medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Italy Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-Olympic-medalist-stub

Biography

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