Alberto Castagnetti (3 February 1943, in

Verona Verona ( ; ; or ) is a city on the Adige, River Adige in Veneto, Italy, with 255,131 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region, and is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and in Northeast Italy, nor ...

– 12 October 2009) was an Italian

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and

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swimmer. As a swimmer, Castagnetti won several Italian titles swimming in relays. He swam at the

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and at the

1973 World Aquatics Championships The 1st FINA World Championships in Aquatics were held in the Tašmajdan SRC in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia, from 31 August to 9 September 1973. Medal table Results Diving ;Men ;Women Swimming ;Men ;Women Synchronised s ...

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. He coached the Italian national swimming team from 1987 until his death from the consequences of a heart operation in October 2009. Notable athletes he coached include

Giorgio Lamberti Giorgio Lamberti (born 28 January 1969) is an Italian former swimmer. In 1991 he became the first swimmer of Italy to win a world title, and gold medal, at a FINA World Aquatics Championships. He formerly held world records in the short course ...

Domenico Fioravanti Domenico Fioravanti (born 31 May 1977) is a retired Italian competitive swimmer who won two gold medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Career Domenico Fioravanti was born in Trecate, near Novara, Piedmont. He started swimming competit ...

and

Federica Pellegrini Federica Pellegrini (; born 5 August 1988) is an Italian retired swimmer. A native of Mirano, in the former province of Venice (Metropolitan City of Venice since 2015), she won a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. At the 2009 World Cha ...

. He has 4 daughters. They all love swimming and have taken after him

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1943 births 2009 deaths Italian swimming coaches Olympic swimmers for Italy Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Verona Italian male freestyle swimmers 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-swimming-bio-stub