Carlo Silipo (born 10 September 1971) 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 three

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, then part of the King ...

: 1992, 1996 and 2004. After having won the gold medal in

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, he won bronze with the men's national team 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, ...

in Atlanta, United States.

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* * 1971 births Living people Italian male water polo players Water polo players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic water polo players for Italy Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Water polo players from Naples Olympic medalists in water polo World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Water polo coaches at the 2024 Summer Olympics 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-waterpolo-bio-stub

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