Federico Burdisso (born 20 September 2001) is an Italian

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. He won a bronze medal in Men's 200 metre butterfly, and Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, at the

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Career

He won a bronze medal at the

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. He qualified to represent

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. At the

2022 World Aquatics Championships The 2022 World Aquatics Championships, the 19th edition of the FINA World Aquatics Championships, were held in Budapest, Hungary, from 17 June to 3 July 2022. These championships included five disciplines, with high diving not staged for this edi ...

, Burdisso split a 50.63 for the butterfly leg of the 4×100 metre medley relay in the final to help win the gold medal in a European record and Italian record time of 3:27.51.

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(25 June 2022)
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Background

He studied and trained at Mount Kelly School from 2017 to 2019. He currently competes collegiately for

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* 2001 births Living people Italian male butterfly swimmers Italian male freestyle swimmers Italian male medley swimmers European Championships (multi-sport event) bronze medalists Swimmers at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Italy Northwestern Wildcats men's swimmers Expatriate swimmers in the United States World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming 21st-century Italian sportsmen People educated at Mount Kelly School Sportspeople from Pavia {{Italy-swimming-bio-stub