Francesco Di Fulvio (born 15 August 1993) is an Italian professional

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. He was part of the Italian team at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

, where the team won the bronze medal.

Honours

Pro Recco *

LEN Champions League The European Aquatics Champions League is the top-tier European professional water polo club competition with teams from up to 18 countries. It is organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The competition started in 1963 as European Cup. A ...

: 2014–15,

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, 2021–22,

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; ''runners-up'': 2017–18 *

LEN Super Cup The European Aquatics Super Cup is an annual water polo match organized by European Aquatics and contested by the reigning champions of the two most important European club competitions, the European Aquatics Champions League and the European A ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

, 2021, 2022 *

Serie A The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Establish ...

: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23 *

Coppa Italia Coppa Italia () is the annual domestic cup of Italian football. The knockout competition was organized by the DDS and the Lega Calcio until the 2009–10 season and by Lega Serie A ever since. Juventus is the competition's most successf ...

: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23

Individual

* FINA "World Player of the Year" award (2): 2019, 2022 * Swimming World Magazine's man water polo "World Player of the Year" award (2): 2019, 2022 * Total-Waterpolo-World Magazine's man water polo "World Player of the Year" award: 2022 * LEN "European Player of the Year" award (2): 2019, 2022 *Member of the World Team by total-waterpolo (2): 2019, 2022 *

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: 2021–22 *

Right Winger of the Year (2): 2017–18, 2021–22 *

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(2): 2019 Gwangju, 2024 Doha *

Team of the Tournament (4):

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

* Serie A1

(2): 2018–19, 2021–22 * Serie A1 Top Scorer: 2020–21 *

Left Winger of the Year (8): 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23 *

Young Player of the Year (4): 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13 *Italian Water Polo Player of the Year (9): 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023

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* 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Pescara Italian male water polo players Water polo drivers Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Italy in water polo Water polo players at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Italy Water polo players at the 2020 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo European Water Polo Championship medalists Water polo players at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-Olympic-medalist-stub

Honours

Individual

See also

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