Francesco Postiglione (born 29 April 1972) is a former swimmer and

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player from

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, who represented his native country at four

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: 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004. At his Olympic debut he competed as a

breaststroke Breaststroke is a human swimming, swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and ...

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(1992). Four years later he claimed the bronze medal 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, ...

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* 1972 births Living people Swimmers from Naples Italian male breaststroke swimmers Italian male water polo players Swimmers 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 swimmers for Italy Olympic water polo players for Italy Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in water polo World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri Water polo players from Naples 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-waterpolo-bio-stub

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