Giorgio Minisini (born 9 March 1996) is an Italian synchronised swimmer. He won two bronze medals in the inaugural mixed duet competition at the 2015 World Championships. He was world champion at the

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in the mixed duet technical routine in

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and

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and the mixed duet free routine in

. In 2022, he became the first male artistic swimmer to win a gold medal at a

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in a men's solo event, winning the gold medal in the solo technical routine.

Career

In 2014,

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officially approved of adding mixed-gender events in

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and

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under its banner after a vote at the Extraordinary Congress in

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2015

At the

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, Minisini represented Italy at the inaugural Mixed Duet in synchronized swimming, he won a bronze medal with duet partner Manila Flamini in Mixed Duet technical, and another bronze medal in Mixed Duet free with Mariangela Perrupato. With his win, he became the first male bronze medalist in artistic swimming at a World Championships.Boutin, Richard (22 August 2022)
"Natation artistique: une page d'histoire sera écrite au mondial junior à Québec"
(in French). ''

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''. Retrieved 23 August 2022.

2022 World Championships

In the mixed duet technical routine at the

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, he won the gold medal with his partner

Lucrezia Ruggiero Lucrezia Ruggiero (born 7 June 2000) is an Italian artistic swimmer. She won one gold medal each at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in the mixed duet technical routine and the mixed duet free routine. At the 2022 European Aquatics Champi ...

with a score of 89.2685 points in the final.

(20 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Mixed Duet Technical Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 20 June 2022."Swimming: Italian couple bag synchro gold at worlds"
'' ANSA''. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022."Sincro: Lucrezia Ruggiero e Giorgio Minisini sono i campioni del mondo del misto tecnico"
(in Italian). '' Rai News 24''. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022."Italian pair win mixed duet technical, Chinese grab bronze in artistic swimming"
''

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''. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022. He also won a gold medal in the mixed duet free routine with a score of 90.9667 points, finishing less than two points ahead of silver medalists Tomoka Sato and Yotaro Sato of

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(25 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Mixed Duet Free Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 26 June 2022."Mondiali nuoto 2022: Giorgio Minisini e Lucrezia Ruggiero oro nel sincro duo libero"
(in Italian). '' Quotidiano.net''. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022. His scores contributed to

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being the highest scoring country across all events contested in

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at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships.Croes, Maureen (25 June 2022)
"Italy and Ukraine win last two gold medals; Italy overall winner"
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''. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

2022 European Championships

On the second day of competition at the

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, held in

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in August, Minisini won the gold medal in the solo technical routine with a score of 85.7033 points, marking the second gold medal for Italy at the Championships across all sports. LEN (12 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results Men's Solo Technical Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
'' ANSA''. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022."Nuoto, 5 ori azzurri: Quadarella, Martinenghi, Panziera e Ceccon dopo Minisini"
(in Italian). ''

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''. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022."Europei, Giorgio Minisini oro e Lidia Cerruti argento"
(in Italian). ''

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''. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022. With his win, Minisini became the first man in history to win a gold medal in any solo male

(synchronized swimming) event at a

.Ravelli, Arianna (12 August 2022)
"Europei, Giorgio Minisini oro nel nuoto sincronizzato solo tecnico"
(in Italian). ''

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''. Retrieved 12 August 2022."Giorgio Minisini fa història I es converteix en el primer campió europeu de solo masculí en natació artística"
(in Catalan). ''lesportiudecatalunya.cat''. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022. The following day, he won a gold medal in the mixed duet free routine, scoring 89.7333 points with partner Lucrezia Ruggiero. LEN (13 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results Mixed Duet Free Routine"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 13 August 2022.Fumagalli, Davide (13 August 2022)
"Nuoto artistico, Europei: Minisini ancora d'oro! Trionfo con Lucrezia Ruggiero nel duo misto libero"
(in Italian). ''

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''. Retrieved 13 August 2022."Europei nuoto, oro all'Italia nel sincro con Minisini-Ruggiero. Bronzo con Cerruti-Ferro"
(in Italian). ''

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''. Retrieved 13 August 2022. Minisini won his third gold medal of the Championships on day four, placing first in the solo free routine with a score of 88.4667 to win the first-ever gold medal in the event at a LEN European Aquatics Championships. LEN (14 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results Men's Solo Free Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 14 August 2022."Minisini wins second men's artistic swimming gold"
''

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''. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022."Europei di nuoto: le medaglie di oggi 14 agosto. Staffetta uomini d'oro, sincro show"
(in Italian). '' Quotidiano.net''. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022. For his final event, the mixed duet technical routine, he won the gold medal with Lucrezia Ruggiero, scoring 89.3679 points. LEN (15 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results Mixed Duet Technical Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 15 August 2022."Giorgio Minisini, ecco il quarto oro: vince di nuovo con Lucrezia Ruggiero, campioni Europei nel duo misto tecnico"
(in Italian). ''

''. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022."Minisini-Ruggiero d'oro anche nel duo tecnico"
(in Italian). ''

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''. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022. title=No Male Following his performances at the Championships, in December, the

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announced it would include up to two men in the teams of eight for the team event at the

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and they would not include male solo, male duet, nor mixed duet events, to which Minisini applauded the decision to include men in some form (up to 25% of team event member composition allowed)."For the first time, men eligible to compete in Artistic Swimming at the Olympic Games in Paris 2024"
''

''. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022. However, he was cut from the 2024 Italian Olympic team.

International championships

References

External links

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