Martina Grimaldi (born 28 September 1988) is an Italian distance swimmer. She was born in

Bologna Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the List of cities in Italy, seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its M ...

. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, she competed in the Women's marathon 10 kilometre, winning the bronze medal. Grimaldi is an athlete of the

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* * * * 1988 births Living people Olympic swimmers for Italy Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in open water swimming Italian female long-distance swimmers Sportspeople from Bologna Swimmers of Fiamme Oro 21st-century Italian sportswomen {{Italy-swimming-bio-stub