Roberto Gleria (also Robert), born 15 October 1968, is a former
freestyle
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swimmer
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from
Italy
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.
Gleria swam for
Australia
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in the mid-1980s and was an
Australian Institute of Sport
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scholarship holder before taking up on an offer to swim for Italy leading up to the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. He competed at the
1986 Commonwealth Games
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for Australia, winning gold medals in both the 200 metre freestyle and the 4×200 metre freestyle relay.
Gleria competed for Italy at the
1988 Summer Olympic Games
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in Seoul, South Korea, in both the 100, 200 and 400
metre freestyle, finishing first in the B Final of the
200 metre freestyle in a time of 1 minute 49.28 seconds. He also contributed to all three of Italy's relay teams.
He also competed at the
1992 Summer Olympic Games
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in Barcelona, Spain, in the 100 and 200 metre freestyles and both freestyle relays.
See also
*
List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)
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References
1968 births
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Italian male freestyle swimmers
Australian male freestyle swimmers
Australian people of Italian descent
Sportspeople of Italian descent
Australian Institute of Sport swimmers
Olympic swimmers for Italy
Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
Commonwealth Games swimmers for Australia
Commonwealth Games gold medallists in swimming
Swimmers at the 1991 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy
Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming
World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
20th-century Australian sportsmen
20th-century Italian sportsmen
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