Simone Ruffini (born 7 December 1989) is an Italian

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

who specializes in long-distance

freestyle swimming Freestyle is a category of Swimming (sport), swimming competition, defined by the rules of the International Swimming Federation (FINA), in which competitors are subject to a few limited restrictions on their swimming stroke. Freestyle races ar ...

, especially

open water swimming Open water swimming is a swimming discipline which takes place in outdoor bodies of water such as open oceans, lakes, and rivers. The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming is sometimes taken to be May 3, 1810, when Lord Byron swam ...

. He won the gold medal in the Men's 25 km open water swimming at the

2015 World Aquatics Championships The 16th FINA World Championships (russian: Чемпионат мира по водным видам спорта 2015), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia hosted this event for the first time. T ...

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1989 births Living people Italian male swimmers Italian male long-distance swimmers Olympic swimmers for Italy Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in swimming Sportspeople from the Province of Macerata FISU World University Games gold medalists for Italy Swimmers of Gruppo Sportivo Esercito Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade European Open Water Swimming Championships medalists 21st-century Italian people {{Italy-swimming-bio-stub