Paolo Pucci (born 21 April 1935) is a retired Italian freestyle swimmer and water polo player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 100 m freestyle competition and finished fourth with the Italian water polo team.[1]
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Full name | Paolo Pucci | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Rome, Italy | 21 April 1935|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming, water polo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SS Lazio, Rome | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pucci won a gold medal at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships in the 100 m freestyle, becoming Italy's first swimming European champion.
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- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Paolo Pucci". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.