| Full Name | Giorgio Minisini |
| Nation | Italy |
| Birthdate | March 9, 1996 |
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| Status | Retired (Jul. 2024) |
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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Four-time World Champion… Eight-time World medalist overall (4G, 4S, 2B)… Won Italy’s first-ever world title in 2017… Competed at five World Championships and medaled in all of them (2015, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2024)… Five-time European Champion… 14-time European medalist (5G, 7S, 2B)… Has been on the senior national team since 2015… Named FINA’s Best Male Artistic Swimmer in 2017 and 2018.
2024: Won gold in free solo and silver in technical solo at the World Championships… Also placed sixth in technical mixed duet and acrobatic team there… Earned silver in free solo and bronze in technical solo at the European Championships… Announced retirement in July.
2023: Won gold in technical mixed duet, silver in free mixed duet and free team, and bronze in acrobatic team at the European Games… Also competed in the Markham World Cup in solo (1G)… Suffered a season-ending knee injury a few days after the European Games and missed the World Championships.
2022: Became World Champion in the technical and free mixed duet alongside Lucrezia Ruggiero… Earned four gold at the European Championship in both men’s solo and mixed duet events… Became the first-ever European Champion in men’s solo in the senior category.
2021: Swam in solo and mixed duet at the World Series Super Final in Barcelona… Had to withdraw from the European Championships at the last moment because of Covid-19 protocols.
2020: Did not compete internationally due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the cancellation of all meets.
2019: Won two silver medals at the 2019 FINA World Championships alongside Manila Flamini… Competed in the free mixed duet event throughout the FINA World Series all year (Alexandroupoli, Tokyo, Beijing, Barcelona) and at the Super Final in Budapest.
2018: Earned two silver medals with Manila Flamini at the European Championships in technical and free mixed duet…Competed extensively in these events in the FINA World Series Circuit throughout the season… Named FINA’s Best Male Artistic Swimmer for the second year in a row.
2017: Made history for Italy as he and Manila Flamini became the nation’s first ever World Champions in the technical mixed duet…Also earned a world silver medal in the free mixed duet event…Won gold at the European Cup in technical and free mixed duet…Named FINA’s Best Male Artistic Swimmer, tied with Russia’s Aleksandr Maltsev.
2016: Won silver in technical and free mixed duet at the European Championships.