Lorenza Vigarani
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Lorenza Vigarani is a retired backstroke
swimmer from Italy
, who represented her native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. She won her first international senior medal (silver) as a member of the women's 4×100 medley relay team at the 1987 European Championships (long course).
Backstroke
The backstroke, also sometimes called the back crawl, is one of the four swimming styles regulated by FINA, and the only regulated style swum on the back. This has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimmers not being able to see where they are going. It is also the only...
swimmer from Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, who represented her native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. She won her first international senior medal (silver) as a member of the women's 4×100 medley relay team at the 1987 European Championships (long course).