René Gusperti - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

René Gusperti (born March 18, 1971) is an Italian

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...

former swimmer

Swimming (sport)

Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

. He was a world class freestyle sprinter during 1990s and unchallenged Italian Champion in the same years.

Biography

Gusperti was born in Schlanders/Silandro

Schlanders

Schlanders is a comune in South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 70 km northwest of the city of Trento and about 50 km west of the city of Bolzano ....

. He began swimming in Rari Nantes Trento
Trento
Trento is an Italian city located in the Adige River valley in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It is the capital of Trentino...

, there he met his long-lasting coach Walter Bolognani. He later joined Fiamme Gialle (the Athletic Team of Guardia di Finanza

Guardia di Finanza

The Guardia di Finanza is a Italian law enforcement agency under the authority of the Minister of Economy and Finance. Like the Carabinieri, it is part of the Italian Armed Forces. The Guard is essentially responsible for dealing with financial crime and smuggling; it has also evolved into Italy's...

) and won his first Italian Championship in 1991, from then on ten years of nearly uninterrupted victories follows. During the nineties Gusperti competed in all the major international events, including 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. In 2005 he joined CSI Trento Nuoto where he still swim -as of 2007- and coaches. He is the brother of André Gusperti

Andrè Gusperti

André Gusperti is an Italian former swimmer. He was a world class butterfly swimmer during 1990s.-Biography:He began swimming in Rari Nantes Trento and later joined Fiamme Gialle . During the nineties Gusperti competed in several international events...

, another renowned former Italian swimmer.

Personal Bests

{| class=wikitable
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!Time
!Distance
!Event
!Course
!Venue
!Date
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| 22.77
| 50 m
| Freestyle
| Long
| Wien

Wien

Wien is the German language name for Vienna, the city and federal state in Austria.* Wien , in Vienna, Austria* Theater an der Wien, a theater in Vienna located at the former river WienWien may also refer to:...

| 28 August 1995
|-
| 22.29
| 50 m
| Freestyle
| Short
| Salò

Salò

Salò is a town and commune in the Province of Brescia in the region of Lombardy on the banks of Lake Garda. The city was the capital of Italian Social Republic from 1943 to 1945, with the ISR often being called the "Republic of Salò" .-History:Salò was founded in the Roman period as Pagus...

| 8 April 2004
|-
| 49.59
| 100 m
| Freestyle
| Short
| Camogli

Camogli

Camogli is a small Italian fishing village and tourist resort located on the west side of the peninsula of Portofino, on the Golfo Paradiso at the Riviera di Levante, in the province of Genoa on the Italian Riviera. its population was of 5582 inhabitants. The name means "house of wives"...

| 18 December 2003
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International

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!Year
!Meet
!Venue
!Distance
!Event
!Result
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|rowspan="1" | 1987
|European Youth Championships
|Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

, Italy

Italy

|50 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" | 3rd
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1991
|Mediterranean Games
|Athens

Athens

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

, Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

|50 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|-
|Mediterranean Games
|Athens

Athens

, Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

|4×100 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1993
|Mediterranean Games
|Languedoc-Roussillon

Languedoc-Roussillon

Languedoc-Roussillon is one of the 27 regions of France. It comprises five departments, and borders the other French regions of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes, Auvergne, Midi-Pyrénées on the one side, and Spain, Andorra and the Mediterranean sea on the other side.-Geography:The region is...

, France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

|50 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd
|-
|Mediterranean Games
|Languedoc-Roussillon

Languedoc-Roussillon

, France

France

|4×100 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" | 3rd
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1996
|European Championships
|Riesa

Riesa

Riesa is a town in the district of Meißen in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is located at the river Elbe, approx. 40 km northwest of Dresden.The world's first 110 kV power line was inaugurated between Riesa and Lauchhammer in 1912....

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

|50 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd
|-
|European Championships
|Riesa

Riesa

, Germany

Germany

|4×50 m
|Medley
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd
|}

Italian Championships

{| class=wikitable
|- bgcolor="cccccc"
!Year
!Meet
!Venue
!Distance
!Event
!Result
|-
|rowspan="1" | 1991
|Summer
|Pesaro

Pesaro

Pesaro is a town and comune in the Italian region of the Marche, capital of the Pesaro e Urbino province, on the Adriatic. According to the 2007 census, its population was 92,206....

|50 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|-
|rowspan="4" | 1992
|Spring
|Florence

Florence

Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

|50 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|-
|Spring
|Florence

Florence

|4×100 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|-
|Summer
|Pesaro

Pesaro

Pesaro is a town and comune in the Italian region of the Marche, capital of the Pesaro e Urbino province, on the Adriatic. According to the 2007 census, its population was 92,206....

|50 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|-
|Summer
|Pesaro

Pesaro

Pesaro is a town and comune in the Italian region of the Marche, capital of the Pesaro e Urbino province, on the Adriatic. According to the 2007 census, its population was 92,206....

|4 × 100 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|-
|rowspan="4" | 1993
|Spring
|Florence

Florence

|50 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|-
|Spring
|Florence

Florence

|4×100 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|-
|Summer
|Rome

Rome

|50 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|-
|Summer
|Roma

Rome

|4×100 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|-
|rowspan="3" | 1994
|Spring
|Florence

Florence

|50 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|-
|Spring
|Florence

Florence

|4×100 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|-
|Summer
|Riccione

Riccione

Riccione is a comune in the Province of Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. As of 2007 Riccione had an estimated population of 34,868.-History:...

|50 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|-
|rowspan="3" | 1995
|Spring
|Florence

Florence

|50 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|-
|Summer
|San Donato Milanese

San Donato Milanese

San Donato Milanese is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 10 km southeast of Milan.-History:...

|50 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|-
|Summer
|San Donato Milanese

San Donato Milanese

San Donato Milanese is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 10 km southeast of Milan.-History:...

|4×100 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|-
|rowspan="4" | 1993
|Spring
|Livorno

Livorno

Livorno , traditionally Leghorn , is a port city on the Tyrrhenian Sea on the western edge of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of approximately 160,000 residents in 2009.- History :...

|50 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|-
|Spring
|Livorno

Livorno

|4×100 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|-
|Summer
|Catania

Catania

Catania is an Italian city on the east coast of Sicily facing the Ionian Sea, between Messina and Syracuse. It is the capital of the homonymous province, and with 298,957 inhabitants it is the second-largest city in Sicily and the tenth in Italy.Catania is known to have a seismic history and...

|50 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|-
|Summer
|Catania

Catania

|4×100 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|-
|rowspan="3" | 1997
|Spring
|Livorno

Livorno

|50 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|-
|Summer
|San Donato Milanese

San Donato Milanese

San Donato Milanese is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 10 km southeast of Milan.-History:...

|50 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" | 3rd
|-
|Summer
|San Donato Milanese

San Donato Milanese

San Donato Milanese is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 10 km southeast of Milan.-History:...

|4×100 m
|Medley
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd
|-
|rowspan="4" | 1998
|Winter
|Desenzano
|50 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|-
|Spring
|Livorno

Livorno

|4×100 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|-
|Spring
|Livorno

Livorno

|4×100 m
|Medley
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|-
|Summer
|Bari

Bari

Bari is the capital city of the province of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, in Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy after Naples, and is well known as a port and university city, as well as the city of Saint Nicholas...

|4×100 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1999
|Spring
|Genoa

Genoa

Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....

|4×100 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|-
|Summer
|Asti

Asti

Asti is a city and comune of about 75,000 inhabitants located in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy, about 55 kilometres east of Turin in the plain of the Tanaro River...

|4×100 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|-
|rowspan="3" | 2000
|Winter
|Desenzano
|4×50 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|-
|Winter
|Desenzano
|50 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|-
|Summer
|Monfalcone

Monfalcone

Monfalcone is a town and comune of the province of Gorizia , located on the coast of the Gulf of Trieste. Monfalcone means "Mount of Falcon" in Italian....

|4×100 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|-
|rowspan="3" | 2001
|Winter
|Imperia

Imperia

Imperia may be:* Imperia , an Italian city* Province of Imperia, the Italian province of the above city of Imperia* IMPERIA, a vodka produced by Russian Standard* Imperia , a statue in Constance, Germany...

|4×50 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|-
|Spring
|Imperia

Imperia

|4×100 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|-
|Summer
|Genoa

Genoa

Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....

|50 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|-
|rowspan="5" | 2002
|Winter
|Camogli

Camogli

|4×50 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd
|-
|Winter
|Camogli

Camogli

|50 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" | 3rd
|-
|Spring
|Brescia

Brescia

Brescia is a city and comune in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, between the Mella and the Naviglio, with a population of around 197,000. It is the second largest city in Lombardy, after the capital, Milan...

|4×100 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd
|-
|Spring
|Brescia

Brescia

|50 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd
|-
|Summer
|Gubbio

Gubbio

Gubbio is a town and comune in the far northeastern part of the Italian province of Perugia . It is located on the lowest slope of Mt. Ingino, a small mountain of the Apennines. See also Mount Ingino Christmas Tree.-History:...

|50 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" | 3rd
|-
|rowspan="1" | 2003
|Summer
|Riccione

Riccione

Riccione is a comune in the Province of Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. As of 2007 Riccione had an estimated population of 34,868.-History:...

|50 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" | 3rd
|-
|rowspan="1" | 2004
|Summer
|Pesaro

Pesaro

Pesaro is a town and comune in the Italian region of the Marche, capital of the Pesaro e Urbino province, on the Adriatic. According to the 2007 census, its population was 92,206....

|4×100 m
|Freestyle
|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" | 3rd
|}

Other international participations

Summer Olympic Games
Summer Olympic Games
The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Olympic Committee. Medals are awarded in each event, with gold medals for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition that...

: Barcelona 1992
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...

, Atlanta 1996
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....

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World Long Course Championships
FINA World Championships - Long Course
The FINA World Championships or World Aquatics Championships are the World Championships for aquatic sports: diving, swimming, open water swimming, synchronized swimming and water polo. They are run by FINA, and in the pool swimming events are contested in a 50 m, or "long course", pool.The...

: Rome 1994
1994 World Aquatics Championships
The 1994 FINA World Aquatics Championships were held in Rome, Italy between September 1 and September 11, 1994.-Medal table:-Diving:MenWomen-Open water swimming:MenWomen-Swimming:MenWomen-Synchronized swimming:-Water polo:...

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World Short Course Championships
FINA World Championships - Long Course
The FINA World Championships or World Aquatics Championships are the World Championships for aquatic sports: diving, swimming, open water swimming, synchronized swimming and water polo. They are run by FINA, and in the pool swimming events are contested in a 50 m, or "long course", pool.The...

: Rio de Janeiro 1995
1995 FINA Short Course World Championships
The 2nd FINA World Swimming Championships were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 30 November until 3 December 1995. This event was considered a trailblazer in the aspect of the organization of major championships in swimming...

, Gothenburg 1997
1997 FINA Short Course World Championships
The 3rd FINA Short Course World Championships were held at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden from April 17 – April 20, 1997.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:-References:* * *...

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European Long Course Championships: Athens 1991, Sheffield 1993, Vienna 1995, Seville 1997, Istanbul 1999.
European Short Course Championships: Gelsenkirchen 1991
European Sprint Swimming Championships 1991
The LEN European Sprint Swimming Championships 1991 were the first edition of what later would become the European Short Course Championships. It was held in Gelsenkirchen, Germany from 6–8 December 1991, and was organised by the Ligue Européenne de Natation...

, Espoo 1992
European Sprint Swimming Championships 1992
The LEN European Sprint Swimming Championships 1992 were the second edition of what later would become the European Short Course Championships. It was held in Espoo, Finland from 21–22 December 1991, and was organised by the Ligue Européenne de Natation...

, Gateshead 1993
European Sprint Swimming Championships 1993
The third edition of the European Sprint Swimming Championships 1993 were held in Gateshead, United Kingdom, from 11–13 November. The championships were organised by the Ligue Européenne de Natation , with events held in a short course pool....

, Riesa 1996.
Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games
The Mediterranean Games are a multi-sport games held every four years, mainly for nations bordering the Mediterranean Sea, where Europe, Africa and Asia meet. The idea was proposed at the 1948 Summer Olympics by Muhammed Taher Pasha, chairman of the Egyptian Olympic Committee, and they were first...

: Athens 1991
1991 Mediterranean Games
The 11th edition of the Mediterranean Games were held in Athens, Greece fromthe 28th of June to the 12th of July 1991. Eighteen nations competed in 24 different sportingevents.- Pre-Mediterranean Cup :...

, Languedoc-Roussillon 1993
1993 Mediterranean Games
The 12th edition of the Mediterranean Games were held in Languedoc-Roussillon, France from the June 16 to June 27, 1993. Nineteen nations competed in 24 different sporting events.- Medal table :- External links and references :* -See also:**...

, Bari 1997
1997 Mediterranean Games
The 13th edition of the Mediterranean Games were held in Bari, Italy from the 13th to the 25th of June 1997. Twenty one nations competed in 27 different sporting events.- Medal table :- External link and reference :* -See also:***...

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External links

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