Alessandro Terrin
Alessandro Terrin (born 11 July 1985) is a male Italian swimmer. He represented Italy at the 2008 Olympic Games in the 100m breaststroke and the 4×100m; medley relay swimming events.[1]
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| Full name | Alessandro Terrin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 11 July 1985 Dolo, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 93 kg (205 lb; 14.6 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Aurelia Nuoto | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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His favourite event is the 50m breaststroke: he won several medals in this event and became European champion at the 2006 European LC Championships in Budapest together with Oleg Lisogor; he also won a silver medal at the 2006 SC World Championships in Shanghai.
At the 2008 European SC Championships in Rijeka he won a gold medal in the 4×50 m medley relay event, where the Italian team set the current European record and world's best performance.
Personal bests
He currently holds 1 world's best performance (WB), 1 European record (ER) and 1 Italian records (IR). His personal bests (as of the 27 May 2009) are:
| Event | Long course (year) | Short course (year) |
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| 50 m breaststroke | 27.25 (2009) | 26.55 (2008) |
| 100 m breaststroke | 1:01.35 (2005) | 58.79 (2006) |
| 4×50 m medley relay | 1:32:91 (2008) WB ER | |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:34.32 (2008) IR |