Gabriele Detti

Gabriele Detti

Personal information
National team	Italy
Born	(1994-08-29) 29 August 1994 Livorno, Italy
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Coach	Stefano Morini
Medal record Men's swimming Representing Italy Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 2 World Championships (LC) 1 0 2 World Championships (SC) 0 0 1 European Championships (LC) 1 3 4 European Championships (SC) 0 2 3 Total 2 5 12 Olympic Games Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 400 m freestyle Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 1500 m freestyle World Championships (LC) Gold medal – first place 2017 Budapest 800 m freestyle Bronze medal – third place 2017 Budapest 400 m freestyle Bronze medal – third place 2019 Gwangju 400 m freestyle World Championships (SC) Bronze medal – third place 2018 Hangzhou 400 m freestyle European Championships (LC) Gold medal – first place 2016 London 400 m freestyle Silver medal – second place 2016 London 800 m freestyle Silver medal – second place 2016 London 1500 m freestyle Silver medal – second place 2022 Rome 4×200 m freestyle Bronze medal – third place 2014 Berlin 800 m freestyle Bronze medal – third place 2014 Berlin 1500 m freestyle Bronze medal – third place 2016 London 4x200 m freestyle Bronze medal – third place 2020 Budapest 800 m freestyle European Championships (SC) Silver medal – second place 2012 Chartres 400 m freestyle Silver medal – second place 2015 Netanya 1500 m freestyle Bronze medal – third place 2013 Herning 1500 m freestyle Bronze medal – third place 2015 Netanya 400 m freestyle Bronze medal – third place 2019 Glasgow 400 m freestyle

Gabriele Detti (born 29 August 1994) is an Italian competitive swimmer, who is a two-time Olympic medalist and the 2017 world champion of the 800 m freestyle. He competed at the 2012, 2016, and 2020 Summer Olympics.

Career highlights

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Detti competed in the men's 1500 metre freestyle, finishing in 13th place overall in the heats, failing to qualify for the final. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the men's 400 metre freestyle as well as a bronze medal in the men's 1500 metre freestyle, race won by teammate Gregorio Paltrinieri.

At the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Detti won the bronze medal in the 400 m. Later he won the gold medal in the 800 m, becoming the world champion in the distance and setting the new European record in a time of 7:40.77. Two years later Detti confirmed his bronze medal in the 400 m freestyle in Gwangju 2019, sharing the podium with Sun Yang and Mack Horton, as already happened in Rio and in Budapest.

Personal bests (LC)

Event Time Meet Note(s) 200 m freestyle 1:46.38 2017 Italian Championships 400 m freestyle 3:43.23 2019 World Aquatics Championships NR 800 m freestyle 7:40.77 2017 World Aquatics Championships former ER 1500 m freestyle 14:40.86 2016 Summer Olympics

External links

• Gabriele Detti at World Aquatics
• Gabriele Detti at Olympedia
• Gabriele Detti at Olympics.com
• Gabriele Detti at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)