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Emanuele Merisi
The Olympic Games or Olympics is an international multi-sport event taking place every four years which comprises of summer and winter games. Though the first ancient games were held in 776 B.C, the modern games started from 1896. The unity of the 5 continents is shown on the Olympic flag by five colorful intertwined rings of red, blue, green, yellow, and black, created by Baron Pierre de Coubertin to represent at least one color of the participating country’s national flag.
Emanuele Merisi was born on October 10, 1972 in Treviglio, province of Bergamo Lombardy. He is a former Italian professional swimmer, specialized in backstroke, who won a bronze medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics. He started to swim at the age of 8, becoming a member of the Italian national team in 1989. His first important medal was at the European LC Championships 1993 in Sheffield, where he won a bronze medal in his favourite race, the 200 meter backstroke. He repeated the result in the European LC Championships 1995, this time as a member of the 4 by 200 meter freestyle relay.
Merisi presented at the 1996 Summer Olympics with the best time of the year in the 200 meter backstroke, 1minute 57.70 seconds. In the race, however, he was not able to repeat this outstanding result; he gained only a bronze medal after Americans Brad Bridgewater and Tripp Schwenk, both with times largely superior to that time.
A brilliant and long-career swimmer, captain of Italian team in his last years, Merisi took part to two more editions of Summer Olympics, including 2000, in which he was ranked again amongst the favorites in 200 meter backstroke and arrived 5th. His results include two more silver 1997 and 2000 and a bronze medal 1999 at the European Championships, all in the 200 meter backstroke.
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