Domenico Fioravanti (born 31 May 1977) is a retired Italian competitive swimmer who won two gold medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
Domenico Fioravanti was born in Trecate, near Novara, Piedmont. He started swimming competitively at the age of nine, and one year later began training daily, spurred by his elder brother Massimiliano, who was also a swimmer. In 1995, he took part in his first European Championship. In 1999, he was European champion in the 100 m breaststroke.
In 2000, Fioravanti became the first Italian swimmer to win a gold medal in the Olympic Games, winning both the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke races. He also won another gold European medal in the 100 m breaststroke. In 2001, he received the silver medal in the 100 m breaststroke and bronze medal in the 50 m breaststroke at the World Championship. Moreover, he won the Italian championship thirty times. In 2004, he was forced to retire from competitive swimming due to a genetic heart anomaly.
In long-course swimming, Fioravanti's personal bests are:
Italian swimmers multiple medalists at the international competitions
List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
Domenico Fioravanti at World Aquatics
Domenico Fioravanti at SwimRankings.net
Domenico Fioravanti at the International Swimming Hall of Fame
Domenico Fioravanti at Olympics.com
Domenico Fioravanti at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)
Domenico Fioravanti at Olympedia
Domenico Fioravanti at InterSportStats
Domenico Fioravanti at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)