Emanuele Merisi (10 October 1972, Treviglio, province of Bergamo) is a former Italian professional swimmer, specialized in backstroke, who won a bronze medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Merisi began to swim at the age of 8, becoming a member of the Italian national team in 1989. His first important medal was at the 1993 European Championships in Sheffield, where he won a bronze medal in his favourite race, the 200m backstroke. He repeated the result inthe 1995 european championship, this time as a member of the 4x200m freestyle relay...
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