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CONDORELLI |
| Sport |
Swimming |
| NOC |
Italy
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| Gender | Men |
| Born | 17 Jan 1995
| | Height | 1.88 m |
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Further Personal Information |
Higher education |
Business - University of Southern California: Los Angeles, CA, USA |
Sport Specific Information |
Why this sport? |
His father introduced him to the sport. |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
He began swimming at age five in Portland, OR, United States of America. |
Further Personal Information |
Languages |
English |
General Interest |
Other information |
REPRESENTING ITALY
He was born in Japan and grew up in Portland, OR, United States of America. As a youngster he was eligible to represent both the United States of America and Canada and, although he started swimming for the US team at junior level, he declared that he would compete for Canada in 2014. Following the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, where he placed fourth in the 100m freestyle, he was then encouraged to switch nationalities by Italian swimmer Gianpaolo Barelli, whom he had met while studying at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA, United States of America. Condorelli is eligible to compete for Italy through his father's side of the family and he received confirmation of the switch in 2018, having relocated to Italy more than 12 months earlier. "My great grandparents left Catania [Italy] to try their luck in the United States. I experienced my Canadian side that comes from mum and I wanted and needed to discover the Italian one. After Rio's fourth place, I was furious and decided to widen my boundaries. I like to consider myself the most international swimmer in international swimming." (SportsDeskOnline, 07 Jun 2021; SwimSwam YouTube channel, 03 Apr 2019; oasport.it, 08 Nov 2018; federnuoto.it, 02 Nov 2018; swimming.ca, 16 Jul 2015; swimswam.com, 24 May 2015; o.canada.com, 02 Apr 2015)
ONE-FINGER SALUTE
Before the start of races he raises his middle finger and directs it towards his father who returns the gesture. The tradition started as a motivational tool when his father began training him in 2005. "Being so small as a child I'd always get intimidated. Every time I was going to race I'd just get scared. My dad was like, 'You know what? Give me the finger before every race, so you're just worrying about us because, with what we put in, we can conquer anything'." In 2012 he apologised when television viewers thought he was making the gesture at the television cameras and, following advise from Swimming Canada, he has found methods of making the gesture more discreetly. (swimmingworldmagazine.com, 13 Feb 2020; swimswam.com, 27 Jan 2016) |
Awards and honours |
He was named Canadian Swimmer of the Year at the 2015 and 2016 Swammy Awards by the swimming website Swimswam. (swimswam.com, 30 Dec 2016, 22 Dec 2021)
He received the 2016 Male Swimmer of the Year award from Swimming Canada. (swimswam.com, 30 Sep 2016)
He was named 2015 Male Sprint Freestyle Swimmer of the Year by Swimming Canada. (swimming.ca, 18 Jan 2016) |
Sport Specific Information |
Club / Team |
Aurelia Nuoto: Rome, ITA |
Further Personal Information |
Occupation |
Athlete, Model |
General Interest |
Most influential person in career |
His parents. (swimmingworldmagazine.com, 09 Nov 2017) |
Sporting philosophy / motto |
"If you have a great group of people around you that want to push you in the right direction, it's going to be a hell of a lot easier than it is if you're on your own and you have other things going on." (swimmingworldmagazine.com, 09 Nov 2017) |
Superstitions / Rituals / Beliefs |
He points his middle finger towards his father in the crowd at the start of every race. (sport.sky.it, 16 Nov 2018) |
Olympic Games |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 31 |
2021 |
Tokyo, JPN |
100m Butterfly |
52.32 |
| 19 |
2021 |
Tokyo, JPN |
50m Freestyle |
22.14 |
| 2 |
2021 |
Tokyo, JPN |
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay |
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| Semifinal |
2016 |
Rio de Janeiro, BRA |
100m Butterfly |
51.83 |
| 4 |
2016 |
Rio de Janeiro, BRA |
100m Freestyle |
47.88 |
| Semifinal |
2016 |
Rio de Janeiro, BRA |
50m Freestyle |
21.97 |
| 7 |
2016 |
Rio de Janeiro, BRA |
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay |
3:14.35 |
World Championships |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| Heats |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
100m Freestyle |
48.80 |
| 4 |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay |
3:11.39 |
| Semifinal |
2015 |
Kazan, RUS |
50m Butterfly |
23.30 |
| 4 |
2015 |
Kazan, RUS |
100m Freestyle |
48.19 |
| Heats |
2015 |
Kazan, RUS |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
3:35.72 |
| 3 |
2015 |
Kazan, RUS |
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay |
3:23.59 |
| 8 |
2015 |
Kazan, RUS |
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay |
3:15.94 |
World Championships Short Course |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 3 |
2018 |
Hangzhou, CHN |
4 x 50m Freestyle Relay |
1:22.90 |
| 4 |
2018 |
Hangzhou, CHN |
4 x 50m Medley Relay |
1:31.54 |
| 7 |
2018 |
Hangzhou, CHN |
4 x 50m Freestyle Relay |
1:30.96 |
| 4 |
2018 |
Hangzhou, CHN |
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay |
3:05.20 |
Pan American Games |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| Final |
2015 |
Toronto, ON, CAN |
4 x 100m Medley Relay |
3:34.40 |
European Championships Short Course |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| Heats |
2019 |
Glasgow, SCO |
100m Freestyle |
47.65 |
| 5 |
2019 |
Glasgow, SCO |
4 x 50m Freestyle Relay |
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World Cup |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 3 |
2019 |
Jinan, CHN |
100m Butterfly |
52.00 |
| 6 |
2019 |
Jinan, CHN |
50m Freestyle |
22.42 |
| 5 |
2019 |
Jinan, CHN |
100m Freestyle |
49.73 |
| 3 |
2019 |
Singapore, SGP |
50m Freestyle |
22.21 |
| 3 |
2019 |
Singapore, SGP |
100m Freestyle |
48.72 |
| 7 |
2019 |
Tokyo, JPN |
50m Freestyle |
22.33 |
| 4 |
2019 |
Tokyo, JPN |
100m Freestyle |
48.52 |
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