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| Stefano
BALLO |
| Sport |
Swimming |
| NOC |
Italy
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| Gender | Men |
| Born | 18 Feb 1993
in Bolzano, ITA |
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Further Personal Information |
Residence |
Caserta, ITA |
Sport Specific Information |
Club / Team |
CS Esercito [ITA] / Time Limit Caserta [ITA]: |
General Interest |
Hobbies |
Supporting US basketball club Chicago Bulls. (tokyo2020.coni.it, 01 Jul 2021) |
Injuries |
He missed the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain, after he was diagnosed with appendicitis a few days before he was due to depart for the event. (Instagram profile, 16 Jan 2020; timelimit.it, 13 Jan 2019) |
Famous relatives |
His grandfather Alfredo competed in water polo at national level in the 1960s. (riviera24.it, 13 Aug 2019) |
Sport Specific Information |
Why this sport? |
He wanted to take up diving but was told he was too tall for the sport. His mother then advised him to start swimming instead, which also helped him with a hip problem he had at the time. |
General Interest |
Hero / Idol |
US swimmer Michael Phelps. (zebrinterviste.blogspot.com, 10 Dec 2011) |
Sport Specific Information |
Name of coach |
Andrea Sabino [Caserta] |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
He got involved in swimming at age 10 in Bolzano, Italy. |
Further Personal Information |
Occupation |
Armed Forces Athlete |
Languages |
English, Italian |
General Interest |
Other information |
CHANGES
In 2019 he decided to relocate from Bolzano to Caserta in Italy in order to start training under coach Andrea Sabino. He initially focused on mixed events but Sabino changed his approach and encouraged him target freestyle races. "I immediately believed in his potential. I was confident that I could take something important out of him. We decided that in order to achieve it we had to change everything and focus only on the 200m freestyle, so we abandoned the mixed events," Sabino said. (swim4lifemagazine.it, 06 Apr 2021; swimswam.com, 02 Apr 2021)
OCCUPATION
He is an athlete member of the Italian army sports group CS Esercito. (difesa.it, 01 Jul 2021) |
Olympic Games |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 10 |
2021 |
Tokyo, JPN |
200m Freestyle |
1:45.84 |
| 5 |
2021 |
Tokyo, JPN |
4 x 200m Freestyle Relay |
7:03.24 |
World Championships |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| Heats |
2022 |
Budapest, HUN |
4 x 200m Freestyle Relay |
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| 4 |
2019 |
Gwangju, KOR |
4 x 200m Freestyle Relay |
7:02.01 |
European Championships |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| Semifinal |
2021 |
Budapest, HUN |
200m Freestyle |
1:47.10 |
| 3 |
2021 |
Budapest, HUN |
4 x 200m Freestyle Relay |
7:06.05 |
| 2 |
2021 |
Budapest, HUN |
4 x 200m Freestyle Relay |
7:29.35 |
European Championships Short Course |
| Rank |
Year |
Venue |
Event |
Result |
| 5 |
2019 |
Glasgow, SCO |
200m Freestyle |
1:42.33 |
| Heats |
2019 |
Glasgow, SCO |
400m Freestyle |
3:41.36 |
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