20 Facts About Luca Urlando

Gianluca Urlando was born on March 16,2002 and is an American competitive swimmer.

Luca Urlando's family has a history of athletic performance, his mother was a high school swimmer, his father was a national champion for Italy in discus throw, his grandmother was a member of the Italian national team in javelin throw, and his grandfather was a three-time Olympian for Italy in the hammer throw.

International Meet in Vancouver, Canada, Luca Urlando became the first American swimmer to swim the long course 200 meter butterfly faster than 1:54.40 seconds since Michael Phelps in 2016 with a time of 1:54.35.

Luca Urlando placed eighth in the final of the 100 meter butterfly with a 52.31 and did not start the 400 meter freestyle.

Luca Urlando won a total of five gold medals as part of competition.

Later in the same session, Luca Urlando placed 12th in the semifinals of the 100 meter butterfly with a 53.24 and did not qualify for the final.

In December 2019, at the 2019 US Open Championships in Atlanta, Georgia, Luca Urlando won the gold medal in the 200 meter butterfly with a Championships record time of 1:55.60.

Luca Urlando won the b-final of the 400 meter freestyle in 3:52.69, finishing 0.09 seconds ahead of second-place finisher Bobby Finke.

At the 2020 US Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, held in June 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Luca Urlando placed sixth in the semifinals of the 200 meter freestyle with a 1:46.93 and did not swim in the final of the event.

Luca Urlando followed up the relay with a first-place finish in the final of the 200 yard individual medley in 1:41.19, breaking the pool record of 1:41.28 set by Chase Kalisz in 2017.

Day three of competition, Luca Urlando ranked first in the prelims heats of the 100 yard butterfly in 45.32 and qualified for the final.

Luca Urlando's time made him the ninth-fastest person to swim the 100 yard butterfly in the NCAA, with his former best time of 44.97 seconds he had ranked as number thirty-two.

Luca Urlando's time set new SEC Championships and pool records.

Luca Urlando lowered his Championships and pool records in the final with a personal best time of 1:39.00 to win 0.88 seconds ahead of second-place finisher Matthew Sates.

Luca Urlando followed up his morning swim with a personal best time of 43.80 seconds in the final, placing second just 0.09 seconds behind first-place finisher Andrey Minakov and 0.10 seconds ahead of third-place finisher Youssef Ramadan.

Luca Urlando placed second in the final with a personal best time of 1:38.82.

Luca Urlando went a 1:47.99 in the evening final, placing eighth.

Day three of pool swimming competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, held in Budapest, Hungary in June, Luca Urlando started off the day with a 1:55.94 in the preliminaries of the 200 meter butterfly, qualifying for the semifinals ranking seventh.

Luca Urlando was named to his first World Short Course Championships team in October, with USA Swimming selecting him for a 200-meter butterfly spot for the 2022 World Short Course Championships, held in December in Melbourne, Australia.

Luca Urlando continued on his studies at the University of Georgia, performing well enough both in school and in the pool for the meets he competed in to be one of 355 student-athletes named to the honor roll for the autumn 2022 term.