Simone Cerasuolo was born on 22 June 2003 and is an Italian competitive swimmer.
10 Facts About Simone Cerasuolo
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Simone Cerasuolo is the world junior record holder in the short course 50 metre and 100 metre breaststroke events.
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Simone Cerasuolo has swum for GS Fiamme Oro and Imolanuoto in national and regional competitions, and is coached by Cesare Casella.
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On 25 April 2021, at the Italian Regional Championships of Emilia-Romagna, Cerasuolo set a new world junior record and European junior record in the short course 50 metre breaststroke event with a time of 26.26 seconds, which broke the former records of 26.31 set by Nicolo Martinenghi of Italy in 2017.
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Simone Cerasuolo won the gold medal in the final of the 50 metre breaststroke with a time of 27.29 seconds, bringing his total medal count to two medals in individual events for the Championships.
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At the short course 2021 Italian National Championships in Riccione, Simone Cerasuolo broke his own world junior and European junior records in the 50 metre breaststroke with an event winning time of 25.85 seconds.
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Simone Cerasuolo won the silver medal in the final with a time of 1:00.62.
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At the 2023 Italian National Championships in Riccione, Simone Cerasuolo ranked second in the preliminaries of the 100 metre breaststroke on day two with a personal best time of 59.71 seconds and qualified for the evening final.
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Simone Cerasuolo followed up with a 1:00.10 in the evening final, placing third.
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Simone Cerasuolo improved upon his individual placing from the 100 metre breaststroke in the 50 metre breaststroke, winning the silver medal with a time of 26.96 seconds.