Di FULVIO Francesco

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men	2019	Gwangju, KOR
4	Men	2015	Kazan, RUS
6	Men	2017	Budapest, HUN

World League - Super Final

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Men	2021	Tbilisi, GEO

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Men	2018	Barcelona, ESP
6	Men	2020	Budapest, HUN

Frecciazzurra [given to him by television commentator Dario Di Gennaro]. (gazzetta.it, 17 Aug 2015)

Watching sport, spending time with friends, dancing, playing cards, going to the cinema, drawing. (ilcentro.it, 20 Apr 2020; Facebook page, 01 Aug 2019; masport.it, 07 Feb 2019)

Athlete

Exercise Science

Italian

Pro Recco [Italy] since 2014

Gabriel Hernandez [club], ESP; Alessandro Campagna [national], ITA

Centre back (prorecco.it, 01 Jun 2015)

His father Franco and his older brothers Andrea and Carlo have competed in water polo at club level in Italy. His father has also coached the sport, while his mother has worked as a swimming coach. (ilcentro.it, 01 Aug 2019; ilcentro.gelocal.it, 27 Jul 2014)

2012 for Italy Against Russian Federation, World League in Savona, Italy (firenzeviolasupersport.com, 01 Nov 2012)

Serie A1 [ITA] (swimmingworldmagazine.com, 05 Jan 2020)

He began playing water polo at age 14. (thefreak.it, 15 Dec 2011)

His family was involved in the sport. (ilcentro.gelocal.it, 27 Jul 2014)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (limfsport.net, 25 Apr 2020)

Winning gold at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, Republic of Korea. (SportsDeskOnline, 21 May 2021; ilcentro.it, 01 Aug 2019)

Spanish water polo player Manuel Estiarte, Italian motorcycle racer Valentino Rossi. (waterpolopeople.com, 03 Jun 2016)

His family. (ilcentro.it, 01 Aug 2019; thefreak.it, 15 Dec 2011)

He likes to play cards before every match. (Facebook page, 01 Aug 2019)

"It is only with hard work that something important can be achieved." (wpdworld.com, 10 Jan 2020)

He was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, Republic of Korea. He was also named the 2019 Swimming World Magazine Male Water Polo Player of the Year and the 2019 LEN Male Water Polo Player of the Year. (en.eu, 09 Jan 2020; swimmingworldmagazine.com, 05 Jan 2020; pescarasport24.it, 05 Aug 2019; wpworld.com, 02 Aug 2019)

He was named in the Media All-Star team at the world championships in 2017 and 2015. (fina.org, 29 Jul 2017; waterpoloworld.com, 09 Aug 2015)