AICARDI Matteo

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Men	2012	London, GBR
3	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men	2019	Gwangju, KOR
1	Men	2011	Shanghai, CHN
4	Men	2015	Kazan, RUS
4	Men	2013	Barcelona, ESP
6	Men	2017	Budapest, HUN
11	Men	2009	Rome, ITA

World League - Super Final

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Men	2017	Ruza, RUS
4	Men	2021	Tbilisi, GEO

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
6	Men	2020	Budapest, HUN

Big Matt (ivg.it, 14 Aug 2012)

Armed Forces Athlete, Business Owner, Coach

Sports Science

Partner Costanza di Camillo.

English, Italian

Pro Recco [ITA] / Centro Sportivo Esercito [ITA]

Gabriel Hernandez [Pro Recco], ESP; Alessandro Campagna [national], ITA

Centre forward (albengacorsara.it, 09 Sep 2019)

Right (aquaticsnews.com, 17 Jul 2011)

His partner Costanza di Camillo has represented Italy in artistic swimming and won silver in the team highlights event at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, Republic of Korea. (SportsDeskOnline, 20 May 2021; Costanza di Camillo Instagram profile, 20 June 2020)

In September 2020 he underwent surgery on his left shoulder to treat a ligament injury which was aggravated during a training camp with the national team. He returned to competitive action in January 2021. (Instagram profile, 20 Jan 2021, 02 Dec 2020; ivg.it, 16 Sep 2020)

He sustained a back injury during the 2017/18 season that saw him miss a national team training camp and club matches for Pro Recco in Italy. (wpdworld.com, 24 Jan 2018)

He suffered a broken nose in Italy's first match at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and wore a protective face mask for the rest of the competition. (ONS, 08 Aug 2016)

In early 2015 he was troubled by a groin injury. (mondonuoto.it, 17 Feb 2015)

He injured his right wrist in May 2012 but recovered in time to compete at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (ivg.it, 29 Jul 2012)

Serie A1 [ITA] (wpdworld.com, 15 Sep 2020)

He began playing water polo in Loano, Italy. (ilpubblicista.it, 17 Apr 2015)

He initially played football but because of work commitments his parents could not take him to training. Two boys at his school played water polo in Loano, Italy, so he went along to try the sport, and he continued playing from there. (ilpubblicista.it, 17 Apr 2015)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (annuariomediasport.it, 07 Jan 2021)

Winning bronze at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after breaking his nose in Italy's first match at the tournament. (SportsDeskOnline, 20 May 2021; ilfaroonline.it, 25 Nov 2017)

Coach Alessandro Campagna. (ilfaroonline.it, 25 Nov 2017)

"I don't give up. I have never been a talented player, but I have always made up for it with tenacity." (svsport.it, 21 Feb 2021)

In 2012 he received the Gold Collar of Sporting Merit from the from the Italian National Olympic Committee [CONI]. (sicilia.coni.it, 17 Apr 2012)