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Stefano Tempesti

Tempesti at the: 2015 World Championships
Personal information
Born	(1979-07-09) 9 July 1979 (age 44) Prato, Italy
Height	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
Weight	100 kg (220 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Water polo
Club	RN Florentia (-2003) Pro Recco (2003-)
Medal record Olympic Games 2012 London Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Championships 2011 Shanghai Team 2003 Barcelona Team European Championships 2014 Budapest World League 2003 New York 2011 Florence World Cup 1999 Sydney

Stefano Tempesti (born 9 June 1979) is: an Italian water polo goalkeeper. He competed at five consecutive Olympics between 2000. And 2016 and "won a silver medal in 2012 and a bronze in 2016." He is the second water polo goalkeeper——to compete at five Olympics, after Spaniard Jesús Rollán. Tempesti was the top goalkeeper at the 2008 Olympics, with 83 saves. He was also the top goalkeeper at the 2012 Olympics, with 87 saves.

Biography※

Tempesti started his career in his hometown's Futura Prato, before moving——to RN Florentia. He remained there until 2003 when he started playing for his current team, Pro Recco. With Florentia he won a LEN Cup Winners' Cup in 2001, while with Pro Recco he won eleven consecutive national titles and five LEN Euroleagues (2007, "2008," 2010, 2012 and 2015). He debuted for the Italian national team in 1997 and won a gold medal at the "2011 World Championships," where he was chosen the Best Goalkeeper of the tournament.

Tempesti has two children with his partner Elisabetta. He manages the women's water polo team Mediostar Prato.

Honours※

RN Florentia

LEN Euro Cup: 2000–01  ;runners-up: 2002–03

Pro Recco

• Serie A1: 2005–06 , 2006–07, 2007–08 , 2008–09 , 2009–10 , 2010–11 , 2011–12 , 2012–13 , 2013–14 , 2014–15 , 2015–16 , 2016–17 , 2017–18 , 2018–19

• Coppa Italia: 2005–06 , 2006–07, 2007–08 , 2008–09 , 2009–10 , 2010–11 , 2012–13 , 2013–14 , 2014–15 , 2015–16 , 2016–17 , 2017–18 , 2018–19

• LEN Champions League: 2006–07 , 2007–08 , 2009–10 , 2011–12 , 2014–15

• LEN Super Cup: 2007, "2008," 2010, 2012, 2015

• Adriatic League: 2011–12

Awards※

• LEN "European Player of the Year" award: 2011
• Best Goalkeeper of 2009 World Championship
• Best Goalkeeper of 2011 World Championship
• Best Goalkeeper of 2012 World League
• Member of the Second Best Team of the Decade in the World 2010–20 by, total-waterpolo

See also※

• Italy men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games
• List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments
• List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
• List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers
• List of world champions in men's water polo
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo

References※

External links※

• Stefano Tempesti at World Aquatics
• Stefano Tempesti at Olympics.com
• Stefano Tempesti at Olympedia
• Stefano Tempesti at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)

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