Paolo Barelli

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full namePaolo•Barelli
Used namePaolo•Barelli
Born7 June 1954 in Roma, Roma (ITA)
Measurements184 cm / 70 kg
AffiliationsSS Lazio, Roma (ITA)
NOC Italy

Biography

Coached by Domenico Marchetti, Paolo Barelli won 20 Italian titles over his career and set 22 national records in individual and relay races. He competed at two Olympic Games (1972 and 1976) and earned a bronze medal in the 4x100 freestyle at the 1975 Cali Worlds Championships (alongside Roberto Pangaro, Marcello Guarducci, and non-Olympian Claudio Zei), which was the first Italian appearance on the World podium.

After his retirement from competition, Barelli dedicated himself to a manager’s career with the F.I.N., the Italian Swimming Federation, where he was an advisor in 1984, Vice-President from 1987 through 1988, and finally became President in October 2000, a position that he retained as of 2019.

From 2001 to 2013 Barelli was Senator of the Italian Republic in the centre-right party Forza Italia, and in the 2018 general elections he was elected at the Chamber of Deputies

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1972 Summer Olympics Swimming (Aquatics) ITA Paolo Barelli
4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Men (Olympic) Italy 9
1976 Summer Olympics Swimming (Aquatics) ITA Paolo Barelli
4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men (Olympic) Italy 8
100 metres Butterfly, Men (Olympic) =21
4 × 100 metres Medley Relay, Men (Olympic) Italy 7

Special Notes