Personal information | |
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Full name | Romana Calligaris |
Nationality | Italy |
Born | Mariano del Friuli, Italy | December 15, 1924
Died | April 21, 2002 Trieste, Italy | (aged 77)
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | freestyle |
Romana Calligaris (15 December 1924 – 21 April 2002) was an Italian freestyle swimmer who won 15 national titles between 1947 and 1953. She competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in the 100 m and 4 × 100 m relay events but failed to reach the finals. The pool which hosted the European SC Championships 2005 in Trieste is named after Bruno Bianchi, not Romana Calligaris.