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{{Short description|Italian swimmer (born 1980)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name           = David Berbotto
| image          = 
| caption        = 
| full_name      = <!--if different-->
| birth_date     = {{birth-date and age|7 July 1980}}
| birth_place    = [[Alba, Piedmont|Alba]], [[province of Cuneo|Cuneo]], Italy
| show-medals    = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's [[swimming (sport)|swimming]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ITA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|World Championships - Short Course]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2006 FINA Short Course World Championships|2006 Shanghai]]|4x200m Freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[LEN European Aquatics Championships|European Aquatics Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2006 European Championships in Aquatics|2006 Budapest]]|4x200m Freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Universiade]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2003 Summer Universiade|2003 Daegu]]|4x200m Freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Mediterranean Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2001 Mediterranean Games|2001 Tunis]]|4x200m Freestyle}}
{{MedalGold | [[2005 Mediterranean Games|2005 Almería]] | [[Swimming at the 2005 Mediterranean Games|200m Freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2005 Mediterranean Games|2005 Almería]]|4x200m Freestyle}}
{{MedalGold|[[2005 Mediterranean Games|2005 Almería]]|200m Freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2005 Mediterranean Games|2005 Almería]]|4x100m Medley}}
}}

'''David Berbotto''' (born 7 July 1980 in [[Alba, Piedmont|Alba]], [[province of Cuneo|Cuneo]]) is an Italian [[Freestyle swimming|freestyle]] swimmer.

Berbotto's major achievement is the victory with the Italian relay in [[Budapest]] 2006, resulting in a new European Record.

David Berbotto made a bet before the European Championship of Budapest 2006 with his club's president Marco Durante. Since Italy won the 4 x 200 relay setting the new European record and Berbotto swum under 1:48.00 (1:47.87), Durante gave him an [[Alfa Romeo Brera|Alfa Brera]].<ref name="nuoto.it brera">[http://www.nuoto.it/leggi.php?leggiID=13865 "Alfa Brera for Berbotto"] {{in lang|it}}</ref>

==Footnotes==
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==References==
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928122629/http://www.agendadiana.com/visualizza_atleta.php?id=7337 David Berbotto on agendadiana.com]}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120205141355/http://www.federnuoto.it/pdf/azzurrinuoto/berbotto.pdf David Berbotto] on [[Italian Swimming Federation]]'s website  {{in lang|it}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071007015610/http://www.nuotopedia.eu/index.php/Berbotto,_David David Berbotto on nuotopedia.eu] {{in lang|it}}

{{Footer European Champions 4x200m Freestyle Men}}
{{Footer Mediterranean Champions 200m Freestyle Men}}
{{Footer Mediterranean Champions 4x200m Freestyle Men}}

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[[Category:1980 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Alba, Piedmont]]
[[Category:Italian male freestyle swimmers]]
[[Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy]]
[[Category:Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2001 Mediterranean Games]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2005 Mediterranean Games]]
[[Category:Summer World University Games medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Italy]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from the Province of Cuneo]]
[[Category:20th-century Italian sportsmen]]
[[Category:21st-century Italian sportsmen]]


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