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{{Short description|Italian swimmer (born 1972)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
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| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[swimming (sport)|swimming]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ITA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke|200 m backstroke]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[LEN European Aquatics Championships|European Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1997 European Aquatics Championships|1997 Seville]] | 200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2000 European Aquatics Championships|2000 Helsinki]] | 200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1993 European Aquatics Championships|1993 Sheffield]] | 200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1995 European Aquatics Championships|1995 Vienna]] | 4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1999 European Aquatics Championships|1999 Istanbul]] | 200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Short Course Swimming Championships|European Championships (SC)]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[European Short Course Swimming Championships 1996|1996 Rostock]] | 200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalSilver| [[European Short Course Swimming Championships 1996|1996 Rostock]] | 4x50 m medley}}
{{MedalBronze| [[European Short Course Swimming Championships 1996|1996 Rostock]] | 100 m backstroke}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Summer Universiade]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[Swimming at the 1997 Summer Universiade|1997 Messina]] | 200 m backstroke}} 
{{MedalSilver | [[Swimming at the 1993 Summer Universiade|1993 Buffalo]] | 200 m backstroke}} 
{{MedalBronze | [[Swimming at the 1993 Summer Universiade|1993 Buffalo]] | 100 m backstroke}} 
{{MedalCompetition|[[Mediterranean Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1997 Mediterranean Games|1997 Bari]] | [[Swimming at the 1997 Mediterranean Games|100 m backstroke]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1997 Mediterranean Games|1997 Bari]] | [[Swimming at the 1997 Mediterranean Games|200 m backstroke]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1997 Mediterranean Games|1997 Bari]] | 4×100 m medley<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.raisport.rai.it/news/eventi/bari97/199706/18/33a715e3040d8/ |title=Giochi del Mediterraneo 1997 |access-date=2008-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060827181051/http://www2.raisport.rai.it/news/eventi/bari97/199706/18/33a715e3040d8/ |archive-date=2006-08-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
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'''Emanuele Merisi''' (born 10 October 1972) is an Italian former professional swimmer, specialized in [[backstroke swimming|backstroke]], who won a bronze medal in the [[1996 Summer Olympics]].<ref name=sref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/emanuele-merisi-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165522/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/emanuele-merisi-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|access-date=7 May 2012}}</ref>

== Career ==
Merisi was born in [[Treviglio]], [[province of Bergamo]] ([[Lombardy]]).

He began to swim at the age of 8, becoming a member of the Italian national team in 1989. His first important medal was at the [[European LC Championships 1993]] in Sheffield, where he won a bronze medal in his favourite race, the 200 m backstroke. He repeated the result in the [[European LC Championships 1995]], this time as a member of the 4×200 m freestyle relay.

Merisi presented at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] with the best time of the year in the 200&nbsp;m backstroke, 1:57.70. This is still today the Italian record. In the race, however, he was not able to repeat this outstanding result: he gained only a bronze medal after Americans [[Brad Bridgewater]] and [[Tripp Schwenk]], both with times largely superior to that time.

A talented and long-career swimmer, captain of Italian team in his last years, Merisi took part to two more editions of Summer Olympics, including 2000, in which he was ranked again amongst the favourites in 200 m backstroke and arrived 5th. His results include two more silver (1997 and 2000) and a bronze medal (1999) at the European Championships, all in the 200 m backstroke.

== Personal bests ==
*100&nbsp;m backstroke: 55.53
*200&nbsp;m backstroke: 1:57.70

== References ==
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*[http://www2.raisport.rai.it/atlanta96/protag/14/007.html RAI Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703061519/http://www2.raisport.rai.it/atlanta96/protag/14/007.html |date=2007-07-03 }}

==External links==
* {{FINA|1038437}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|emanuele-merisi}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{CONI profile|new_id=702|old_id=408}}

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[[Category:1972 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Treviglio]]
[[Category:Italian male backstroke swimmers]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers for Italy]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Italy]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1997 Mediterranean Games]]
[[Category:Summer World University Games medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Goodwill Games medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for Italy]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for Italy]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Italy]]
[[Category:Swimmers of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games]]
[[Category:20th-century Italian sportsmen]]