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Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Florence, Italy |
3 December 1950 ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Water polo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Rari Nantes Florentia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gianni De Magistris (born 3 December 1950 in Florence, Italy) is a retired Italian water polo player. He was part of Italian teams that won the world title in 1978, a silver medal at the 1976 Olympics, and two bronze medals, at the 1975 world and 1977 European championships.
Magistris played in five consecutive Summer Olympics for Italy from 1968 to 1984. He is the fourth water polo player to compete at five Olympics, after Briton Paul Radmilovic, Brazilian João Gonçalves Filho, and Hungarian Dezső Gyarmati. He is among the first ten Italians to compete at five Olympics.