René Gusperti

Medal record

European Aquatics Championships (SC)
	1996 Rostock	50 m freestyle
	1996 Rostock	4×50 m medley relay
Mediterranean Games
	1991 Athens	50 m freestyle

René ("Spillo") Gusperti (born March 18, 1971) is an Italian former swimmer. He was a world class freestyle sprinter during the 1990s and unchallenged Italian Champion in the same years.

Gusperti was born in Schlanders/Silandro. He began swimming in Rari Nantes Trento, there he met his long-lasting coach Walter Bolognani, current head-coach of the Italian Junior National Team. He later joined Fiamme Gialle (the Athletic Team of Guardia di Finanza) and won his first Italian Championship in 1991, from then on ten years of nearly uninterrupted victories follows. During the nineties Gusperti competed in all the major international events, including 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. In 2005 he joined CSI Trento Nuoto where he still swim -as of 2007- and coaches. He is the brother of André Gusperti, another renowned former Italian swimmer.

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