Alessandro Serpico

Italy

Swimming

Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment

Vision impairment

Classification

S12, SB12, SM12

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?

He has been swimming since he was three years old and competing since he was 11.

Club / Team

Santa Lucia Sport Roma: Rome, ITA

Name of coach

Alberto Battistelli and Riccardo Vernole

Training Regime

He trains six days a week including gym sessions.

General interest

Nicknames

Ispettore. (IPC, 24 Nov 2009)

Hobbies

Computers and music. (hsantalucia.it, 24 Nov 2009)

Memorable sporting achievement

Making the final of the 400m freestyle at the Paralympic Games in Beijing, 2008. (IPC, 24 Nov 2009)

Most influential person in career

His father. (IPC, 24 Nov 2009)

Hero / Idol

Italian motorcycle racer Valentino Rossi. (IPC, 24 Nov 2009)

Superstitions / Rituals / Beliefs

He considers his swimming cap and goggles to be lucky charms, the former being given to him by friends and the latter by his father. (hsantalucia.it, 24 Nov 2009)

Ambitions

To win a medal at an international event. (IPC, 24 Nov 2009)

Results

		Unit	Date	Rank

Athens 2004 Paralympic Games (Athens, Greece)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 100 m Freestyle S12	Heat 1	6
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB12	Heat 2	6
Men's 100 m Backstroke S12	Heat 1	5
Men's 400 m Freestyle S12	Final Round	8
Men's 400 m Freestyle S12	Heat 1	4

Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 400 m Freestyle S12	Final Round	5
Men's 400 m Freestyle S12	Heat 1	3
Men's 100 m Freestyle S12	Heat 2	5
Men's 100 m Backstroke S12	Heat 1	4

IPC Swimming World Championships Durban 2006 (Durban, South Africa)
Event	Unit	Rank
Men's 100 m Backstroke S12	Heats	7
Men's 100 m Backstroke S12	Final Round	8
Men's 100 m Freestyle S12	Heats	6
Men's 100 m Freestyle S12	Final Round	6
Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM12	Heats	8
Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM12	Final Round	8
Men's 400 m Freestyle S12	Heats	5
Men's 400 m Freestyle S12	Final Round	5