Fabio Lombini

Fabio Lombini (30 March 1998 – 31 May 2020) was an Italian competitive swimmer, specializing in the 200m freestyle, who represented Italy at international competitions.[1][2]

Fabio Lombini
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born(1998-03-30)30 March 1998
Died31 May 2020(2020-05-31) (aged 22)
Nettuno, Lazio, Italy
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle

Career

Lombini participated at the 2016 European Junior Swimming Championships in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay event, finishing 6th. He won the silver medal at the 2017 Italian national swimming championships. He was a finalist at the 2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. Lombini competed at the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, Taiwan.[3]

Death

Lombini was taking part in a three-day training camp at the end of May at the Italian national swimming complex in Ostia. Lombini died in a plane crash on May 31, 2020, together with Italian swimmer Gioele Rossetti (born 1997, aged 23), who was successful at the youth level in Italy. The plane crashed and burst into flames shortly after take-off from the Crazy Fly flight school in Nettuno, Lazio, 60 kilometers south of Rome. Rossetti was said to have been piloting the airplane.[3]

FINA extended and expressed their condolences.[3]

References
  1. "Fabio Lombini - Player Profile - Swimming". Eurosport.
  2. "Swimming - Fabio Lombini (Italy)". www.the-sports.org.
  3. "Two Italian swimmers killed in air crash". Khaleej Times.
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