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Luca Giustolisi

Personal information

Nationality

Italian

Born

11 September 1970
Trieste, Italy

Died

14 September 2023 (aged 53)

Sport

Water polo

Medal record

Men's Water polo

Representing Italy
Summer Olympics
	1996 Atlanta	Team competition
Universiade
	1993 Buffalo	Team

Updated on 10 August 2023

Luca Giustolisi (13 March 1970 – 14 September 2023) was an Italian water polo player who won a bronze medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Life and career

Born in Trieste, the son of the water polo referee and manager Giuseppe, during his career Giustolisi won a LEN Trophy and a LEN Cup Winners' Cup with Roma [it], and two LEN Champions League titles with CN Posillipo and Pro Recco.^[1] With the Italian national team, he won the gold medal in the 1995 European Aquatics Championships and a bronze in the 1996 Summer Olympics.^[1]

After his retirement, Giustolisi graduated in psychology and was honorary judge of the Juvenile Court of Trieste.^[1] He also worked as coach and technical director for several teams.^[1] He died from cancer on 14 September 2023, at the age of 53.^[1]^[2] He was married to lyric soprano Anna Caterina Antonacci and had a son, Gillo.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Carrella, Franco (14 September 2023). "Pallanuoto in lutto: addio all'ex azzurro Giustolisi". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 16 September 2023.
^ "Scompare Luca Giustolisi, aveva 53 anni. Le condoglianze". FIN. 14 September 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.

External links

v t e Italy men's water polo squad – 1996 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal
1 Attolico (GK) 2 Postiglione 3 Bovo 4 Bencivenga 5 A. Calcaterra 6 R. Calcaterra 7 Giustolisi 8 Angelini 9 Pomilio 10 Gerini (GK) 11 Sottani 12 Silipo 13 Ghibellini Coach: Rudić

Club team squads

v t e Themis Posillipo 1997–98 LEN Champions League champions
1 Tadić 2 Postiglione 3 De Georgio 4 G. Porzio 5 Kásás 6 Lignano 7 Kiss 8 F. Porzio 9 Galasso 10 Giustolisi 11 Di Martire 12 Silipo 13 Bencivenga Head coach: De Crescenzo

v t e Pro Recco 2002–03 LEN Champions League champions
1 Rollán 2 Angelini 3 Giustolisi 4 Ikodinović (Final Four MVP) 5 Mina 6 Vujasinović 7 Bettini 8 Benedek 9 Petronelli 10 Calcaterra 11 Ferretti 12 Caliogna 13 Ghibellini Head coach: Baldineti

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Life and career

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