Matteo Lamberti

Matteo Lamberti (born 24 March 1999) is an Italian competitive swimmer. He competed at the 2019 World University Games, placing fourth in the 800 metre freestyle and fifth in the 1500 metre freestyle. At the 2021 World Short Course Championships he placed fourth in the 4×200 metre freestyle relay, swimming the anchor leg of the relay in the prelims heats. Background Lamberti was born 24 March 1999 in Brescia, Italy. He is the son of Tanya Vannini and former world record holder in swimming Giorgio Lamberti. His brother, Michele Lamberti, is a competitive swimmer as well. Career 2019–2020 In the final of the 800 metre freestyle at Piscina Felice Scandone in the 2019 World University Games, Lamberti placed fourth with a time of 7:58.29, finishing just two hundredths of a second behind the bronze medalist in the event, Filip Zaborowski of Poland. Earlier in the competition, Lamberti placed fifth in the final of the 1500 metre freestyle in 15:18.60. Later in the year, at the 2019 Italian Winter Championships in Riccione, Lamberti swam a personal best time of 15:13.40 in the 1500 metre freestyle, winning the bronze medal in the event. During the COVID-19 pandemic in October 2020, Lamberti had his training interrupted when he was one of a group of 10 Italian swimmers training together to test positive for COVID-19.