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{{Infobox swimmer
| name = Luca Marin
| honorific_suffix = [[OLY]]
| image = Luca Marin.jpg
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'''Luca Marin''' {{Post-nominals|OLY}} (born 9 April 1986 in [[Vittoria, Sicily|Vittoria]], [[Province of Ragusa]]) is a former [[Italy|Italian]] [[medley swimming|medley swimmer]]. He specialized in the 400 m medley, and won ten medals at European and World Championships in this event. At the [[2006 European Short Course Swimming Championships]] he won a gold medal, beating [[László Cseh]], the [[World record progression 400 metres medley|world record holder]]. At the top of his career, he was trained by the Albanian coach Gjon Shyti.
==Biography==
He participated at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] at [[Athens]] for Italy, reaching 10th place in the 400 m medley.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fina.org/events/WC/Montreal_2005/results/sw.php |title=Montreal 2005 Results |accessdate=2007-06-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070128064425/http://www.fina.org/events/WC/Montreal_2005/results/sw.php |archivedate=January 28, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fina.org/events/WC/Melbourne_2007/results/swimming.php |title=12th FINA World Championships |accessdate=2007-06-09 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070606111744/http://www.fina.org/events/WC/Melbourne_2007/results/swimming.php |archivedate=2007-06-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fina.org/events/SW/SWC(25m)/Shanghai_2006/results/index.php |title=Shanghai 2006 results |accessdate=2007-07-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070306103724/http://www.fina.org/events/SW/SWC%2825m%29/Shanghai_2006/results/index.php |archivedate=March 6, 2007 }}</ref> At the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] he finished in 5th place in the same event, and 12th at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Luca Marin Bio, Stats, and Results|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/luca-marin-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417230018/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/luca-marin-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2020-04-17|website = Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|access-date = 2016-02-17}}</ref>
Luca Marin was engaged to [[Laure Manaudou]] and [[Federica Pellegrini]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/14/sports/laure-manaudou-rediscovers-passion-for-swimming-at-auburn.html|title=Laure Manaudou Rediscovers Passion for Swimming at Auburn
==Curiosity==
''Marin'' represents the Knave (corresponding to the [[Jack (playing card)|Jack]] in the [[Italian playing cards]]) within the communication code the duo formed by pro players ''Febo'' and ''Rico'' elaborated for their games since the mid-2000s during the [[Ossuccio]] [[Briscola]] Tournament.
==References==
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[[Category:People from Vittoria, Sicily]]
[[Category:Italian male medley swimmers]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
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[[Category:Swimmers at the 2009 Mediterranean Games]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from the Province of Ragusa]]
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