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Franco Del Campo

Personal information
Born	18 March 1949 (1949-03-18) (age 75) Trieste, Italy
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Medal record Men's swimming Representing  Italy Mediterranean Games 1967 Tunis 100 m backstroke 1967 Tunis 4×100 m medley

Franco Del Campo (born 18 March 1949) is an Italian journalist, writer, professor and retired backstroke swimmer and coach. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke and 4 × 100 m medley relay and reached the finals of the first two events.

After retiring from competitions, in the 1970s Del Campo worked as a swimming coach, and since 1978 as a freelance journalist with national newspapers. He later taught political communications at the University of Trieste and is currently professor of philosophy at Liceo Petrarca in Trieste.

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Franco Del Campo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012.
2. Chi sono. francodelcampo.it

External links

• Franco Del Campo at Olympics.com
• Franco Del Campo at Olympedia (archive)

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