Stefano Tempesti

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Stefano Tempesti

| image = Stefano Tempesti 2015.jpg

|caption = Tempesti at the 2015 World Championships

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|7|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Prato, Italy{{cite web|title=Stefano Tempesti |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/te/stefano-tempesti-1.html |website=sports-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417095050/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/te/stefano-tempesti-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 }}

| height = 2.05 m[https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/stefano-tempesti Stefano Tempesti] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018224547/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/stefano-tempesti |date=2016-10-18 }}. rio2016.com

| weight = 100 kg

| country = {{ITA}}

| sport = Water polo

|club = RN Florentia (-2003)
Pro Recco (2003-)

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Stefano Tempesti (born 9 June 1979) is an Italian water polo goalkeeper. He competed at five consecutive Olympics between 2000 and 2016 and won a silver medal in 2012 and a bronze in 2016. He is the second water polo goalkeeper to compete at five Olympics, after Spaniard Jesús Rollán. Tempesti was the top goalkeeper at the 2008 Olympics, with 83 saves.{{cite web|title=Official Results Book – 2008 Olympic Games – Water Polo |url=https://digital.la84.org/digital/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/69293/download |website=la84.org |publisher=LA84 Foundation |format=PDF |page=175 |access-date=20 June 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728014530/https://digital.la84.org/digital/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/69293/download |archive-date=28 July 2019 }} He was also the top goalkeeper at the 2012 Olympics, with 87 saves.{{cite web|title=Official Results Book – 2012 Olympic Games – Diving, Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Water Polo |url=https://fina.org/sites/default/files/general/2012-ro-s-london_official_results_fina2.pdf |website=fina.org |publisher=FINA |page=462 |access-date=20 June 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214205330/https://fina.org/sites/default/files/general/2012-ro-s-london_official_results_fina2.pdf |archive-date=14 December 2018 }}

Biography

Tempesti started his career in his hometown's Futura Prato, before moving to RN Florentia. He remained there until 2003 when he started playing for his current team, Pro Recco. With Florentia he won a LEN Cup Winners' Cup in 2001, while with Pro Recco he won eleven consecutive national titles and five LEN Euroleagues (2007, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2015). He debuted for the Italian national team in 1997 and won a gold medal at the 2011 World Championships, where he was chosen the Best Goalkeeper of the tournament.

Tempesti has two children with his partner Elisabetta. He manages the women's water polo team Mediostar Prato.[http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=tempesti-stefano-1071709/index.html Stefano Tempesti]. nbcolympics.com

Honours

RN Florentia

LEN Euro Cup: 2000–01; runners-up: 2002–03

Pro Recco

Serie A1: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
Coppa Italia: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
LEN Champions League: 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2014–15
LEN Super Cup: 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015
Adriatic League: 2011–12

Awards

LEN "European Player of the Year" award: 2011
Best Goalkeeper of 2009 World Championship
Best Goalkeeper of 2011 World Championship
Best Goalkeeper of 2012 World League
Member of the Second Best Team of the Decade in the World 2010–20 by total-waterpolo