fullname death_date death_place birth_place imagesize birth_date image article_title strokes name
romana calligaris 21 april 2002 trieste , italy mariano del friuli , italy 150 15 december 1924 romana_calligaris . jpg romana calligaris
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romana calligaris

romana calligaris -lrb- 15 december 1924 -- 21 april 2002 -rrb- was an italian freestyle swimmer who won 15 national titles between 1947 and 1953 .
she competed at the 1952 summer olympics in the 100 m and 4 × 100 m relay events but failed to reach the finals .
her daughter novella and son mauro also became olympic swimmers , and in 1972 novella won the first olympic medal in swimming for italy .
the pool which hosted the european sc championships 2005 in trieste is named after romana calligaris .
