Who is Massimiliano Rosolino: Age, Wife Natalia, Former Swimmer, Sent to the Island of the Famous

Updated the 19 Aug 2021

Massimiliano Edgar Rosolino is a 42-year-old TV personality, former swimmer and Italian Olympic champion. Famous world swimming champion, Rosolino, once he left the sport, devoted himself to television activity. He participated in dancing with the Stars, in which he met his partner Natalia Titova and triumphed a Beijing Express. Sara the special correspondent de The Island of the Famous 2021, conducted by Ilary Blasi.

Who is it Massimiliano Rosolino?

• No.like: Massimiliano Edgar Rosolino
• Zodiac sign: Cancer
• Age: 42 years old
• Date of birth: 11th July 1978
• Birth place: Naples
• Profession: TV personality, former swimmer and Olympic champion
• Height: 192 cm
• Weight: 82 kg
• Tattoos: nobody
• Official Instagram Profile: @massimiliano_rosolino_official
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Biography

Massimiliano Edgar Rosolino was born in Naples on 11 July 1978, to a Neapolitan father and an Australian mother. He spent his youth between Italy and Australia. He participates in his first European youth championships in 1994 in Pardubice (in the Czech Republic) and then always finishes on the podium at the following championships. He became known worldwide thanks to his triumph at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, where he wins a gold, a silver and a bronze, which will add up to all the countless medals won up to 2008.

Attractive, sporty, friendly and very active also in the television field, the Italian public has learned to love Massimiliano Rosolino thanks also to his participation in the Milly Carlucci program dancing with the Stars in 2006 and triumphing in the second edition of Beijing Express, conducted by Costantino Della Gherardesca; Massimiliano wins the program together with Marco Maddaloni (judo champion, tutor a No sooner said than done conducted by Caterina Balivo from 2015 to 2017, and winner of de The Island of the Famous 2019, conducted by Alessia Marcuzzi).

Linked to ballerina Natalia Titova since 2006, Rosolino and his partner have two daughters and live in Rome. We will see Massimiliano as special Correspondent of the new edition of The Island of the Famous 2021 conducted by Ilary Blasi.

Wife Natalia Titova

We have various information on Massimiliano Rosolino’s private life, he never shied away from interviews or questions about his private life; it must be said that he has never been involved in any scandal and has always had a good relationship with public opinion.

He had a relationship, from 2003 to 2005, with the presenter and Miss Italia 1986, Roberta Capua. The two would have separated due to the different life goals they wanted to achieve; this hasn’t ruined theirs anyway friendship, which still persists.

During the program dancing with the Stars, in 2006, Massimiliano is paired with the Russian ballerina Natalia Titova; between the two was immediately born a story that goes on to this day. From their relationship they were born two little girls: Sofia Nicole (July 16, 2011) e Victory Sidney (January 19, 2013).

Natalia had to pass some tests to be my partner: to see one of my races and come to dinner with a friend of mine. It’s tough. She is a workaholic, she has always taught and danced, so we are similar, but on other things we are different. On the typical diet, she always ate chicken breast and rice, I told her I had to teach her to eat

Rosolino said to Caterina Balivo, during an interview with the program Come to me. The Rosolino-Titova couple said of never having felt the need to get married. However, before leaving for Honduras for the experience as a correspondent to theIsolda of the Famous, promised his partner Natalia that at the end of the work experience they will go on honeymoon!

Beginnings

Massimiliano Rosolino disputes his first European youth championships in 1994 in Pardubice, where he wins the silver medal in the 200m freestyle and the gold medal in the 4 × 200m style relay together with Emiliano Brembilla. In July 1995 at the European Youth Championships in Geneva he won three golds in the 100, 200 and 400 m freestyle and silver with the 4 × 200 m style. He began his first world championships in 1998 in Australia, winning his first world silver medal. He then won his first European title in 1999, in Lisbon, in the 400m freestyle.

The first Olympics

Maximilian made his debut at the Olympics in 1996 at the Atlanta Games. He swims in three finals (200m, 400m and 4 × 200m freestyle relay) and gets three sixth places, including that of the relay with Emanuele Idini, Emanuele Merisi and Piermaria Siciliano. Work hard to improve your results in the next edition. In fact, the following year he wins his first sthese Italian titles, including the first in the mixed 200 m, swimming for the Circolo Canottieri Napoli, the team where he started his career, where he has always been known as “The dog”. In June of the same year at the Mediterranean Games in Bari he won seven medals: three golds in the three relays, a fourth in the 200m style and three silvers in the 100m and 400m style and in the 200m medley.

The Sydney 2000 Olympics and success

The year 2000 is the golden year of Rosolino who achieves the greatest success in his career, reaching the top in Europe and the world in freestyle but above all in mixed.

Called up for the Olympic Games in September in Sydney, he reaches the final five times, obtaining: a gold medal in the 200m medley (setting the Olympic record), a silver with European primacy in the 400 m style, a bronze in the 200 m, and a fourth and a fifth place with the 4 × 200 m relays (with Andrea Beccari, Matteo Pelliciari and Emiliano Brembilla) and 4 × 100 m freestyle ( with Lorenzo Vismara, Klaus Lanzarini and Simone Cercato).

He wins four gold medals, out of five finals played, at the European Championships in Valencia. Thus he arrives, at the age of 22, to have won an Olympic title (plus a silver and a bronze), three world medals and seven European championships.

In 2001 Massimiliano Rosolino is recognized as one of the best swimmers, if not athletes, of the moment.

Here is Massimiliano Rosolino’s historic video of gold at the Sydney Olympics

Last years as a swimmer

After the very successful 2000-2001 season, Rosolino’s career continues, even if he does not collect gold and silver medals as in the period of his greatest success. However, he never stops training and competing in European, World and Olympic competitions.

In Rijeka (Croatia), in December 2008, Maximilian wins his last medals career: bronze in the 200m and silver in the 400m freestyle during the European Championships in the 25-meter pool. The last participations in important competitions were in 2009, but neither at the Mediterranean Games in Pescara, nor at the world championships in Rome, nor in the European short course in Istanbul has had the success of the previous 15 years of career.

Rosolino’s landing on television

While still disputing European and world tournaments, Massimiliano Rosolino takes part in the third edition of the program dancing with the Stars, conducted by Milly Carlucci. Other participants in the program are: Pamela Camassa, Eva Grimaldi, Biagio Izzo, Tiberio Timperi, Orietta Berti, Chiara Boni and others; among the teachers Raimondo Todaro (winner of the edition, paired with Fiona May) and Natalia Titova, who immediately steals Massimilano’s heart.

Vince, paired with the judo champion Marco Maddaloni, the second edition of Beijing Express in 2013, led by Costantino Della Gherardesca. Competitors of that edition are: Ariadna Romero, Massimo and Paolo Ciavarro, Alessio Sakara and others.

Between 2016 and 2019 he then took part in Ninja Warrior Italy, as conductor, together with Federico Russo, Carolina Di Domenico and Gabriele Corsi. 2017 sees him as captain in the second edition of Little Giants, conducted by Gabriele Corsi with a jury composed of: Enzo Miccio, Serena Rossi and Benedetta Parodi. Massimiliano leads the program in 2019 A sweet teacher, broadcast on LA7.

In June 2021 he interprets The Last Race, a docufilm with Manuel Bortuzzo, Raoul Bova, Filippo Magnini and Emiliano Brembilla.

Watch the performance of Massimiliano Rosolino and Natalia Titova in Dancing with the stars

The Island of the Famous 2021

Massimiliano Rosolino is the official correspondent of the new edition of L’Isola dei Famosi. At the moment he is already in Honduras (his social profiles tell us this). We are confident that Massimiliano will assert himself in this new adventure.

The official competitors of the Isola dei Famosi 2021 are:

Instagram

Followed by 29.4 thousand followers, the instagram profile of Massimiliano Rosolino, is very active and full of the daily life of the former swimmer, who likes to share family photo, of his dog Bella and his greatest passion: swimming, in which the daughters also seem to be very interested.

Rosolino’s medals

Massimiliano Rosolino has conquered his 60 medals in 26 events: 48 in individual competitions and 12 in relay, divided as follows by specialty:

• 200m freestyle = 19 medals (2 golds, 9 silvers and 8 bronzes)
• 400m freestyle = 15 medals (4 golds, 8 silvers and 3 bronzes)
• 1500m freestyle = 3 medals (1 gold and 2 bronzes)
• 200 m mixed = 10 medals (4 golds, 2 silvers and 4 bronzes)
• 400 m mixed = 1 medal (1 bronze)
• 4 × 200m freestyle = 10 medals (6 golds, 1 silver and 3 bronzes)
• 4 × 100m freestyle = 2 medals (2 silvers)

The former swimmer, thanks to his glittering career, has also collected two honors and awards:

• Knight Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (25 July 2000);
• Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (3 October 2000);
• Plate in Walk of Fame of Italian sport at the Olympic park of the Foro Italico in Rome;
• Capo d’Orlando Award (2006).

Curiosity

• In a guest of Barbara d’Urso she declared that she wanted a son;
• He served the Arma dei Carabinieri as auxiliary Carabiniere;
• Runs and swims every morning;
• In the pool, he trains his daughters himself;
• He is inseparable from his dog Bella;
• he is a friend of the swimmer and champion Filippo Magnini;
• in 2017, the swimmer Gabriele Detti, beats his record in the 400 m freestyle.

Massimiliano Rosolino Video

Together with his partner Natalia Titova, Massimiliano Rosolino tells Serena Bortone, on 7 December 2020, during an episode of the program Today is another day.

Article by Emanuela Italia

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