Domenico Acerenza

Domenico Acerenza at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Giulia Gabbrielleschi, Arianna Bridi, Gregorio Paltrinieri, and Domenico Acerenza won the silver medal in the 4x1500m mixed relay at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar on 8 February 2024

Marc-Antoine Olivier (silver), Domenico Acerenza (gold), Logan Fontaine (bronze) on the 10 km podium at the 2022 LEN European Championships in Ostia, Italy

Domenico Acerenza (silver), Gregorio Paltrinieri (gold), and Marc-Antoine Olivier (bronze) on the 5 km podium at the 2022 LEN European Aquatics Championships in Ostia, Italy

Domenico Acerenza is a 27-year-old Italian pool and Olympic open water swimmer.

Open Water Swimming Highlights

On 4 February 2024, he finished seventh in the 10 km marathon swim at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar at the age of 27.
He won bronze in the 6 km team relay at the 2022 FINA World Championships with Ginevra Taddeucci, Gregorio Paltrinieri, Giulia Gabbrielleschi on 26 June 2022 in Lake Lupa, Hungary.
He finished 2nd in the 5 km race at the 2019 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships in 53:42.78 in Miami, Florida on 5 May 2019.
On 16 December 2021, he finished 2nd in the 10 km FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series Grand Finale in Yas Bay, Abu Dhabi, UAE at the age of 26.
On 15 December 2021, he was part of the gold medal winning Team Italy with Martina De Memme, Giulia Gabrielleschi, and Gregorio Paltrinieri that won the 4x1500m mixed relay at the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships in Yas Bay in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
On 28 May 2022, he finished 2nd in the FINA Marathon Swim World Series race in Setúbal Bay, Portugal.

1. Kristóf Rasovszky, Hungary 1:50:52.7
2. Oliver Klemet, Germany 1:50:54.8
3. Dávid Betlehem, Hungary 1:51:09.0
4. Domenico Acerenza, Italy 1:51:09.6
5. Logan Fontaine, France 1:51:47.9
6. Hector Pardoe, Great Britain 1:51:50.8
7. Marc-Antoine Olivier, France 1:51:50.9
8. Florian Wellbrock, Germany 1:51:54.4
9. Gregorio Paltrinieri, Italy 1:51:58.0
10. Athanasios Charalampos Kynigakis, Greece 1:52:37.2
11. Nick Sloman, Australia 1:56:24.4
12. Paulo Strehlke Delgado, Mexico 1:56:28.4
13. Kyle Lee, Australia 1:56:42.5
14. Tobias Patrick Robinson, Great Britain, 1:56:43.0
15. Taishin Minamide, Japan 1:56:57.3
16. Matan Roditi, Israel 1:57:02.3
17. David Andres Farinango Berru, Ecuador 1:57:08.6
18. Daniel Wiffen, Ireland 1:57:20.1
19. Ivan Puskovitch, USA 1:57:52.5
20. Martin Straka, Czech Republic 1:57:52.9
21. Jan Hercog, Austria 2:01:03.8
22. Piotr Wozniak, Poland 2:02:38.6
23. Kuzey Tunçelli, Turkey 2:02:58.1
24. Felix Auboeck, Austria 2:03:00.5
25. Henrik Christiansen, Norway 2:03:38.2
DNF Guilherme Costa, Brazil
DNF Carlos Garach Benito, Spain
DNF Phillip Seidler, Namibia
DNF Emir Batur Albayrak, Turkey
DNS Victor Johansson, Sweden
DNS Ahmed Jaouadi, Tunisia
DNS David Johnston, USA