Enzo Finocchiaro

Swimmer Enzo Finocchiaro grew up with the Ortigia club and was the first athlete from Siracusa to compete at the Olympics (München 1972). Coached by Armando Zimmitti, he made his international début at the Poland-Italy meeting in Krakow in July 1970. In September 1970 he was part of the Azzurro team at the Mediterranean Games in Izmir where he won bronze in the 1,500 freestyle. At the 1972 Games he was eliminated in the heats of the 1,500.

Domestically Finocchiaro never won an individual national title but was twice runner-up in the 1500 (1971-72) and third in the 400 in 1972, and was also second (1970) and third (1971) in the 200 butterfly. He won the 1972 4x200 freestyle relay with Fiamme Oro.

Finocchiaro became an orthopaedic surgeon. In November 2019 the press room of the Citadel of Sport in Siracusa was named after him.