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| Full name | Peppo Biscarini |
| Nationality | Italian-American |
| Born | (1960-11-04)November 4, 1960 (age 65) Milan, Italy |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) |
| Website | biscarini |
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| Sport | Swimming |
Peppo Biscarini is an Italian-Americanswimmer,freediver,entrepreneur andevangelist. He represented both Italy and the United States in various international competitions and also won many titles. After retiring from his athletic career, he had a long stint as coach and entrepreneur. Later in life he responded to a higher calling and directed his life towardsevangelism.[1]
Biscarini was born in Milan on November 4, 1960, toSergio Biscarini, an opera singer, and Griffi Clotilde, an obstetrician. He moved to the United States in 1979 to train for the 1984 Olympics inswimming as well as to study. In 1999, he returned toItaly and opened the first Hedgefund marketing firm.[2]
In 1987, he married Jane inSanta Barbara, California[3] and the couple have two children, Isabella and Marco.
Biscarini started his swimming career at the age of 5 and participated at his first age group Nationals at the age of 10.[4] In May 1976, at the age of 15 years, Peppo won the World Championship infinswimming marathon(24 hours), setting a newworld record of 83.7 km by breaking the previous world record of 70.3 km.[5] In 1980, he introduced for thefirst time in the US themonofin and the front-mounted snorkel starting a working relationship with coach Thornton atUC Berkeley[6] and was credited as the person who introduced the sport of finswimming -the monofin and front-mounted snorkels- until then unknown, to North America.[7] Biscarini was also the member of the Italian National Team at the European finswimming championship. In 1987, he was named US national technical director for the sport of finswimming by the Underwater Society of America, member of theUSOC and controlling body for finswimming in the United States. He often writes forPesca Sub, an Italian speciality magazine.[8] In 1989, he founded Hyperfin, a high tech fin manufacturing company,[9][10] and worked as a technical consultant with swimming programs at various top division 1 universities. In 1978, he became theItalian National champion in the open water swimming and represented Italy to theFINA World Open Water Swimming ChampionshipsCapri-Napoli in 1979. Biscarini is also a speaker at the World Clinic for swimming coaches, Chicago 1995. Integrated techniques of finswimming for the benefit of high-level swimming, CO2 tolerance training and swimming with front snorkels.
Biscarini also served as the technical consultant toLockheed Martin underwater division to develop a human-powered submarine.[11] From 1992 to 1996, he trained theUS Navy Seals team for theInternational Military Sports Council (CISM) Military World Games in Coronado Island,CA. In 1998 he was best US athlete at the Freediving World Championship setting aUS national record in constant weight (51 meters) after having set the US static breath hold record at 5:40.
After 15 years of business as an entrepreneur andhedge fund marketer with the 1st Internet firm in this business, he was recruited by Campus Crusade for Christ.[12] Biscarini pursued theological studies while living and ministering to influencers inPalm Beach, Florida from 2000 to 2004. He then returned to Italy and served as the National Director of GEM from 2004 to 2011.[13] He also preached in different churches and nonprofit organizations.[14][15][16] and wrote a manual for basic Christianity: "Quale via, verità, vita?".[17] In 2012, he established ViaVeritas Inc as an international tool for evangelism and an instrument for cross-cultural student exchanges.[18][19] He also created asister city relationship betweenChattanooga, Tennessee, andManfredonia, Italy, with the approval of the respective mayors and theSister City association in March 2014.[20][21] He has an Italian podcastEquipaggiati discussing everyday occurrences in light of an eternal plan. The English channel isEquipped+. He appears on a Youtube channel in EnglishPeppoCast English and in ItalianPeppoCast
Representative and best US athlete at the Freediving World Cup in 1998 (Sardinia-Italy) with national records of constant weight (51 mt), dynamic swim (125 mt) and static breath hold (5 min.39 sec).[22][23] AIDA and PADI freediving instructor
| Year | Title | Result | Distance | Ref |
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| 1976 | World Championship finswimming | .svg){kind=icon} | WR 83.7 km | [24][25][26] |
| 1977 | Nationalopen water Championship, Italy | | 11.5 km - 2:14.10 | |
| 1978 | World Championship finswimming | | 77.8 km | |
| 1986-1989 | National Championship finswimming, USA | | 100 and 200 mt | |
| 1986-1989 | National Championship finswimming, USA | .svg){kind=icon} | 50 mt | |
| 1989 | World corporate games -All-America title | | NR 100 and 200 mt | |
| 1989 | World corporate games -All-America title | | 50 mt | |
| 1998 | World Cup Freediving - best US athlete | NR 51 mt C.W. | ||
| 1998 | World Cup Freediving - best US athlete | NR 5:40 static BH |
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