Fatal Great White Shark Attack

1989 Golfo di Baratti, near Piombino (Tuscany), Tyrrhenian Sea, ITALY

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details
🦈 Species Information
🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact
🔗 Related Attacks

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1989

⏰ 10h25

📍 Location

Golfo di Baratti, near Piombino (Tuscany), Tyrrhenian Sea, ITALY

🌍 ITALY

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 47

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL. His body not recovered

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

This species has been involved in 744 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Great White Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

Test your shark knowledge! Click "Reveal Answer" to see if each statement is a myth or fact, then learn the science behind it.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.

Sharks have no bones.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Sharks are colorblind.