Fatal Great White Shark Attack

1926 Varazze, Golfo di Genova in the Ligurian Sea, ITALY

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1926

⏰ 11h00

📍 Location

Varazze, Golfo di Genova in the Ligurian Sea, ITALY

🌍 ITALY

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 20

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, body was 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 have no bones.

Sharks can regrow their teeth throughout their lives.

Great white sharks are the largest sharks.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.