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 have been around longer than trees.

Sharks can regrow their teeth throughout their lives.

Great white sharks are the largest sharks.

You're more likely to be struck by lightning than attacked by a shark.

Sharks sleep like humans do.