 On 27 July 2011 has also won the silver medal in the 50m breaststroke, behind Brazilian Felipe França Silva and again in front of Cameron van der Burgh, also establishing the Italian record in that distance with a time of 27.17.On 13 December 2012 Scozzoli became the first Italian swimmer ever to win a gold medal in a World Swimming Championships (25 m) competition winning the Men's 100 metre breaststroke at Istanbul 2012.Once back in Italy, the 4 August has improved the primacy of the Italian and European short course 50m breaststroke in, held by Alessandro Terrin, winning the Italian title in summer leagues.