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Novella Calligaris in 1972, first Italian to win an Olympic medal in swimming. The Italy national swimming team represents Italy in International swimming competitions such as Olympic Games or World swimming Championships.
Nicolò Martinenghi (Italian: [nikoˈlɔ mmartiˈneŋɡi]; born 1 August 1999) is an Italian swimmer and the reigning Olympic champion in the 100 metre breaststroke event, having won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics. He is a two-time world record holder in the 4×50 metre medley relay, swimming breaststroke
Thomas Ceccon (Italian pronunciation: [ˈtɔːmas tʃekˈkon]; born 27 January 2001) is an Italian swimmer.He is a world record holder in the long course 100 metre backstroke and the short course 4×100 metre freestyle relay.
Italy swimmer Thomas Ceccon is gaining a huge fanbase at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Ceccon helped Team Italy win the bronze at the men's 4x100-meter freestyle relay on July 27, then won gold in the ...
At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she became the first female swimmer to qualify for five consecutive Olympic finals in the same specialty (200 m freestyle). She is a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). [6] Pellegrini retired from active competition in 2021. She was nicknamed "La Divina" ("The Divine") by Italian sport journalists.
Gregorio Paltrinieri (Italian: [ɡreˈɡɔːrjo paltriˈnjɛːri]; born 5 September 1994) is an Italian competitive swimmer. He is a former world record holder in the short course 1500-meter freestyle. He holds the European record in the long course 800-meter and 1500-meter freestyle events with times of 7:39.27 and 14:32.80, respectively.
Italian swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): [65] [66] To assure their selection to the Olympic team, swimmers must finish in the top two of the final (or in heat-declared ...
Simona Quadarella (Italian pronunciation: [siˈmoːna kwadaˈrɛlla]; born 18 December 1998) is an Italian swimmer.She specializes in long distance freestyle events. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal in Women's 800 metre freestyle, [2] and at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, won the gold medal in the 1500 m freestyle, and the silver medal in the 800 m freestyle.