Alessia Filippi
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Born | Rome, Italy | 23 June 1987|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | AlessiaFilippi.it | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle , Backstroke and medley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Aurelia Nuoto | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alessia Filippi (born 23 June 1987 in Rome)[1] is a retired Italian swimmer.
Filippi won the gold medal in the 1500 m at the 2009 World Championships in Rome.
Biography[]
Filippi excels in backstroke and individual medley races, as well as in middle-distance freestyle (400 to 1500 m).
She won 400 m individual medley at the 2006 European Swimming Championships in Budapest.[2] She also won a bronze medal in the same championship, and a silver medal in the 2006 short-course World Championships.[3] In December 2006 she confirmed her title at the 2006 short-course European Championships in Helsinki. In July 2008 she broke the European record in the 1500 m freestyle[4] (long course). After winning two gold medals in the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven earlier that year. She became champion in the 400 m individual medley and the 800 m freestyle.[5]
On 12 December 2008, at the 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships held in Rijeka, she set the new world record in the 800 m freestyle (short course), with the time of 8:04.53.
Retirement[]
On 12 October 2012, at the age of 25 years, she announced her retirement from competitions. [6]
Personal bests[]
She currently holds 1 World record (marked as WR), 3 European records (ER) and 12 Italian records (IR). Her personal bests (as of the 25 April 2009) are:
Event | Long course (year) | Short course (year) |
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200 m freestyle | 1:58.42 (2008) | 1:59.40 (2008) |
400 m freestyle | 4:07.15 (2009) | 3:59.35 (2008) IR |
800 m freestyle | 8:17.21 (2009) IR | 8:04.53 (2008) WR |
1500 m freestyle | 15:44.93 (2009) ER | 16:14.3 (2006) |
100 m backstroke | 1:01.52 (2006) | 1:01.25 (2006) |
200 m backstroke | 2:08.44 (2009) IR | 2:04.55 (2009) IR |
200 m individual medley | 2:13.08 (2007) | 2:11.69 (2008) |
400 m individual medley | 4:34.34 (2008) IR | 4:26.06 (2008) IR |
4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:39.18 (2006) IR | |
4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:49.76 (2008) ER | 7:50.39 (2006) IR |
4 × 100 m medley relay | 4:04.90 (2008) IR |
See also[]
- Italian swimmers multiple medalists at the internetional competitions
- World record progression 800 metres freestyle
References[]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alessia Filippi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
- ^ LEN: European Championships Budapest (HUN) Retrieved 30 July 2008.
- ^ "Shanghai 2006 results". Archived from the original on March 6, 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2007.
- ^ Italian Championships Retrieved 30 July 2008.
- ^ LEN: European Championships Eindhoven (NED) Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 30 July 2008.
- ^ "Swimming: Alessia Filippi to retire". agi.it. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
External links[]
- Alessia Filippi at Olympic.org (archived)
- Alessia Filippi at OlympicChannel.com (archived)
- Alessia Filippi at Olympics.com
- Alessia Filippi at Italian Olympic Committee (in Italian)
- Alessia Filippi at Olympedia
- Alessia Filippi at SwimRankings.net
- Alessia Filippi at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Swimmers from Rome
- Italian female swimmers
- Italian female medley swimmers
- Italian female freestyle swimmers
- Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers of Italy
- Olympic silver medalists for Italy
- World record setters in swimming
- Italian female backstroke swimmers
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in swimming
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
- Swimmers at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
- Swimmers at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming