Margherita Panziera
Margherita Panziera (born 12 August 1995) is an Italian swimmer. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 100 m backstroke and 200 m backstroke.[4] She is also a two-time European Champion in the 200 m backstroke, winning in 2018 and 2021.[5]
Career[]
In 2015, at the World Championships in Kazan, in the 200 m backstroke competition, she took 10th place, with a time of 2:09.5.[5] A year later, during the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, in 200 m backstroke, she took 17th place with a time of 2:10.92. In July 2017, at the 200 m World Championships in Budapest, the backstroke was the fourteenth (2:10.95). In the eliminations of 100 m, backstroke, she achieved the time 1:01.03 and took 20th place, not qualifying for the semi-finals.[5] In December of the same year, during the European Championships at the short course (25 m) in Copenhagen, she won the bronze medal over the distance of 200 m backstroke and set a new record for Italy with time 2:02.43.
In August 2018, at the European Championships in Glasgow, she won the 200 m backstroke competition, with a time of 2: 06.18 minutes. Panziera improved both the records of the championship and her country. In a distance twice as short, she took fifth place (59.71).[5] In 2020 she qualified to represent Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[6] At the 2021 European Aquatics Championships she won five medals, a gold, two silver and two bronze.[7]
National records[]
- Individual long course
- 100 m backstroke: 58.92 (Riccione, Italy, 4 April 2019) - current holder[8]
- 200 m backstroke: 2:05.56 (Riccione, Italy, 31 March 2021) - current holder[8]
Achievements[]
Competition | Edition | 50 m back | 10 m back | 200 m back | 4×50 m mix | 4×100 m mix | 4×100 m mix med | 4×200 m free |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Summer Olympics | Rio de Janeiro 2016 | - | - | 17th 2:10.92 (heats) |
- | - | - | - |
World Championships | Kazan 2015 | - | 37th 1:02.17 (heats) |
10th 2:09.54 (SF) |
- | - | - | - |
Budapest 2017 | - | 20th 1:01.03 (heats) |
14th 2:10.95 (SF) |
- | 8th 3:59.98 [nb 1] |
7th 3:46.75 (heats) [nb 2] |
- | |
Gwangju 2019 | - | 11th 59.83 (SF) |
4th 2:06.67 |
- | 4th 3:56.50 [nb 3] |
6th 3:44.38 (heats) [nb 4] |
- | |
World Championships (25 m) | Hangzhou 2018 | - | 15th 58.31 (SF) |
5th 2:02.50 |
8th 1:46.44 [nb 5] |
Bronze 3:51.38 [nb 6] NR |
- | 6th 7:43.18 [nb 7] |
European Championships | London 2016 | 19th 29.21 (heats) |
14th 1:01.45 (heats) |
9th 2:11.80 (SF) |
- | - | - | - |
Glasgow 2018 | - | 5th 59.71 |
Gold 2:06.18 CR |
- | - | Bronze 3:44.85 [nb 8] |
5th 7:32.37 [nb 9] | |
Budapest 2021 | - | Silver 59.01 |
Gold 2:06.08 |
Bronze 3:56.30 |
- | Bronze 3:42.30 |
Silver 7:29.35 [nb 10] | |
European Championships (25 m) | Netanya 2015 | 32nd 28.49 (heats) |
13th 59.24 (SF) |
7th 2:05.60 |
- | - | - | - |
Copenaghen 2017 | - | 11th 58.19 (heats) |
Bronze 2:02.43 |
- | - | - | - | |
Glasgow 2019 | - | 6th 57.45 |
Gold 2:01.45 NR |
- | - | - | - | |
Universiade | Taipei 2017 | - | 12th 1:01.56 (SF) |
5th 2:10.34 |
- | - | - | - |
Mediterranean Games | 2013 Mersin | - | Bronze 1:01.86 |
Silver 2:12.86 |
- | Gold 4:11.36 (heats) |
- | - |
Tarragona 2018 | - | Gold 1:00.74 CR |
Gold 2:08.08 |
- | Gold 3:58.27 CR [nb 11] |
- | Gold 8:02.63 |
See also[]
- Italy national swimming team – Women multiple medalists
- List of Italian records in swimming
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Margherita Panziera". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ "Margherita Panziera". poliziadistato.it (in Italian). Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Margherita Panziera - Profile". federnuoto.it. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ "Swimming PANZIERA Margherita - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Margherita Panziera". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ "Franceschi, Carraro, and Razzetti Bring Italy Up To 13-Strong Olympic Roster". SwimSwam. 4 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ "Swimming: Italy comes away from Budapest with record haul". ansa.it. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Nuoto - Primati Femminili Assoluti in vasca lunga" (in Italian). federnuoto.it. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
External links[]
- Margherita Panziera at FINA
- Margherita Panziera at SwimRankings.net
- Margherita Panziera at Olympics.com
- Margherita Panziera at Olympedia
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Italian female swimmers
- Italian female backstroke swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Italy
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
- Swimmers at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- European Championships (multi-sport event) gold medalists
- Swimmers of Fiamme Oro
- People from the Province of Treviso