- Alessia Filippi
Alessia Filippi (born
June 23 ,1987 inRome ) is an Italian swimmer.Filippi excels in
backstroke and medley races, as well as in middle-distance freestyle (400 to 800 m).She was the first Italian woman to win a gold medal at any international competition, by winning the 400 m medley at the 2006 European Swimming Championships in
Budapest [http://www.swimrankings.net/index.php?page=meetDetail&meetId=7360725&gender=2&styleId=19] .She also won a bronze medal in the same championship, and a silver medal in the 2006 short-course World Championships. In December 2006 she confirmed her title at the 2006 short-course European Championships inHelsinki . In July 2008 she broke the European record in the 1500 m Freestyle [http://www.swimrankings.net/index.php?page=meetDetail&meetId=15302668&gender=2&styleId=8] (Long Course). After winning two gold medals in theEuropean LC Championships 2008 inEindhoven earlier that year. She became champion in the 400 m individual medley and the 800 m freestyle [http://www.swimrankings.net/index.php?page=meetDetail&meetId=13528153] .Personal bests
She holds Italian records (long-course swimming pools) in the following races:
*400 m medley: 4:35.80
*200 m medley: 2:13.08
*200 m backstroke: 2:09.04
*100 m backstroke: 1:01.52
*800 m Freestyle: 8:20.70
*1500 m Freestyle: 15:52.84 ERExternal links
* Swim Rankings [http://www.swimrankings.net/index.php?page=athleteDetail&athleteId=1545551 profile]
References
External links
* [http://www.federnuoto.it Federazione Italiana Nuoto Website]
* [http://www.alessiafilippi.it/ Official Site]
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