Simona Quadarella
Simona Quadarella (Italian pronunciation: [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,[1] 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.[2]
Career[edit]
Quadarella competed in the women's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships,[3][4] winning the bronze medal.[5] After her international explosion, which took place in 2017 at the age of 19, Simona Quadarella won 9 international medals in the two-year period 2017-2018 (7 gold and 2 bronze), including a trio of gold medals at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships in 400 m, 800 m and 1500 m freestyle.[3] Than in July 2019, Quadarella won her first world title at the World Championships in Gwangju, taking gold in the 1500 m in a time of 15:40.89.[2] She also won a silver medal in the 800 m race in a time of 8:14.99.
At the European Championships in Budapest 2020, held in May 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Quadarella won three gold medals (400 m, 800 m, 1500 m freestyle - the same feat achieved three years earlier in Glasgow 2018) and a bronze medal in the 4x200m freestyle.[6]
National records[edit]
- 800 m freestyle: 8:14.99 Gwangju, 27 July 2019 - current holder[7]
- 1500 m freestyle: 15:40.89 Gwangju, 23 July 2019 - current holder[7]
International medals[edit]
- Individual
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| 2021 | European Championships (LC) | |
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Swimming QUADARELLA Simona - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Italian Simona Quadarella Crushes Decade-Old National Record in 1500 Win". SwimSwam. 23 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Simona Quadarella - Biography". federnuoto.it. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ^ "2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes". Budapest 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ^ "17th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN) - Women's 1500m Freestyle" (PDF). omegatiming.com. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ "ALBO D'ORO DELLA NAZIONALE ITALIANA DI NUOTO" (in Italian). nuotounostiledivita.it. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Nuoto - Primati Femminili Assoluti in vasca lunga" (in Italian). federnuoto.it. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
External links[edit]
- Simona Quadarella at FINA
- Simona Quadarella at SwimRankings.net
- Simona Quadarella at Olympics.com
- Simona Quadarella at Olympedia
- Simona Quadarella profile at FIN web site (in Italian)
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- 1998 births
- Living people
- Italian female freestyle swimmers
- Swimmers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Universiade medalists in swimming
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- European Championships (multi-sport event) gold medalists
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
- Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
- Universiade gold medalists for Italy
- Youth Olympic gold medalists for Italy
- Swimmers from Rome
- Athletes of Fiamme Rosse
- Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade
- Olympic swimmers of Italy
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
- Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)