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Margherita Panziera

Margherita Panziera

Italian swimmer

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 three-time European Champion in the 200 metre backstroke, winning in 2018, 2021, and 2022.[5][6]

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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.[7] At the 2021 European Aquatics Championships she won five medals, a gold, two silver and two bronze.[8]

At the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, held in Rome in August, Panziera won the gold medal in the 200 metre backstroke with a time of 2:07.13.[6][9][10] Four days later, with a time of 59.40 seconds, she won the gold medal in the 100 metre backstroke.[11][12][13]

National records

Individual long course
  • 100 m backstroke: 58.92 (Riccione, Italy, 4 April 2019) - current holder[14]
  • 200 m backstroke: 2:05.56 (Riccione, Italy, 31 March 2021) - current holder[14]

Achievements

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See also

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    leg: 1:01.12
  2. [N 2]
    leg: 1:01.03
  3. [N 3]
    leg: 59.77
  4. [N 4]
    leg: 1:00.19
  5. [N 5]
    leg: 24.48
  6. [N 6]
    leg: 58.39
  7. [N 7]
    leg: 1:56.71
  8. [N 8]
    leg: 1:00.11
  9. [N 9]
    leg: 1:59.76
  10. [N 10]
    leg: 2:00.57
  11. [N 11]
    leg: 1:00.54

References

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    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.
  2. [2]
    "Margherita Panziera". poliziadistato.it (in Italian). Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Margherita Panziera - Profile". federnuoto.it. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Swimming PANZIERA Margherita - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  5. [5]
    "Margherita Panziera". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  6. [6]
    LEN (12 August 2022). "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 200m Backstroke Women Final". Microplus. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  7. [7]
    "Franceschi, Carraro, and Razzetti Bring Italy Up To 13-Strong Olympic Roster". SwimSwam. 4 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  8. [8]
    "Swimming: Italy comes away from Budapest with record haul". ansa.it. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  9. [9]
    "Swimming: Panziera wins gold in women's 200m backstroke". ANSA. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  10. [10]
    "Nuoto, 5 ori azzurri: Quadarella, Martinenghi, Panziera e Ceccon dopo Minisini" (in Italian). Sky TG24. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  11. [11]
    LEN (16 August 2022). "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 100m Backstroke Women Final". Microplus. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  12. [12]
    Canello, Dimitri (16 August 2022). "Margherita Panziera oro nei 100 dorso agli Europei di nuoto a Roma" (in Italian). Corriere di Veneto. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  13. [13]
    "Championnats d'Europe de natation: Margherita Panziera sacrée sur 100 m dos, Mahieu et Margherita au pied du podium" (in French). Le Figaro. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  14. [14]
    "Nuoto - Primati Femminili Assoluti in vasca lunga" (in Italian). federnuoto.it. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
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