Gregorio Paltrinieri
Italian swimmer (born 1994)
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- Gregorio Paltrinieri ( Italian: [ɡreˈɡɔːrjo paltriˈnjɛːri] ; born 5 September 1994) is an Italian competitive swimmer.
- He holds the European record in the long course 800-meter and 1500-meter freestyle events with times of 7:39.
- In the 1500-meter freestyle, he is a 2016 Olympic, three-time world long course, two-time world short course, three-time European long course, and three-time European short course champion.
- In the 10 kilometre open water swim, he is a 2022 world and 2020 European champion.
- Personal life Paltrinieri is engaged to Olympic gold medal fencer Rossella Fiamingo.
Gregorio Paltrinieri (Italian: [ɡreˈɡɔːrjo paltriˈnjɛːri]; born 5 September 1994) is an Italian competitive swimmer. He is a former world record holder in the short course 1500-meter freestyle. He holds the European record in the long course 800-meter and 1500-meter freestyle events with times of 7:39.27 and 14:32.80, respectively. In the 1500-meter freestyle, he is a 2016 Olympic, three-time world long course, two-time world short course, three-time European long course, and three-time European short course champion. In the 800-meter freestyle, he is a 2019 world long course, 2022 world short course, three-time European long course, and 2021 European short course champion. In the 10 kilometre open water swim, he is a 2022 world and 2020 European champion. In the 5 kilometre open water swim, he is a two-time European champion.
Personal life
Paltrinieri is engaged to Olympic gold medal fencer Rossella Fiamingo.
Swimming career
Paltrinieri started swimming at a very young age, and until the age of 12, he specialized in breaststroke. However, as he grew, he converted to freestyle, specializing in the longer pool distances.
2011: Junior
His first international success came as a 16-year-old at the 2011 European Junior Swimming Championships in Belgrade, where he won the 1500-meter gold and an 800-meter bronze. Having qualified for the World championships in Shanghai, he did not progress further than the heats, but a few weeks later at the World Junior Championships in Lima, Peru, he was back on the podium with a 1500-meter freestyle silver and an 800-meter bronze.
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