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Simona Quadarella

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Simona Quadarella
Simona Quadarella with her gold medal won at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.
Personal information
National teamItaly
Born (1998-12-18) 18 December 1998 (age 25)
Rome, Italy
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
Club
CoachChristian Minotti
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Italy
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 1
World Championships (LC) 3 2 2
World Championships (SC) 0 1 1
European Championships (LC) 8 1 1
European Championships (SC) 2 2 1
Universiade 2 0 1
Mediterranean Games 2 0 0
Total 17 6 7
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 800 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2019 Gwangju 1500 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2024 Doha 800 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2024 Doha 1500 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2019 Gwangju 800 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2023 Fukuoka 1500 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Budapest 1500 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Budapest 800 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place 2018 Hangzhou 800 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Abu Dhabi 800 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2018 Glasgow 400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2018 Glasgow 800 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2018 Glasgow 1500 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2020 Budapest 400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2020 Budapest 800 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2020 Budapest 1500 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Rome 800 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Rome 1500 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2022 Rome 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Budapest 4×200 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2019 Glasgow 400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2019 Glasgow 800 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2021 Kazan 800 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2021 Kazan 1500 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Copenhagen 800 m freestyle

Simona Quadarella (Italian pronunciation: [siˈmoːna 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,[2] 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.[3]

Career

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Quadarella competed in the women's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships,[4][5] winning the bronze medal.[6] 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.[4] 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.[3] 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.[7] In July 2021, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, which were also postponed to 2021 due to the pandemic, she won the bronze medal in the 800 metre freestyle with a time of 8:18.35.[8]

For the 1500 metre freestyle at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, Quadarella placed fifth with a time of 16:03.84, finishing over 14 seconds behind bronze medalist Lani Pallister of Australia.[9][10] She followed her performance up with a bronze medal-winning time of 8:19.00 in the 800 metre freestyle four days later.[11][12]

2022 European Championships

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At the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, held two months later in Rome, Quadarella won the gold medal in the 800 metre freestyle with a time of 8:20.54.[13][14][15] The title was her third-consecutive in the 800 metre freestyle at LEN European Aquatics Championships and was the first time a female swimmer achieved the title in the event three times in a row.[16] Three days later, she won the gold medal in the 1500 metre freestyle with a time of 15:54.15.[17][18] The win marked her third-consecutive gold medal in the event at LEN European Aquatics Championships.[19] Her medal also brought her total number of gold medals won at LEN European Aquatics Championships to eight, setting a new record for the most gold medals won by a female Italian swimmer over the course of their career at the Championships.[20] The final day, she won the silver medal in the 400 metre freestyle, finishing behind gold medalist Isabel Marie Gose of Germany with a time of 4:04.77.[21][22]

National records

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International medals

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Individual
Year Championships 400 fs 800 fs 1500 fs
2017 World Championships (LC) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Universiade 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Championships (SC) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2018 Mediterranean Games 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Championships (LC) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Championships (SC) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2019 World Championships (LC) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Championships (SC) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2021 European Championships (LC) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Olympic Games 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
European Championships (SC) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2022 World Championships (LC) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
European Championships (LC) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2023 World Championships (LC) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
European Championships (SC) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2024 World Championships (LC) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Olympic Games (LC) ? ? ?

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Simona QUADARELLA". World Aquatics. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Swimming - QUADARELLA Simona". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Italian Simona Quadarella Crushes Decade-Old National Record in 1500 Win". SwimSwam. 23 July 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Simona Quadarella - Biography". federnuoto.it. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  5. ^ "2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes". Budapest 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  6. ^ "17th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN) - Women's 1500m Freestyle" (PDF). omegatiming.com. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  7. ^ "ALBO D'ORO DELLA NAZIONALE ITALIANA DI NUOTO" (in Italian). nuotounostiledivita.it. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  8. ^ "2020 Summer Olympics Results - Swimming: Women's 800m Freestyle". ESPN. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  9. ^ FINA (20 June 2022). "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 1500m Freestyle Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  10. ^ Adami, Davide (20 June 2022). "Nuoto, Simona Quadarella: "E' stato un incubo, ero irriconoscibile. Devo pensare agli 800 sl"" (in Italian). OA Sport. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  11. ^ FINA (24 June 2022). "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 800m Freestyle Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  12. ^ "Mondiali nuoto, i risultati di oggi: Quadarella bronzo negli 800 stile" (in Italian). Sky Sport. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  13. ^ LEN (12 August 2022). "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 800m Freestyle Women Final". Microplus. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  14. ^ "Nuoto: Europei, Simona Quadarella oro negli 800 stile libero" (in Italian). La Sicilia. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  15. ^ "Nuoto, 5 ori azzurri: Quadarella, Martinenghi, Panziera e Ceccon dopo Minisini" (in Italian). Sky TG24. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  16. ^ Arcari, Marco (12 August 2022). "Nuoto - Simona Quadarella de impazzire! Terzo oro Europei di fila negli stile libero: è record" (in Italian). Eurosport. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  17. ^ LEN (15 August 2022). "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 1500m Freestyle Women Final". Microplus. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  18. ^ "Risultati Europei nuoto oggi, 3 medaglie d'oro per Italia. Simona Quadarella stellare" (in Italian). Quotidiano.net. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  19. ^ "Monumentale Quadarella: oro nei 1500 sl. Sincro da record. Storico oro nei tuffi" (in Italian). Rai News. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  20. ^ OA Sport (15 August 2022). "Europei Nuoto, Simona Quadarella regina, Martina Caramignoli a-: doppietta stratosferica nei 1500 sl a Roma" (in Italian). Eurosport. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  21. ^ LEN (17 August 2022). "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 400m Freestyle Women Final". Microplus. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  22. ^ Martínez, Alberto (17 August 2022). "Italia arrasa en Roma" (in Spanish). Diario AS. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  23. ^ a b "Nuoto - Primati Femminili Assoluti in vasca lunga" (in Italian). federnuoto.it. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
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