Alessia Filippi

Alessia Filippi

Filippi at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships.
Personal information
Full name	Alessia Filippi
Nationality	Italy
Born	23 June 1987 Rome
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle , Backstroke and medley
Club	Aurelia Nuoto
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 0 World Championships (LC) 1 0 1 World Championships (SC) 0 1 0 European Championships (LC) 3 0 2 European Championships (SC) 3 1 2 Mediterranean Games 5 0 3 Total 12 3 8 Olympic Games 2008 Beijing 800 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 2009 Rome 1500 m freestyle 2009 Rome 800 m freestyle World Championships (SC) 2006 Shanghai 400 m medley European Championships (LC) 2006 Budapest 400 m medley 2008 Eindhoven 400 m medley 2008 Eindhoven 800 m freestyle 2006 Budapest 200 m medley 2008 Eindhoven 4×200 m freestyle European Championships (SC) 2006 Helsinki 400 m medley 2007 Debrecen 400 m medley 2008 Rijeka 800 m freestyle 2008 Rijeka 400 m medley 2007 Debrecen 800 m freestyle 2008 Rijeka 400 m freestyle Mediterranean Games 2005 Almería 200 m backstroke 2005 Almería 400 m medley 2009 Pescara 800 m freestyle 2009 Pescara 200 m backstroke 2009 Pescara 4 × 200 m freestyle 2005 Almería 200 m medley 2005 Almería 4×200 m freestyle 2005 Almería 4×100 m medley

Alessia Filippi (born 23 June 1987 in Rome)^[1] is a retired Italian swimmer.

Filippi won the gold medal in the 1500 m at the 2009 World Championships in Rome.

Biography

Filippi excels in backstroke and individual medley races, as well as in middle-distance freestyle (400 to 1500 m).

She won 400 m individual medley at the 2006 European Swimming Championships in Budapest.^[2] She also won a bronze medal in the same championship, and a silver medal in the 2006 short-course World Championships.^[3] In December 2006 she confirmed her title at the 2006 short-course European Championships in Helsinki. In July 2008 she broke the European record in the 1500 m freestyle^[4] (long course). After winning two gold medals in the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven earlier that year. She became champion in the 400 m individual medley and the 800 m freestyle.^[5]

On 12 December 2008, at the 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships held in Rijeka, she set the new world record in the 800 m freestyle (short course), with the time of 8:04.53.

Retirement

On 12 October 2012, at the age of 25 years, she announced her retirement from competitions. ^[6]

Personal bests

She currently holds 1 World record (marked as WR), 3 European records (ER) and 12 Italian records (IR). Her personal bests (as of the 25 April 2009) are:

Event	Long course (year)	Short course (year)
200 m freestyle	1:58.42 (2008)	1:59.40 (2008)
400 m freestyle	4:07.15 (2009)	3:59.35 (2008) IR
800 m freestyle	8:17.21 (2009) IR	8:04.53 (2008) WR
1500 m freestyle	15:44.93 (2009) ER	16:14.3 (2006)
100 m backstroke	1:01.52 (2006)	1:01.25 (2006)
200 m backstroke	2:08.44 (2009) IR	2:04.55 (2009) IR
200 m individual medley	2:13.08 (2007)	2:11.69 (2008)
400 m individual medley	4:34.34 (2008) IR	4:26.06 (2008) IR
4 × 100 m freestyle relay		3:39.18 (2006) IR
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:49.76 (2008) ER	7:50.39 (2006) IR
4 × 100 m medley relay	4:04.90 (2008) IR

See also

• Italy national swimming team - Multiple medalists
• World record progression 800 metres freestyle

References

1. "Olympics". sports-reference. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
2. LEN: European Championships Budapest (HUN) Retrieved 30 July 2008.
3. "Shanghai 2006 results". Archived from the original on March 6, 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2007.
4. Italian Championships Retrieved 30 July 2008.
5. LEN: European Championships Eindhoven (NED) Retrieved 30 July 2008.
6. "Swimming: Alessia Filippi to retire". agi.it. Retrieved 13 October 2012.

External links

• Swim Rankings profile
• Federazione Italiana Nuoto website
• Official website