Name: Federica Pellegrini
Nationality: Italy
Event(s): Swimming: 50m/100m/200m/400m freestyle
Born: August 5, 1988 in Mirano, Venice, Italy
Coach: Gianni Nagni and Alberto Castagnetti
Personal Bests:
50m freestyle: 25.47
100m freestyle: 54.40
200m freestyle: 1:54.82 WR
400m freestyle: 4:01.53 WR
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Updated: Aug 13, 2008
Federica Pellegrini
Event(s): Swimming: 50m/100m/200m/400m freestyleCountry: Italy
"Today I desperately wanted to win gold,
but didn't at all reckon with such a time."
Federica Pellegrini has always shown herself to be an immense talent in the world of swimming. At just fifteen years of age Pellegrini captured two silver medals at the 2003 European Junior Championships, in the 100m freestyle and as a member of Italy’s 4x100m medley. The following year at the Athens Olympics, Pellegrini took home the silver medal in the 200m freestyle.
Since capturing her first Olympic medal, Pellegrini has been capturing medals left and right at both the continental and global level. She won her first international gold medal in the 200m freestyle at the 2005 European Short Course Championships. The race was so tight that Pellegrini shared the gold medal with Sweden’s Josefin Lillhage as both were recorded in exactly the same time.
During the next two years, Pellegrini went on to win five more major medals at the European and World Championships, but none were gold. Pellegrini broke this streak in style, when she won the 2008 European Long Course Championship in the 400m freestyle in a new world record of 4 minutes, 1.53 seconds. She also took home silver and bronze medals as a member of Italy’s 4x100m and 4x200m medley teams.
Having captured her second gold medal in a world record mark, Pellegrini seems to be poised to strike for her third major gold medal (and her first Olympic title) this summer in Beijing.
Since capturing her first Olympic medal, Pellegrini has been capturing medals left and right at both the continental and global level. She won her first international gold medal in the 200m freestyle at the 2005 European Short Course Championships. The race was so tight that Pellegrini shared the gold medal with Sweden’s Josefin Lillhage as both were recorded in exactly the same time.
During the next two years, Pellegrini went on to win five more major medals at the European and World Championships, but none were gold. Pellegrini broke this streak in style, when she won the 2008 European Long Course Championship in the 400m freestyle in a new world record of 4 minutes, 1.53 seconds. She also took home silver and bronze medals as a member of Italy’s 4x100m and 4x200m medley teams.
Having captured her second gold medal in a world record mark, Pellegrini seems to be poised to strike for her third major gold medal (and her first Olympic title) this summer in Beijing.
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- 1999: Best mark of 2:29.5 (200m freestyle/long course).
- 2000: Best marks of 1:05.1 (100m freestyle/long course), 2:18.6 (200m freestyle/long course), and 4:48.5 (400m freestyle/long course).
- 2001: Best marks of 28.97 (50m freestyle/long course), 1:01.20 (100m freestyle/long course), 2:08.84 (200m freestyle/long course), and 4:30.3 (400m freestyle/long course).
- 2002: Best marks of 26.60 (50m freestyle/long course), 56.88 (100m freestyle/long course), 2:03.22 (200m freestyle/long course), and 4:22.08 (400m freestyle/long course).
- 2003: 2nd place, European Long Course Junior Championships, 100m freestyle and 4x100m medley. Best marks of 25.88 (50m freestyle/long course), 55.95 (100m freestyle/long course), 2:03.32 (200m freestyle/long course) and 4:26.02 (400m freestyle/long course).
- 2004: 2nd place, Olympic Games, 200m freestyle. Best marks of 25.47 (50m freestyle/long course), 54.40 (100m freestyle/long course), 1:58.02 (200m freestyle/long course), and 4:12.46 (400m freestyle/long course).
- 2005: 1st and 3rd place, European Short Course Championships, 200m and 400m freestyle. 2nd place, FINA World Long Course Championships, 200m freestyle. Best marks of 26.35 (200m freestyle/long course), 54.55 (100m freestyle/long course), 1:57.92 (200m freestyle/long course), and 4:10.38 (400m freestyle/long course).
- 2006: 2nd and 3rd place, FINA Short Course World Championships, 200m and 400m freestyle. 2nd place, European Short Course Championships, 400m freestyle. Best marks of 55.28 (200m freestyle/long course), 1:58.38 (200m freestyle/long course), and 4:08.91 (400m freestyle/long course).
- 2007: 3rd place, FINA World Long Course Championships, 400m freestyle. 2nd place, European Short Course Championships, 400m freestyle. Best marks of 55.28 (100m freestyle/long course), 1:56.47 (200m freestyle/long course), and 4:05.20 (400m freestyle/long course).
- 2008: 1st place, European Long Course Championships, 400m freestyle. 2nd and 3rd place, European Long Course Championships, 4x100m and 4x200m medley teams. Best marks of 1:57.26 (200m freestyle/long course) and 4:01.53 WR (400m freestyle/long course).
- 2003 European Long Course Junior Championship silver medalist, 100m freestyle and 4x100m medley
- 2004 Olympic silver medalist, 200m freestyle
- 2005 FINA Long Course World Championships silver medalist, 200m freestyle
- 2005 European Short Course Championship gold and bronze medalist, 200m and 400m freestyle
- 2006 FINA Short Course World Championship silver and bronze medalist, 200m and 400m freestyle
- 2006 European Short Course Championship silver medalist, 400m freestyle
- 2007 FINA Long Course World Championship bronze medalist, 200m freestyle
- 2007 European Short Course Championship silver medalist, 400m freestyle
- 2008 European Long Course Championship gold medalist, 400m freestyle
- 2008 European Long Course Championship silver and bronze medalist, 4x100m and 4x200m freestyle medley
| Water Cube, Beijing, CHN - August 13, 2008 - Women's 200m Freestyle - Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PELLEGRINI Federica | ITA |
1:54.82WR | Lane 3 |
| 2 | ISAKOVIC Sara | SLO | 1:54.97 | Lane 4 |
| 3 | Jiaying PANG | CHN | 1:55.05 | Lane 6 |
| 4 | HOFF Katie |
USA | 1:55.78 | Lane 5 |
| 5 | Alina POTEC Camelia | ROU | 1:56.87 | Lane 7 |
| 6 | McCLATCHEY Caitlin | GBR | 1:57.65 | Lane 1 |
| 7 | BARRATT Bronte | AUS | 1:57.83 | Lane 2 |
| 8 | ETIENNE Ophelie-Cyrielle | FRA | 1:57.83 | Lane 8 |
| Water Cube, Beijing, CHN - August 11, 2008 - Women's 400m Freestyle - Final | ||||
| 1 | ADLINGTON Rebecca | GBR |
4:03.22 |
Lane 5 |
| 2 | HOFF Katie | USA | 4:03.29 | Lane 3 |
| 3 | JACKSON Joanne | GBR | 4:03.52 | Lane 6 |
| 4 | BALMY Coralie | FRA | 4:03.60 | Lane 7 |
| 5 | PELLEGRINI Federica | ITA | 4:04.56 | Lane 4 |
| 6 | Alina POTEC Camelia | ROU | 4:04.66 | Lane 1 |
| 7 | BARRATT Bronte | AUS | 4:05.05 | Lane 2 |
| 8 | MANAUDOU Laure | FRA | 4:11.26 | Lane 8 |
| Water Cube, Beijing, CHN - August 11, 2008 - Women's 200m Freestyle - Heat 6 | ||||
| 1 | PELLEGRINI Federica | ITA | 1:55.45 WR |
Lane 5 |
| 2 | HOFF Katie | USA |
1:57.20 |
Lane 4 |
| 3 | MUTINA Agnes |
HUN |
1:57.25 |
Lane 2 |
| 4 | UEDA Haruka |
JPN |
1:57.64 |
Lane 1 |
| 5 | MACKENZIE Linda |
AUS |
1:57.96 |
Lane 3 |
| 6 | MONGEL Aurore |
FRA | 1:58.11 |
Lane 6 |
| 7 | Qianwei ZHU |
CHN |
1:59.52 |
Lane 7 |
| 8 | BELYAKINA Daria |
RUS |
1:59.72 |
Lane 8 |
| Water Cube, Beijing, CHN - August 10, 2008 - Women's 400m Freestyle - Heat 6 |
||||
| 1 | PELLEGRINI Federica | ITA | 4:02.19 OR |
Lane 4 |
| 2 | ADLINGTON Rebecca | GBR |
4:02.24 |
Lane 3 |
| 3 | HORNER Stephanie | CAN | 4:07.45 |
Lane 1 |
| 4 | ZIEGLER Kate | USA | 4:09.59 |
Lane 5 |
| 5 | RIGAMONTI Flavia | SUI | 4:09.59 | Lane 7 |
| 6 | CORFE Melissa | RSA | 4:10.54 | Lane 2 |
| 7 | EHMCKE Jaana | GER | 4:15.15 | Lane 8 |
| 8 | SHIBATA Ai | JPN | 4:17.96 | Lane 6 |
| European Championships in Aquatics LC Eindhoven, NED - 18-24-Mar-2008 400m Freestyle |
||||
| 1 | Federica Pellegrini | ITA | 4:01.53 WR | 1052 Points |
| 2 |
Coralie Balmy |
FRA |
4:04.15 |
1018 |
| 3 |
Camelia Potec | ROU |
4:05.62 |
1000 |
| 4 |
Alessia Filippi | ITA |
4:09.12 |
959 |
| 5 |
Erika Villaecijia Garcia |
ESP |
4:09.88 |
950 |
| 6 |
Gabriella Fagundez |
SWE |
4:10.20 |
946 |
| 7 |
Lotte Friis |
DEN |
4:10.38 |
944 |
| 8 |
Flavia Rigamonti |
SU | 4:12.67 |
919 |
| European Championships in Aquatics LC Eindhoven, NED - 18-24-Mar-2008 4x100m Freestyle Relay |
||||
| 1 |
Netherlands (Dekker I., Kromowidjojo R., Heemskerk F., Veldhuis M.) |
3:33.62 |
1073 Points |
|
| 2 |
Italy (Ferraioli E., Pellegrini F., Simonetto M., Chiuso C.) |
3:41.06 |
968 |
|
| 3 |
Sweden (Hedenskog C., Lillhage J., Marko-Varga I., Kuras M.) |
3:41.28 |
965 |
|
| 4 |
Russia (Aksenova A., Volodina K., Belyakina D., Klyuchnikova O.) |
3:42.66 |
947 |
|
| 5 |
Ukraine (Stepanyuk D., Klochkova Y., Serikova O., Khudyakova N.) |
3:44.88 |
920 |
|
| 6 |
Finland (Neulanen S., Seppala H., Pienimaeki J., Koskelainen R.) |
3:45.47 |
912 |
|
| 7 |
Denmark (Ottesen J., Jansen L., Oestergaard M., Thomsen K.) |
3:47.27 |
891 |
|
| 8 |
Switzerland (Pruente S., Eisenring S., Noccioli L., Baillod C.) |
3:48.56 |
876 |
|
| European Championships in Aquatics LC Eindhoven, NED - 18-24-Mar-2008 4x200m Freestyle Relay |
||||
| 1 |
France (Manaudou L., Balmy C., Lazare M., Popchanka A.) |
7:52.09 |
1038 Points |
|
| 2 |
Great Britain (Jackson J., Marshall M., Gandy E., Mc Clatchey C.) |
7:52.36 |
1036 |
|
| 3 |
Italy (Carpanese A., Pellegrini F., Filippi A., Spagnolo R.) |
7:55.69 |
1015 |
|
| 4 |
Netherlands (Dekker I., Kromowidjojo R., Heemskerk F., Veldhuis M.) |
7:56.14 |
1012 |
|
| 5 |
Sweden (Marko-Varga I., Fagundez G., Lillhage J., Granlund P.) |
7:58.01 |
1000 |
|
| 6 |
Hungary (Mutina A., Tompa O., Hosszu K., Verraszto E.) |
8:02.36 |
973 |
|
| 7 |
Denmark (Hjorth-Hansen J., Jansen L., Oestergaard M., Friis L. ) |
8:03.57 |
966 |
|
| 8 |
Spain (Fuster Martinez M., Belmonte Garcia M., Costa Schmid M., Villaecija Garcia E.) |
8:03.66 |
965 |
|
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Felicito a Federica por el trinufo que lo tiene bien merecido y tambien la felicito por la buena onda que tiene siempre.
Saludos a esta belleza de mujer
I am a big fan of federica pellegrini. Congratulations for bagging gold olympic medal with a new world record! more golds to come