Federica Pellegrini Height, Weight, Age, Biography, Affairs & More
Some Lesser Known Facts About Federica Pallegrini
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- Federica Pellegrini is an Italian swimmer who holds a world record in 200 m freestyle, in both long and short course.
- Federica is a gold medalist and she won it at none other than the most recognized sports battlefield, The Olympics, in 2008 in Rome.
- None before Federica had been able to swim the 400m freestyle under four minutes. She is also the only Italian swimmer who has set a world record in more than one event.
- She won her first medal, a silver, when she was only 16 at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens; becoming the youngest Italian athlete ever to win a medal in an individual event.
- Initially, she was brought in as a relay-only swimmer for the 2003 World Championships and she competed in an individual event for the first time in Dublin during the European Championships.
- She won a silver medal at the 2015 World Aquatic Championship second to Katie Ledecky and beating Missy Franklin. Her performance fell short of one position to win a medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
- Not winning a medal at the Rio was devastating for her and she said that she might consider “making changes to her life”.
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