Margherita Panziera

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Margherita Panziera
Personal information
National teamItaly
Born (1995-08-12) 12 August 1995 (age 28)
Montebelluna, Italy[3]
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Weight65 kg (143 lb)[3]
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke
ClubG.S. Fiamme Oro[1]
Circolo Canottieri Aniene[2]
CoachGianluca Belfiore[2]

Margherita Panziera (born 12 August 1995) is an Italian swimmer. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 100 m backstroke and 200 m backstroke.[4] She is also a three-time European Champion in the 200 metre backstroke, winning in 2018, 2021, and 2022.[5][6]

Career

In 2015, at the World Championships in Kazan, in the 200 m backstroke competition, she took 10th place, with a time of 2:09.5.[5] A year later, during the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, in 200 m backstroke, she took 17th place with a time of 2:10.92. In July 2017, at the 200 m World Championships in Budapest, the backstroke was the fourteenth (2:10.95). In the eliminations of 100 m, backstroke, she achieved the time 1:01.03 and took 20th place, not qualifying for the semi-finals.[5] In December of the same year, during the European Championships at the short course (25 m) in Copenhagen, she won the bronze medal over the distance of 200 m backstroke and set a new record for Italy with time 2:02.43.

In August 2018, at the European Championships in Glasgow, she won the 200 m backstroke competition, with a time of 2: 06.18 minutes. Panziera improved both the records of the championship and her country. In a distance twice as short, she took fifth place (59.71).[5] In 2020 she qualified to represent Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7] At the 2021 European Aquatics Championships she won five medals, a gold, two silver and two bronze.[8]

At the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, held in Rome in August, Panziera won the gold medal in the 200 metre backstroke with a time of 2:07.13.[6][9][10] Four days later, with a time of 59.40 seconds, she won the gold medal in the 100 metre backstroke.[11][12][13]

National records

Individual long course
  • 100 m backstroke: 58.92 (Riccione, Italy, 4 April 2019) - current holder[14]
  • 200 m backstroke: 2:05.56 (Riccione, Italy, 31 March 2021) - current holder[14]

Achievements

Competition Edition 50 m back 100 m back 200 m back 4×50 m mix 4×100 m mix 4×100 m mix med 4×200 m free
Summer Olympics Brazil Rio de Janeiro 2016 - - 17th
2:10.92 (heats)
- - - -
World Championships Russia Kazan 2015 - 37th
1:02.17 (heats)
10th
2:09.54 (SF)
- - - -
Hungary Budapest 2017 - 20th
1:01.03 (heats)
14th
2:10.95 (SF)
- 8th
3:59.98 [nb 1]
7th
3:46.75 (heats) [nb 2]
-
South Korea Gwangju 2019 - 11th
59.83 (SF)
4th
2:06.67
- 4th
3:56.50 [nb 3]
6th
3:44.38 (heats) [nb 4]
-
World Championships (25 m) China Hangzhou 2018 - 15th
58.31 (SF)
5th
2:02.50
8th
1:46.44 [nb 5]
Bronze
3:51.38 [nb 6] NR
- 6th
7:43.18 [nb 7]
European Championships United Kingdom London 2016 19th
29.21 (heats)
14th
1:01.45 (heats)
9th
2:11.80 (SF)
- - - -
United Kingdom Glasgow 2018 - 5th
59.71
Gold
2:06.18 CR
- - Bronze
3:44.85 [nb 8]
5th
7:32.37 [nb 9]
Hungary Budapest 2021 - Silver
59.01
Gold
2:06.08
Bronze
3:56.30
- Bronze
3:42.30
Silver
7:29.35 [nb 10]
European Championships (25 m) Israel Netanya 2015 32nd
28.49 (heats)
13th
59.24 (SF)
7th
2:05.60
- - - -
Denmark Copenaghen 2017 - 11th
58.19 (heats)
Bronze
2:02.43
- - - -
United Kingdom Glasgow 2019 - 6th
57.45
Gold
2:01.45 NR
- - - -
Universiade China Taipei 2017 - 12th
1:01.56 (SF)
5th
2:10.34
- - - -
Mediterranean Games Turkey 2013 Mersin - Bronze
1:01.86
Silver
2:12.86
- Gold
4:11.36 (heats)
- -
Spain Tarragona 2018 - Gold
1:00.74 CR
Gold
2:08.08
- Gold
3:58.27 CR [nb 11]
- Gold
8:02.63

See also

Notes

  1. ^ leg: 1:01.12
  2. ^ leg: 1:01.03
  3. ^ leg: 59.77
  4. ^ leg: 1:00.19
  5. ^ leg: 24.48
  6. ^ leg: 58.39
  7. ^ leg: 1:56.71
  8. ^ leg: 1:00.11
  9. ^ leg: 1:59.76
  10. ^ leg: 2:00.57
  11. ^ leg: 1:00.54

References

  1. ^ "Margherita Panziera". poliziadistato.it (in Italian). Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Margherita Panziera - Profile". federnuoto.it. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Margherita Panziera". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Swimming PANZIERA Margherita - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d "Margherita Panziera". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  6. ^ a b LEN (12 August 2022). "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 200m Backstroke Women Final". Microplus. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Franceschi, Carraro, and Razzetti Bring Italy Up To 13-Strong Olympic Roster". SwimSwam. 4 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Swimming: Italy comes away from Budapest with record haul". ansa.it. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Swimming: Panziera wins gold in women's 200m backstroke". ANSA. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Nuoto, 5 ori azzurri: Quadarella, Martinenghi, Panziera e Ceccon dopo Minisini" (in Italian). Sky TG24. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  11. ^ LEN (16 August 2022). "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 100m Backstroke Women Final". Microplus. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  12. ^ Canello, Dimitri (16 August 2022). "Margherita Panziera oro nei 100 dorso agli Europei di nuoto a Roma" (in Italian). Corriere di Veneto. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  13. ^ "Championnats d'Europe de natation: Margherita Panziera sacrée sur 100 m dos, Mahieu et Margherita au pied du podium" (in French). Le Figaro. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  14. ^ a b "Nuoto - Primati Femminili Assoluti in vasca lunga" (in Italian). federnuoto.it. Retrieved 25 May 2021.

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