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Gregorio Paltrinieri

Gregorio Paltrinieri
Paltrinieri in 2019
Personal information
Nickname(s)Greg, SuperGreg[2]
National teamItaly
Born (1994-09-05) 5 September 1994 (age 30)
Carpi, Italy
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
Club
CoachFabrizio Antonelli
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 2 2
World Aquatics Championships 6 5 5
World Championships (SC) 3 3 0
European Championships (LC) 6 5 2
European Open Water C'ships 6 0 0
European Championships (SC) 4 2 0
Mediterranean Games 2 0 0
Summer Universiade 3 0 0
Total 31 17 9
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 1500 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 800 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris 1500 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 10 km open water
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris 800 m freestyle
World Aquatics Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Kazan 1500 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2017 Budapest 1500 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2019 Gwangju 800 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Budapest 1500 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Budapest 10 km open water
Gold medal – first place 2023 Fukuoka Team open water
Silver medal – second place 2015 Kazan 800 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2019 Gwangju Team open water
Silver medal – second place 2022 Budapest 5 km open water
Silver medal – second place 2023 Fukuoka 5 km open water
Silver medal – second place 2024 Doha Team open water
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Barcelona 1500 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Budapest 800 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Gwangju 1500 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Budapest Team open water
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Doha 800 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2014 Doha 1500 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Melbourne 800 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Melbourne 1500 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2012 Istanbul 1500 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2016 Windsor 1500 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2018 Hangzhou 1500 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2012 Debrecen 1500 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2014 Berlin 800 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2014 Berlin 1500 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2016 London 800 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2016 London 1500 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Rome 800 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2012 Debrecen 800 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2018 Glasgow 800 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2020 Budapest 800 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2020 Budapest 1500 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2022 Rome 1500 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Glasgow 1500 m freestyle
European Open Water C'ships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Budapest 5 km open water
Gold medal – first place 2020 Budapest 10 km open water
Gold medal – first place 2020 Budapest Team relay
Gold medal – first place 2022 Rome 5 km open water
Gold medal – first place 2022 Rome Team relay
Gold medal – first place 2024 Belgrade 10 km open water
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2012 Chartres 1500 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2015 Netanya 1500 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2019 Glasgow 1500 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2021 Kazan 800 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2017 Copenhagen 1500 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2021 Kazan 1500 m freestyle
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tarragona 400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tarragona 1500 m freestyle
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei 800 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei 1500 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei 10 km marathon

Gregorio Paltrinieri (Italian: [ɡreˈɡɔːrjo paltriˈnjɛːri]; born 5 September 1994) is an Italian competitive swimmer. He is a former world record holder in the short course 1500-meter freestyle. He holds the European record in the long course 800-meter and 1500-meter freestyle events with times of 7:39.27 and 14:32.80, respectively. In the 1500-meter freestyle, he is a 2016 Olympic, three-time world long course, two-time world short course, three-time European long course, and three-time European short course champion. In the 800-meter freestyle, he is a 2019 world long course, 2022 world short course, three-time European long course, and 2021 European short course champion. In the 10 kilometre open water swim, he is a 2022 world and 2020 European champion. In the 5 kilometre open water swim, he is a two-time European champion.

Paltrinieri is engaged to Olympic gold medal fencer Rossella Fiamingo.[3]

  1. ^ "Fiamme Oro discipline sportive – Nuoto" (in Italian). poliziadistato.it. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ISF13Aug2022 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "European swimming, Fiamingo and the first time live by Paltrinieri: 'I was much more tense than him ...'". taketonews.com. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.

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