Martina Carraro
Carraro on 2015 Summer Universiade podium of the 50 m breaststroke in Gwangju. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1993-06-21) 21 June 1993 (age 30) Genoa, Italy[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Fiamme Azzurre[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Martina Carraro (born 21 June 1993) is an Italian swimmer. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 100 m breaststroke and 200 m breaststroke.[3] She was European champion in short course in the 100 m breaststroke at the 2019 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.[4]
Career
2012–2018
In 2012, Carraro moved to Bologna, joining the Swimming Club Azzurra 1991 led by the coach Fabrizio Bastelli.[5] On 9 July 2015, at the 2015 Gwangju Universiade, he sets the Italian record in the long course on 50 meters breaststroke, with a time of 30.89 in the semifinal, improving his previous record of 31.00 set in Rome during the Seven Trophy Colli [it] 2015.[4] Subsequently, she still improves this record during the 2015 Kazan World Championships in heats with a time of 30.83, a record that will be later broken by Arianna Castiglioni.[4]
In 2016 she enlisted in the Fiamme Azzurre Sports Group,[4] than competed in the women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4]
2019–present
On 23 July 2019, at the Gwangju World Championships, she won the bronze in the 100 meters, with a time of 1:06.36, behind the American Lilly King and the Russian Julija Efimova.[4] In 2020 she qualified to represent Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[6] In 2021, she won two bronze medals with the relay team at the Swimming European Championships Hungary 2020.[7]
At the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, held in Rome, she won the silver medal in the 200 metre breaststroke with a time of 2:23.64, finishing 0.37 seconds behind gold medalist Lisa Mamié of Switzerland.[8][9]
See also
References
- ^ "Fiamme Azzurre - Atleti". polizia.penitenziaria.it (in Italian). Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Martina Carraro". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ "Swimming: CARRARO Martina". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "Martina Carraro". Rio 2016 Olympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ "L'Azzurra corte di Fabrizio Bastelli". swimbiz.it (in Italian). 28 April 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ "Martina Carraro Sets Italian 100Br Record of 1:05.86 In Riccione". Swimming World News. 2 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ "Europei. Record di medaglie e trofeo per Nazioni. Butini: "Italia impeccabile"". federnuoto.it. 23 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ LEN (15 August 2022). "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 200m Breaststroke Women Final". Microplus. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ "Europei nuoto, ancora medaglie azzurre: oro nel Team Event, argento per Martina Carraro e libero a squadre" (in Italian). Leggo. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
External links
- Martina Carraro at World Aquatics
- Martina Carraro at SwimRankings.net
- Martina Carraro at the International Swimming League
- Martina Carraro at Olympics.com
- Martina Carraro at Olympedia
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- 1996: Terrie Miller (NOR)
- 1998: Brigitte Becue (BEL) and Alicja Pęczak (POL)
- 1999: Brigitte Becue (BEL)
- 2000: Alicja Pęczak (POL)
- 2001: Anne Poleska (GER)
- 2002–2004: Sarah Poewe (GER)
- 2005: Beata Kaminska (POL)
- 2006: Ganna Khlistunova (UKR)
- 2007: Yuliya Yefimova (RUS)
- 2008: Valentina Artemyeva (RUS)
- 2009: Caroline Ruhnau (GER)
- 2010: Moniek Nijhuis (NED)
- 2011: Valentina Artemyeva (RUS)
- 2012: Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN)
- 2013: Rūta Meilutytė (LTU)
- 2015: Jenna Laukkanen (FIN)
- 2017: Rūta Meilutytė (LTU)
- 2019–2021: Martina Carraro (ITA)
- 2023: Eneli Jefimova (EST)