Simona Quadarella
Italian swimmer (born 1998)
 Simona Quadarella with her gold medal won at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. | |
| Personal information | |
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| National team | Italy |
| Born | (1998-12-18) 18 December 1998 (age 25) Rome, Italy |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
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| Coach | Christian Minotti |
Medal record | |
Simona Quadarella (Italian pronunciation: [kwadaˈrɛlla]; born 18 December 1998) is an Italian swimmer. She specializes in long distance freestyle events. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal in Women's 800 metre freestyle,[1] and at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, won the gold medal in the 1500 m freestyle, and the silver medal in the 800 m freestyle.[2]
Career
Quadarella competed in the women's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships,[3][4] winning the bronze medal.[5] After her international explosion, which took place in 2017 at the age of 19, Simona Quadarella won 9 international medals in the two-year period 2017-2018 (7 gold and 2 bronze), including a trio of gold medals at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships in 400 m, 800 m and 1500 m freestyle.[3] Than in July 2019, Quadarella won her first world title at the World Championships in Gwangju, taking gold in the 1500 m in a time of 15:40.89.[2] She also won a silver medal in the 800 m race in a time of 8:14.99.
At the European Championships in Budapest 2020, held in May 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Quadarella won three gold medals (400 m, 800 m, 1500 m freestyle - the same feat achieved three years earlier in Glasgow 2018) and a bronze medal in the 4x200m freestyle.[6] In July 2021, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, which were also postponed to 2021 due to the pandemic, she won the bronze medal in the 800 metre freestyle with a time of 8:18.35.[7]
For the 1500 metre freestyle at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, Quadarella placed fifth with a time of 16:03.84, finishing over 14 seconds behind bronze medalist Lani Pallister of Australia.[8][9] She followed her performance up with a bronze medal-winning time of 8:19.00 in the 800 metre freestyle four days later.[10][11]
2022 European Championships
At the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, held two months later in Rome, Quadarella won the gold medal in the 800 metre freestyle with a time of 8:20.54.[12][13][14] The title was her third-consecutive in the 800 metre freestyle at LEN European Aquatics Championships and was the first time a female swimmer achieved the title in the event three times in a row.[15] Three days later, she won the gold medal in the 1500 metre freestyle with a time of 15:54.15.[16][17] The win marked her third-consecutive gold medal in the event at LEN European Aquatics Championships.[18] Her medal also brought her total number of gold medals won at LEN European Aquatics Championships to eight, setting a new record for the most gold medals won by a female Italian swimmer over the course of their career at the Championships.[19] The final day, she won the silver medal in the 400 metre freestyle, finishing behind gold medalist Isabel Marie Gose of Germany with a time of 4:04.77.[20][21]
National records
- 800 m freestyle: 8:14.99 Gwangju, 27 July 2019 - current holder[22]
- 1500 m freestyle: 15:40.89 Gwangju, 23 July 2019 - current holder[22]
International medals
- Individual
| Year | Championships | 400 fs | 800 fs | 1500 fs |
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| 2017 | World Championships (LC) |  | ||
| Universiade |  | | ||
| European Championships (SC) | | |||
| 2018 | Mediterranean Games | | | |
| European Championships (LC) | | | | |
| World Championships (SC) |  | |||
| 2019 | World Championships (LC) | | | |
| European Championships (SC) | | | ||
| 2021 | European Championships (LC) | | | |
| Olympic Games | | |||
| European Championships (SC) | | | ||
| 2022 | World Championships (LC) | | ||
| European Championships (LC) | | | |
See also
References
- ^ "Swimming - QUADARELLA Simona". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Italian Simona Quadarella Crushes Decade-Old National Record in 1500 Win". SwimSwam. 23 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Simona Quadarella - Biography". federnuoto.it. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ^ "2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes". Budapest 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ^ "17th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN) - Women's 1500m Freestyle" (PDF). omegatiming.com. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ "ALBO D'ORO DELLA NAZIONALE ITALIANA DI NUOTO" (in Italian). nuotounostiledivita.it. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ "2020 Summer Olympics Results - Swimming: Women's 800m Freestyle". ESPN. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ FINA (20 June 2022). "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 1500m Freestyle Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ Adami, Davide (20 June 2022). "Nuoto, Simona Quadarella: "E' stato un incubo, ero irriconoscibile. Devo pensare agli 800 sl"" (in Italian). OA Sport. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ FINA (24 June 2022). "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 800m Freestyle Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ "Mondiali nuoto, i risultati di oggi: Quadarella bronzo negli 800 stile" (in Italian). Sky Sport. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ LEN (12 August 2022). "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 800m Freestyle Women Final". Microplus. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ "Nuoto: Europei, Simona Quadarella oro negli 800 stile libero" (in Italian). La Sicilia. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ "Nuoto, 5 ori azzurri: Quadarella, Martinenghi, Panziera e Ceccon dopo Minisini" (in Italian). Sky TG24. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ Arcari, Marco (12 August 2022). "Nuoto - Simona Quadarella de impazzire! Terzo oro Europei di fila negli stile libero: è record" (in Italian). Eurosport. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ LEN (15 August 2022). "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 1500m Freestyle Women Final". Microplus. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ "Risultati Europei nuoto oggi, 3 medaglie d'oro per Italia. Simona Quadarella stellare" (in Italian). Quotidiano.net. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ "Monumentale Quadarella: oro nei 1500 sl. Sincro da record. Storico oro nei tuffi" (in Italian). Rai News. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ OA Sport (15 August 2022). "Europei Nuoto, Simona Quadarella regina, Martina Caramignoli a-: doppietta stratosferica nei 1500 sl a Roma" (in Italian). Eurosport. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ LEN (17 August 2022). "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 400m Freestyle Women Final". Microplus. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ Martínez, Alberto (17 August 2022). "Italia arrasa en Roma" (in Spanish). Diario AS. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Nuoto - Primati Femminili Assoluti in vasca lunga" (in Italian). federnuoto.it. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Simona Quadarella.
- Simona Quadarella at World Aquatics
- Simona Quadarella at SwimRankings.net
- Simona Quadarella at Olympics.com
- Simona Quadarella at Olympedia
- Simona Quadarella at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
- Simona Quadarella profile at FIN web site (in Italian)
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