Gregorio Paltrinieri

Gregorio Paltrinieri

Personal information
Nationality	Italy
Born	(1994-09-05) 5 September 1994 Carpi, Italy
Height	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	Freestyle
Club	Coopernuoto
Coach	Stefano Morini
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 0 World Championships (LC) 0 0 1 World Championships (SC) 0 1 0 European Championships (LC) 1 1 0 European Championships (SC) 1 0 0 World Junior Championships 0 1 1 European Junior Championships 1 0 1 Total 4 2 3 World Championships (LC) Bronze 2013 Barcelona 1500 m freestyle World Championships (SC) Silver 2012 Istanbul 1500 m freestyle European Championships (LC) Gold 2012 Debrecen 1500 m freestyle Silver 2012 Debrecen 800 m freestyle European Championships (SC) Gold 2012 Chartres 1500 m freestyle World Junior Championships Silver 2011 Lima 1500 m freestyle Bronze 2011 Lima 800 m freestyle European Junior Championships Gold 2011 Belgrade 1500 m freestyle Bronze 2011 Belgrade 800 m freestyle

Gregorio Paltrinieri (Carpi, 5 September 1994) is a male Italian swimmer who won the gold medal in the 1500 m freestyle event at 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) and 2012 European Aquatics Championships.

Biography

Paltrinieri started swimming at a very young age, and until the age of 12, he specialized in breaststroke. However, as he grew, he converted to freestyle, specializing in the longer pool distances.

His first international success came as a 16-year-old at the 2011 European Junior Swimming Championships in Belgrade, where he won the 1500 metres gold and an 800 metres bronze. Having qualified for the World championships in Shanghai, he did not progress further than the heats, but a few weeks later at the World Junior Championships in Lima, Peru, he was back on the podium with a 1500 metres freestyle silver and an 800 metres bronze.

In March 2012 Paltrinieri won the Italian 800 metres freestyle title, and two months later, he left everyone in his wake at the European Championships in Debrecen, defeating renowned Hungarians Gergő Kis and Gergely Gyurta in the 1500m. His impressive time of 14:48.92 more than qualified him for the Olympics – at the time it was the year’s second-fastest 1500m swim, and it broke the championship record.^[1] He is trained by Stefano Morini.^[2] At 2012 Summer Olympics, the 17-years-old Italian advanced to his first Olympic final with the 4th time of 14:50.11.^[3] In the final he finished 5th in 14:51.92.

2012 World Championships

At the end of 2012 Paltrinieri finished 2nd in the 1500 meter freestyle event at the 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), and was later awarded a gold medal after a positive doping test for Danish swimmer Mads Glaesner.^[4]

However, upon appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Glaesner's 1500-meter freestyle gold medal was reinstated based on the fact that a test after that race, two days after his initial positive test following the 400-meter free, was clean. He still forfeited the 400-meter freestyle bronze, which he did not appeal. This means that Paltrinieri was returned to his silver medal position in the 1500m freestyle.^[5] In 2013 Paltrinieri competed for Italy at 2013 World Aquatics Championships. He reached his first 800 metres freestyle final at a long course world championship event finishing sixth in 7:50.29. However in 1500 metres freestyle event Paltrinieri won a bronze medal with a time of 14:45.37, establishing a new national record.^[6]

Personal bests

As of August 4, 2013.

See also

• Italy at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Swimming
• Italy at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships

References

External links

• Swimmer profile at CONI website