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Alessia Filippi (born 23 June 1987 in
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) is a retired
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. Filippi won the gold medal in the 1500 m at the 2009 World Championships in Rome.


Biography

Filippi excels in
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and individual medley races, as well as in middle-distance freestyle (400 to 1500 m). She won 400 m individual medley at the 2006 European Swimming Championships in
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. She also won a bronze medal in the same championship, and a silver medal in the 2006 short-course World Championships. In December 2006 she confirmed her title at the 2006 short-course European Championships in
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. In July 2008 she broke the European record in the 1500 m freestyle (
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). After winning two gold medals in the
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in
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earlier that year. She became champion in the 400 m individual medley and the 800 m freestyle. On 12 December 2008, at the 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships held in
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, she set the new world record in the 800 m freestyle (short course), with the time of 8:04.53.


Retirement

On 12 October 2012, at the age of 25 years, she announced her
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from competitions.


Personal bests

She currently holds 1
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(marked as WR), 3 European records (ER) and 12
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(IR). Her personal bests (as of the 25 April 2009) are:


See also

* Italian swimmers multiple medalists at the international competitions *
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Filippi, Alessia 1987 births Living people Swimmers from Rome Italian female medley swimmers Italian female freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Italy Olympic silver medalists for Italy World record setters in swimming Italian female backstroke swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Swimmers at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Swimmers at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming 21st-century Italian sportswomen