Gregorio Paltrinieri

Gregorio Paltrinieri (; 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.

Personal life

Paltrinieri is engaged to Olympic gold medal fencer Rossella Fiamingo.

Swimming career

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.

2011: Junior

His first international success came as a 16-year-old at the 2011 European Junior Swimming Championships in Belgrade, where he won the 1500-meter gold and an 800-meter 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-meter freestyle silver and an 800-meter bronze.

2012: Summer Olympics and European Champion

In March 2012 Paltrinieri won the Italian 800-meter 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 1500-meter. His time of 14:48.92 qualified him for the Olympics and, at the time, was the year's second-fastest 1500-meter swim, breaking the championship record. He is trained by Stefano Morini. At 2012 Summer Olympics, the 17-year-old Italian advanced to his first Olympic final with the 4th fastest time of 14:50.11. In the final he finished 5th in 14:51.92.

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 Glæsner. However, upon appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Glæsner'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. This means that Paltrinieri was returned to his silver medal position in the 1500-meter freestyle.

2013 World Aquatics Championships

Paltrinieri competed for Italy at 2013 World Aquatics Championships finished second in 800-meter freestyle event with a time of 7:43.01, behind Gabriele Detti who established a new European record in the distance. Three days later Paltrinieri established a new national record of 14:44.50 in the 1500-meter freestyle event. The day before the meet, Paltrinieri had swum an unofficial world best time of 50:56.50 in the 5 km (long course pool) at the Italian indoor distance championships in Riccione.

In August, at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships, Paltrinieri won the 800-meter and 1500-meter freestyle events establishing the new European record of 14:39.93; with this result he became only the fifth swimmer ever to swim under 14:40.00 in the 1500-meter freestyle long course. At the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Doha, Paltrinieri became World champion for the first time with the new European record of 14:16.10, which was also the second fastest time ever swum behind Grant Hackett's world record.

2015: World Champion and World Record Holder

At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, in Kazan, Paltrinieri won the silver medal in the 800-meter, losing to Sun Yang. Later he won the 1500-meter, setting a new European record, a race in which Sun did not take part despite having qualified for the final with the second best time after Paltrinieri.

At the end of the year Paltrineri took part at the 2015 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Netanya (Israel); here he established a new 1500-meter freestyle world record of 14:08.06 winning the gold medal ahead fellow Italian and friend Gabriele Detti. The previous record set in 2001 by Grant Hackett was beaten by 2.04 seconds. With the gold medal, Paltrinieri also became the simultaneous holder of the world and European titles, in long course and short course, in the 1500-meter freestyle event.

2016: Olympic champion

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Paltrinieri won the gold medal in the 1500-meter freestyle in a time of 14:34.57, after qualifying for the final ranking first in the preliminaries with a time of 14:44.51.Reuters (13 August 2016)
"Olympics Rio 2016: Italy's Gregorio Paltrinieri leads from the front to win 1,500m freestyle"
''Eurosport''. Retrieved 28 December 2022."Rio 2016: Gregorio Paltrinieri wins gold in 1500m freestyle"
''NBC Olympics''. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2022. He shared the podium with fellow Italian Gabriele Detti, who won the bronze medal with a 14:40.86 to finish less than seven seconds behind Paltrinieri."Paltrinieri prevails, Detti comes 3rd: Italy rules the waves in the 1500m!"
''Italian National Olympic Committee''. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2022.

2017–2019

In 2017, Paltrinieri confirmed his World Championship gold medal in the 1500-meter freestyle at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships held in Budapest. He also won a bronze medal in the 800-meter race, won by teammate Gabriele Detti.

At the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, Paltrinieri won the gold medal in the 800-meter, setting the new European record in 7:39.27. Later, after two-straight world titles in the 1500-meter, Paltinieri lost the race but ended with the bronze medal. After placing 6th in the men's 10 km in what was his first World Championships open water race, Paltrinieri won the silver medal in the mixed 5 km team relay.

2020

In August 2020 at the 57th Settecolli Trophy, Paltrinieri swam a time of 14:33.10 in the 1500-meter freestyle. This performance registered as the second-fastest swim ever (behind only the world record swim by Sun Yang), as well as a new European Record.OlympicTalk (13 August 2020)
"Gregorio Paltrinieri swims second-fastest 1500m freestyle in history"
''NBC Sports''. Retrieved 28 December 2022.

2021

At the European Championships in Budapest 2020, held in May 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Paltrinieri won three gold medals in the three races in which he participated in the open water, the 5 and 10 km and the team race. In the same event he also won double silver medal respectively in the 800-meter freestyle and in the 1500-meter freestyle.

In mid-June, with the 2020 Summer Olympics just one month away, Paltrinieri contracted mononucleosis and reduced significantly his pool training. Despite the disrupted preparation, Paltrinieri won the silver medal in the 800-meter freestyle and the bronze medal in the 10 km open water marathon. As the reigning Olympic champion in the 1500-meter freestyle, he failed to defend his gold medal, finishing in fourth place.

Finishing off the year in December, Paltrinieri competed at the Abu Dhabi Aquatics Festival, held in relation to the 2021 World Short Course Championships, winning a gold medal with his Italy relay teammates in the open water 4×1500 metre mixed relay event.Byrnes, Liz (15 December 2021)
"Gregorio Paltrinieri Steers Italy To Victory in Mixed Open Water Relay In Abu Dhabi"
''Swimming World''. Retrieved 15 December 2021."Italy wins inaugural Open Water Mixed Team Relay in Abu Dhabi"
FINA. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021. On the fifth day of the World Championships, Paltrinieri ranked fourth in the prelims heats of the 1500-meter freestyle, qualifying for the final with a time of 14:28.11.FINA (20 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 1500m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 20 December 2021. The following day he placed fourth in the final of the 1500-meter freestyle in 14:21.00.FINA (21 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 1500m Freestyle Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 21 December 2021. Paltrinieri also participated in a beach clean-up at Al Bahia Beach the week of World Championships competition to help protect the natural habitat of the hawksbill sea turtle."Athletes underline commitment to sustainability and legacy in Abu Dhabi"
FINA. 29 December 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.

2022

On the first day of competition on the first leg of the 2022 Marathon Swim World Series, held in May at Albarquel in Setúbal, Portugal, Paltrinieri won the gold medal in the 10 kilometre swim, swimming through waves and currents to finish first in 1 hour, 53 minutes, and 45 seconds.Koos, Torin (28 May 2022)
"'Pure' open water racing , Cunha and Paltrinieri open the FINA Marathon Swim World Series with victories"
FINA. Retrieved 28 May 2022. The second and final day, he helped win the silver medal in the 4×1500-meter mixed gender open water relay, anchoring the second Italy relay team across the finish line only behind the first Italy relay team.Koos, Torin (29 May 2022)
"Italy goes 1–2 as the Mixed Team Relay returns to the FINA Marathon Swim World Series"
FINA. Retrieved 29 May 2022.

2022 World Aquatics Championships

At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, held in Budapest, Hungary, he ranked fourth in the 800-meter freestyle preliminaries on the third day of pool swimming competition at Danube Arena, advancing to the final with a time of 7:46.24.FINA (20 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 800m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 20 June 2022.Tiseo, Giandomenico (20 June 2022)
"Nuoto, Gregorio Paltrinieri: "Contento della mia prestazione, a Budapest mi sento a casa""
(in Italian). ''OA Sport''. Retrieved 20 June 2022. In the final the following day, he placed fourth with a time of 7:41.19.FINA (21 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 800m Freestyle Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 21 June 2022. He swam a 14:54.56 in the preliminaries of the 1500-meter freestyle three days later, ranking seventh and qualifying for the final.FINA (24 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 1500m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 24 June 2022. With a European record, Italian record, and Championships record time of 14:32.80 in the final, he won the gold medal.FINA (25 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 1500m Freestyle Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 25 June 2022.Martínez, Alberto (25 June 2022)
"Paltrinieri, el loco de calle 1"
(in Spanish). ''Diario AS''. Retrieved 26 June 2022.Munatones, Steven (25 June 2022)
"He Is Baaaaaaccccccckkkkkkk! The Gold Medal Swim of Gregorio Paltrinieri"
''openwaterswimming.com''. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
(in Italian). '' Rai News 24''. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.Yang, Liu (26 June 2022)
"Italy's Paltrinieri wins men's 1500m freestyle at FINA worlds"
'' The Star''. Retrieved 26 June 2022. The following day, he started open water swimming competition with the mixed 6 km team relay, helping win the bronze in a final relay time of 1:04:43.0.FINA (26 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Mixed 6km Relay Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 26 June 2022. On the second day of open water competition, he won the silver medal in the 5 km swim, finishing less than four seconds behind the gold medalist, Florian Wellbrock of Germany, in a time of 52 minutes, 52.7 seconds.FINA (27 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 5km Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 27 June 2022."Swimming: Paltrinieri wins open-water silver after 1,500 gold"
'' ANSA''. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022."Mondiali: Paltrinieri argento nella 5km di fondo. Bronzo Gabbrielleschi tra le donne"
(in Italian). '' Sky Sport''. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022. Two days later, he won the gold medal in the 10 km open water swim with a time of 1:50:56.8, which was less than two seconds ahead of silver medalist and fellow Italian Domenico Acerenza.FINA (29 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 10km Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 29 June 2022.Fantini, Daniele (29 June 2022)
"Nuoto, Mondiali: Italia Stellare Nella 10 km In Acque Libere! Oro A Gregorio Paltrinieri, Argento A Domenico Acerenza"
(in Italian). ''Eurosport''. Retrieved 29 June 2022.Marangoni, di Marco (29 June 2022)
"Greg Paltrinieri è campione del mondo nella 10 chilometri in acque libere"
(in Italian). ''Agenzia Giornalistica Italia''. Retrieved 29 June 2022.

Ten days after he concluded his competition at the World Championships, Paltrinieri won the 10 km swim with a time of 1:51:37.85 at the second leg of the 2022 Marathon Swim World Series, held at Parc de la Villette in Paris, France."FINA Marathon Swim World Series 2022 – Leg 2: Results Men 10km"
FINA. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022."Nuoto: World Series Fondo; Paltrinieri vince a Parigi"
(in Italian). '' ANSA''. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022. The second day of the leg, he helped achieve a time of 1:07:51.74 in the 4×1500-meter team relay and win the gold medal."FINA Marathon Swim World Series 2022 – Leg 2: Results Mixed 4x1500m"
FINA. 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.Arcobelli, Stefano (10 July 2022)
"Paltrinieri fa vincere la staffetta. Galossi e la piccola Italia d'oro"
(in Italian). ''La Gazzetta dello Sport''. Retrieved 18 July 2022.

2022 European Aquatics Championships

Day two of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, held in Rome in August, Paltrinieri ranked third in the preliminaries of the 800-meter freestyle, qualifying for the final with a time of 7:48.91. LEN (12 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 800m Freestyle Men Preliminary"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 12 August 2022.OA Sport (12 August 2022)
"Europei nuoto Roma 2022 – Risultati batterie day 2: l'Italia incanta nei 100 rana, bene Miressi e Paltrinieri"
(in Italian). ''Eurosport''. Retrieved 12 August 2022."Nuoto, agli Europei ok esordio Paltrinieri, domani finale 800 sl"
(in Italian). '' ANSA''. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022. In the final, the next day, he finished in a Championships record time of 7:40.86, sharing the podium with silver medalist Lukas Märtens of Germany and bronze medalist Lorenzo Galossi, also of Italy."Europei di Roma. Pilato e SuperGreg oro, Angiolini argento, Miressi e Galossi bronzo"
(in Italian). ''Italian Swimming Federation''. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022. LEN (13 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 800m Freestyle Men Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 13 August 2022."Europei di nuoto Roma, risultati in diretta: sincro, Minisini e Ruggiero oro nel duo misto libero. Bronzo a Cerruti e Ferro"
(in Italian). ''la Repubblica''. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.Pérez, Marta (13 August 2022)
"Paltrinieri, Sjöström y Pilato no dan opción a las sorpresas"
(in Spanish). ''Mundo Deportivo''. Retrieved 13 August 2022."Europei, altri tre ori in vasca. Paltrinieri trionfa negli 800sl"
(in Italian). '' ANSA''. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022. On the fifth day, he swam a 15:01.74 in the preliminaries of the 1500 metre freestyle, qualifying for the final ranking third. LEN (15 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 1500m Freestyle Men Preliminary"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 15 August 2022.OA Sport (15 August 2022)
"Nuoto, risultati batterie 15 Agosto: Paltrinieri in finale nei 1500 sl, delude Burdisso nei 200 farfalla"
(in Italian). ''Eurosport''. Retrieved 15 August 2022. He finished in a time of 14:39.79 in the final to win the silver medal. LEN (16 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 1500m Freestyle Men Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 16 August 2022.Vigarani, Marco (16 August 2022)
"Europei di nuoto, altre due medaglie d'argento: Paltrinieri e Cerasuolo"
(in Italian). '' Corriere di Bologna''. Retrieved 16 August 2022. The tenth day of competition, he won the gold medal in the 5 km open water swim with a time of 52:13.5.Pérez, Marta (20 August 2022)
"Paltrinieri aumenta su leyenda con el oro europeo en 5 kilómetros"
(in Spanish). ''Mundo Deportivo''. Retrieved 20 August 2022.Tiseo, Giandomenico (20 August 2022)
"POSEIDONE D'ITALIA! Gregorio Paltrinieri doma le onde di Ostia ed è campione d'Europa della 5 km! Magica doppietta: argento per Acerenza!"
(in Italian). ''OA Sport''. Retrieved 20 August 2022."Nizozemka van Rouwendaal i Talijan Paltrinieri zlatni na 5 km"
(in Croatian). ''Croatian Radiotelevision''. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022."Oro per Gregorio Paltrinieri e bronzo per Giulia Gabbrielleschi nella gara dei 5 km in acque libere"
(in Italian). '' Gazzetta di Parma''. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022."Paltrinieri, oro nella 5 km di fondo agli Europei di nuoto. Argento per Acerenza"
(in Italian). '' Sky Sport''. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022. In the 10 km open water swim the next day, he placed seventh with a time of 1:51:12.7."Domenico Acerenza oro nella 10km in acque libere agil Europei di nuoto di Roma"
(in Italian). ''Leggo''. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022. For his final event, the open water mixed team relay later in the day, he swam the third leg of the relay, challenging the third leg swimmer from Hungary, Dávid Betlehem, and contributed to a final time of 59:43.1 to win the gold medal a little over 10 seconds ahead of the team from Hungary.Tiseo, Giandomenico (21 August 2022)
"L'ITALIA CAVALCA L'ONDA! Bruni, Taddeucci, Paltrinieri e Acerenza chiudono in bellezza e si tingono d'oro nella staffetta in acque libere!"
(in Italian). ''OA Sport''. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
(in Italian). '' ANSA''. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.

2022 World Series: Eilat

In Eilat, Israel, in November as part of the fifth and final leg of the Marathon Swim World Series for the year, Paltrinieri helped finish in a time of 1:06:37.00 in the 4×1500-meter mixed open water relay and win the bronze medal."Coppa del Mondo. 4x1500 mixed di bronzo. Sabato la 10 chilometri"
(in Italian). ''Italian Swimming Federation''. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022. The following day he won the 10 km open water swim with a time of 1:46:41.80, sharing the podium with Marc-Antoine Olivier of France and Dávid Betlehem, and bringing his overall World Series ranking up to first to tie Kristóf Rasovszky of Hungary for the title for the year."Paltrinieri, Rasovszky share men's 10km overall title of Marathon Swim World Series"
''China Internet Information Center''. 12 November 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.

2022 World Short Course Championships

On the first day in Melbourne, Australia, for the 2022 World Short Course Championships contested at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Paltrinieri won the gold medal in the 1500-meter freestyle with a time of 14:16.88.FINA (13 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 1500m Freestyle Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 13 December 2022.Fava, Gisella (13 December 2022)
"Mondiali vasca corta Melbourne 2022 , Giorno 1 – Paltrinieri bissa il titolo iridato de Budapest, oro nei 1500 sl. La 4×100 stile maschile schianta tutti: Italia Campione del mondo e WR!"
(in Italian). '' Olympics.com''. Retrieved 20 December 2022.Mei, Piero (13 December 2022)
"Nuoto, Mondiali vasca corta: Paltrinieri d'oro nei 1500, record del mondo per la 4x100 stile libero. Il racconto del primo giorno"
(in Italian). ''Il Mattino''. Retrieved 14 December 2022. In his other individual event, the first-ever male 800-meter freestyle contested at a World Short Course Championships, he won the inaugural world title and gold medal with a Championships record and personal best time of 7:29.99.FINA (17 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 800m Freestyle Final Results"
'' Omega Timing''. Retrieved 18 December 2022.Pérez, Marta (17 December 2022)
"Paltrinieri es el rey del fondo y Seto, sexto oro seguido en 400 estilos"
(in Spanish). ''Mundo Deportivo''. Retrieved 20 December 2022."Mondiali in vasca corta: Paltrinieri domina gli 800, oro e record del mondo per gli azzurri della 4x50 mista"
(in Italian). ''Italian National Olympic Committee''. 17 December 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.

International championships (50 m and open water)

International championships (25 m)

Personal bests

Swimming World Cup circuits

The following medals Paltrinieri has won at Swimming World Cup circuits."Gregorio Paltrinieri: Medals"
FINA. Retrieved 9 July 2022.

Marathon Swim World Series circuits

Paltrinieri has won the following medals at Marathon Swim World Series circuits.

See also

* Italian swimmers multiple medalists at the international competitions

References

External links

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