Sara Franceschi (born 1 February 1999) is an Italian

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. She competed in the women's 400 metre individual medley event at the

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. She competed at the

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in 200 m individual medley and 400 m individual medley.

Career

On day one of swimming competition at the

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, held in

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, Franceschi won the gold medal in the 400 metre individual medley with a time of 4:40.86.MicroPlus (1 July 2022)
"Oran 2022 Swimming: Women's 400m Individual Medley Final Results"
'' Oran 2022''. Retrieved 4 July 2022."Giochi del Mediterraneo: Sara Franceschi prima col brivido"
(in Italian). ''

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''. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022. Three days later, she won her second gold medal of the Games, placing first in the

200 metre individual medley The 200-metre individual medley is a race in competitive swimming in which swimmers compete in all 4 strokes (butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle) in one race, with each leg being 50 metres in length. The stroke order is different ...

with a time of 2:12.19.Microplus Timing (4 July 2022)
"Oran 2022 Swimming: Results 200m Individual Medley Women Final"
'' Oran 2022''. Retrieved 4 July 2022."Giochi Mediterranean: nuoto; Italia show con cinque ori"
(in Italian). ''

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''. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022."Lisa Angiolini (50 rana), Sara Franceschi (200 mx), Claudio Faraci (200 farfalla) Staffette mix d'oro, Bottazzo, Bianchi Bronzo"
(in Italian). ''

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''. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022. The following month, at the

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, she won the bronze medal in the

with a time of 2:11.38.

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(16 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 200m Individual Medley Women Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
(in Italian). ''

''. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Franceschi, Sara 1999 births Living people Olympic swimmers for Italy Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Livorno Italian female medley swimmers Swimmers at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Italy Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming 21st-century Italian sportswomen European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming

Career

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