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Simona Quadarella
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Simona Quadarella with her gold medal won at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.
Personal information
National teamItaly
Born (1998-12-18) 18 December 1998 (age 22)
Rome, Italy
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubFiamme Rosse
Canottieri Aniene
CoachChristian Minotti
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships (LC) 1 1 1 World Championships (SC) 0 1 0 European Championships (LC) 3 0 0 European Championships (SC) 2 0 1 Total 6 2 2 Representing  Italy World Championships (LC) 2019 Gwangju 1500 m freestyle 2019 Gwangju 800 m freestyle 2017 Budapest 1500 m freestyle World Championships (SC) 2018 Hangzhou 800 m freestyle European Championships (LC) 2018 Glasgow 400 m freestyle 2018 Glasgow 800 m freestyle 2018 Glasgow 1500 m freestyle European Championships (SC) 2019 Glasgow 400 m freestyle 2019 Glasgow 800 m freestyle 2017 Copenhagen 800 m freestyle

Simona Quadarella (born 18 December 1998) is an Italian swimmer. She specializes in long distance freestyle events, and at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, won a gold medal in the 1500 m freestyle, and a silver medal in the 800 m freestyle.[1][clarification needed]

Biography[edit]

She competed in the women's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships,[2][3] winning the bronze medal.[4] 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.[5] 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.[1] She also won a silver medal in the 800 m race in a time of 8:14.99.

National records[edit]

International medals[edit]

Championship400 free800 free1500 free
WC 20173rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Universiade 20171st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
EC 2017 (SC)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mediterranean Games 20181st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
EC 20181st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
WC 2018 (SC)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
WC 20192nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
EC 2019 (SC)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Italian Simona Quadarella Crushes Decade-Old National Record in 1500 Win". SwimSwam. 23 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Heats results". FINA. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  3. ^ "2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes". Budapest 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  4. ^ Final results
  5. ^ "Simona Quadarella - Biography". federnuoto.it. Retrieved 10 August 2018.

External links[edit]

  • Simona Quadarella at FINA
  • Simona Quadarella profile at FIN web site (in Italian)