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| National team |  Italy | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 September 1996 [1] San Giorgio a Cremano, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ambra Esposito (born 12 September 1996) is an Italian swimmer. She is the 2013 Mediterranean and 2014 Youth Olympic champion in the 200-metre backstroke.
At the 2012 European Junior Championships, Esposito won a bronze medal in the 100-metre backstroke behind Mie Nielsen and Jessica Fullalove, and she also won the bronze in the 200-metre backstroke behind Iuliia Larina and Iryna Hlavnyk. [2] Esposito won the 200-metre backstroke event at the 2013 Mediterranean Games ahead of her teammate Margherita Panziera. [3]
Esposito competed in three events at the 2014 Youth Olympics- 50-metre, 100-metre, and 200-metre backstroke. [4] In the 50-metre backstroke, she placed 29th in the heats and did not qualify for the semifinals. After finishing 6th in the heats and the semifinals, she qualified to the finals of the 100-metre backstroke where she finished 8th. In the 200-metre backstroke, Esposito tied for the gold medal with Hannah Moore with a time of 2:10.42. [5] She then competed at the 2014 FINA World Championships. In the 100-metre backstroke, she finished 51st in the heats, [6] and in the 200-metre backstroke, she finished 35th in the heats. [7]
Fabíola Pulga Molina is a butterfly and backstroke swimmer from Brazil, who competed at the 2000, 2008 and 2012 Olympics.
Guilherme Augusto Guido is a Brazilian backstroke swimmer who specializes in sprint events. He was twice finalist in the 100 metre backstroke in World Championships
Leonardo Gomes de Deus is a Brazilian swimmer. In the 200 metre butterfly, he was 6th place at the 2020 Tokyo Games; twice a finalist in World Championships; twice Pan-Pacific runner-up and three-time Pan American Games champion. He is currently an athlete at Unisanta, sponsored by Mormaii, LD Sports, CDE. He is also one of the representatives of the Aqua Centurions team in the International Swimming League.
Henrique Cavalcanti Rodrigues is a Brazilian competitive swimmer.
Olivia Smoliga is an American competitive swimmer who specializes in backstroke and freestyle events. She won a record eight gold medals at the 2018 World Championships, becoming the first swimmer, male or female, to win eight or more gold medals in a single FINA World Swimming Championships or FINA World Aquatics Championships. Smoliga is the current American record-holder in the 50-meter backstroke. She is also the current Guinness World Record holder for "most gold medals won at a single FINA World Championships" by an individual swimmer. At the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, she won a gold medal for swimming the backstroke leg in the preliminary heat of the 4x100-meter medley relay.
Megan Romano is an American competition swimmer who specializes in backstroke and freestyle events. She is part of the current American record women's 4x100-meter freestyle relay team, and is the short-course yards American record-holder in the 200-yard freestyle and 4x200-meter freestyle relay. Along with her Georgia Bulldogs teammates, she won the NCAA Division I women's team championship in 2013.
Luke Greenbank is an English professional swimmer who specialises in backstroke. A medalist in the 200 metre backstroke at the Olympic Games and the World and European championships, he also swam the first leg in the 2019 World and 2020 European Championship gold medal-winning Great Britain medley relay teams. He won a silver medal as lead-off for Great Britain in the 4 x 100 metre medley relay for men at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He won a gold medal as lead-off for England in the heats of the 4 x 100 metre medley relay for men at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Evgeny Mikhailovich Rylov is a Russian competitive swimmer and Olympic champion specializing in backstroke events. He won three gold medals at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, and a bronze medal at his senior international debut at the 2015 World Championships in Kazan. He also won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and a gold medal at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest, both were in the 200 metre backstroke event. In 2018, at the 2018 World Short Course Championships, he won gold medals in the 200 metre backstroke and 50 metre backstroke. At the 2019 World Championships, he won a gold medal in the 200 metre backstroke, silver medal in the 100 metre backstroke, and silver medal in the 50 metre backstroke. He won the gold medal in the 100 metre backstroke and 200 metre backstroke at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Travis Mahoney is an Australian medley and backstroke swimmer. Winner of two relay medals at the 2012 World Short Course Championships, he is also part of the quartet that broke the world record in the short course mixed 4 × 50 metres freestyle relay. In 2016, he qualified for his first Olympic Games.
Simone Sabbioni is an Italian competitive swimmer and two-time Olympian who competed at the 2016 Olympics and the 2020 Olympics. He is the current Italian national record holder in the short course 100 metre backstroke. He is a former Italian national record holder in the short course 50 metre backstroke, 200 metre backstroke, 4x50 metre medley relay and the long course 100 metre backstroke.
Regan Smith is an American competitive swimmer. She is the current long course world record holder in the women's 200-meter backstroke and a former world record holder in the 100-meter backstroke. Smith competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in three events representing the United States, winning a bronze medal in the 100-meter backstroke, a silver medal in the 200-meter butterfly, and a silver medal in the 4×100-meter medley relay.
Nicolò Martinenghi is an Italian swimmer. He competed in the men's 100 metre breaststroke at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships. He won the bronze medal in the 100 metre breaststroke at the 2020 Summer Olympics. At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, he won the gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke and the 4×100 metre medley relay and the silver medal in the 50 metre breaststroke.
Thomas Ceccon is an Italian swimmer. He is the world record holder in the long course 100 metre backstroke. He is the 2022 World champion in the 100 metre backstroke and 2022 European champion in the 100 metre backstroke and 50 metre butterfly. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in 4×100 metre freestyle relay and won a bronze medal in the 4×100 metre medley relay.
Joseph Hunter Armstrong is an American swimmer, and magician. He is the world record holder in the long course 50 meter backstroke. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the 4x100 meter medley relay, swimming backstroke in the prelims, and finished ninth in the 100 meter backstroke. He won a gold medal as part of the 4×100 meter freestyle relay, swimming in the prelims heats, at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships as well as a gold medal in the 4×100 meter mixed medley relay, swimming backstroke in the final, a silver medal each in the 50 meter backstroke and the 4×100 meter medley relay, and a bronze medal in the 100 meter backstroke.
Shaine Casas is an American professional swimmer. He was national champion in the 100-meter backstroke at the 2019 National Championships and the 100-meter butterfly and 200-meter individual medley at the 2022 National Championships. In 2021 he was a three-time NCAA champion, once in the 100-yard backstroke, once in the 200-yard backstroke, and once in the 200-yard individual medley. At the 2021 World Short Course Championships he won a gold medal in the 100-meter backstroke and the 4×50-meter medley relay, a silver medal in the 200-meter backstroke, the 4×100-meter medley relay, and the 4×50-meter mixed medley relay, and a bronze medal as part of the 4×100-meter freestyle relay. In 2022, he won the bronze medal in the 200 metre backstroke at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships.
Michele Lamberti is a competitive Italian swimmer. He is a world record holder in the short course 4×50-metre medley relay. He also currently holds the Italian record in the short course 50-metre backstroke. At the 2021 European Short Course Championships he won a gold medal and set a world record in the 4×50-metre medley relay, won three silver medals, one in the 50-metre backstroke, one in the 100-metre butterfly, and one in the 4×50-metre mixed medley relay, and won a bronze medal in the 200-metre backstroke. At the 2021 World Short Course Championships he won two bronze medals in relay events, swimming in the prelims heats for each relay.
Lorenzo Mora is a competitive Italian swimmer. He is an Italian record holder in the short course 200 metre backstroke and 4×100 metre medley relay. At the 2021 European Short Course Championships he won the silver medal in the 200 metre backstroke in Italian record time and won a gold medal as part of the 4x50 metre medley relay. He won a gold medal in the 4×100 metre medley relay, a silver medal in the 50 metre backstroke, and bronze medals in the 4×50 metre mixed medley relay and 4×50 metre medley relay at the 2021 World Short Course Championships. He won a gold medal in the 4×100 metre medley relay, swimming backstroke in the final, the gold medal in the 200 metre backstroke, the silver medal in the 100 metre backstroke and the bronze medal in the 50 metre backstroke at the 2022 Mediterranean Games.
Analia Pigrée is a French Guianese swimmer who competes internationally representing France. She is the French record holder in the 50 metre backstroke, in both long course and short course, and the short course 100 metre backstroke. At the 2021 European Short Course Championships she won a silver medal in the 50 metre backstroke and a bronze medal in the 100 metre backstroke. She won the bronze medal in the 50 metre backstroke at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships. She is the 2022 European champion in the 50 metre backstroke.
Roos Vanotterdijk is a Belgian competitive swimmer. She is the Belgian record holder in the long course 100 metre butterfly, 50 metre backstroke, and 100 metre backstroke, as well as the short course 50 metre backstroke and 100 metre individual medley. She is a six-time medalist in individual events at the European Junior Swimming Championships and medalist at the European Youth Olympic Festival.
Dóra Molnár is a Hungarian competitive swimmer. Competing at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships when she was 15 years old, she placed seventh in the 200-metre backstroke, fifth in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, and eighth in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay. At the 2022 European Junior Swimming Championships, she won gold medals in the 100-metre backstroke, 200-metre backstroke, 4×200-metre freestyle relay, and 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay and silver medals in the 100-metre freestyle and 4×100-metre medley relay. She is the 2022 European Aquatics Championships bronze medalist in the 200-metre backstroke. She won four gold medals, in the 100-metre backstroke, 4×100-metre freestyle relay, 4×200-metre freestyle relay, and the 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay, as well as one silver medal, in the 200-metre backstroke, at the 2022 World Junior Championships.
