Carlotta Gilli

Carlotta Gilli
	Carlotta Gilli in 2020.
Personal information
Nicknames	Il Defino di Muncale; Wonder Gilli;
National team	Italy
Born	13 January 2001 (age 24); Turin, Italy
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Website	Official website
Sport
Sport	Paralympic swimming
Disability	Stargardt disease
Disability class	S13, SB13, SM13
Event	Polyvalent
Club	Rari Nantes Torino [ it ]; G.S. Fiamme Oro ;
Coached by	Andrea Grassini
Medal record
Paralympic swimming
Representing Italy
Paralympic Games
World Championships
European Championships

Last updated July 28, 2025

Carlotta shows her five medals won in Tokyio 2020. She was the most decorated athlete of the Italian team at the event. Gillitokyo2020.jpg — Carlotta shows her five medals won in Tokyio 2020. She was the most decorated athlete of the Italian team at the event.

Carlotta Gilli (born 13 January 2001) is a partially sighted Italian Paralympic swimmer who competes in international level events. She holds twelve world records in her class.^[2]^[3] She won five medals at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.^[4] She repeats herself by winning five medals at the 2024 Summer Paralympics too.

Biography

She studied at the University of Turin. She competed at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships.^[5]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	400 m freestyle	100 m butterfly	4×100 m freestyle
2017	World Championships	Mexico City			-
2018	European Championships	Dublin	-	-
2019	World Championships	London			5th
2021	European Championships	Funchal			-
2021	Paralympics Games	Tokyo
2024	Paralympics Games	Paris

Records

Gilli is the holder of 7 world records in the long course, 5 world records in the short course, and 2 European records in the long course:

World record in long course

50 freestyle 26”67 (Trophy Sette Colli, Roma 29/6/2018)
100 backstroke 1’05”76 (European Championships Dublin 17/8/2018)
100 butterfly 1’02”22 (World Series Lignano Sabbiadoro 27/5/2018)
100 freestyle 57”34 (Trophy Sette Colli, Roma 30/6/2018)
50 butterfly 27”98 (IDM Berlin 9/7/2017)
200 butterfly 2’24”07 (Trophy Sette Colli, Roma 1/7/2018)
400 Mixed 5’08”86 (IDM Berlin 7/6/2018)

European record in long course

200 freestyle 2’08”01 (Trophy Sette Colli, Roma 23/6/2018)
200 mixed 2’22”12 (European Championships Dublin 15/8/2018)

World record in short course

100 freestyle 59”30 (Italian Championships FINP, Loano, 2/12/2018)
100 butterfly 1’03”92 (Italian Championships FINP, Loano, 2/12/2018)
100 backstroke 1’06”44 (Italian Championships FINP, Portici, 30/11/2019)
50 freestyle 27”07 (Italian Championships FINP, Portici, 30/11/2019)
50 butterfly 29”43 (Italian Championships FINP, Portici, 30/11/2019)

References

↑ "Carlotta Gilli - Biografia" (in Italian). poliziadistato.it. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
↑ "Carlotta Gilli – IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
↑ "Personal Website (in Talian)". carlottagilli.it. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
↑ "Swimming GILLI Carlotta". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
↑ "Carlotta Gilli - Swimming | Paralympic Athlete Profile". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee . Retrieved 27 August 2021.

External links

Carlotta Gilli at the International Paralympic Committee
Carlotta Gilli at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
Carlotta Gilli at the Comitato Italiano Paralimpico (in Italian)
Official website

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[1] "Carlotta Gilli - Biografia" (in Italian). poliziadistato.it. Retrieved 26 August 2021.

[2] "Carlotta Gilli – IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.

[3] "Personal Website (in Talian)". carlottagilli.it. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.

[4] "Swimming GILLI Carlotta". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.

[5] "Carlotta Gilli - Swimming | Paralympic Athlete Profile". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee . Retrieved 27 August 2021.

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