Giuditta Galardi (born 10 June 1995) is an Italian water polo player. She qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Giuditta Galardi (born 10 June 1995) is an Italian water polo player. She qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics. [1] [2] [3] [4]
She competed at the 2013 FINA World Women's Junior Waterpolo Championships, 2015 Summer Universiade, 2022 FINA Water Polo World League, 2023 World Aquatics Championships winning a bronze medal, and 2024 World Aquatics Championships. [5]
Brenda Villa is an American accomplished water polo player. She is the most decorated athlete in the world of women’s water polo. Villa was named Female Water Polo Player of the Decade for 2000-2009 by the FINA Aquatics World Magazine. She is one of four female players who competed in water polo at four Olympics; and one of two female athletes who won four Olympic medals in water polo. She is a leading goalscorer in Olympic water polo history, with 31 goals. In 2018, she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame and the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame.
The Italy women's national water polo team represents Italy in international women's water polo competitions and friendly matches. The team is one of the leading teams in Europe since the mid-1990s, claiming the title at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The squad is nicknamed the "Setterosa".
The Italy national water polo team represents Italy in men's international water polo competitions and is controlled by Federnuoto. The national men's team has the nickname of "Settebello", the term for the seven of diamonds in the Italian card game scopa and a pun on a standard water polo team having seven players.
Federica Radicchi is an Italian water polo player.
Chiara Tabani is an Italian water polo player. She qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Teresa Frassinetti is an Italian former water polo player, who is currently deputy president of the Federazione Italiana Nuoto.
Allegra Lapi is an Italian water polo player.
Rachele Bruni is an Italian swimmer, specialising in open water long-distance races. She won the silver medal in the 10 km marathon at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 10 km open water. She won the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Series 3 times in 2015, 2016 and 2019.
Fabio Conti is an Italian water polo coach. He was the head coach of the Italy women's national water polo team at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, where the team won the silver medal in 2016.
Domenico Acerenza is an Italian open water swimmer and pool swimmer. He is the 2022 European Aquatics Championships gold medalist in the 10 kilometre open water swim and the 2022 World Aquatics Championships silver medalist in the 10 kilometre open water swim. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, he placed ninth in the 1500 metre freestyle.
Italy competed at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary from 18 June to 3 July. Having clinched the final in men's water polo, for the first time it has won at least one medal in every discipline.
Mauro Maugeri was an Italian water polo coach and water polo player.
Italy competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Italian athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympics edition of the modern era, with the disputed exception of the 1904 edition in which one Italian may have competed.
Marta Colaiocco is an Italian water polo player and coach. She coached Fiorentina Waterpolo and Firenze Pallanuoto. She won a silver medal at 2011 FINA Women's Water Polo World League.
Aurora Condorelli is an Italian water polo player. She qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Sofia Giustini is an Italian water polo player. She qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Isotta Sportelli is an Italian synchronised swimmer. She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics, the 2023 and 2024 World Aquatics Championships, and the 2023 European Games. She was a part of the Italian junior national team from 2016 to 2018, and has since graduated to the national team.
Claudia Roberta Marletta is an Italian water polo player. She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Dafne Bettini is an Italian water polo player. She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Agnese Cocchiere is an Italian water polo player. She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
