Giulia Gabbrielleschi

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Giulia Gabbrielleschi
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Personal information
National team Italy
Born (1996-07-25) 25 July 1996 (age 28)
Pistoia, Italy
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Long-distance swimming
Medal record

Giulia Gabbrielleschi (born 24 July 1996) is an Italian open water swimmer. She is a two-time individual silver medallist at the European Aquatics Championships, having placed second in the 10 km event in 2018 and second in the 5 km event in the 2020 championships, held in 2021.

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Career

Gabbrielleschi is an athlete of the Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro. [1]

Gabbrielleschi won a silver medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade, finishing behind Anna Olasz in the 10 km open water event. [2]

Gabbrielleschi won a silver medal at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships, finishing seven seconds behind winner Sharon van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands in the 10 km open water competition. [3]

In 2019, she represented Italy at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea. She competed in the women's 800 metre freestyle and women's 1500 metre freestyle events. [4] [5] In both events she did not advance to the final. [4] [5] Two years later, at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she won the silver medal in the 5 kilometre open water swim with a time of 58 minutes and 49.3 seconds, which was less than five seconds slower than gold medalist Sharon van Rouwendaal. [6]

At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, in Budapest, Hungary, Gabbrielleschi won a bronze medal as part of the 6 kilometre team event. [7] She also won a bronze medal in the 5 kilometre open water swim with a time of 57 minutes and 54.9 seconds, finishing only behind Ana Marcela Cunha of Brazil and Aurélie Muller of France. [8] [9] [10] Two months later, at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships in Rome, she won the bronze medal in the 5 kilometre open water swim with a time of 57:00.3, finishing 1.6 seconds behind gold medalist Sharon van Rouwendaal and 0.1 seconds behind silver medalist María de Valdés of Spain. [11] [12] [13] [14]

References

  1. "Fiamme oro: i complimenti del Capo ai nostri campioni" (in Italian). poliziadistato.it. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. "Universiadi: Paltrinieri terzo oro Vince anche in mare: sua la 10 km" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  3. Pavitt, Michael (9 August 2018). "Van Rouwendaal triumphs again at European Championships as Weertman wins open water title in photo finish". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Women's 800 metre freestyle – Heats – 2019 World Aquatics Championships" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Women's 1500 metre freestyle – Heats – 2019 World Aquatics Championships" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  6. "Nuoto Di Fondo, Giulia Gabbrielleschi Splendido Argento Nella 5 km Degli Europei". OA Sport (in Italian). Eurosport. 12 May 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  7. "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Mixed 6km Relay Results"" (PDF). FINA . Omega Timing. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  8. "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 5km Results" (PDF). FINA . Omega Timing. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  9. "Mondiali: Paltrinieri argento nella 5km di fondo. Bronzo Gabbrielleschi tra le donne". Sky Sport (in Italian). 27 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  10. "Nuoto: Mondiali, Gabbrielleschi bronzo nella 5 km donne". La Sicilia (in Italian). 27 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  11. Barni, Gianluca (20 August 2022). "Gabbrielleschi è bronzo". La Nazione (in Italian). Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  12. "Bronzo a Gabbrielleschi nella 5km acque in libere donne". ANSA (in Italian). 20 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  13. "Oro per Gregorio Paltrinieri e bronzo per Giulia Gabbrielleschi nella gara dei 5 km in acque libere". Gazzetta di Parma (in Italian). 20 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  14. Aita, Alessandro (21 August 2022). "Nuoto di fondo, Giulia Gabbrielleschi: "Ero ancora provata dalla 5km di ieri"". OA Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 21 August 2022.