Margherita Panziera (born 12 August 1995) is an Italian swimmer. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 100 m backstroke and 200 m backstroke.[4] She is also a three-time European Champion in the 200 metre backstroke, winning in 2018, 2021, and 2022.[5][6]
Career edit
In 2015, at the World Championships in Kazan, in the 200 m backstroke competition, she took 10th place, with a time of 2:09.5.[5] A year later, during the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, in 200 m backstroke, she took 17th place with a time of 2:10.92. In July 2017, at the 200 m World Championships in Budapest, the backstroke was the fourteenth (2:10.95). In the eliminations of 100 m, backstroke, she achieved the time 1:01.03 and took 20th place, not qualifying for the semi-finals.[5] In December of the same year, during the European Championships at the short course (25 m) in Copenhagen, she won the bronze medal over the distance of 200 m backstroke and set a new record for Italy with time 2:02.43.
In August 2018, at the European Championships in Glasgow, she won the 200 m backstroke competition, with a time of 2: 06.18 minutes. Panziera improved both the records of the championship and her country. In a distance twice as short, she took fifth place (59.71).[5] In 2020 she qualified to represent Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7] At the 2021 European Aquatics Championships she won five medals, a gold, two silver and two bronze.[8]
At the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, held in Rome in August, Panziera won the gold medal in the 200 metre backstroke with a time of 2:07.13.[6][9][10] Four days later, with a time of 59.40 seconds, she won the gold medal in the 100 metre backstroke.[11][12][13]
National records edit
- Individual long course
Achievements edit
| Competition | Edition | 50 m back | 100 m back | 200 m back | 4×50 m mix | 4×100 m mix | 4×100 m mix med | 4×200 m free |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer Olympics |  Rio de Janeiro 2016
|
- | - | 17th 2:10.92 (heats) |
- | - | - | - |
| World Championships |  Kazan 2015
|
- | 37th 1:02.17 (heats) |
10th 2:09.54 (SF) |
- | - | - | - |
 Budapest 2017
|
- | 20th 1:01.03 (heats) |
14th 2:10.95 (SF) |
- | 8th 3:59.98 [nb 1] |
7th 3:46.75 (heats) [nb 2] |
- | |
 Gwangju 2019
|
- | 11th 59.83 (SF) |
4th 2:06.67 |
- | 4th 3:56.50 [nb 3] |
6th 3:44.38 (heats) [nb 4] |
- | |
| World Championships (25 m) |  Hangzhou 2018
|
- | 15th 58.31 (SF) |
5th 2:02.50 |
8th 1:46.44 [nb 5] |
Bronze 3:51.38 [nb 6] NR |
- | 6th 7:43.18 [nb 7] |
| European Championships |  London 2016
|
19th 29.21 (heats) |
14th 1:01.45 (heats) |
9th 2:11.80 (SF) |
- | - | - | - |
| Glasgow 2018
|
- | 5th 59.71 |
Gold 2:06.18 CR |
- | - | Bronze 3:44.85 [nb 8] |
5th 7:32.37 [nb 9] | |
| Budapest 2021
|
- | Silver 59.01 |
Gold 2:06.08 |
Bronze 3:56.30 |
- | Bronze 3:42.30 |
Silver 7:29.35 [nb 10] | |
| European Championships (25 m) |  Netanya 2015
|
32nd 28.49 (heats) |
13th 59.24 (SF) |
7th 2:05.60 |
- | - | - | - |
 Copenaghen 2017
|
- | 11th 58.19 (heats) |
Bronze 2:02.43 |
- | - | - | - | |
| Glasgow 2019
|
- | 6th 57.45 |
Gold 2:01.45 NR |
- | - | - | - | |
| Universiade | Taipei 2017
|
- | 12th 1:01.56 (SF) |
5th 2:10.34 |
- | - | - | - |
| Mediterranean Games |  2013 Mersin
|
- | Bronze 1:01.86 |
Silver 2:12.86 |
- | Gold 4:11.36 (heats) |
- | - |
 Tarragona 2018
|
- | Gold 1:00.74 CR |
Gold 2:08.08 |
- | Gold 3:58.27 CR [nb 11] |
- | Gold 8:02.63 |
See also edit
Notes edit
References edit
- ^ "Margherita Panziera". poliziadistato.it (in Italian). Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Margherita Panziera - Profile". federnuoto.it. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Margherita Panziera". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ "Swimming PANZIERA Margherita - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Margherita Panziera". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ a b LEN (12 August 2022). "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 200m Backstroke Women Final". Microplus. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ "Franceschi, Carraro, and Razzetti Bring Italy Up To 13-Strong Olympic Roster". SwimSwam. 4 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ "Swimming: Italy comes away from Budapest with record haul". ansa.it. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ "Swimming: Panziera wins gold in women's 200m backstroke". ANSA. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ "Nuoto, 5 ori azzurri: Quadarella, Martinenghi, Panziera e Ceccon dopo Minisini" (in Italian). Sky TG24. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ LEN (16 August 2022). "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 100m Backstroke Women Final". Microplus. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ Canello, Dimitri (16 August 2022). "Margherita Panziera oro nei 100 dorso agli Europei di nuoto a Roma" (in Italian). Corriere di Veneto. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "Championnats d'Europe de natation: Margherita Panziera sacrée sur 100 m dos, Mahieu et Margherita au pied du podium" (in French). Le Figaro. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Nuoto - Primati Femminili Assoluti in vasca lunga" (in Italian). federnuoto.it. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
External links edit
- Margherita Panziera at World Aquatics
- Margherita Panziera at SwimRankings.net
- Margherita Panziera at Olympics.com
- Margherita Panziera at Olympedia
- Margherita Panziera at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
- Margherita Panziera at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)
