Alessia Filippi

Filippi at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships.
Personal information
Nationality	Italy
Born	(1987-06-23) 23 June 1987 (age 36) Rome, Italy
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Website	AlessiaFilippi.it
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle , Backstroke and medley
Club	Aurelia Nuoto
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 0 World Championships (LC) 1 0 1 World Championships (SC) 0 1 0 European Championships (LC) 3 0 2 European Championships (SC) 3 1 2 Mediterranean Games 5 0 3 Total 12 3 8 Olympic Games 2008 Beijing 800 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 2009 Rome 1500 m freestyle 2009 Rome 800 m freestyle World Championships (SC) 2006 Shanghai 400 m medley European Championships (LC) 2006 Budapest 400 m medley 2008 Eindhoven 400 m medley 2008 Eindhoven 800 m freestyle 2006 Budapest 200 m medley 2008 Eindhoven 4×200 m freestyle European Championships (SC) 2006 Helsinki 400 m medley 2007 Debrecen 400 m medley 2008 Rijeka 800 m freestyle 2008 Rijeka 400 m medley 2007 Debrecen 800 m freestyle 2008 Rijeka 400 m freestyle Mediterranean Games 2005 Almería 200 m backstroke 2005 Almería 400 m medley 2009 Pescara 800 m freestyle 2009 Pescara 200 m backstroke 2009 Pescara 4 × 200 m freestyle 2005 Almería 200 m medley 2005 Almería 4×200 m freestyle 2005 Almería 4×100 m medley

Alessia Filippi (born 23 June 1987 in Rome)^[1] is a retired Italian swimmer.

Filippi won the gold medal in the 1500 m at the 2009 World Championships in Rome.

Biography

Filippi excels in backstroke and individual medley races, as well as in middle-distance freestyle (400 to 1500 m).

She won 400 m individual medley at the 2006 European Swimming Championships in Budapest.^[2] She also won a bronze medal in the same championship, and a silver medal in the 2006 short-course World Championships.^[3] In December 2006 she confirmed her title at the 2006 short-course European Championships in Helsinki. In July 2008 she broke the European record in the 1500 m freestyle^[4] (long course). After winning two gold medals in the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven earlier that year. She became champion in the 400 m individual medley and the 800 m freestyle.^[5]

On 12 December 2008, at the 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships held in Rijeka, she set the new world record in the 800 m freestyle (short course), with the time of 8:04.53.

Retirement

On 12 October 2012, at the age of 25 years, she announced her retirement from competitions.^[6]

Personal bests

She currently holds 1 World record (marked as WR), 3 European records (ER) and 12 Italian records (IR). Her personal bests (as of the 25 April 2009) are: