Alessia Filippi

Alessia Filippi

Filippi at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships.
Personal information
Full name	Alessia Filippi
Nationality	Italy
Born	23 June 1987 (1987-06-23) Rome
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	Freestyle , Backstroke and medley
Club	Aurelia Nuoto
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for Italy Olympic Games Silver 2008 Beijing 800 m freestyle World Championships (LC) Gold 2009 Rome 1500 m freestyle Bronze 2009 Rome 800 m freestyle World Championships (SC) Silver 2006 Shanghai 400 m indiv. medley European Championships (LC) Gold 2006 Budapest 400 m indiv. medley Gold 2008 Eindhoven 400 m indiv. medley Gold 2008 Eindhoven 800 m freestyle Bronze 2006 Budapest 200 m indiv. medley Bronze 2008 Eindhoven 4×200 m freestyle European Championships (SC) Gold 2006 Helsinki 400 m indiv. medley Gold 2007 Debrecen 400 m indiv. medley Gold 2008 Rijeka 800 m freestyle Silver 2008 Rijeka 400 m indiv. medley Bronze 2007 Debrecen 800 m freestyle Bronze 2008 Rijeka 400 m freestyle Mediterranean Games Gold 2005 Almería 200 m backstroke Gold 2005 Almería 400 m indiv. medley Bronze 2005 Almería 200 m medley Bronze 2005 Almería 4×200 m freestyle Bronze 2005 Almería 4×100 m medley

Alessia Filippi (born 23 June 1987 in Rome) is an Italian swimmer.

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. She also won a bronze medal in the same championship, and a silver medal in the 2006 short-course World Championships. 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 (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.

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

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

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:

Event	Long course (year)	Short course (year)
200 m freestyle	1:58.42 (2008)	1:59.40 (2008)
400 m freestyle	4:07.15 (2009)	3:59.35 (2008) IR
800 m freestyle	8:17.21 (2009) IR	8:04.53 (2008) WR
1500 m freestyle	15:44.93 (2009) ER	16:14.3 (2006)
100 m backstroke	1:01.52 (2006)	1:01.25 (2006)
200 m backstroke	2:08.44 (2009) IR	2:04.55 (2009) IR
200 m individual medley	2:13.08 (2007)	2:11.69 (2008)
400 m individual medley	4:34.34 (2008) IR	4:26.06 (2008) IR
4×100 m freestyle relay		3:39.18 (2006) IR
4×200 m freestyle relay	7:49.76 (2008) ER	7:50.39 (2006) IR
4×100 m medley relay	4:04.90 (2008) IR

External links

• Swim Rankings profile

External links

• Federazione Italiana Nuoto website
• Official website

Records
Preceded by Kate Ziegler	Women's 800 metre freestyle world record holder (short course) 12 December 2008 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent