Giulia Gabbrielleschi

Giulia Gabbrielleschi
Personal information
National teamItaly
Born (1996-07-25) 25 July 1996 (age 28)
Pistoia, Italy
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesLong-distance swimming
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Italy
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Budapest Team event
Silver medal – second place 2019 Gwangju Team event
Silver medal – second place 2024 Doha Team event
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Budapest 5 km open water
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Budapest Team event
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Budapest Team relay
Silver medal – second place 2018 Glasgow 10 km open water
Silver medal – second place 2020 Budapest 5 km open water
Silver medal – second place 2024 Belgrade Team relay
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Rome 5 km open water
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Belgrade 10 km open water
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2017 Taipei 10 km open water

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.

Career

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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

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  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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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.
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