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Margherita Panziera

Personal information
National team	Italy
Born	(1995-08-12) 12 August 1995 (age 29) Montebelluna, Italy
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke
Club	G.S. Fiamme Oro Circolo Canottieri Aniene
Coach	Gianluca Belfiore
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  Italy Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships (SC) 0 0 1 European Championships (LC) 4 2 3 European Championships (SC) 1 1 1 Mediterranean Games 4 0 0 Total 9 3 5 World Championships (SC) 2018 Hangzhou 4×100 m medley European Championships (LC) 2018 Glasgow 200 m backstroke 2020 Budapest 200 m backstroke 2022 Rome 100 m backstroke 2022 Rome 200 m backstroke 2020 Budapest 100 m backstroke 2020 Budapest 4×200 m mixed freestyle 2018 Glasgow 4×100 m mixed medley 2020 Budapest 4×100 m mixed medley 2020 Budapest 4×100 m medley European Championships (SC) 2019 Glasgow 200 m backstroke 2021 Kazan 200 m backstroke 2017 Copenhagen 200 m backstroke Mediterranean Games 2018 Tarragona 100 m backstroke 2018 Tarragona 200 m backstroke 2018 Tarragona 4×100 m medley 2018 Tarragona 4×200 m freestyle

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. She is also a three-time European Champion in the 200 metre backstroke, winning in 2018, 2021, and 2022.

Career

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. 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. 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). In 2020 she qualified to represent Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics. At the 2021 European Aquatics Championships she won five medals, a gold, two silver and two bronze.

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. Four days later, with a time of 59.40 seconds, she won the gold medal in the 100 metre backstroke.

National records

Individual long course

• 100 m backstroke: 58.92 (Riccione, Italy, 4 April 2019) - current holder
• 200 m backstroke: 2:05.56 (Riccione, Italy, 31 March 2021) - current holder

Achievements

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	7th 3:46.75 (heats)	-
	Gwangju 2019	-	11th 59.83 (SF)	4th 2:06.67	-	4th 3:56.50	6th 3:44.38 (heats)	-
	Budapest 2022	-	11th 1:00.26 (SF)	4th 2:07.27	-	7th 3:58.26	-	-
World Championships (25 m)	Hangzhou 2018	-	15th 58.31 (SF)	5th 2:02.50	8th 1:46.44	Bronze 3:51.38 NR	-	6th 7:43.18
	Abu Dhabi 2021	-	15th 58.46 (Heats)	5th 2:03.20	-	-	-	-
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	5th 7:32.37
	Budapest 2021	-	Silver 59.01	Gold 2:06.08	Bronze 3:56.30	-	Bronze 3:42.30	Silver 7:29.35
	Roma 2022	-	Gold 59.40	Gold 2:07.13	-	-	-	-
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	-	-	-	-
	Kazan 2021	-	-	Silver 2:02.05	-	-	-	-
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	-	Gold 8:02.63

See also

• Italy national swimming team – Women multiple medalists
• List of Italian records in swimming

Notes

1. leg: 1:01.12
2. leg: 1:01.03
3. leg: 59.77
4. leg: 1:00.19
5. leg: 1:00.35
6. leg: 24.48
7. leg: 58.39
8. leg: 1:56.71
9. leg: 1:00.11
10. leg: 1:59.76
11. leg: 2:00.57
12. leg: 1:00.54

References

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2. ^ "Margherita Panziera - Profile". federnuoto.it. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
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4. "Swimming PANZIERA Margherita - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
5. ^ "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.
6. ^ LEN (12 August 2022). "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 200m Backstroke Women Final". Microplus. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
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10. "Nuoto, 5 ori azzurri: Quadarella, Martinenghi, Panziera e Ceccon dopo Minisini" (in Italian). Sky TG24. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
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12. 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.
13. "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.
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External links

• 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)

• 1995 births
• Living people
• Italian female swimmers
• Italian female backstroke swimmers
• Olympic swimmers for Italy
• Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming
• Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
• Swimmers at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
• European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
• European Championships (multi-sport event) gold medalists
• Swimmers of Fiamme Oro
• 21st-century Italian sportswomen
• Sportspeople from Montebelluna
• Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics