Simona Quadarella

Simona Quadarella (Italian pronunciation: [kwadaˈrɛlla]; born 18 December 1998) is an Italian swimmer. She specializes in long distance freestyle events. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal in Women's 800 metre freestyle,[1] and at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, won the gold medal in the 1500 m freestyle, and the silver medal in the 800 m freestyle.[2]

Simona Quadarella
Simona Quadarella with her gold medal won at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.
Personal information
National teamItaly
Born (1998-12-18) 18 December 1998
Rome, Italy
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
Club
CoachChristian Minotti
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Italy
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 1
World Championships (LC) 1 1 1
World Championships (SC) 0 1 1
European Championships (LC) 6 0 1
European Championships (SC) 2 2 1
Universiade 2 0 1
Mediterranean Games 2 0 0
Total 13 4 6
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo 800 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
2019 Gwangju1500 m freestyle
2019 Gwangju800 m freestyle
2017 Budapest1500 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
2018 Hangzhou800 m freestyle
2021 Abu Dhabi800 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
2018 Glasgow400 m freestyle
2018 Glasgow800 m freestyle
2018 Glasgow1500 m freestyle
2020 Budapest400 m freestyle
2020 Budapest800 m freestyle
2020 Budapest1500 m freestyle
2020 Budapest4×200 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
2019 Glasgow400 m freestyle
2019 Glasgow800 m freestyle
2021 Kazan800 m freestyle
2021 Kazan1500 m freestyle
2017 Copenhagen800 m freestyle

Career

Quadarella competed in the women's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships,[3][4] winning the bronze medal.[5] After her international explosion, which took place in 2017 at the age of 19, Simona Quadarella won 9 international medals in the two-year period 2017-2018 (7 gold and 2 bronze), including a trio of gold medals at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships in 400 m, 800 m and 1500 m freestyle.[3] Than in July 2019, Quadarella won her first world title at the World Championships in Gwangju, taking gold in the 1500 m in a time of 15:40.89.[2] She also won a silver medal in the 800 m race in a time of 8:14.99.

At the European Championships in Budapest 2020, held in May 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Quadarella won three gold medals (400 m, 800 m, 1500 m freestyle - the same feat achieved three years earlier in Glasgow 2018) and a bronze medal in the 4x200m freestyle.[6]

National records

International medals
Individual
Year Championships 400 fs 800 fs 1500 fs
2017 World Championships (LC)
Universiade
European Championships (SC)
2018 Mediterranean Games
European Championships (LC)
World Championships (SC)
2019 World Championships (LC)
European Championships (SC)
2021 European Championships (LC)
Olympic Games
European Championships (SC)

See also

References
  1. "Swimming QUADARELLA Simona - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 18 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Italian Simona Quadarella Crushes Decade-Old National Record in 1500 Win". SwimSwam. 23 July 2019.
  3. "Simona Quadarella - Biography". federnuoto.it. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  4. "2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes". Budapest 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  5. "17th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN) - Women's 1500m Freestyle" (PDF). omegatiming.com. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  6. "ALBO D'ORO DELLA NAZIONALE ITALIANA DI NUOTO" (in Italian). nuotounostiledivita.it. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  7. "Nuoto - Primati Femminili Assoluti in vasca lunga" (in Italian). federnuoto.it. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
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