Martina Carraro (born 21 June 1993) is an Italian swimmer. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 100 m breaststroke and 200 m breaststroke. She was European champion in short course in the 100 m breaststroke at the 2019 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.
Career
2012–2018
In 2012, Carraro moved to Bologna, joining the Swimming Club Azzurra 1991 led by the coach Fabrizio Bastelli. On 9 July 2015, at the 2015 Gwangju Universiade, he sets the Italian record in the long course on 50 meters breaststroke, with a time of 30.89 in the semifinal, improving his previous record of 31.00 set in Rome during the Seven Trophy Colli [it] 2015. Subsequently, she still improves this record during the 2015 Kazan World Championships in heats with a time of 30.83, a record that will be later broken by Arianna Castiglioni.
In 2016 she enlisted in the Fiamme Azzurre Sports Group, than competed in the women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
2019–present
On 23 July 2019, at the Gwangju World Championships, she won the bronze in the 100 meters, with a time of 1:06.36, behind the American Lilly King and the Russian Julija Efimova. In 2020 she qualified to represent Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics. In 2021, she won two bronze medals with the relay team at the Swimming European Championships Hungary 2020.
At the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, held in Rome, she won the silver medal in the 200 metre breaststroke with a time of 2:23.64, finishing 0.37 seconds behind gold medalist Lisa Mamié of Switzerland.
See also
References
- "Fiamme Azzurre - Atleti". polizia.penitenziaria.it (in Italian). Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Martina Carraro". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- "Swimming: CARRARO Martina". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Martina Carraro". Rio 2016 Olympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- "L'Azzurra corte di Fabrizio Bastelli". swimbiz.it (in Italian). 28 April 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- "Martina Carraro Sets Italian 100Br Record of 1:05.86 In Riccione". Swimming World News. 2 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- "Europei. Record di medaglie e trofeo per Nazioni. Butini: "Italia impeccabile"". federnuoto.it. 23 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- LEN (15 August 2022). "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 200m Breaststroke Women Final". Microplus. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- "Europei nuoto, ancora medaglie azzurre: oro nel Team Event, argento per Martina Carraro e libero a squadre" (in Italian). Leggo. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
External links
- Martina Carraro at World Aquatics
- Martina Carraro at SwimRankings.net
- Martina Carraro at the International Swimming League
- Martina Carraro at Olympics.com
- Martina Carraro at Olympedia
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- 1993 births
- Living people
- Olympic swimmers for Italy
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers of Fiamme Azzurre
- Sportspeople from Genoa
- Swimmers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy
- Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Italy
- Italian female breaststroke swimmers
- Italian female medley swimmers
- Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- 21st-century Italian sportswomen