Italy Declares 40 Swimmers for 2021 European Short Course Championships

2021 LEN EUROPEAN SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS

• November 2nd – November 7th
• Palace of Water Sports Kazan, Russia
• SCM (25m)
• Meet Site

SwimSwam’s Giusy Cisale contributed to this report.

The Italian Swimming Federation has published their roster for the 2021 European Short Course Championships, which will be held from November 2 to 7 in Kazan, Russia.

• OLYMPIC EVENTS : finalist and semifinalist athletes in the individual events of the Olympic Games and/or finalists during the 2021 European Championships (long course) in Budapest. The athletes are qualified in the race in which they competed in the semifinal and/or final.
• NON-OLYMPIC EVENTS: qualified athletes who are ranked first in the national rankings in the 50-meter pool of the 2021 season.

The roster includes three of the country’s four individual medalists from the Olympic Games: Nicholas Martinenghi (bronze, 100 breast), Gregorio Paltrinieri (silver, 800 free/bronze, 10km open water), and Simona Quadarella (bronze, 800 free). Quadarella was one of the country’s big winners at the last edition in 2019, winning the 400 and 800 freestyles.

Absent among that group is Federico Burdisso, who was the bronze medalist in the men’s 200 IM. He has returned to the United States to continue his collegiate career at Northwestern.

The country will also be without two key legs of their men’s 400 free relay that won silver at the Olympics: Santo Condorelli, who swam a prelims leg, and Manuel Frigo, who anchored the finals relay. They’ll also have to replace Burdisso on the 400 medley relay that won silver at the Olympics.

Among others not attending are the country’s most famous swimmer, Federica Pellegrini. She has already declared that the International Swimming League will be the end of her competitive swimming career, though Aqua Centurions’ surprise run to the Playoff round has extended that through November – which could have allowed her to swim at these championships.

The European Short Course Championships are one of the few major international sporting events that hasn’t been hit by the COVID-19 pandemic so far. The last edition was held in 2019, and the next will continue on schedule in November.

At the last edition in 2019, Italy finished 2nd on the medals table with 6 gold, 7 silver, and 7 bronze medals. Only Russia (13/5/4) won more.

Italian International Roster Call-Ups

Women

1.  Ilaria Bianchi (Fiamme Azzurre / Azzurra 91)
2. Martina Rita Caramignoli (Fiamme Oro / Aurelia Nuoto)
3. Arianna Castiglioni (Fiamme Gialle / Team Insubrika)
4. Martina Carraro (Fiamme Azzurre / Azzurra 91)
5. Costanza Cocconcelli (Fiamme Gialle / Azzurra 91)
6.  Ilaria Cusinato (Fiamme Oro / Team Veneto
7. Elena Di Liddo (Carabinieri / CC Aniene)
8.  Silvia Di Pietro (Carabinieri / CC Aniene)
9. Francesca Fangio (In Sport)
10. Sara Franceschi (Fiamme Gialle / Livorno Aquatics)
11.  Erika Gaetani (Gestisport)
12. Margherita Panziera (Fiamme Oro / CC Aniene)
13. Benedetta Pilato (CC Aniene)
14. Alessia Polieri (Fiamme Gialle / Imola Nuoto)
15. Simona Quadarella (CC Aniene)
16. Chiara Tarantino (Gestisport)
17. Federica Toma (Gestisport)

Men

1. Domenico Acerenza (Fiamme Oro / CC Napoli)
2. Stefano Ballo (Esercito / Time Limit)
3. Giacomo Carini (Fiamme Gialle / Canottieri Vittorino da Feltre)
4. Thomas Ceccon (Fiamme Oro / Leosport)
5. Matteo Ciampi (Esercito / Livorno Aquatics)
6. Marco De Tullio (Fiamme Oro)
7. Leonardo Deplano (CC Aniene)
8. Stefano Di Cola (Marina Militare / CC Aniene)
9. Michele Lamberti (Fiamme Gialle / GAM Team)
10. Nicolò Martinenghi (CC Aniene)
11. Pier Andrea Matteazzi (Esercito / In Sport)
12. Filippo Megli (Carabinieri / RN Florentia)
13. Alessandro Miressi (Fiamme Oro / CN Torino)
14. Lorenzo Mora (Fiamme Rosse / Amici del Nuoto VVFF Modena)
15. Marco Orsi (Fiamme Oro)
16. Gregorio Paltrinieri (Fiamme Oro / Coopernuoto)
17. Alessandro Pinzuti (Esercito / In Sport)
18. Federico Poggio (Fiamme Azzurre / Imolanuoto)
19. Alberto Razzetti (Fiamme Gialle / Genova Nuoto My Sport)
20. Matteo Rivolta (Fiamme Oro / CC Aniene)
21. Simone Sabbioni (Esercito / Pesaro Nuoto)
22. Fabio Scozzoli (Esercito / Imolanuoto)
23. Lorenzo Zazzeri (Esercito / RN Florentia).