2025 WORLD AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Saturday, July 26th – Sunday, August 3rd (pool swimming)
- OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
- LCM (50m)
- Meet Central
With the 2025 World Aquatics Championships on the horizon, we now know who will represent the nation of Italy in Singapore later this month.
A 34-strong lineup will be heading to the World Championships, comprised of 16 women and 18 men. Italy will be represented across all women’s, men’s and mixed relays.
Leading the delegation will be three spearheads of the Italian swimming team: Gregorio Paltrinieri, already expected medal contender in the open water (scheduled from 16 to 20 July), Thomas Ceccon and Nicolò Martinenghi. Alongside them, pillars such as Simona Quadarella and Benedetta Pilato, and veterans such as Silvia Di Pietro, the most experienced of the group at 32 years old.
But it is in the youth that we can glimpse the breath of the future. Names like Carlos D’Ambrosio, the youngest of the entire Italian delegation at the Paris Games, and Sara Curtis, born in 2006, stand out, an emblem of the generational change underway. The youngest of all is Bianca Nannucci, who has just turned 17 and is the new European youth champion in the 200 freestyle.
Italy finished in the 10th spot among nations on the 2023 World Championships medal table with Ceccon’s performance in the men’s 50m fly representing the sole gold.
Last year at the lesser-attended edition in Doha, Italy bumped itself up to rank 5th in the medal table, boosted by Quadarella’s double gold in the women’s 800m and 1500m freestyles and a pair of relay medals.
Italian Squad for Singapore
Women (16):
Lisa Angiolini, Matilde Biagiotti, Anita Bottazzo, Costanza Cocconcelli, Sara Curtis, Francesca Fangio, Sara Franceschi, Anita Gastaldi, Emma Virginia Menicucci, Anna Chiara Mascolo, Sofia Morini, Bianca Nannucci, Benedetta Pilato, Simona Quadarella, Chiara Tarantino, Silvia Di Pietro.
Men (18):
Christian Bacico, Federico Burdisso, Thomas Ceccon, Simone Cerasuolo, Carlos D’Ambrosio, Luca De Tullio, Marco De Tullio, Leonardo Deplano, Stefano Di Cola, Manuel Frigo, Christian Mantegazza, Nicolò Martinenghi, Massimiliano Matteazzi, Filippo Megli, Gregorio Paltrinieri, Alberto Razzetti, Ludovico Blu Art Viberti, Lorenzo Zazzeri.
Technical Staff:
- Head of delegation: Marco Bonifazi
- Technical Director: Cesare Butini
- Coaches: Fabrizio Antonelli, Alberto Burlina, Stefano Franceschi, Matteo Giunta, Sandra Michelini, Thomas Maggiora, Paolo Palchetti, Claudio Rossetto, Antonio Satta
- Federal Doctor: Lorenzo Marugo
- Physiotherapists: Stefano Amirante, Alessandro Del Piero, Paola Moreschi
If I WERE to comment on other dimensions/what they are doing, it’d be REALLY COOL because it involves a 116-thousand army of housecats that would destroy this coalition but that’s apparently too WOKE for the swim swim comment section!
Scrubbingly,
Soapy and Sudsy Mayo
2
You’re not Randy
How strong is the Italian free relay without Miressi?
They’re still a deep team that has the potential to put up four 47s, especially if Ceccon is locked in. Carlos D’Ambrosio is only a teenager and is their fastest this season, so there’s a new wave of young talent this year.
I would guess they’ll battle with GB for 4th.
No Alessandra Mao?
When will psych sheets come out?
Next time, can you list what each athlete was selected for? I’m a huge swim fan and read almost every article on this page but I don’t always remember who qualified in which events
federnuoto didnt list the allocated starts in their announcement ( federnuoto website, under nuoto)
They haven’t finalized or announced that yet, so we don’t know.
Lisa Angiolini: 100-200Breast
Christian Bacico: 50-100-200Back
Matilde Biagiotti : 4x200Free
Anita Bottazzo: 50-100Breast, Mixed Relay
Federico Burdisso: 100-200Fly, Mixed Relays
Thomas Ceccon: 50-100Fly, 50-100-200Back, Mixed Relays
Simone Cerasuolo: 50Breast
Costanza Cocconcelli: 100Fly, Mixed Relays
Sara Curtis: 50-100Free, 4x100Free, Mixed Relays
Carlos D’Ambrosio: 100-200Free, 4x100Free, 4x200Free, Mixed Relays
Luca De Tullio: 800Free
Marco De Tullio:400Free
Leonardo Deplano: 50Free, 4x100Free
Stefano Di Cola: 4x200Free
Silvia Di Pietro : 50Free, 50Fly
Francesca Fangio: 200Breast
Sara Franceschi: 200-400IM
Manuel Frigo: 100Free, 4x100Free
Anita Gastaldi: 50-100Back, 200IM, mixed Relay
Christian Mantegazza: 200Breast
Nicolò Martinenghi: 50-100-200Breast
Anna Chiara Mascolo: 4x200Free
Massimiliano Matteazzi: 200IM
… Read more »
That seems so stupid that Viberti isn’t swimming the 50 breast when he can be a gold medal contender. Martinenghi shouldn’t swim it if he isn’t at his best and two others are better
any italian native, please let me know what Blu Art is in Viberti’s name! grazie mille!!
“Blu” stands for the color blue in English and “Art” is short for “Arturo”, an homage to his grandpa Arturo.
You need to be able to swim on the day, not when it suits you. Same as the championships. Viberti got into shape too late.
Anyway, the allocated races list is provisional and will be finalised on the 25th.
I remember years ago countries could have multiple entries but only the 2 fastest from each nation advance from prelims. Has that rule changed or could Italy put 3 guys in the 50 breast prelims?