Gregorio Paltrinieri

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Paltrinieri Breaks Meet Record In 800 Free, Misses Lifetime Best

Full Name:	Gregorio Paltrinieri
Born:	September 05th, 1994
	Carpi, Italy
Nationality:	Italy
Status:	Active

Gregorio Paltrinieri Gregorio Paltrinieri is a World Champion Italian swimmer originally from Carpi. Paltrinieri was born Sept. 5, 1994 to his parents, Lorraine and Luca Paltrinieri, and he specializes in the distance freestyle events - in 2013 Paltrinieri broke the Italian Record in the 1500m freestyle.. Standing 6'3" Paltrinieri began swimming at a very young age, and specialized in the breaststroke until he was 12 years old, but then shifted his focus to distance freestyle. Although his best events are the 800 and 1500m freestyles, he's also swam the 200 freestyle on medal-winning relays. The Breakout Year, 2011 Near 2011 Paltrinieri began to make his mark on the junior world; at just 16 years old Paltrinieri competed at the 2011 European Junior Championships, where he won gold in the 1500m freestyle and bronze in the 800m freestyle. Later in the year he qualified for the World Championships for the first time, competing in the heats in Shanghai, and swam in Lima, Peru at the World Junior Championships, where he won a silver and bronze in his distance specialties. 2012 2012 was a big year for Paltrinieri - he picked up his first European Short Course Championship win in the 1500m freestyle, breaking the meet record. The same …

Paltrinieri Breaks Meet Record In 800 Free, Misses Lifetime Best

Gregorio Paltrinieri picked up his second gold medal of the meet with a new meet record in the men’s 800 freestyle.

Europameisterschaften 2016, Zusammenfassung vom Mittwoch in Fotos

Europameisterschaften Schwimmen 2016 Montag 16. Mai bis Sonntag 22. Mai 2016 London Aquatics Centre (Pool der Olympischen Spiele 2012 im…

2016 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 4 PRELIMS LIVE RECAP

2016 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 4 Monday, May 16th – Sunday, May 22nd Prelims: 10:00 AM (London Time) / 5:00 AM (Eastern…

2016 European Championships: Day 3 Finals Photo Vault

Sebastiaan Verschuren of the Netherlands was a winner on day 3 at the European Championships, claiming the men’s 200 freestyle.

Italy Grabs the Lead in Euros Medals Table After Paltrinieri Record

Italy’s 2 gold medals, 4 silvers, and 1 bronze leaves it atop the table after day 3, but Britain has them beat by another sort with 8 in all.

Gregorio Paltrinieri: “My goal is a gold in Rio”

While there were several swims of special significance, the 1500 that was swum by Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri was the most momentous.

Photo Vault: Gregorio Paltrinieri Sets European Record in 1500 Free

Gregorio Paltrinieri had an amazing swim in the men’s 1500 winning gold and setting a new European record.

Watch: Day 3 Finals Videos From the European Championships

Sarah Sjostrom raced to her second gold medal of the championships in the women’s 100 freestyle on day 3.

Jan Micka Breaks Own Czech Record in 1500 Freestyle At Europeans

Jan Micka of the Czech Republic set a new national record in the men’s 1500m freestyle.

Watch: Gregorio Paltrinieri Swim 2nd Fastest 1500 of All-Time

Gregorio Paltrinieri swam the second fastest 1500 free of all-time to win the European Championship title in a new European record of 14:34.04.

2016 European Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte goes after the women’s 100m breaststroke title during tonight’s finals of the 2016 European Championships.

Credit Photo Mike Lewis

Gregorio Paltrinieri Swims 2nd-Fastest 1500 Free of All-Time in London

Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri has swum the 2nd-fastest 1500 free in history and broken the European Record in the process.

Mykhailo Romanchuk Breaks Own Ukrainian 1500 Record, Wins Bronze

Mykhailo Romanchuk won bronze in a new Ukrainian record in the men’s 1500 at the European Championships.

2016 European Championships Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

Ruta Meilutyte looks to continue her successful comeback in London

Italy’s Detti Breaks European Championship Record in 400 Freestyle

Gabriele Detti broke the European Championship record in the 400 freestyle tonight in a time of 3:44.01.