Carlotta shows her five medals won in Tokyio 2020. She was the most decorated athlete of the Italian team at the event.

Carlotta Gilli (born 13 January 2001) is a partially sighted Italian Paralympic swimmer who competes in international level events. She holds twelve world records in her class.[2][3] She won five medals at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[4] She repeats herself by winning five medals at the 2024 Summer Paralympics too.

Biography

She studied at the University of Turin. She competed at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships.[5]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue
50 m freestyle
100 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
100 m backstroke
100 m butterfly
200 m medley
4×100 m freestyle
2017 World Championships Mexico Mexico City 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) -
2018 European Championships Republic of Ireland Dublin 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) - 1st place, gold medalist(s) - 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2019 World Championships United Kingdom London 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5th
2021 European Championships Portugal Funchal 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) -
Paralympics Games Japan Tokyo 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2024 Paralympics Games France Paris 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Records

Gilli is the holder of 7 world records in the long course, 5 world records in the short course, and 2 European records in the long course:

World record in long course

  • 50 freestyle 26”67 (Trophy Sette Colli, Roma 29/6/2018)
  • 100 backstroke 1’05”76 (European Championships Dublin 17/8/2018)
  • 100 butterfly 1’02”22 (World Series Lignano Sabbiadoro 27/5/2018)
  • 100 freestyle 57”34 (Trophy Sette Colli, Roma 30/6/2018)
  • 50 butterfly 27”98 (IDM Berlin 9/7/2017)
  • 200 butterfly 2’24”07 (Trophy Sette Colli, Roma 1/7/2018)
  • 400 Mixed 5’08”86 (IDM Berlin 7/6/2018)

European record in long course

  • 200 freestyle 2’08”01 (Trophy Sette Colli, Roma 23/6/2018)
  • 200 mixed 2’22”12 (European Championships Dublin 15/8/2018)

World record in short course

  • 100 freestyle 59”30 (Italian Championships FINP, Loano, 2/12/2018)
  • 100 butterfly 1’03”92 (Italian Championships FINP, Loano, 2/12/2018)
  • 100 backstroke 1’06”44 (Italian Championships FINP, Portici, 30/11/2019)
  • 50 freestyle 27”07 (Italian Championships FINP, Portici, 30/11/2019)
  • 50 butterfly 29”43 (Italian Championships FINP, Portici, 30/11/2019)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Carlotta Gilli - Biografia" (in Italian). poliziadistato.it. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Carlotta Gilli – IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Personal Website (in Talian)". carlottagilli.it. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Swimming GILLI Carlotta". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Carlotta Gilli - Swimming | Paralympic Athlete Profile". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
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