Gregorio Paltrinieri

Quick Facts

Full Name	Gregorio Paltrinieri
Occupation	Swimmer
Date Of Birth	Sep 5, 1994(1994-09-05)
Age	30
Birthplace	Carpi
Country	Italy
Birth City	Emilia-Romagna
Horoscope	Virgo

Gregorio Paltrinieri Biography

Gregorio Paltrinieri is one of the most popular and richest Swimmer who was born on September 5, 1994 in Carpi, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Gregorio Paltrinieri (born 5 September 1994) is an Italian athlete in the competitive swimming world. The swimmer is an Olympic and world short course and long course champion, and three-times European longer course champ in 1500 m freestyle race in the 2014, 2012 and the 2016 European Aquatics Championships, and two-times European long course champion in the freestyle 800 m event. Paltrinieri is currently the 1500 freestyle (short course) world record world record holder. Paltrinieri also has the longest course European records for the 1500 and 800 freestyle events, with times that are 7:39.27 as well as 14:34.04.

Paltrinieri participated for Italy in the 2013 World Aquatics Championships. He was able to reach his first freestyle 800m final on the world championships for long courses event, finishing 6th in 7:50.29. In the 1500 m freestyle competition, Paltrinieri took home an Olympic bronze medal, with an average of 14:45.38 setting an unofficial national record.

In 2014 Paltrinieri at the Italian Swimming Championships in Riccione finished second in 800 metres freestyle event with a time of 7:43.01, behind Gabriele Detti who established a new European record in the distance. Three days later Paltrinieri established a new national record of 14:44.50 in the 1500 m freestyle event. The day before the meet, Paltrinieri had swum an unofficial world best time of 50:56.50 in the 5 km (long course pool) at the Italian indoor distance championships in Riccione.

At the end of the year Paltrineri took part at the 2015 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Netanya (Israel); here he established a new 1500 metres freestyle world record of 14:08.06 winning the gold medal ahead fellow Italian and friend Gabriele Detti. The previous record set in 2001 by Grant Hackett was beaten by 2.04 seconds. With the gold medal, Paltrinieri also became the simultaneous holder of the world and European titles, in long course and short course, in the 1500 metres freestyle event.

In March 2012, Paltrinieri was awarded the Italian 800m freestyle title. Two months later, he was leaving everyone behind in the European Championships in Debrecen, taking down famous Hungarians Gergo Kis, and Gergely Gyurta at 1500 meters. Time of 14:48.92 was enough to qualify him for the Olympics and it was the second fastest 1500m swim, surpassing the record for the championship. The coach is Stefano Morini. At the 2012 Summer Olympics the 17-year old Italian made it to the first Olympic final by finishing 4th in the highest time, 14:50.11. In the final, he came in 5th with a time of 14:51.92.

Gregorio Paltrinieri Net Worth

Gregorio Paltrinieri is one of the richest Swimmer from Italy. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gregorio Paltrinieri 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

His first international win was at the age of 16 in the European Junior Swimming Championships in Belgrade which he won the gold medal in 1500 meters and an 800m bronze. He was able to qualify to participate in to compete in the World championships in Shanghai, the swimmer did not make it further than the heats, however the next week, in the World Junior Championships in Lima, Peru, he was again on top of the podium, winning silver in the 1500m freestyle and an 800m bronze.

The year 2012 ended with Paltrinieri was 2nd in the 1500-meter freestyle event in the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 meters) He was awarded the gold medal following positive tests for doping for Danish swimming champion Mads Glaesner. However, following an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport the gold 1500-meter freestyle medal was reinstated due to the fact that the test he took following the race, two days following his initial positive test after the free 400 meters, came back not positive. It means Paltrinieri was restored to the silver medal position in the 1500 freestyle.

In August, at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships, Paltrinieri won the 800 m and 1500 m freestyle events establishing the new European record of 14:39.93; with this result he became only the fifth swimmer ever to swim under 14:40.00 in the 1500 m freestyle long course. At the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Doha, Paltrinieri became World champion for the first time with the new European record of 14:16.10, which was also the second fastest time ever swum behind Grant Hackett’s world record.

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