GREGORIO PALTRINIERI

SPECIALITY 10 Km

SPECIALITY 1.500 freestyle, 800 freestyle

Date of birth: 05/09/1994

Place of birth: Carpi

Height x weight: 1,91 x 72

First Club: Uninuoto

Club: Fiamme Oro

First Coach: Vincenzo Savelli

Coach: Fabrizio Antonelli

Other sports: Basketball

Hobby: Playstation

Relationship Status: Single

Olympic Club: Yes

Olympic Games Participation:

2 (Londra 2012, Rio 2016)

Biography

At Rio 2016, he reached his most ambitious goal with an Olympic gold medal in his race, the 1,500m freestyle. Then the breakthrough, with the gamble of working in parallel also in open water swimming. Having determined his choices at the last World Championships, he obtained the qualification for the Tokyo Games in the 10km. A perfectionist and a lover of challenges, outside the water he is passionate about basketball, the sport he would have taken up if his father Luca hadn't fostered his love for swimming. As a child his idol was Ian Thorpe, whom he met during his training period in Australia, and when watching him race he would dream of becoming a champion. Now in Tokyo 2020, Greg wants to do what nobody has ever managed to do: win both in the pool and in open water.

Palmares

Print

Olympic Games

5° Londra (GBR) 2012 – 1500 stile libero
Rio (BRA) 2016 – 1500 stile libero

World Championships

19° Shanghai (CHN) 2011 – 1500 stile libero
Barcellona (ESP) 2013 – 1500 stile libero
6° Barcellona (ESP) 2013 – 800 stile libero
 Kazan (RUS) 2015 – 1500 stile libero
Kazan (RUS) 2015 – 800 stile libero
Budapest (HUN) 2017 – 1500 stile libero
Budapest (HUN) 2017 – 800 stile libero
Gwangju (KOR) 2019 – Mixed 5 km
Gwangju (KOR) 2019 – 10 km
Gwangju (KOR) 2019 – 800 stile libero
Gwangju (KOR) 2019 – 1500 stile libero

European Championships

Debrecen (HUN) 2012 – 1500 stile libero
Debrecen (HUN) 2012 – 800 stile libero
Berlino (GER) 2014 – 1500 stile libero
Berlino (GER) 2014 – 800 stile libero
Londra (GBR) 2016 – 1500 stile libero
Londra (GBR) 2016 – 800 stile libero
Glasgow (GBR) 2018 – 1500 stile libero
Glasgow (GBR) 2018 – 800 stile libero
Budapest (HUN) 2021 – 5 km
Budapest (HUN) 2021 – 10 km
 Budapest (HUN) 2021 – 5 km Team Event
Budapest (HUN) 2021 – 1500 stile libero
Budapest (HUN) 2021 – 800 stile libero

World Cup

World Series 2021

 Doha (QAT)