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Filippo Magnini
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Personal information
Full name Filippo Magnini
Nationality  Italy
Stroke(s) Freestyle
Date of birth 2 February 1982 (1982-02-02) (age 27)
Place of birth Pesaro, Italy
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 75 kg (170 lb; 11.8 st)

Filippo Magnini (born 2 February 1982) is an Italian swimmer, who was two times 100 m freestyle world champion.

Biography

Magnini was born in Pesaro, Marche.

As a youth he played basketball, soccer, beach volleyball and tennis, but shifted to swimming at the age of ten. His first cap with Italian Swimming National Team was in 1998. Raised as a breaststroker, after 2000 he dedicated totally to freestyle swimming, soon to achieving noteworthy results. Magnini gained his first international score in 2003, with a silver medal in 100 m freestyle at the Dublin European Swimming Championships (short course). He won more three gold medals (in the 100 m, 4×100 m relay and 4×200 m relay freestyle) and one bronze medal in Madrid 2004 European Championships (long course). At the 2004 Summer Olympics Magnini won the bronze medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay, scoring 5th in the 100 m freestyle. His steady rise reached its highest point in 2005 World Aquatics Championships, when he won the gold medal in the men's 100 m freestyle with the time of 48.12, then all-time second fastest behind Pieter van den Hoogenband's world record.

At the 2006 European Aquatics Championships he won the gold medal in the 100 m and in the 4×200 m freestyle races, and a bronze in the 200 m freestyle. The following year, he defended his world championship gold medal in the 100 m, as he tied for first place with Canadian Brent Hayden in a time of 48.43, resulting in joint gold.

Magnini's nickname is "Superpippo". Pippo is the normal Italian nickname of Filippo but also of Goofy's Italian version, and therefore the complete nickname refers to the funny superhero in which the comics character transform sometimes in his Italian edition. Though generally a very fast sprinter, Magnini feels himself at best in the 100 m freestyle, where he can use at best his capability to rise in speed gradually: in this way he can reach a very high speed in the last 25 meters, where normally other swimmers begin to slow. His leg stroke is today considered world's strongest one.

Personal bests

In long-course swim pools Magnini's personal bests are:

  • 100 m freestyle: 48.04 (46.52 in short course)
  • 200 m freestyle: 1:47.20 (1:42.89 in short course)

External links

  1. ^ "2004 Olympic Games swimming results". http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2004/schedules/117BySport.html. Retrieved 2007-07-22.  
  2. ^ "Montreal 2005 Results". http://www.fina.org/events/WC/Montreal_2005/results/sw.php. Retrieved 2007-06-09.  
  3. ^ "12th FINA World Championships". http://www.fina.org/events/WC/Melbourne_2007/results/swimming.php. Retrieved 2007-06-09.  
  4. ^ "Shanghai 2006 results". http://www.fina.org/events/SW/SWC(25m)/Shanghai_2006/results/index.php. Retrieved 2007-07-24.  
World Long Course Champions in Men's 100 m Freestyle

 1973: Jim Montgomery (USA)  •  1975: Andy Coan (USA)  •  1978: David McCagg (USA)  •  1982: Jörg Woithe (GDR)  •  1986: Matt Biondi (USA)  •  1991: Matt Biondi (USA)  •  1994: Alexander Popov (RUS)  •  1998: Alexander Popov (RUS)  •  2001: Anthony Ervin (USA)  •  2003: Alexander Popov (RUS)  •  2005: Filippo Magnini (ITA)  •  2007: Filippo Magnini (ITA) / Brent Hayden (CAN)  •  2009: César Cielo Filho (BRA)
World Short Course Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay

1993: Brazil (Scherer, Ferreira, Souza, Borges) · 1995: Brazil (Scherer, Massura, Cordeiro, Borges) · 1997: Germany (Conrad, Tröger, Lüderitz, Heilmann) · 1999: Australia (Fydler, Pearson, Thorpe, Klim) · 2000: Sweden (Nyström, Frölander, Ohlin, Nystrand) · 2002: United States (Tucker, Marshall, Lezak, Keller) · 2004: United States (Brunelli, Walker, Dusing, Lezak) · 2006: Italy (Calvi, Lanzarini, Galenda, Magnini) · 2008: United States (Lochte, Lundquist, Adrian, Van Wie)
World Short Course Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay

 1993: Sweden (Wallin, Werner, Frölander, Holmertz) •  1995: Australia (Klim, Dunn, Allen, Kowalski) •  1997: Australia (Klim, Hackett, Kirby, Dunn) •  1999: Netherlands (Van den Hoogenband, Kenkhuis, Zuijdweg, Wouda) •  2000: United States (Davis, Walker, Tucker, Carvin) •  2002: Australia (Pearson, Hass, Dunne, Hackett) •  2004: United States (Lochte, Carvin, Ketchum, Mortimer) •  2006: Italy (Rosolino, Pelliciari, Cassio, Magnini) •  2008: Australia (Palmer, Brits, Sprenger, Monk) •
European Champions in Men's 100 m Freestyle

1926: István Bárány (HUN) • 1927: Arne Borg (SWE) • 1931: István Bárány (HUN) • 1934: Ferenc Csík (HUN) • 1938: Kees Hoving (NED) • 1947: Alexandre Jany (FRA) • 1950: Alexandre Jany (FRA) • 1954: Imre Nyéki (HUN) • 1958: Paolo Pucci (ITA) • 1962: Alain Gottvallès (FRA) • 1966: Bob McGregor (GBR) • 1970: Michel Rousseau (FRA) • 1974: Peter Nocke (FRG) • 1977: Peter Nocke (FRG) • 1981: Per Johansson (SWE) • 1983: Per Johansson (SWE) • 1985: Stéphan Caron (FRA) • 1987: Sven Lodziewski (GDR) • 1989: Giorgio Lamberti (ITA) • 1991: Alexander Popov (URS) • 1993: Alexander Popov (RUS) • 1995: Alexander Popov (RUS) • 1997: Alexander Popov (RUS) • 1999: Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) • 2000: Alexander Popov (RUS) • 2002: Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) • 2004: Filippo Magnini (ITA) • 2006: Filippo Magnini (ITA) • 2008: Alain Bernard (FRA)
European Short Course Champions in Men's 100 m Freestyle

 1996: Lars Conrad (GER)  •  1998: Lars Frölander (SWE)  •  1999: Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED)  •  2000 – 2001: Stefan Nystrand (SWE)  •  2002: Lorenzo Vismara (ITA)  •  2003: Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED)  •  2004: Frédérick Bousquet (FRA)  •  2005 – 2006: Filippo Magnini (ITA)  •  2007: Alain Bernard (FRA)  •  2008 – 2009: Amaury Leveaux (FRA)
European Short Course Champions in Men's 200 m Freestyle

 1996: Lars Conrad (GER)  •  1998 – 1999: Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED)  •  2000: Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA)  •  2001: Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED)  •  2002: Emiliano Brembilla (ITA)  •  2003: Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED)  •  2004 – 2007: Filippo Magnini (ITA)  •  2008: Danila Izotov (RUS)  •  2009: Paul Biedermann (GER)
European Short Course Champions in Men's 4×50 m Medley Relay

1996: Germany (Theloke, Kruppa, Hieronimus, Conrad) • 1998: Germany (Rupprath, Warnecke, Kunzelmann, Lüderitz) and Sweden (Carlsson, Isaksson, Åkesson, Frölander) • 1999: Sweden (Carlsson, Isaksson, Frölander, Nystrand) • 2000: Germany (Halgasch, Warnecke, Rupprath, Winkler) • 2001: Germany (Theloke, Warnecke, Rupprath, Dehmlow) • 2002: Germany (Theloke, Kruppa, Rupprath, Dehmlow) • 2003: Germany (Rupprath, Warnecke, Friedrich, Dehmlow) • 2004: Germany (Rupprath, Warnecke, Friedrich, Dehmlow) • 2005: Germany (Rupprath, Warnecke, Dietrich, S. Deibler) • 2006: Germany (Meeuw, Neumann, Rupprath, Schreiber) • 2007: Germany (Rupprath, M. Deibler, Dietrich, S. Deibler) • 2008: Italy (Di Tora, Terrin, Belotti, Magnini) • 2009: Russia (Donets, Geybel, Korotyshkin, Fesikov)







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