Delfina Pignatiello

Delfina Pignatiello (born 19 April 2000) is an Argentine ex-swimmer. She participated in the 2017 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships.[1][2]

Delfina Pignatiello
Pignatiello in 2018
Personal information
National team Argentina
Born (2000-04-19) April 19, 2000
San Isidro, Argentina
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Argentina
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2019 Lima 400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2019 Lima 800 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2019 Lima 1500 m freestyle
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2018 Buenos Aires400 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2018 Buenos Aires800 m freestyle

She represented Argentina at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3][4]

Career

She began swimming as a baby, taught by her mother, a swimming coach. She started competing at the age of 12.[5]

Delfina participated in two junior World Championships (2015, 2017) and also in a senior short course World Championship (2016).[6] She made an Argentine record in 800 metres at the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), where she came in 6th place.[7]

She participated in the 2017 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships held in Indianapolis, USA, where she won two events: the 800 and 1500 metres freestyle. She also won the silver medal in the same competition in the 400 metres.[8]

Delfina won two silver medals at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in the 400 and 800 metres freestyle.

In 2019, she won three gold medals at the Pan American Games in the 400, 800, and 1500 metres freestyle.

References
  1. "Delfina Pignatiello, la ganadora del Olimpia de Oro 2017: un reconocimiento a la joven nadadora que rescata el valor del sacrificio". Diario La Nación. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  2. "Historia pura: Pignatiello, bicampeona mundial juvenil". Diario Clarín. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  3. "Delfina Pignatiello, camino a Tokio 2020: sumergida en las redes y con la obsesión en los Juegos Olímpicos - LA NACION". La Nación (in Spanish). ISSN 0325-0946. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  4. "Swimming PIGNATIELLO Delfina". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  5. "Delfina Pignatiello, el futuro de la natación". C5N. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  6. "Delfina Pignatiello: una nadadora cada vez más grande". Infobae. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  7. "Convertir el agua en oro, el preciado don de Delfina Pignatiello". La Nación. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  8. "Delfina Pignatiello: una nadadora cada vez más grande". Infobae. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
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