{"id":616427,"date":"2025-07-04T18:08:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T01:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=616427"},"modified":"2025-07-04T18:08:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T01:08:39","slug":"italy-announces-34-strong-delegation-for-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/italy-announces-34-strong-delegation-for-world-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy Announces 34-Strong Delegation for World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Italy Announces 34-Strong Delegation for World Championships<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Italy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federnuoto.it\/home\/nuoto\/news-nuoto\/42015-mondiali-di-singapore-ecco-l-italnuoto-butini-34-convocati-tra-certezze-e-futuro.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Thursday announced<\/a> a team of 34 swimmers for the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The team includes 16 women and 18 men, ranging in age from new European junior champion <strong>Bianca Nannucci,<\/strong> who is 17, to 32-year-old <strong>Silvia Di<\/strong> <strong>Pietro.<\/strong> Veterans <strong>Gregorio Paltrinieri, Thomas Ceccon, Nicolo Martinenghi, Simona Quadarella<\/strong> and <strong>Benedetta Pilato<\/strong> are included. The team will also have <strong>Carlos D\u2019Ambrosio,<\/strong> the youngest member of the Paris Olympic team, and young female sprint star <strong>Sara Curtis<\/strong> in the squad.<\/p>\n<p>Ceccon and Martinenghi won gold medals in the 100 back and 100 breast, respectively, at the Paris Olympics. Paltrinieri earned his fifth career Olympic medal with silver in the 1500 free and bronze in the 800, and the Italian men claimed bronze in the 400 free relay.<\/p>\n<p>One of the big names missing is <strong>Alessandro Miressi,<\/strong> who won silver in the 100 free at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships and has been a stalwart of Italy&#8217;s elite sprint relays. Other medalists for Italy at the Doha Worlds, including <strong>Sara Franceschini,<\/strong> Quadarella, Pilato and <strong>Alberto Razzetti,<\/strong> will be in Singapore. The team also includes American-based breaststroker <strong>Anita Bottazzo<\/strong> and <strong>Ludovico Viberti,<\/strong> coming off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ludovico-viberti-lowers-italian-50m-breaststroke-record-in-sette-colli-prelims-goes-top-of-rankings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an Italian record at Sette Colli<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Italy at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Lisa Angiolini (Carabinieri\/Virtus Buonconvento)<\/li>\n<li>Christian Bacico (Esercito\/Como Nuoto)<\/li>\n<li>Matilde Biagiotti (Fiamme Oro\/RN Florentia)<\/li>\n<li>Anita Bottazzo (Fiamme Gialle\/Imolanuoto)<\/li>\n<li>Federico Burdisso (Esercito)<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Ceccon (Fiamme Oro\/Leosport)<\/li>\n<li>Simone Cerasuolo (Fiamme Oro\/Imolanuoto)<\/li>\n<li>Costanza Cocconcelli (Fiamme Gialle\/Azzurra 91)<\/li>\n<li>Sara Curtis (Esercito\/CS Roero)<\/li>\n<li>Carlos D&#8217;Ambrosio (Fiamme Gialle\/IC Bentegodi)<\/li>\n<li>Luca De Tullio (Fiamme Oro\/CC Aniene)<\/li>\n<li>Marco De Tullio (CC Aniene)<\/li>\n<li>Leonardo Deplano (Carabinieri\/CC Aniene)<\/li>\n<li>Stefano Di Cola (Marina Militare\/CC Aniene)<\/li>\n<li>Silvia Di Pietro (Carabinieri\/CC Aniene)<\/li>\n<li>Francesca Fangio (Esercito\/In Sport Rane Rosse)<\/li>\n<li>Sara Franceschi (Fiamme Gialle\/Livorno Aquatics)<\/li>\n<li>Manuel Frigo (Fiamme Oro\/Team Veneto)<\/li>\n<li>Anita Gastaldi (Carabinieri\/V02 Nuoto Torino)<\/li>\n<li>Christian Mantegazza (Fiamme Gialle\/Trezzo Nuoto)<\/li>\n<li>Nicol\u00f2 Martinenghi (CC Aniene)<\/li>\n<li>Anna Chiara Mascolo (Carabinieri\/H. 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