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Italy<\/strong> has selected a 48-strong squad for the European Championships in Paris next month.<\/p>\n

The team \u2013 comprising 26 men and 22 women \u2013 features the likes of Sara Curtis<\/strong> who has risen to the top table of European sprinting this year. The 19-year-old set a 27.07 European 50 back record at the Sette Colli International<\/strong> last month. She also lowered the Italian 50 and 100 free marks to 24.09 and 52.69 in Rome.<\/p>\n

Thomas Ceccon<\/strong>, who won four golds among six medals at the 2022 edition in Rome, Olympic 100m breaststroke champion Nicolo Martinenghi<\/strong> and Carlos D\u2019Ambrosio<\/strong> who followed up 4×100 free silver at the 2025 World Championships with the 100\/200 free double amid a seven-medal haul at the world juniors in Otopeni.<\/p>\n

Simona Quadarella<\/strong> won the 400\/800\/1500 triple crown in 2018 and 2021 with Isabel Gose\u2019s<\/strong> 400 victory denying her the treble treble in Rome four years ago. The German tops the European women\u2019s rankings over 400 and 1500 this year \u2013 albeit by less than a second in the latter – with Quadarella heading the 800.<\/p>\n

Benedetta Pilato<\/strong> and Chiara Tarantino<\/strong> return to international competition in the French capital. The pair were banned after being arrested for shoplifting following the 2025 worlds in Singapore and incurred 90-day bans that ruled them out of the European Short-Course Championships.<\/p>\n

Gregorio Paltrinieri<\/strong> and Ginevra Taddeucci<\/strong> have also been named in the squad to race the 1500 free should they decide to compete on top of their open water exertions in the River Seine.<\/p>\n

Italy Squad for the European Championships in Paris, 10-16 August<\/h3>\n

Men:<\/h3>\n
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  1. Lorenzo Ballarati<\/li>\n
  2. Jacopo Barbotti<\/li>\n
  3. Federico Burdisso<\/li>\n
  4. Michele Busa<\/li>\n
  5. Andrea Camozzi<\/li>\n
  6. Thomas Ceccon<\/li>\n
  7. Simone Cerasuolo<\/li>\n
  8. Carlos D’Ambrosio<\/li>\n
  9. Luca De Tullio<\/li>\n
  10. Marco De Tullio<\/li>\n
  11. Daniele Del Signore<\/li>\n
  12. Leonardo Deplano<\/li>\n
  13. Matteo Diodato<\/li>\n
  14. Manuel Frigo<\/li>\n
  15. Lorenzo Gargani<\/li>\n
  16. Giovanni Guatti<\/li>\n
  17. Michele Lamberti<\/li>\n
  18. Francesco Lazzari<\/li>\n
  19. Christian Mantegazza<\/li>\n
  20. Davide Marchello<\/li>\n
  21. Nicol\u00f2 Martinenghi<\/li>\n
  22. Filippo Megli<\/li>\n
  23. Alessandro Miressi<\/li>\n
  24. Alessandro Ragaini<\/li>\n
  25. Alberto Razzetti<\/li>\n
  26. Ludovico Blu Art Viberti<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Women:<\/h3>\n
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    1. Giada Alzetta<\/li>\n
    2. Lisa Angiolini<\/li>\n
    3. Matilde Biagiotti<\/li>\n
    4. Alessia Bianchi<\/li>\n
    5. Paola Borrelli<\/li>\n
    6. Anita Bottazzo<\/li>\n
    7. Elena Capretta<\/li>\n
    8. Costanza Cocconcelli<\/li>\n
    9. Sara Curtis<\/li>\n
    10. Chiara Della Corte<\/li>\n
    11. Silvia Di Pietro<\/li>\n
    12. Anita Gastaldi<\/li>\n
    13. Alexandra Mao<\/li>\n
    14. Anna Chiara Mascolo<\/li>\n
    15. Emma Virginia Menicucci<\/li>\n
    16. Sofia Morini<\/li>\n
    17. Bianca Nannucci<\/li>\n
    18. Benedetta Pilato<\/li>\n
    19. Anna Pirovano<\/li>\n
    20. Simona Quadarella<\/li>\n
    21. Chiara Tarantino<\/li>\n
    22. Federica Toma<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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