ROME (Reuters) - Italian Federica Pellegrini has become the face of the swimming world championships after raising the sport's profile by spending almost as much time in the gossip pages as in the pool. The 20-year-old heads to Rome, where the long course swimming begins on Sunday, as the host nation's main hope for gold following a string of controversies surrounding world records, costumes, boyfriends, sexy photos and body piercings. She is hot favorite for Tuesday's 200 meters freestyle... Read Full Story
Olympic champion Federica Pellegrini pulled out of a domestic 400m freestyle race on Friday due to feeling ill just seconds before it was about to start. The 20-year-old won the gold medal in Beijing at 200m freestyle and is the current world record holder for that event as well as the 400m freestyle in both long and short courses. She was about to step onto the starters' blocks for the 400m freestyle heats at the Primaverili di Riccione meet before suddenly heading back to the changing... Read Full Story
Federica Pellegrini kisses the gold medal. (Photo credit: Paul Gilham/Getty Images) (Beijing August 13) -- Italy's Federica Pellegrini won gold with a world record time of 1:54.82 in the Women's 200m Freestyle final at the National aquatics center on Wednesday, August 13. Pellegrini's time was 0.63 seconds under the old world record mark. The swim was all the more impressive because of Pellegrini's heavy Beijing 2008 Olympic Games schedule. Sara Isakovic of Slovenia, the fastest qualifier... Read Full Story
They sought each other until they finally met: the fastest female swimmer in the world, Federica Pellegrini, and the new Maserati GranTurismo S Automatic.
The meeting between these two “superb examples of Italian excellence” took place in Verona, where the champion trains by swimming daily in the pool at least 20 kilometers.
To celebrate in the best [...] Read Full Story
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August 14, 2008
Female Physique of the Day: Federica Pellegrini, Photos
BEIJIND (RUSHPRNEWS) AUGUST 14, 2008- -Federica Pellegrini of Italy won the 200m freestyle at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in 1minute, 54.82 seconds, lowering her own world record (1:55.45) set a day earlier.In one of the brief moments where Michael Phelps wasn’t dominating... Read Full Story
Federica Pellegrini said she was the greatest Italian athlete ever after winning the 200m freestyle at the World Swimming Championships on Wednesday in a world record, her 10th overall. Pellegrini, 20, clocked one minute, 52.98 seconds in winning the 200, breaking her own world record. She also was the first woman to break four minutes in the 400 when she won in 3:59.15 on Sunday. "Without any false modesty, I didn't think there were any doubts about that as of a few world records ago. There... Read Full Story
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Federica Pellegrini
Date Of Birth
August 5, 1988
Place Of Birth
Mirano, Italy
Height
5′ 9¾"
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Italian
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Italian swimmer
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