Giulia Gabbrielleschi - Swimming
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Giulia is an athlete on the Italian open water swimming team, with many Italian and international successes in the Olympic 10 km event.
She joined the senior Italian national team in 2016 and in 2017 won her first world championship medal, a bronze.
In 2018 she won silver at the European Championships in the Olympic event, and in 2019 she and her team improved on their performance at the 2017 World Championships, winning silver in the team event.
At the 2021 European Championships she won two medals, an individual silver in the 5 km and a gold in the team event, taking her first European title.
In the 2021 FINA Marathon Swim World Series she won a gold medal in the 4x1500 m mixed relay and finished seventh in the individual 10 km, which earned her third place in the World Cup overall standings and brought our country another bronze medal.
Her current goal is to qualify for the next Olympic Games, to be held in Paris in 2024.
In Giulia's own words: "Swimming has always been part of my memories and, like everyone, I started swimming in a pool: I did my first race at 4, and from that moment I knew that swimming and racing would be part of my life and of who I am.
As a young girl I was selected straight away for the national youth teams in swimming and open water swimming, with which I took part in the European and World Junior Championships, winning several individual medals.
As I grew up I chose my path, which is now open water swimming, but I haven't given up pool swimming, which allowed me to compete at the 2019 World Championships in the 800 and 1500 freestyle.
Swimming in the sea helps me find calm and focus, connect with the deepest part of myself and overcome the difficulties of everyday life.
The sea is unpredictable and mysterious; it offers us hundreds of beautiful settings and unlikely race conditions, so every competition is different and lets me explore and face my limits.
My sporting life takes up most of my time, but when I'm not swimming I study at university so that I can later pursue a career in the State Police, which I am now part of as an athlete".
She joined the senior Italian national team in 2016 and in 2017 won her first world championship medal, a bronze.
In 2018 she won silver at the European Championships in the Olympic event, and in 2019 she and her team improved on their performance at the 2017 World Championships, winning silver in the team event.
At the 2021 European Championships she won two medals, an individual silver in the 5 km and a gold in the team event, taking her first European title.
In the 2021 FINA Marathon Swim World Series she won a gold medal in the 4x1500 m mixed relay and finished seventh in the individual 10 km, which earned her third place in the World Cup overall standings and brought our country another bronze medal.
Her current goal is to qualify for the next Olympic Games, to be held in Paris in 2024.
In Giulia's own words: "Swimming has always been part of my memories and, like everyone, I started swimming in a pool: I did my first race at 4, and from that moment I knew that swimming and racing would be part of my life and of who I am.
As a young girl I was selected straight away for the national youth teams in swimming and open water swimming, with which I took part in the European and World Junior Championships, winning several individual medals.
As I grew up I chose my path, which is now open water swimming, but I haven't given up pool swimming, which allowed me to compete at the 2019 World Championships in the 800 and 1500 freestyle.
Swimming in the sea helps me find calm and focus, connect with the deepest part of myself and overcome the difficulties of everyday life.
The sea is unpredictable and mysterious; it offers us hundreds of beautiful settings and unlikely race conditions, so every competition is different and lets me explore and face my limits.
My sporting life takes up most of my time, but when I'm not swimming I study at university so that I can later pursue a career in the State Police, which I am now part of as an athlete".
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