Isotta Sportelli (born 2 January 2000) is an Italian synchronised swimmer.[1] She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics, the 2023 and 2024 World Aquatics Championships, and the 2023 European Games.[1] She was a part of the Italian junior national team from 2016 to 2018, and has since graduated to the national team.[2]
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Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Rome, Italy | 2 January 2001||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 54 kg (119 lb; 8 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Synchronized swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coached by | Rosella Pibiri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Life
editSportelli was born in Rome, Italy, to her parents Vincenzo and Monica Sportelli.[1] She is the youngest of five children. All four of her brothers play water polo, with her being the only sibling to "[choose] synchronized swimming from the age of five."[3]
She has competed at the World Junior Championships, the European Junior Championships, and the European Cup.[2] She has also won two silver medals at the 2016 FINA World Trophy tournament in Yangzhou, China.[4]
In 2021, Sportelli won a bronze medal in the mixed duet competition at the European Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, with her partner Nicolò Ogliari.[3][5]
As of 2021, she attended the Sapienza University in Rome, studying Pharmacy.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c "ISOTTA SPORTELLI". XXXIII Giochi Olimpici Estivi Parigi 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Isotta Sportelli". Inside Synchro. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ a b c Galfré, Christian (10 May 2021). "Nuoto sincronizzato: bronzo europeo per Nicolò Ogliari e Isotta Sportelli - IVG.it". Il Vostro Giornale (in Italian). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Isotta SPORTELLI | Results | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Arcobelli, Stefano (10 May 2021). "La prima volta europea di Ogliari-Sportelli: un velocissimo bronzo. Ed è un'Italia d'argento nei tuffi a squadre: la prima volta!". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 1 August 2024.