Alessandro Miressi (born 2 October 1998) is an Italian

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

. He is a

world record A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity. The book ''Guinness World Records'' and other world records organization ...

holder in the

short course In swimming, the term short course (abbreviated SC) is used to identify a pool that is in length. The term is also often included in meet names when conducted in a short course pool. "Short course" is the second type of pool configuration current ...

4×100 metre freestyle relay and an Italian record holder in the

long course An Olympic-size swimming pool conforms to regulated dimensions that are large enough for international competition. This type of swimming pool is used in the Olympic Games, where the race course is in length, typically referred to as "long cour ...

and

100 metre freestyle. In the long course 100 metre freestyle, he was 2018 European champion, 2020 European Championships silver medalist, and 2022 European Championships bronze medalist. In the short course 100 metre freestyle, he was 2021 World champion,

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

and

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

European Championships silver medalist, and 2022 World Championships bronze medalist.

Career

In 2018, Miressi competed in the men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the

European Championships The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...

, winning the silver medal. He then won a gold in the 100 metre freestyle, followed by a bronze in the

mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay Mixed is the past tense of ''mix''. Mixed may refer to: * Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category), an ethnicity category that has been used by the United Kingdom's Office for National Statistics since the 1991 Census * ''Mixed'' (album), a c ...

. He is the holder of the Italian record in the 100 m freestyle, with 47.45 (2021)."Alessandro Miressi"
''

FINA FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...

''. Retrieved 21 October 2022. He competed at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

, in Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, winning a silver medal, the Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, winning a bronze medal, and the 100 metre freestyle, where he place sixth.

2022 World Championships

At the

2022 World Aquatics Championships The 2022 World Aquatics Championships, the 19th edition of the FINA World Aquatics Championships, were held in Budapest, Hungary, from 17 June to 3 July 2022. In March 2022, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, FINA banned both the Russian an ...

, with swimming competition held in June at

Danube Arena The Danube Arena (in Hungarian: ''Duna Aréna'', unofficially ''Dagály Budapest Aquatics Complex'') is an aquatics complex located in Budapest, Hungary. It was designed by Marcell Ferenc and built between 2015 and 2017. Design and construction O ...

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

, Miressi won a bronze medal as part of the 4×100 metre freestyle relay in a time of 3:10.95.

(18 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 4x100m Freestyle Final Results"
''

Omega Timing Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Founded by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848, the company formerly operated as ''La Generale Watch Co.'' until incorporating the name ''Omega'' in 1903, becoming ' ...

''. Retrieved 18 June 2022."Bronzo per Miressi nella 4x100 stile libero"
(in Italian). ''

Rai News 24 Rai News 24 is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana. It is the company's all-news television channel, and is known for its 24-hour rolling news servic ...

''. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022. Swimming a time of 47.48 seconds for the freestyle leg of the 4×100 metre medley relay in the final, he helped tie the European record and set a new Italian record with a finals relay time of 3:27.51 to win the gold medal.

(25 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 25 June 2022."Italy pips US men to relay gold in swimming worlds finale"
''

WFMJ-TV WFMJ-TV (channel 21) is a television station in Youngstown, Ohio, United States, affiliated with NBC and The CW. The station is locally owned by the Maag family. WFMJ-TV's studios are located on West Boardman Street in downtown Youngstown, and ...

''. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.

2022 European Championships

On the second day of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, held in

Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ...

in August, Miressi ranked second in the preliminaries of the 100 metre freestyle, advancing to the semifinals with a time of 47.60 seconds.

LEN Len or LEN may refer to: People and fictional characters * Len (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Lén, a character from Irish mythology * Alex Len (born 1993), Ukrainian basketball player * Mr. Len, American hip hop DJ *Le ...

(12 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 100m Freestyle Men Preliminary"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 12 August 2022.OA Sport (12 August 2022)
"Europei nuoto Roma 2022 - Risultati batterie day 2: l'Italia incanta nei 100 rana, bene Miressi e Paltrinieri"
(in Italian). ''

Eurosport Eurosport is a group of pay television networks in Europe and parts of Asia. Owned by Warner Bros. Discovery through Warner Bros. Discovery Sports#Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe properties, its international sports unit, it operates two ...

''. Retrieved 12 August 2022."Nuoto, agli Europei ok esordio Paltrinieri, domani finale 800 sl"
(in Italian). ''

ANSA Ansa (Latin for "handle") or ANSA may refer to: Organizations * Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata, Italian news agency ** Ansa Mediterranean or ANSAmed, section of the above * Applied Neuroscience Society of Australasia * Association of Norw ...

''. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022. For the semifinals, he swam a 47.96 and qualified for the final ranking third behind

David Popovici David Popovici (; born 15 September 2004) is a Romanian competitive swimmer who specializes in freestyle events. He is the current holder of the world record in the long course 100-metre freestyle and the junior world record in the long course ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

and

Kristóf Milák Kristóf Milák (born 20 February 2000) is a Hungarian swimmer. He is the current holder of the world record in the long course 200 metre butterfly and the European record in the long course 100 metre butterfly. He also currently holds the ...

of Hungary.

(12 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 100m Freestyle Men Semi-Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 12 August 2022.Denina, Davide (12 August 2022)

(in Italian). ''

Rai News Rai News 24 is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana. It is the company's all-news television channel, and is known for its 24-hour rolling news servic ...

''. Retrieved 12 August 2022. Finishing third in the final behind the same duo as in the semifinals, Miressi won the bronze medal with a time of 47.63 seconds."Europei di nuoto Roma, risultati in diretta: sincro, Minisini e Ruggiero oro nel duo misto libero. Bronzo a Cerruti e Ferro"
(in Italian). ''

la Repubblica ''la Repubblica'' (; the Republic) is an Italian daily general-interest newspaper. It was founded in 1976 in Rome by Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso (now known as GEDI Gruppo Editoriale) and led by Eugenio Scalfari, Carlo Caracciolo and Arnoldo ...

''. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022."Europei, record del mondo di Popovici nei 100 sl. Bronzo a Miressi"
(in Italian). ''

Corriere dello Sport – Stadio ''Corriere dello Sport'' is an Italian national sports newspaper based in Rome, Italy. It is one of three major Italian sports daily newspapers and has the largest readership in central and southern Italy, the fourth most read throughout the co ...

''. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022."Europei di Roma. Pilato e SuperGreg oro, Angiolini argento, Miressi e Galossi bronzo"
(in Italian). ''

Italian Swimming Federation The Italian Swimming Federation ( it, Federazione Italiana Nuoto) (FIN), founded in 1899 is the principal Swimming Federation in Italy. It brings together more than 1200 clubs. See also * Italy national swimming team * Italy at the World Aquatics ...

''. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022. The following day, day four, he led-off the 4×100 metre freestyle relay in the final with a 47.76, contributing to a gold medal-winning time of 3:10.50.

(14 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 4x100m Freestyle Men Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 14 August 2022.Villa, Stefano (14 August 2022)
"Nuoto, l'Italia vince la 4×100 sl agli Europei. Ceccon, Miressi, Zazzeri: "Volevamo l'oro in casa""
(in Italian). ''OA Sport''. Retrieved 14 August 2022."Ezüstérmes lett a 4x100 méteres férfi gyorsváltó az Európa-bajnokságon"
(in Hungarian). ''

Híradó ''Híradó'' (or often ''M1 Híradó'' for clarity, means ''News Station'' or ''M1 News'') is the main news program of MTVA, the Hungarian public broadcaster. It was broadcast daily on M1 at 19:30 before 15 March 2015. Since then M1 became a ...

''. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022."Alessandro Miressi vince l'oro con la staffetta 4×100 stile libero agli europei di nuoto"
(in Italian). ''Quotidiano Piemontese''. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022."Europei nuoto, le medaglie di oggi: oro a Minisini e nella 4x100 sl, un bronzo, 3 argenti"
(in Italian). ''

Sky TG24 Sky TG24 is Italy's second all-news channel, owned by Sky Italia. Launched on 31 July 2003, it provides non-stop rolling news, weather forecasts and sports stories with half-hourly updates. Overview Part of Sky TG24's programming is available o ...

''. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022. Day five, he split a 47.38 for the second leg of the 4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay in the final to help place fourth with a time of 3:23.62, which was 0.22 seconds behind the bronze medal-winning team from

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

(15 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 4x100m Freestyle Mixed Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 15 August 2022. In the preliminaries of the 50 metre freestyle on day six, Miressi was the third-fastest Italian with a time of 22.26 seconds, ranked eighteenth, and did not advance to the semifinals.

(16 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 50m Freestyle Men Preliminary"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 16 August 2022.Tiseo, Giandomenico (16 August 2022)
"Nuoto, Europei 2022: Lorenzo Zazzeri e Leonardo Deplano approdano in semifinale dei 50 sl"
(in Italian). ''OA Sport''. Retrieved 16 August 2022. The following day, he swam the 100 metre freestyle portion of the 4×100 metre medley relay in 47.17 seconds in the final, helping win the gold medal with a new Championships record time of 3:28.46.

(17 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 4x100m Medley Men Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 17 August 2022.Martínez, Alberto (17 August 2022)
"Italia arrasa en Roma"
(in Spanish). ''

Diario AS ''Diario AS'' () is a Spanish daily sports newspaper that concentrates particularly on football. Profile ''Diario AS'' is part of PRISA which also owns '' El País'' and ''Cinco Días''. The paper particularly covers news of the Community of M ...

''. Retrieved 17 August 2022."L'onda azzurra travolge gli Europei. Staffetta 4x100 stellare"
(in Italian). ''

''. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

2022 Swimming World Cup

At the stop of the 2022 FINA Swimming World Cup circuit held in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

, Miressi competed in the 50 metre freestyle, placing twenty-fourth with a time of 21.94 seconds, and the 100 metre freestyle, where he placed fifth in the final with a time of 47.00 seconds, which was 1.12 seconds slower than gold medalist

Kyle Chalmers Kyle Chalmers, (born 25 June 1998) is an Australian competitive swimmer. He is a world record holder in the short course 100 metre freestyle, 4×100 metre medley relay, and long course 4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay. He is the Oceanian a ...

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

(23 October 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022 Berlin (GER): Results Book"
''

''. Retrieved 23 October 2022.

2022 World Short Course Championships

Day one in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

, Australia for the 2022 World Short Course Championships in December, Miressi led-off the 4×100 metre freestyle relay in the preliminaries with a time of 46.08 seconds to contribute to a first-ranked time of 3:04.46 heading into the final.

(13 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 13 December 2022. Later in the day, he helped set a new word record in the event with a 3:02.75 to win the gold medal, contributing a lead-off time of 46.15 seconds to the final mark.

(13 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x100m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 13 December 2022.Dolci, Stefano (13 December 2022)
"VIDEO Italia, la staffetta Miressi-Conte Bonin-Delplano-Ceccon 4x100 sl brilla a Melboune: rivivi l'oro record in 90""
(in Italian). ''

''. Retrieved 14 December 2022.Tiseo, Giandomenico (13 December 2022)
"Nuoto, ORO E RECORD DEL MONDO! Epici Miressi, Conte Bonin, Deplano e Ceccon: Italia regina della 4×100 sl!"
(in Italian). ''OA Sport''. Retrieved 14 December 2022."Italian men set new World record at Melbourne 2022"
(in Italian). ''

''. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022. In the morning of day three, he swam the first 50 metre portion of the 4×50 metre freestyle relay in 21.26 seconds, helping achieve a third-rank time of 1:24.13 and qualify for the final.

(15 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x50m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 15 December 2022. For the final of the 100 metre freestyle in the evening session, he won the bronze medal with a personal best time of 45.57 seconds that tied his Italian record in the event.

(15 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 15 December 2022.Mei, Piero (15 December 2022)
"Nuoto, argento per Martinenghi nei 100 rana e per la 4×50 sl. Bronzo Miressi nei 100 sl. Razzetti fuori dal podio"
(in Italian). ''

Il Gazzettino ''Il Gazzettino'' is an Italian daily local newspaper, based in Mestre, Italy. It is the main newspaper in the Northeast Italy and is one of the oldest newspapers in Italy. Profile ''Il Gazzettino'' has the following eight local editions: #Veni ...

''. Retrieved 16 December 2022."Mondiali vasca corta, bronzo Miressi nei 100 stile libero"
(in Italian). ''

Corriere dello Sport ''Corriere dello Sport'' is an Italian national sports newspaper based in Rome, Italy. It is one of three major Italian sports daily newspapers and has the largest readership in central and southern Italy, the fourth most read throughout the co ...

''. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022. Later in the session, he swam the lead-off leg of the 4×50 metre freestyle relay in 21.22 to contribute to the silver medal-winning time of 1:23.48.

(15 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x50m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 15 December 2022.Villa, Stefano (15 December 2022)
"Nuoto, 4×50 sl d'argento ai Mondiali in vasca corta. Miressi: "Un peccato". Ceccon: "Ho cambiato lento""
(in Italian). ''OA Sport''. Retrieved 20 December 2022. For the preliminaries of the 50 metre freestyle on the fourth morning, Miressi achieved a personal best time of 21.17 seconds, qualifying for the semifinals tied in rank for twelfth overall.

(16 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 50m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 16 December 2022. In the evening semifinals, he lowered his personal best time to a 21.13, ranked thirteenth, and did not qualify for the final.

(16 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 50m Freestyle Semifinals Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 16 December 2022.Adami, Davide (16 December 2022)
"Nuoto, Leonardo Deplano e Alessandro Miressi eliminati nelle semifinali dei 50 sl ai Mondiali in vasca corta"
(in Italian). ''OA Sport''. Retrieved 20 December 2022. The following day, in the morning preliminaries, he contributed 20.84 seconds to the time of 1:32.31 for the 4×50 metre medley relay on the freestyle leg of the relay, helping advance the relay to the final ranked first.

(17 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x50m Medley Relay Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 17 December 2022. In the evening, he was substituted out and Leonardo Deplano substituted in on the finals relay, and when the finals relay placed first in a time of 1:29.72 he and the other prelims and finals relay members won the gold medal for their efforts.

(17 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x50m Medley Relay Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 17 December 2022. On the final day, he anchored the 4×100 metre medley relay in the final with a time of 45.56 seconds to help set a new European record with a time of 3:19.06.

(18 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 18 December 2022.Mei, Piero (18 December 2022)
"Nuoto, Mora di bronzo nei 200 dorso. Rana, Martinenghi e Cerasuolo sul podio nei 50. Per gli azzurri rimpianto 4x100 mista: terzi nel medagliere"
(in Italian). ''

Il Mattino ''Il Mattino'' (meaning ''The Morning'' in English) is an Italian daily newspaper published in Naples, Italy. History and profile ''Il Mattino'' was first published on 16 March 1892 by the journalists Edoardo Scarfoglio and Matilde Serao. The pa ...

''. Retrieved 20 December 2022.

International championships (50 m)

International championships (25 m)

: Miressi swam only in the preliminaries.

Personal best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Short course metres (25 m pool)

World records

Short course metres (25 m pool)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Miressi, Alessandro 1998 births Living people Sportspeople from Turin Italian male swimmers Italian male freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in swimming European Games silver medalists for Italy European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Championships (multi-sport event) gold medalists European Championships (multi-sport event) silver medalists Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Universiade silver medalists for Italy Universiade medalists in swimming Swimmers of Fiamme Oro Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Italy Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Olympic silver medalists in swimming Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Olympic swimmers of Italy Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming 21st-century Italian people