Carlotta Gilli (born 13 January 2001) is a partially sighted Italian

Paralympic swimmer Para swimming is an adaptation of the sport of swimming for athletes with disabilities. Para swimmers compete at the Summer Paralympic Games and at other sports competitions throughout the world. The sport is governed by the International Para ...

who competes in international level events. She holds twelve

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in her class. She won five medals at the

2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralym ...

Biography

She studied at the

University of Turin The University of Turin (Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Torino'', UNITO) is a public research university in the city of Turin, in the Piedmont region of Italy. It is one of the oldest universities in Europe and continues to play an impo ...

. She competed at the

2017 World Para Swimming Championships The 2017 World Para Swimming Championships was an international swimming competition for athletes with a disability. It was held in Mexico City, Mexico and took place from 2 to 7 December. Around 304 athletes from around 70 different countries com ...

Achievements

Records

Gilli is the holder of 7 world records in the long course, 5 world records in the short course, and 2 European records in the long course:

World record in long course

* 50 freestyle 26”67 (Trophy Sette Colli, Roma 29/6/2018) * 100 backstroke 1’05”76 (European Championships Dublin 17/8/2018) * 100 butterfly 1’02”22 (World Series Lignano Sabbiadoro 27/5/2018) * 100 freestyle 57”34 (Trophy Sette Colli, Roma 30/6/2018) * 50 butterfly 27”98 (IDM Berlin 9/7/2017) * 200 butterfly 2’24”07 (Trophy Sette Colli, Roma 1/7/2018) * 400 Mixed 5’08”86 (IDM Berlin 7/6/2018)

European record in long course

* 200 freestyle 2’08”01 (Trophy Sette Colli, Roma 23/6/2018) * 200 mixed 2’22”12 (European Championships Dublin 15/8/2018)

World record in short course

* 100 freestyle 59”30 (Italian Championships FINP, Loano, 2/12/2018) * 100 butterfly 1’03”92 (Italian Championships FINP, Loano, 2/12/2018) * 100 backstroke 1’06”44 (Italian Championships FINP, Portici, 30/11/2019) * 50 freestyle 27”07 (Italian Championships FINP, Portici, 30/11/2019) * 50 butterfly 29”43 (Italian Championships FINP, Portici, 30/11/2019)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gilli, Carlotta 2001 births Living people Sportspeople from Turin Paralympic swimmers for Italy Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships Medalists at the World Para Swimming European Championships Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in swimming Paralympic gold medalists for Italy Paralympic silver medalists for Italy Paralympic bronze medalists for Italy Paralympic athletes of Fiamme Oro Italian female freestyle swimmers Italian female backstroke swimmers Italian female medley swimmers Italian female butterfly swimmers S13-classified para swimmers 21st-century Italian women