Francesca Segat (born 21 January 1983 in

Vittorio Veneto Vittorio Veneto is a city and ''comune'' situated in the Province of Treviso, in the region of Veneto, Italy, in the northeast of Italy, between the Piave and the Livenza rivers, borders with the following municipalities: Alpago ( BL), Belluno ...

Province of Treviso The Province of Treviso ('' it, Provincia di Treviso'') is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Treviso. The province is surrounded by Belluno in the north, Vicenza in the west, Padua in southwest, Venice in the so ...

) is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

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 ...

from

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who won the silver medal in the 200 m butterfly at the

European Short Course Swimming Championships 2003 The European SC (Short Course) Swimming Championships 2003 were held in the National Aquatic Centre in Blanchardstown, Fingal between 11 and 14 December. Medal table Men's events Final 50 m freestyle Final 100 m freestyle Final 200 m fre ...

. Francesca Segat also won the silver medal at the World SC Championship in Shanghai in 2006 in the 200 m butterfly with a time of 2:05.91, and she won the silver medal at the European Championship 2006 in Budapest in the same event with a time of 2:08.96. She resides in Rome and is trained by Andrea Palloni and Claudio Rossetto.

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1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Vittorio Veneto Italian female swimmers Italian female medley swimmers Female butterfly swimmers Olympic swimmers for Italy Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers of Fiamme Gialle Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy Swimmers at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming 21st-century Italian women {{Italy-swimming-bio-stub