Giulia Gabbrielleschi (born 24 July 1996) is an Italian

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who won a silver medal at the

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Career

Gabbrielleschi is an athlete of the

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. In 2019, she represented Italy at the

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held in Gwangju, South Korea. She competed in the women's 800 metre freestyle and

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events. In both events she did not advance to compete in the final. Two years later, at the

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held in 2021 due to the

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, she won the silver medal in the 5 kilometre open water swim with a time of 58 minutes and 49.3 seconds, which was less than five seconds slower than gold medalist

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of the

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.OA Sport (12 May 2021)
"Nuoto Di Fondo, Giulia Gabbrielleschi Splendido Argento Nella 5 km Degli Europei"
(in Italian). ''

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''. Retrieved 27 June 2022. At the

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, in

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, Gabbrielleschi won a bronze medal as part of the 6 kilometre team event.

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(26 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Mixed 6km Relay Results"
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''. Retrieved 27 June 2022. She also won a bronze medal in the 5 kilometre open water swim with a time of 57 minutes and 54.9 seconds, finishing only behind

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and

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(27 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 5km Results"
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''. Retrieved 27 June 2022."Mondiali: Paltrinieri argento nella 5km di fondo. Bronzo Gabbrielleschi tra le donne"
(in Italian). '' Sky Sport''. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022."Nuoto: Mondiali, Gabbrielleschi bronzo nella 5 km donne"
(in Italian). ''

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''. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022. Two months later, at the

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, she won the bronze medal in the 5 kilometre open water swim with a time of 57:00.3, finishing 1.6 seconds behind gold medalist Sharon van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands and 0.1 seconds behind silver medalist

María de Valdés María de Valdés Álvarez (born 19 October 1998) is a Spanish swimmer. She competed in the women's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships, in Budapest, Hungary. She took second place for women's 5 kilometers op ...

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.Barni, Gianluca (20 August 2022)
"Gabbrielleschi è bronzo"
(in Italian). ''

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''. Retrieved 21 August 2022."Bronzo a Gabbrielleschi nella 5km acque in libere donne"
(in Italian). ''

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''. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022."Oro per Gregorio Paltrinieri e bronzo per Giulia Gabbrielleschi nella gara dei 5 km in acque libere"
(in Italian). ''

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''. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.Aita, Alessandro (21 August 2022)
"Nuoto di fondo, Giulia Gabbrielleschi: "Ero ancora provata dalla 5km di ieri""
(in Italian). ''OA Sport''. Retrieved 21 August 2022.

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