Martina Carraro (born 21 June 1993) is an Italian

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. She competed at the

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, in 100 m breaststroke and 200 m breaststroke. She was European champion in short course in the 100 m breaststroke at the

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, Scotland.

Career

2012–2018

In 2012, Carraro moved to

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

, joining the Swimming Club Azzurra 1991 led by the coach Fabrizio Bastelli. On 9 July 2015, at the 2015 Gwangju Universiade, he sets the Italian record in the long course on 50 meters

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, with a time of 30.89 in the semifinal, improving his previous record of 31.00 set in

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during the 2015. Subsequently, she still improves this record during the 2015 Kazan World Championships in heats with a time of 30.83, a record that will be later broken by

Arianna Castiglioni Arianna Castiglioni (born 15 August 1997) is an Italian breaststroke swimmer. She was alternate at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 4 × 100 m medley relay. She won a bronze medal in the 100 m at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships The 2014 ...

. In 2016 she enlisted in the Fiamme Azzurre Sports Group, than competed in the women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the

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2019–present

On 23 July 2019, at the Gwangju World Championships, she won the bronze in the 100 meters, with a time of 1:06.36, behind the American Lilly King and the Russian Julija Efimova. In 2020 she qualified to represent Italy at the

. In 2021, she won two bronze medals with the relay team at the

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Hungary 2020. At the

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, held in

, she won the silver medal in the 200 metre breaststroke with a time of 2:23.64, finishing 0.37 seconds behind gold medalist

Lisa Mamié Lisa Mamié (born 27 October 1998) is a Swiss swimmer. She competed in the women's 100 metre breaststroke at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships. In 2014, she represented Switzerland at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Switzerland competed at ...

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(15 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 200m Breaststroke Women Final"
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(in Italian). ''

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''. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carraro, Martina 1993 births Living people Italian female swimmers Olympic swimmers for Italy Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Swimmers of Fiamme Azzurre Sportspeople from Genoa Swimmers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Universiade medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming Universiade bronze medalists for Italy Italian female breaststroke swimmers Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming 21st-century Italian women

Career

2012–2018

2019–present

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