Margherita Panziera (born 12 August 1995) is an Italian

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. She competed at the

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, in 100 m backstroke and 200 m backstroke. She is also a three-time European Champion in the 200 metre backstroke, winning in 2018, 2021, and 2022.

Career

In 2015, at the World Championships in Kazan, in the 200 m

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competition, she took 10th place, with a time of 2:09.5. A year later, during the

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, in 200 m backstroke, she took 17th place with a time of 2:10.92. In July 2017, at the 200 m World Championships in Budapest, the backstroke was the fourteenth (2:10.95). In the eliminations of 100 m, backstroke, she achieved the time 1:01.03 and took 20th place, not qualifying for the semi-finals. In December of the same year, during the

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at the short course (25 m) in

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, she won the bronze medal over the distance of 200 m backstroke and set a new record for Italy with time 2:02.43. In August 2018, at the European Championships in Glasgow, she won the 200 m backstroke competition, with a time of 2: 06.18 minutes. Panziera improved both the records of the championship and her country. In a distance twice as short, she took fifth place (59.71). In 2020 she qualified to represent Italy at the

. At the 2021 European Aquatics Championships she won five medals, a gold, two silver and two bronze. At the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, held in

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in August, Panziera won the gold medal in the 200 metre backstroke with a time of 2:07.13.

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(12 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 200m Backstroke Women Final"
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''. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022."Nuoto, 5 ori azzurri: Quadarella, Martinenghi, Panziera e Ceccon dopo Minisini"
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''. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022. Four days later, with a time of 59.40 seconds, she won the gold medal in the 100 metre backstroke.

(16 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 100m Backstroke Women Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 16 August 2022.Canello, Dimitri (16 August 2022)
"Margherita Panziera oro nei 100 dorso agli Europei di nuoto a Roma"
(in Italian). '' Corriere di Veneto''. Retrieved 16 August 2022."Championnats d'Europe de natation: Margherita Panziera sacrée sur 100 m dos, Mahieu et Margherita au pied du podium"
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National records

;Individual long course * 100 m backstroke: 58.92 (

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, Italy, 4 April 2019) - current holder * 200 m backstroke: 2:05.56 (

, Italy, 31 March 2021) - current holder

Achievements

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