Nicolò Martinenghi (; born 1 August 1999) is an Italian

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. He is a two-time

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holder in the 4×50 metre medley relay, swimming breaststroke on both relays. He is the Italian record holder in the 50 metre breaststroke and 100 metre breaststroke (both

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and

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). In the long course 100 metre breaststroke, Martinenghi won the gold medal at the

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and the

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, as well as the bronze medal at the

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. In the short course version of the event, he was European champion in

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and won silver medals at the

and

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World Short Course Championships. In the long course 50 metre breaststroke, he was European champion in

, World Aquatics Championships silver medalist in

, and European Aquatics Championships bronze medalist in

. For the short course event, he won a pair of silver medals in 2021 and 2022, one at the 2021 World Short Course Championships and one at the 2022 World Short Course Championships, and a bronze medal in 2021 at the year's European Short Course Championships.

Background

Martinenghi competes nationally and regionally as part of the

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, CC Aniene, swim club.

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(30 November 2021)
"Campionato Italiano Assoluto Frecciarossa - V. 25m: Risulti 50 m Rana - Uomini"
(in Italian). ''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 30 November 2021. He is sponsored by

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."Arena Renews Partnership With Rising Breaststroke Star Nicolò Martinenghi"
''

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''. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.

Career

At the 2017 Italian National Championships in April 2017, Martinenghi set a new world junior record in the

50 metre breaststroke with a time of 26.97 seconds. Later in the year, in December at the

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, he achieved three world junior records, one in the 50 metre breaststroke in the semifinals before placing eighth in the final, one in the semifinals of the 100 metre breaststroke, and one in the final of the 100 metre breaststroke to place seventh, won a silver medal as part of the 4×50 metre medley relay for his efforts in the preliminaries, and placed fifteenth in the 200 metre breaststroke.

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(17 December 2017)
"2017 LEN European Short Course Swimming Championships: Results Book"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 29 January 2023. In July 2019, he competed at the

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in the 100 metre breaststroke.

2021

2020 European Aquatics Championships

At the

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, held in May 2021 in

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, with swimming contested at

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, Martinenghi placed fifth in the final of the 100 metre breaststroke with a time of 58.94 seconds, finishing 0.56 seconds ahead of fellow Italian

Alessandro Pinzuti Alessandro Pinzuti (born 10 May 1999) is an Italian competitive swimmer. He won a gold medal in the 4×100 metre medley relay and the bronze medal in the 100 metre breaststroke at the 2022 Mediterranean Games. At the 2020 European Aquatics Cha ...

(18 May 2021)
"Hungary 2020 LEN European Aquatics Championships: Results 100m Breaststroke Men Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 29 January 2023. Two days later, he won a bronze medal in the 4×100 metre mixed medley relay, contributing a split time of 58.05 seconds for the breaststroke leg of the relay to the final time of 3:42.30 and helping set a new Italian record in the event.Pérez, Marta (20 May 2021)
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''. Retrieved 29 January 2023. On 22 May, two days later, he won a bronze medal in the 50 metre breaststroke, finishing in a time of 26.68 seconds to round out the podium with gold medalist

Adam Peaty Adam George Peaty (born 28 December 1994) is an English competitive swimmer who specialises in the breaststroke. He won the gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the first by a male British swimmer in 24 years, ...

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and

Ilya Shymanovich Ilya Syarheyevich Shymanovich ( be, Ілья Сяргеевіч Шымановіч; born 2 August 1994) is a Belarusian swimmer. He is the world record holder in the short course 100 metre breaststroke and a former world record holder in the sh ...

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."Europei: Doppietta negli 800 sl con Paltrinieri argento, Detti bronzo. Nei 50 rana Pilato da record mondiale, Martinenghi di Bronzo. Terza la staffetta 4x100 sl mista"
(in Italian). ''

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''. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2023. In the 4×100 metre medley relay the following day, he won another bronze medal in Italian record time, helping set a new record with a final time of 3:29.93 by splitting a 57.84 for the breaststroke leg of the relay.

(23 May 2021)
"Hungary 2020 LEN European Aquatics Championships: Results 4x100m Medley Men Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 29 January 2023.

2020 Summer Olympics

Martinenghi achieved an Italian selection time for the

in the 100 metre breaststroke in December 2019 at the Winter National Championships, swimming a new Italian record time of 58.75 seconds. At the Olympic Games, held in July and August 2021 in

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, he swam a 58.28 in the semifinals of the 100 metre breaststroke to set a new Italian record in the event and qualify for the final.Sutherland, James (24 July 2021)
"Nicolo Martinenghi Slices .01 Off Italian Record In 100 Breast – 58.28"
''

''. Retrieved 24 February 2022. For the final, he won the bronze medal in a time of 58.33 seconds, finishing 0.96 seconds behind gold medalist Adam Peaty and 0.33 seconds behind silver medalist

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of the

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."2020 Summer Olympics Results - Swimming: Men's 100m Breaststroke"
''

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''. 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2022. In the final of the 4×100 metre medley relay, he split a 58.11 for the breaststroke leg of the relay to help win the bronze medal in an Italian record time of 3:29.17."2020 Summer Olympics Results - Swimming: Men's 4x100m Medley Relay"
''

''. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2022.Rieder, David (12 August 2021)
"The Outstanding But Often Overlooked Men's Swims From the Tokyo Olympics"
'' Swimming World''. Retrieved 24 February 2022. He also swam in the prelims heats of the relay where he split 57.94 for the breaststroke. His medals contributed to a total medal count of 40 for Italy, which was the most the country had ever earned at a single Olympic Games across all sports."Italy's most memorable medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games"
'' The Local''. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2022.

2021 European Short Course Championships

For his first final at the

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, held in November at the

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, Martinenghi helped set a new

of 1:30.14 and win the gold medal in the 4×50 metre medley relay, splitting a 25.14 for his 50 metre breaststroke portion of the relay.

(3 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 4x50m Medley Relay Men Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 9 July 2022. In the final of the 100 metre breaststroke the following day, he won the gold medal and became the European Short Course champion with an Italian record time of 55.63 seconds, which was 0.14 seconds faster than silver medalist Ilya Shymanovich.

(4 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 100m Breaststroke Men Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 9 July 2022.Mei, Piero (4 November 2021)

(in Italian). ''

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''. Retrieved 29 January 2023.Pérez, Marta (4 November 2021)
"Martinenghi se lleva los 100 braza, Wellbrock se exhibe en los 1500 libre y Szabo gana los 50 libre"
(in Spanish). ''

''. Retrieved 29 January 2023. In the semifinals of the 50 metre breaststroke two days later, he set new

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and Italian records with a time of 25.37 seconds to qualify for the final ranking first.

(6 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 50m Breaststroke Men Semi-Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 9 July 2022.Aita, Alessandro (6 November 2021)
"Nuoto, Europei vasca corta: Nicolò Martinenghi pazzesco! Finale nei 50 rana con record della competizione, quarto Scozzoli"
(in Italian). ''OA Sport''. Retrieved 29 January 2023. The next day, he started the finals session with a bronze medal-win in the 50 metre breaststroke with a time of 25.54 seconds, finishing 0.29 seconds behind gold medalist Ilya Shymanovich who tied the world record set by

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in the event.

(7 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 50m Breaststroke Men Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 29 January 2023.Franzetti, Damiano (7 November 2021)
"Europei: due medaglie dai 50 rana. Castiglioni è oro, Martinenghi bronzo"
(in Italian). ''varesenews.it''. Retrieved 29 January 2023. He concluded the session helping win the silver medal in the 4×50 metre mixed medley relay, splitting a 25.13 to contribute to the final time of 1:36.39, which set a new Italian record and was 0.21 seconds slower than the gold medal-winning and world record-setting relay team for the Netherlands.

(7 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 4x50m Medley Mixed Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 29 January 2023.

2021 World Short Course Championships

In December, at the 2021 World Short Course Championships in

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, Martinenghi won the silver medal in his first event, the 100 metre breaststroke, with a time of 55.80 seconds, which was 0.10 seconds slower than the gold medalist and world record holder in the event Ilya Shymanovich."Nuoto, Mondiali vasca corta. Nicolò Martinenghi super! Argento nei 100 rana uomini"
(in Italian). ''

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''. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2023. Helping achieve a third-place finish with a 1:37.29 in the final of the 4×50 metre mixed medley relay for his second event, he won a bronze medal for his efforts. FINA (18 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Abu Dhabi (UAE): Mixed 4x50m Medley Relay Final Results"
''

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''. Retrieved 28 January 2023. For his third event, he split a 25.30 for the breaststroke leg of the 4×50 metre medley relay, helping win the bronze medal with a final time of 1:30.78. FINA (20 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 4x50m Medley Relay Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 28 January 2023. In his fourth event, his second of two individual events, he won the silver medal in the 50 metre breaststroke with a time of 25.55 seconds.Tiseo, Giandomenico (21 December 2021)
"Nuoto, Mondiali vasca corta: Nicolò Martinenghi argento nei 50 rana a un soffio dall'oro!"
(in Italian). ''OA Sport''. Retrieved 28 January 2023. Concluding competition with his fifth event, he split a 55.94 for the breaststroke leg of the 4×100 metre medley relay to help achieve a new

and Italian record time of 3:19.76 with finals relay teammates

Lorenzo Mora Lorenzo Mora (born 30 September 1998) is a competitive Italian swimmer. He is a world record holder in the short course 4×50 metre medley relay. He is the Italian record holder in the short course 100 metre backstroke and 200 metre backstroke ...

(backstroke),

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(butterfly), and Alessandro Miressi (freestyle) and win the gold medal. FINA (21 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 28 January 2023.

2022

At the 2022 Italian National Spring Championships in April, Martinenghi won the gold medal and national title in the 100 metre breaststroke with a

qualifying time of 58.57 seconds.

(10 April 2022)
"Campionato Italiano Primaverile UnipolSai - V. 50m: Risultati 100 m Rana - Uomini Finale"
(in Italian). ''microplustiming.com''. Retrieved 10 April 2022.Carlson, Reid (10 April 2022)
"Martinenghi, Scalia, And Ceccon Join 2022 Italian World Championships Roster"
''

''. Retrieved 10 April 2022.Lohn, John (10 April 2022)
"Thomas Ceccon Blazes to 100 Back Title at Italian Championships; Nicolo Martinenghi Dazzles in 100 Breast"
'' Swimming World''. Retrieved 10 April 2022. He also won the 50 metre breaststroke with a World Championships qualifying time, of 26.49 seconds, finishing over three-tenths of a second ahead of silver medalist in the event

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(13 April 2022)
"Campionato Italiano Primaverile UnipolSai - V. 50m: Risultati 50 m Rana - Uomini Finale"
(in Italian). ''microplustiming.com''. Retrieved 13 April 2022.Bruno, Gianluca (13 April 2022)
"Nuoto, Niccolò Martinenghi sfiora il record italiano sui 50 rana. Ai Mondiali anche Simone Cerasuolo"
(in Italian). ''OAsport''. Retrieved 13 April 2022.Carlson, Reid (13 April 2022)
"2022 Italian Spring Championships: Day 5 Finals Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved 13 April 2022.

2022 World Aquatics Championships

In the preliminary heats of the 100 metre breaststroke at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships on 18 June, Martinenghi qualified for the semifinals ranking fourth with a time of 59.06 seconds. FINA (18 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 100m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 18 June 2022. He ranked first in the evening semifinals, swimming a 58.46 to advance to the final the following day. FINA (18 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 100m Breaststroke Semifinals Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 18 June 2022. He won the gold medal in the final the following day with an Italian record time of 58.26 seconds. FINA (19 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 100m Breaststroke Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 19 June 2022."Mondial, Nicolò Martinenghi campione del mondo dei 100 rana"
(in Italian). ''

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''. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022."Martinenghi makes most of Peaty absences to win 100m breaststroke gold"
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''. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022. In the prelims of the 50 metre breaststroke the following day, he ranked first with a time of 26.68 seconds and qualified for the semifinals. FINA (20 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 50m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 20 June 2022.Tiseo, Giandomenico (20 June 2022)
"Nuoto, Mondiali 2022: Nicolò Martinenghi vola in semifinale con il miglior tempo nei 50 rana. Bene Cerasuolo"
(in Italian). ''OA Sport''. Retrieved 20 June 2022. Finishing with a time of 26.56 seconds in the semifinals, he qualified for the final of the event ranking first. FINA (20 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 50m Breaststroke Semifinals Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 20 June 2022. With a time of 26.48 seconds in the final, he won the silver medal, finishing three-hundredths of a second behind gold medalist

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of the

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and over two-tenths of a second ahead of bronze medalist Michael Andrew of the United States. FINA (21 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 50m Breaststroke Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 21 June 2022.Fahey, Ciarán (21 June 2022)
"Milák sets world record; 3 more US golds at swimming worlds"
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''. Retrieved 21 June 2022.Montanari, Luca (21 June 2022)
"Nuoto, Mondiali Budapest 2022 - Nicolò Martinenghi Argento Nei 50 Rana! Doppietta Sfiorata Per 3 Centesimi, Oro A Fink"
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''. Retrieved 24 June 2022. Later in the same finals session, he swam the 100 metre breaststroke portion of the 4×100 metre mixed medley relay in a time of 57.93 seconds, helping achieve a fifth-place finish in 3:41.67. FINA (21 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 21 June 2022. On the eighth and final day of competition, he split a 59.50 for the breaststroke leg of the 4×100 metre medley relay in the preliminaries, helping qualify the relay to the final ranking third. FINA (25 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 25 June 2022. In the final, he lowered his split time to a 57.47, contributing to a gold medal win in a European record and Italian record time of 3:27.51. FINA (25 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 25 June 2022."Italy pips US men to relay gold in swimming worlds finale"
''

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''. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.

2022 European Aquatics Championships

The first day of the

, held in

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in August, Martinenghi ranked first in the preliminaries of the 100 metre breaststroke, qualifying for the evening semifinals with a time of 59.08 seconds.

(11 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 100m Breaststroke Men Preliminary"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 11 August 2022. Lowering his time to 58.44 seconds in the semifinals, he qualified ranking first to the final.

(11 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 100m Breaststroke Men Semi-Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 11 August 2022.Pérez, Marta (11 August 2022)

(in Spanish). ''

''. Retrieved 11 August 2022. In the final he won the gold medal, tying his Italian record time of 58.26 seconds.

(12 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 100m Breaststroke Men Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
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''. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022."Martinenghi wins 100m breaststroke European gold, Popovici into freestyle semis"
''

''. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022."Nuoto, 5 ori azzurri: Quadarella, Martinenghi, Panziera e Ceccon dopo Minisini"
(in Italian). ''

Sky TG24 Sky TG24 is Italy's second all-news channel, owned by Sky Italia. Launched on 31 July 2003, it provides non-stop rolling news, weather forecasts and sports stories with half-hourly updates. Overview Part of Sky TG24's programming is available o ...

''. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022. Later in the same session, he helped win a silver medal in the 4×100 metre mixed medley relay, splitting a 58.13 for the breaststroke leg in the final.

(12 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 4x100m Medley Mixed Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 12 August 2022. On the fifth morning, he ranked first in the preliminaries of the 50 metre breaststroke, qualifying for the semifinals with a time of 26.71 seconds.

(15 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 50m Breaststroke Men Preliminary"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 15 August 2022. In the semifinals, he won semifinal heat two with a 26.64, ranked first across both semifinals heats, and qualified for the final.

(15 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 50m Breaststroke Men Semi-Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 15 August 2022.Šimnovec, Miha (15 August 2022)
"Peter John Stevens ima velike cilje tudi za finale"
(in Slovenian). '' Delo''. Retrieved 15 August 2022.Tiseo, Giandomenico (15 August 2022)
"Nuoto, Europei 2022: Nicolò Martinenghi e Simone Cerasuolo dominano le semifinali dei 50 rana"
(in Italian). ''OA Sport''. Retrieved 15 August 2022. The following day, he won the gold medal with an Italian record time of 26.33 seconds.

(16 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 50m Breaststroke Men Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 16 August 2022.Pérez, Marta (16 August 2022)

(in Spanish). ''

''. Retrieved 16 August 2022."Swimming: Martinenghi gets gold in 50m breaststroke"
''

''. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022."Martinenghi è d'oro anche nei 50 rana: per "Tete" il record italiano"
(in Italian). ''Varese News''. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
(in Italian). '' Il Gazzettino''. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022. For his final event of the Championships, he split a 57.72 for the breaststroke leg of the 4×100 metre medley relay in the final, helping set a new Championships record of 3:28.46 and win the gold medal.

(17 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 4x100m Medley Men Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 17 August 2022.Martínez, Alberto (17 August 2022)
"Italia arrasa en Roma"
(in Spanish). ''

Diario AS ''Diario AS'' () is a Spanish daily sports newspaper that concentrates particularly on football. Profile ''Diario AS'' is part of PRISA which also owns '' El País'' and ''Cinco Días''. The paper particularly covers news of the Community of M ...

''. Retrieved 17 August 2022."L'onda azzurra travolge gli Europei. Staffetta 4x100 stellare"
(in Italian). ''

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''. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

2022 Swimming World Cup

On day one of the

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, Martinenghi won a bronze medal in the 100 metre breaststroke, finishing in a time of 57.14 seconds and sharing the podium with Americans Nic Fink, gold medalist, and

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, silver medalist. FINA (21 October 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022 Berlin (GER): Men's 100m Breaststroke Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 22 October 2022. Day two, he improved upon his placement, this time winning the silver medal in the 50 metre breaststroke with a time of 26.12 seconds to finish only behind Nic Fink."La hongkonesa Haughey lanza un serio aviso de cara a los Mundiales"
(in Spanish). ''

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''. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022. After forgoing competition for the second stop, he returned for the third and final stop, in

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, United States, and placed fourth in the 100 metre breaststroke on day one with a time of 57.39 seconds. FINA (3 November 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022: Indianapolis (USA): Men's 100m Breaststroke Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 3 November 2022. The following morning, he ranked third in the preliminary heats of the 50 metre breaststroke with a time of 26.54 seconds, which was 0.10 seconds slower than second-ranked

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and qualified him for the final. FINA (4 November 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022: Indianapolis (USA): Men's 50m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 4 November 2022. For the final, he lowered his time by 0.52 seconds to a 26.02 and won the silver medal. FINA (4 November 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022: Indianapolis (USA): Men's 50m Breaststroke Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 4 November 2022. The final day of the World Cup, he placed twelfth in the 200 metre breaststroke with a time of 2:08.68. FINA (5 November 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022: Indianapolis (USA): Men's 200m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 5 November 2022.

2022 World Short Course Championships

Finishing in a time of 56.60 seconds for the preliminaries of the 100 metre breaststroke on day two of the 2022 World Short Course Championships in

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, Martinenghi advanced to the semifinals ranking first. FINA (14 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 100m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 14 December 2022. In the evening, he helped achieved a European record time of 1:36.01 in the 4×50 metre mixed medley relay final to win the silver medal, splitting a 24.83 for the breaststroke portion. FINA (14 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Mixed 4x50m Medley Relay Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 14 December 2022."Itália conquista 2 medalhas de prata em mundial de natação"
(in Portuguese). '' ANSA Brasil''. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022."Mora wins World silver and helps Italy to European relay record"
''

''. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022. He followed up with a first-ranked time of 56.01 seconds in the semifinals of the 100 metre breaststroke, advancing the to final the following day. FINA (14 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 100m Breaststroke Semifinals Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 14 December 2022. Following up with a time of 56.07 seconds in the final the next day, he won the silver medal. FINA (15 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 100m Breaststroke Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 15 December 2022.Franzetti, Damiano (15 December 2022)
"Martinenghi d'argento ai Mondiali di nuoto: il titolo all'americano Fink"
(in Italian). ''varesenews.it''. Retrieved 16 December 2022.Mei, Piero (15 December 2022)

(in Italian). '' Il Gazzettino''. Retrieved 16 December 2022.Tiseo, Giandomenico (15 December 2022)
"Nuoto, Nicolò Martinenghi argento ai Mondiali nei 100 rana: sfuma il Grande Slam"
(in Italian). ''OA Sport''. Retrieved 16 December 2022. On the morning of day five, Martinenghi ranked first in the preliminaries of the 50 metre breaststroke with a time of 25.71 seconds, qualifying for the semifinals three-tenths of a second ahead of second-ranked Adam Peaty. FINA (17 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 50m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 17 December 2022. In the evening, he helped set a

in the final of the 4×50 metre medley relay to win the gold medal, splitting a 24.95 for the breaststroke leg to contribute to the new world mark of 1:29.72 and break the former record of 1:30.41 he helped set in November of 2021. FINA (17 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x50m Medley Relay Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 17 December 2022."Mondiali in vasca corta: Paltrinieri domina gli 800, oro e record del mondo per gli azzurri della 4x50 mista"
(in Italian). ''

''. 17 December 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022."Mondiali in vasca corta: oro per Paltrinieri e per la 4x50 mista con record del mondo"
(in Italian). ''

''. 17 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022. In his final race of the evening, the semifinals of the 50 metre breaststroke, he ranked first with a time of 25.60 seconds and qualified for the final the following day. FINA (17 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 50m Breaststroke Semifinals Results Summary"
''

''. Retrieved 17 December 2022. For the final of the 50 metre breaststroke on the sixth and final evening of competition, he achieved a silver-bronze finish with fellow Italian Simone Cerasuolo, finishing 0.26 seconds ahead of Cerasuolo in a time of 25.42 seconds to help accomplish the maneuver and mark the first time it was achieved at a World Short Course Championships by any two men from one country. FINA (18 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 50m Breaststroke Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 18 December 2022.Mei, Piero (18 December 2022)
"Nuoto, Mora di bronzo nei 200 dorso. Rana, Martinenghi e Cerasuolo sul podio nei 50. Per gli azzurri rimpianto 4x100 mista: terzi nel medagliere"
(in Italian). ''

''. Retrieved 20 December 2022."Récord de medallas para Italia"
(in Spanish). '' ANSA Brasil''. 18 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022."Argento per Martinenghi nei 50 rana ai Mondiali di nuoto di Melbourne"
(in Italian). ''varesenews.it''. 18 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022. In his final event of the evening, the final of the 4×100 metre medley relay, he split a 55.52 for the breaststroke leg to help win the bronze medal in a European record time of 3:19.06, which was 0.10 seconds faster than the world record in the event pre-start of race. FINA (18 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved 18 December 2022.

International championships (50 m)

: Martinenghi swam only in the prelims heats.

International championships (25 m)

: Martinenghi swam only in the prelims heats.

Personal best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Swimming World Cup circuits

The following medals Martinenghi has won at

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circuits."Nicolo Martinenghi: Medals"
'' FINA''. Retrieved 12 July 2022.

World records

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Continental records

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Honours and awards

* ''

'', Top 100 (Men's): 2022 (#22)Sutherland, James (18 January 2022)
"SwimSwam's Top 100 For 2022: Men's #30-21"
''

''. Retrieved 28 March 2022.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Martinenghi, Nicolo 1999 births Living people European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Italian male swimmers Italian male breaststroke swimmers World record setters in swimming World record holders in swimming Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Sportspeople from Varese Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming 21st-century Italian people