Simone Sabbioni (born 3 October 1996) is an Italian competitive

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and two-time

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who competed at the

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and the

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. He is a former Italian record holder in the short course 50 metre backstroke, 100 metre backstroke, 200 metre backstroke, 4×50 metre medley relay and the long course 100 metre backstroke.

International career

2014–2015

At the

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, in Nanjing,

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in August 2014, Sabbioni won a gold medal in the 100 metre backstroke along with Evgeny Rylov of Russia as they both swam the exact same time of 54.24 seconds in the final."Nanjing provides perfect springboard for Rio"
'' International Olympic Committee''. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2021. On 14 April 2015, at the year's Italian Spring National Championships in Riccione, he broke the national record in the long course 100 metre backstroke with his time of 53.49, which lowered the record over two tenths of a seconds from the prior record of 53.77 seconds set in 2009 by

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.Marsteller, Jason (14 April 2015)
"Simone Sabbioni Cracks Italian Techsuit Record in 100 Back"
'' Swimming World''. Retrieved 30 September 2021.Lepesant, Anne (15 April 2015)
"Watch Simone Sabbioni Break The Italian National Record In 100M Back"
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''. Retrieved 30 September 2021.

2015 European Short Course Championships

In early December, at the

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, Israel, Sabbioni set Italian national records in all three distances of the short course backstroke events, including two records in the 50 metre backstroke of 23.23 seconds in the semifinals and 23.09 seconds in the final, a record of 50.57 seconds in the 100 metre backstroke, and a record of 1:50.75 in the 200 metre backstroke.Lepesant, Anne (6 December 2015)
"Sabbioni Breaks Italian 50M Back Record, Now Owns All 3 Distances"
''

''. Retrieved 31 October 2021. He also helped set an Italian record at 1:31.71 in the 4×50 metre medley relay. Later in the month, at the 2015 Italian Winter National Championships, he swam a 53.37 in the 100 metre backstroke, setting a new Italian national record in the event."FINA: Simone Sabbioni"
'' FINA''. Retrieved 30 September 2021.Keith, Braden (19 April 2016)
"Simone Sabbioni Breaks Italian National Record In 100 Backstroke"
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''. Retrieved 30 September 2021.

2016–2017

In April 2016, at the Italian Spring National Championships for the year in Riccione, Sabbioni broke his former national record of 53.37 seconds in the 100 metre backstroke with his new time of 53.34 seconds. The following month, he won a bronze medal at the

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in London, England, in the 100 metre backstroke with a time of 54.19 seconds. (in Italian)

2017 Winter National Championships

At the short course 2017 Italian Winter National Championships in early December, Sabbioni lowered his Italian records in the 100 metre backstroke, from a 50.57 to a 49.96, and the 50 metre backstroke, from a 23.09 to a 23.06.Keith, Braden (1 December 2017)
"Simone Sabbioni Becomes 3rd Italian Record Breaker On Day 1"
''

''. Retrieved 31 October 2021.

2017 European Short Course Championships

Later in December, at the

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in Copenhagen, Denmark, Sabbioni broke his own national record in the 100 metre backstroke again, lowering the mark to 49.68 seconds and winning the silver medal in the event.Sutherland, James (15 December 2017)
"Kolesnikov Narrowly Misses World Record, Takes Down WJR In 100 Back"
''

''. Retrieved 31 October 2021. For the 50 metre backstroke, Sabbioni lowered his national record of 23.06 from earlier in the month by one hundredth of a second to 23.05 in the final, winning the

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in the event and finishing two hundredths of a second ahead of

Kliment Kolesnikov Kliment Andreyevich Kolesnikov ( rus, Климент Андреевич Колесников, , klʲɪˈmʲent kɐˈlʲesʲnʲɪkəf; born 9 July 2000) is a Russian swimmer. He holds world junior records in eight events: 50/100/200 back in lo ...

of Russia who won the silver medal.Pruden, Cathleen (17 December 2017)
"Simone Sabbioni Wins, Kliment Kolesnikov Lowers World Junior Record in 50 Back"
'' Swimming World''. Retrieved 31 October 2021."2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships, Day 5: Golden finish for Sjostrom and the Italians"
''

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''. 17 December 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2021. Speaking to

about the race, Sabbioni said, "Before the race I got really angry. This is the feeling you need to win the 50m. It gives you the power, the strength, the speed. I felt my legs after the turns but anger took over again and it lifted my spirit enough to win this race." In addition to his gold medal and silver medal in individual events, Sabbioni also won a silver medal in the 4×50 meter medley relay, helping the relay finish in a total time of 1:31.91 with his split time of 23.14 seconds for the backstroke leg of the relay.

2018–2019

2018 World Short Course Championships

At the 2018 World Short Course Championships held in Hangzhou,

in December, Sabbioni competed on the finals relay of the 4×50 metre medley relay, helping the relay achieve a time of 1:31.54, set a new Italian record in the event, and place fourth overall. FINA (15 December 2018)
"14th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Hangzhou (CHN): Men's 4x50m Medley Relay Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 31 October 2021.

2019 World Championships

At the

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, South Korea in July 2019, Sabbioni competed in the 50 metre backstroke, 100 metre backstroke, mixed 4×100 metre medley relay, and 4×100 metre medley relay."18th FINA World Championships 2019: Results Book"
''

''. 28 July 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2021. Sabbioni was one of two swimmers, the other being Dylan Carter of Trinidad and Tobago, to have wedge equipment malfunction during his backstroke start in the 100 metre backstroke, and the only swimmer to have the technology fail a second time after officials assured him nothing would happen, this story was picked up and covered by newspapers '' The Seattle Times'' and '' The Korea Herald''.Latimer, Jolene (21 July 2019)
"Equipment failures plague men's 100 backstroke at worlds"
'' The Seattle Times''. Retrieved 21 September 2021.Yonhap (22 July 2019)
"Malfunctioning equipment forces solo re-races in preliminary"
'' The Korea Herald''. Retrieved 21 September 2021. As officials ruled it was equipment failure on the wedge malfunction each time, Sabbioni was allowed to re-race the event until the equipment worked, at which point he swam a 53.85 for his time in the prelims heats and advanced to the semifinals. In the semifinals, Sabbioni finished with a time of 53.71 seconds, tied for 12th overall with Daniel Martin of Romania, and did not advance to the final of the event.

2021

2020 Summer Olympics

At the

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in Tokyo,

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in 2021, Sabbioni ranked 17th in the 100 metre backstroke with a time of 53.79 and competed in the first ever swimming of the 4×100 metre mixed medley relay event at the Olympic Games, which was the preliminaries of the event on 29 July, where he swam the backstroke leg of the relay and helped qualify for the final ranking fifth overall, where the finals relay went on to place fourth.

; Atos (1 August 2021)
"Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: Swimming Results Book"
. '' International Olympic Committee''. Retrieved 21 September 2021.

2021 European Short Course Championships

Sabbioni was one of a total of 40 swimmers named to the Italian team in October 2021 to compete at the

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held in November at the Kazan Aquatics Palace located in Kazan, Russia.Keith, Braden (6 October 2021)
"Italy Declares 40 Swimmers For 2021 European Short Course Championships"
''

''. Retrieved 6 October 2021. He went for depth with his events for the Championships, entering to compete in all available distances in backstroke, the 50 metre backstroke, 100 metre backstroke, and 200 metre backstroke.

(24 October 2021)
"2021 LEN Short-Course European Championships Psych Sheets"
'' Swimming World''. Retrieved 28 October 2021. On the first day of competition, 2 November, he placed third in his prelims heat of the 50 metre backstroke with a time of 23.50 seconds and did not advance to the semifinals.

(2 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 50m Backstroke Men Preliminary"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 2 November 2021. While his time was faster than some of the swimmers who qualified for the semifinals, including

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of Hungary in the same prelims heat, only the fastest two Italian swimmers advanced, which did not include Sabbioni.Sutherland, James (2 November 2021)
"Pilato, Sabbioni Among Big Names Eliminated In Heats On Day 1 Of SC Euros"
''

''. Retrieved 2 November 2021. The same day he was officially withdrawn from the 200 metre backstroke, opting not to race the event.

(2 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Start List 200m Backstroke Men Preliminary"
''MicroPlus Informatica''. Retrieved 3 November 2021. In the prelims heats of the 100-metre backstroke on the third day of competition, Sabbioni swam a 51.98 and did not advance to the semifinals.

(4 November 2021)
"2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 100m Backstroke Men Preliminary"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

International championships (50 m)

: Sabbioni swam only in the preliminaries.

International championships (25 m)

: Sabbioni swam only in the preliminaries.

Personal best times

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Legend: NR – Italian record

National records

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Short course metres (25 m pool)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sabbioni, Simone Living people Italian male swimmers Italian male backstroke swimmers Male medley swimmers Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics 1996 births Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Italy Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Youth Olympic gold medalists for Italy 21st-century Italian people Sportspeople from Rimini