Thomas Ceccon (born 27 January 2001) is an Italian swimmer. He is a

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holder in the

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100 metre backstroke and the

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4×100 metre freestyle relay. He is also the Italian record holder in the long course 50 metre backstroke and 50 metre butterfly. He is the 2022 World champion in the 100 metre backstroke and 2022 European champion in the 100 metre backstroke and 50 metre butterfly. In the 100 metre individual medley, he won the gold medal at the 2022 World Short Course Championships and the bronze medal at the 2021 World Short Course Championships. At the

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, he won a silver medal in 4×100 metre freestyle relay, a bronze medal in the 4×100 metre medley relay, placed fourth in the 100 metre bacsktroke, and placed twelfth in the 100 metre freestyle.

Background

Ceccon was born in

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, in the

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on 27 January 2001."Thomas Ceccon"
(in Italian). ''

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''. Retrieved 20 October 2022. He trains under the guidance of coach Alberto Burlina for

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. He has detained the Italian record in the

100 metre backstroke, since 17 December 2020, starting with a 52.84.

Career

He won the 50 m free style Youth Olympic title and 4 other medals at 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires. He participated to the 2019 World Aquatics Championships. He won two gold medals at the 2019 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships.

2021

2020 Summer Olympics

At the

, held in 2021 due to the

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and contested in

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, Ceccon won a silver medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay on the second day of competition, contributing a split of 47.45 seconds for the second leg of the relay to help finish second in an Italian record time of 3:10.11. For the 100 metre backstroke, he placed fourth in the morning final on day three with an Italian record time of 52.30 seconds, after setting an Italian record of 52.49 seconds in the preliminary heats on day one."Tokyo Olympics: Swimming - Men's 100m Backstroke results"
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''. July 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2022. In the evening of day three, he swam a personal best time of 47.71 seconds in the preliminary heats of the 100 metre freestyle to qualify for the semifinals ranking first.

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(27 July 2021)
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''. Retrieved 20 October 2022. The following day, in the semifinals, he went on to place twelfth with a time of 48.05 seconds, which was 0.94 seconds slower than the fastest swimmer in the semifinals

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, and did not advance to the event final."2020 Summer Olympics Results - Swimming: Men's 100m Freestyle"
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''. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2022. On 31 July, Ceccon helped achieve a fourth-place finish in the 4×100 metre mixed medley relay, swimming the backstroke portion of the relay in 52.23 seconds to contribute to the final mark, and Italian record time, of 3:39.28.

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(1 August 2021)
"Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: Swimming Results Book"
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''. Retrieved 20 October 2022. The following day, he won a bronze medal as part of the 4×100 metre medley relay, finishing in an Italian record time of 3:29.17 with finals relay teammates

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(breaststroke),

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(butterfly), and

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(freestyle).

2021 World Short Course Championships

On day one of the 2021 World Short Course Championships, held in December at Etihad Arena in

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, Ceccon placed ninth in the semifinals of the 100 metre backstroke with a time of 50.22 seconds.Tiseo, Giandomenico (16 December 2021)
"Nuoto, Thomas Ceccon: "Ho migliorato il mio personale, sono felicissimo dell'argento con la staffetta""
(in Italian). ''OA Sport''. Retrieved 29 January 2023. In the same session, he split a 45.71 for the second leg of the 4×100 metre freestyle relay to help win the silver medal in an Italian record time of 3:03.61.

(16 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 4x100m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 29 January 2023. Three days later, he started the evening session off with a bronze medal in the 100 metre individual medley with a time of 51.40 seconds and a placing of twelfth in the semifinals of the 50 metre butterfly with a time of 22.74 seconds.Vaccariello, Luigi (19 December 2021)
"Nuoto, mondiali vasca corta: oro Italia nella 4x50 sl. Medaglie per Mora e Ceccon"
(in Italian). '' Sky Sport''. Retrieved 29 January 2023. For his third and final event of the evening, he helped set a new Italian record of 6:51.48 in the final of the 4×200 metre freestyle relay to place fourth, splitting a 1:44.23 for the second leg of the relay.Tiseo, Giandomenico (19 December 2021)
"Nuoto, risultati Mondiali vasca corta: 4×50 sl sul tetto del mondo, Mora e Ceccon a medaglia"
(in Italian). ''OA Sport''. Retrieved 29 January 2023. The second-to-last day of competition, he won a bronze medal in the 4×50 metre medley relay, contributing a split of 21.11 for the freestyle leg of the relay in the preliminaries before being substituted out for

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in the final.

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''. Retrieved 29 January 2023. On the final day, he split a 50.96 for the backstroke portion of the 4×100 metre medley relay in the preliminaries before Lorenzo Mora substituted in for him on the finals relay and all relay members won a gold medal when the finals relay finished first in 3:19.76.

(21 December 2021)
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''. Retrieved 29 January 2023.

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''. Retrieved 29 January 2023.

2022

2022 World Aquatics Championships

At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, held in June in

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, Ceccon won a bronze medal as part of the 4×100 metre freestyle relay on the first day of pool swimming competition.

(18 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 4x100m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 20 June 2022. For the 50 metre butterfly, Ceccon placed fifth in the final on day two with a time of 22.86 seconds, after setting a new Italian record time of 22.79 seconds in the semifinals to qualify for the final ranking second.Adami, Davide (18 June 2022)
"Nuoto, Thomas Ceccon: "Ho sbagliato l'arrivo ma sano felice, con questo tempo si può andare a podio""
(in Italian). ''OA Sport''. Retrieved 20 October 2022.

(19 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 50m Butterfly Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 20 October 2022. One day later, day three, he won the gold medal in the 100 metre backstroke with a

time of 51.60 seconds.

(20 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 100m Backstroke Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 20 June 2022.

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(20 June 2022)
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''. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022."Italian Ceccon breaks world record on third day of FINA Worlds"
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''. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022. His world record was the first world record set in swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships.Régis, Marlos (June 2022)
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(21 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 20 October 2022. In the 50 metre backstroke final on day eight, Ceccon won the bronze medal and received his medal at the medals ceremony before a swimmer from the

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who was disqualified for an illegal finish during the race had his disqualification overturned and bumped the bronze medal from Ceccon to

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."Italy pips US men to relay gold in swimming worlds finale"
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''. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022. The same day, he won a gold medal in the 4×100 metre medley relay, splitting a 51.93 for the backstroke leg of the relay in the final to help achieve a European record time of 3:27.51.

(25 June 2022)
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''. Retrieved 25 June 2022.

2022 European Aquatics Championships

Two months later, at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships in

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, Ceccon qualified for the semifinals of the 50 metre butterfly ranking fifth with a time of 23.38 seconds in the morning preliminaries on day one.

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(11 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 50m Butterfly Men Preliminary"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 11 August 2022. Speeding up to a 23.14 in the semifinals, he qualified for the final ranking third.

(11 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 50m Butterfly Men Semi-Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 11 August 2022."Semi. 50 farfalla uomini: 3) Ceccon (23.14), 9) Codia (23.48) primo degli esclusi dalla finale"
(in Italian). ''nuoto.com''. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022. On the second day, he ranked fourteenth in the preliminaries of the 100 metre freestyle with a time of 48.92 seconds and did not advance to the semifinals as he was not one of the two fastest swimmers representing Italy.

(12 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 100m Freestyle Men Preliminary"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 12 August 2022. Later in the day, in the final of the 50 metre butterfly, he won the gold medal, finishing 0.08 seconds ahead of silver medalist

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with a time of 22.89 seconds.

(12 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 50m Butterfly Men Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
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''. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022."Ceccon gara perfetta, si prende l'oro agli Europei. Argento nella 4x100 mista"
(in Italian). ''

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

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''. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022. For his final event of the evening, he swam a 52.82 for the backstroke leg of the 4×100 metre mixed medley relay in the final, helping win the silver medal with a time of 3:43.61.

(12 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 4x100m Medley Mixed Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 12 August 2022. Finishing with a time of 24.69 seconds in the morning prelims heats of the 50 metre backstroke on day four, Ceccon qualified ranking first for the semifinals, joined by fellow Italian Michele Lamberti who ranked fifth.

(14 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 50m Backstroke Men Preliminary"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 14 August 2022. For the semifinals, he swam a 24.65 and qualified for the final ranking second.

(14 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 50m Backstroke Men Semi-Final"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 14 August 2022. Concluding day four, he won a gold medal as part of the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, contributing a split time of 47.80 seconds for the second leg of the relay to the final time of 3:10.50.

(14 August 2022)
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"Nuoto, l'Italia vince la 4×100 sl agli Europei. Ceccon, Miressi, Zazzeri: "Volevamo l'oro in casa""
(in Italian). ''OA Sport''. Retrieved 14 August 2022."Ezüstérmes lett a 4x100 méteres férfi gyorsváltó az Európa-bajnokságon"
(in Hungarian). ''

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''. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022."Europei nuoto, le medaglie di oggi: oro a Minisini e nella 4x100 sl, un bronzo, 3 argenti"
(in Italian). ''

''. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022. The following day, he won the silver medal in the 50 metre backstroke with an Italian record time of 24.40 seconds, finishing 0.04 seconds behind gold medalist

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(15 August 2022)
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''Microplus''. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
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''. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022."Natation : le Grec Christou en or sur 50 m dos aux Championnats d'Europe"
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''. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022. In the prelims heats of the 100 metre backstroke the next day, he ranked first with a time of 53.71 seconds and qualified for the semifinals.

(16 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 100m Backstroke Men Preliminary"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 16 August 2022.Tiseo, Giandomenico (16 August 2022)
"Nuoto, risultati batterie 16 agosto: Thomas Ceccon e Arianna Castiglioni sugli scudi, 4×200 sl mixed in Finale"
(in Italian). ''OA Sport''. Retrieved 16 August 2022. He ranked third in the semifinals and qualified for the final with a time of 53.48 seconds.

(16 August 2022)
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(17 August 2022)
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''. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022. Approximately 75 minutes later, he won a gold medal as part of the 4×100 metre medley relay, contributing a time of 52.82 for the backstroke leg of the relay to help set a new Championships record of 3:28.46.

(17 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 4x100m Medley Men Final"
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2022 Swimming World Cup

Commencing the 2022 FINA Swimming World Cup in

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on day one, the first day of his first

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, Ceccon won the gold medal in the 100 metre individual medley with a time of 51.52 seconds, finishing 0.10 seconds ahead of silver medalist Matthew Sates of

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(22 October 2022)
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''. Retrieved 22 October 2022."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. On the third day, he won the silver medal in the 100 metre backstroke with his first Italian record in the short course 100 metre backstroke and a personal best time of 49.62 seconds, finishing 0.08 seconds behind 2021 World Short Course champion in the event

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of the United States.

(23 October 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022 Berlin (GER): Men's 100m Backstroke Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 23 October 2022."Conclusa la CdM Berlino. Giorno 3. Tutti i vincitori. Ruta Meilutyte sfiora il WR dei 50 rana (28.60). Ceccon e Razzetti d’argento, Rivolta al bronzo"
(in Italian). ''nuoto.com''. 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022. Across all of his performances at the stop, he earned 52.6 points, ranking as the sixth highest-scoring male competitor, 0.8 points behind fifth-ranked

Kyle Chalmers Kyle Chalmers, (born 25 June 1998) is an Australian competitive swimmer. He is a world record holder in the short course 100 metre freestyle, 4×100 metre medley relay, and long course 4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay. He is the Oceanian a ...

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and 3.7 points ahead of seventh-ranked Shaine Casas."FINA Swimming World Cup 2022: Men Individual Rankings 2022"
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''. 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022. Day one of stop two, held in

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, Ceccon finished in a time of 51.69 seconds in the final of the 100 metre individual medley to win the silver medal 0.66 seconds behind Shaine Casas.

(28 October 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022 Toronto (CAN): Men's 100m Individual Medley Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 28 October 2022. He snatched up another silver medal in the final of the 100 metre freestyle the following day, finishing 0.63 seconds behind gold medalist Kyle Chalmers and 0.17 seconds ahead of bronze medalist

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of the United States in a personal best time of 46.15 seconds.Ramnanansingh, Jonathan (29 October 2022)
"Carter bags fifth gold at FINA World Cup"
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''. Retrieved 29 October 2022. For the 50 metre butterfly on day three, he won the bronze medal with a time of 22.60 seconds, sharing the podium with Dylan Carter (gold medalist) and

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of South Africa (silver medalist).Beckles, Jelani (30 October 2022)
"Carter wins 6th gold of Swimming World Cup"
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''. Retrieved 31 October 2022. The third and find stop, starting 3 November in

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, United States, Ceccon won his first medal of the stop on the second day of competition, achieving a time of 46.27 seconds in the final of the 100 metre freestyle to win the silver medal 0.72 seconds behind gold medalist Kyle Chalmers and 0.55 seconds ahead of bronze medalist Drew Kibler of the United States.

(4 November 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022: Indianapolis (USA): Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 4 November 2022. Achieving a score of 144.8 points for the three stops of the World Cup circuit, he ranked as the seventh overall highest-scoring male competitor.

2022 World Short Course Championships

Ceccon placed nineteenth in the 50 metre butterfly on day one of the 2022 World Short Course Championships, held in December in

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, Australia, with a time of 22.57 seconds.

(13 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 50m Butterfly Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 13 December 2022. In the evening session, he anchored the 4×100 metre freestyle relay to a gold medal-win in a new

time of 3:02.75 with a time of 45.13 seconds.

(13 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x100m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 13 December 2022.Dolci, Stefano (13 December 2022)
"VIDEO Italia, la staffetta Miressi-Conte Bonin-Delplano-Ceccon 4x100 sl brilla a Melboune: rivivi l'oro record in 90""
(in Italian). ''

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''. Retrieved 14 December 2022.Morleo, Andrea (13 December 2022)
"Mondiali nuoto, oro Italia e record storico della 4x100"
(in Italian). '' Il Giorno''. Retrieved 20 December 2022.Tiseo, Giandomenico (13 December 2022)
"Nuoto, ORO E RECORD DEL MONDO! Epici Miressi, Conte Bonin, Deplano e Ceccon: Italia regina della 4×100 sl!"
(in Italian). ''OA Sport''. Retrieved 14 December 2022. For the final of the 100 metre freestyle on day three, he placed fifth with a personal best time of 45.72 seconds.

(15 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 15 December 2022. He also won a silver medal in the 4×50 metre freestyle relay in the same session, splitting a 20.67 for the third leg of the relay to contribute to the final time of 1:23.48.

(15 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x50m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 15 December 2022.Mei, Piero (15 December 2022)
"Nuoto, argento per Martinenghi nei 100 rana e per la 4×50 sl. Bronzo Miressi nei 100 sl. Razzetti fuori dal podio"
(in Italian). ''

''. Retrieved 16 December 2022.Villa, Stefano (15 December 2022)
"Nuoto, 4×50 sl d'argento ai Mondiali in vasca corta. Miressi: "Un peccato". Ceccon: "Ho cambiato lento""
(in Italian). ''OA Sport''. Retrieved 20 December 2022. On day four, he won his first individual gold medal in the 100 metre individual medley, finishing first with a personal best time of 50.97 seconds.

(16 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 100m Individual Medley Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 16 December 2022.Tiseo, Giandomenico (16 December 2022)
"Nuoto, oro di Thomas Ceccon nei 100 misti e 4×200 sl di bronzo nei Mondiali in vasca corta"
(in Italian). ''OA Sport''. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
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''. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022."China's Qin takes bronze, 3 world records shattered at FINA short-course c'ships"
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''. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022. He followed up with a 1:42.61 on the second leg of the 4×200 metre freestyle relay in the final to help achieve a new Italian record time of 6:49.63 and win the bronze medal.

(16 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x200m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 16 December 2022.Pérez, Marta (16 December 2022)
a con doble tope en unos 4x200 libre con récord del mundo de Estados Unidos"">"España, 6^a con doble tope en unos 4x200 libre con récord del mundo de Estados Unidos"
(in Spanish). '' Mundo Deportivo''. Retrieved 20 December 2022. On the morning of day five, Ceccon swam the butterfly leg of the 4×50 metre medley relay in the preliminaries, splitting a 21.80 to contribute to a first-ranked and final-qualifying time of 1:32.31.

(17 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x50m Medley Relay Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 17 December 2022. For the finals relay,

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took his place for the butterfly leg and he won a gold medal for his efforts when the relay placed first with a time of 1:29.72.

(17 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x50m Medley Relay Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 17 December 2022. In the preliminaries of the 4×100 metre medley relay on the sixth and final day, he achieved a personal best time of 49.59 seconds on the backstroke leg of the relay and helped qualify the relay to the final ranking third in 3:23.81.

(18 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 18 December 2022. He won a bronze medal when the finals relay, on which Lorenzo Mora took his place, finished third in a time of 3:19.06.

(18 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 18 December 2022.

International championships (50 m)

: Ceccon swam only in the preliminaries.

International championships (25 m)

: Ceccon swam only in the preliminaries.

Personal best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Swimming World Cup circuits

The following medals Ceccon has won at Swimming World Cup circuits."Thomas Ceccon: Medals"
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''. Retrieved 21 October 2022.

World records

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Short course metres (25 m pool)

References

External links

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