Paris 2024 Olympics, Italians to medal: Simona Quadarella

Paris Olympics: Azzurri to medal

Born in Rome on December 18, 1998, Simona Quadarella knew from an early age that her future lay in swimming, a passion passed on to her by her instructor father, and shared for a long time with her older sister, Erica, who è has always been her role model.

Joining the Senior National Team before she turned 18, after collecting victories in the youth ranks, she è made her name internationally in 2014, winning gold in the 1500-meter freestyle at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing. Despite an unexpected misstep in 2016 that excluded her from the Rio Olympic Games, that moment marked a decisive turning point in her career.

In 2017, at her first World Championships, the Roman swimmer won bronze, and in 2018 she achieved a historic hat trick at the European Championships in Glasgow, winning in the 1500, 800 and 400 meters, a feat repeated in Budapest in 2021. Her claim as world champion in the 1500 meters came in the summer of 2019, also setting a new national record.

In Tokyo 2020 she obtained her first Olympic bronze in the 800 meters. The following year, he enriched his palmarès with four more medals between World and European Championships, and in 2023 he added a world silver in the 1500 meters. In 2024, he won two golds at the World Championships in Doha in the 1500 and 800 meters freestyle. With the goal of reaching even higher goals in Paris 2024, he is making a profound impact on the history of Italian swimming.