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Filippo Magnini

Personal information
Nickname(s)	Magno, Superpippo
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1982-02-02) 2 February 1982 (age 42) Pesaro, Italy
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	80 kg (180 lb; 13 st)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Coach	Claudio Rossetto
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 1 World Championships (LC) 2 1 1 World Championships (SC) 2 5 2 European Championships (LC) 9 5 5 European Championships (SC) 8 7 5 Olympic Games Bronze 2004 Athens 4×200 m freestyle World Championships (LC) Gold 2005 Montreal 100 m freestyle Gold 2007 Melbourne 100 m freestyle Silver 2007 Melbourne 4×100 m freestyle Bronze 2015 Kazan 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (SC) Gold 2006 Shanghai 4×100 m freestyle Gold 2006 Shanghai 4×200 m freestyle Silver 2006 Shanghai 100 m freestyle Silver 2006 Shanghai 200 m freestyle Silver 2008 Manchester 100 m freestyle Silver 2012 Istanbul 4×100 m freestyle Silver 2014 Doha 4×200 m freestyle Bronze 2008 Manchester 4×200 m freestyle Bronze 2014 Doha 4×50 m freestyle European Championships (LC) Gold 2004 Madrid 100 m freestyle Gold 2004 Madrid 4×100 m freestyle Gold 2004 Madrid 4×200 m freestyle Gold 2006 Budapest 100 m freestyle Gold 2006 Budapest 4×100 m freestyle Gold 2006 Budapest 4×200 m freestyle Gold 2008 Eindhoven 4×200 m freestyle Gold 2012 Debrecen 100 m freestyle Gold 2012 Debrecen 4×100 m medley Silver 2008 Eindhoven 4×100 m freestyle Silver 2012 Debrecen 4×100 m freestyle Silver 2012 Debrecen 4×200 m freestyle Silver 2016 London 4×100 m freestyle Silver 2016 London 4×100 m mixed freestyle Bronze 2004 Madrid 200 m freestyle Bronze 2006 Budapest 200 m freestyle Bronze 2008 Eindhoven 100 m freestyle Bronze 2014 Berlin 4×100 m freestyle Bronze 2016 London 4x200 m freestyle European Championships (SC) Gold 2004 Vienna 200 m freestyle Gold 2005 Trieste 100 m freestyle Gold 2005 Trieste 200 m freestyle Gold 2006 Helsinki 100 m freestyle Gold 2006 Helsinki 200 m freestyle Gold 2007 Debrecen 200 m freestyle Gold 2008 Rijeka 4×50 m medley Gold 2010 Eindhoven 4×50 m freestyle Silver 2003 Dublin 100 m freestyle Silver 2004 Vienna 100 m freestyle Silver 2008 Rijeka 4×50 m freestyle Silver 2010 Eindhoven 4×50 m medley Silver 2011 Szczecin 200 m freestyle Silver 2013 Herning 4×50 m freestyle Silver 2015 Netanya 4×50 m freestyle Bronze 2006 Helsinki 4×50 m medley Bronze 2007 Debrecen 100 m freestyle Bronze 2008 Rijeka 100 m freestyle Bronze 2009 Istanbul 4×50 m freestyle Bronze 2013 Herning 200 m freestyle Mediterranean Games Gold 2009 Pescara 4×200 m freestyle Silver 2005 Almería 100 m freestyle Silver 2009 Pescara 100 m freestyle

Filippo Magnini (Italian pronunciation: [fiˈlippo maɲˈɲiːni]; born 2 February 1982) is an Italian retired competitive swimmer who was twice 100 metres freestyle World champion and three times European champion at that distance.

Biography

Magnini was born in Pesaro, Marche.

As a youth he played basketball, soccer, beach volleyball and tennis, but shifted to swimming at the age of ten. His first cap with Italian Swimming National Team was in 1998. Raised as a breaststroker, after 2000 he dedicated totally to freestyle swimming, soon to achieving noteworthy results. Magnini gained his first international honour in 2003, with a silver medal in 100 m freestyle at the European Swimming Championships (short course) in Dublin. He won three more gold medals (in the 100 m, 4×100 m relay and 4×200 m relay freestyle) and one bronze medal at the 2004 European Championships (long course) in Madrid. At the 2004 Summer Olympics Magnini won the bronze medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay, achieving 5th place in the 100 m freestyle. His steady rise reached its highest point at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships, where he won the gold medal in the men's 100 m freestyle with the time of 48.12, then the all-time second fastest behind Pieter van den Hoogenband's world record.

At the 2006 European Aquatics Championships he won the gold medal in the 100 m and in the 4×200 m freestyle races, and a bronze in the 200 m freestyle. The following year, he defended his world championship gold medal in the 100 m, when he tied for first place with Canadian Brent Hayden in a time of 48.43, resulting in joint gold. He also won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m. Since then he has won silver and medals at the World Short Course Championships (silver – 100 m freestyle, 2007, 4 × 100 m freestyle, 2012, 4 × 200 m freestyle, 2014; bronze – 4 × 200 m freestyle, 2008, 4 x 50 m freestyle, 2014), and gold, silver and bronze medals at European level.

Magnini's nickname is "Superpippo". Pippo is the normal Italian nickname of Filippo but also of Goofy's Italian version, and therefore the complete nickname refers to the funny superhero in which the comics character transforms sometimes in his Italian edition. From August 2011 has a romance with fellow swimmer Federica Pellegrini.

On 8 July 2019, it was reported that Magnini saved newlywed Andrea Benedetto from drowning off a Sardinian beach. "The bather was in a lot of trouble: he was quite frightened, he was really stuck and had swallowed some seawater," Magnini said. "When I reached him he wasn't even able to speak, and it wasn't easy to lift him on to the raft, so we laid him on an airbed that some other bathers had nearby."

Palmarès

	Olympics			World Ch.			World Ch. (SC)			European Ch.			European Ch (SC)			Total
	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	Tot
Individual	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	3	6	3	3	11	6	6	23
Team	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	6	5	2	2	4	2	10	12	8	30
Total	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	5	2	9	5	5	8	7	5	21	18	14	53

Personal bests

In long-course swim pools Magnini's personal bests are:

• 100 m freestyle: 48.04 (46.52 in short course)
• 200 m freestyle: 1:47.20 (1:42.89 in short course)

See also

In Spanish: Filippo Magnini para niños

• Italian swimmers multiple medalists at the internetional competitions* List of Italian records in swimming
• Italian record progression 100 metres freestyle
• Italian record progression 200 metres freestyle
• List of Mediterranean Games records in swimming