Giulia Ghiretti | |
Nationality: | Italian |
Birth Place: | Parma, Italy |
Country: | Italy |
Sport: | Paralympic swimming |
Club: | Fiamme Oro[1] |
Height: | 1.67 m |
Disability Class: | S5, SB4, SM5 |
Giulia Ghiretti (born 16 February 1994[2]) is an Italian para-swimmer. At the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio she won a bronze medal in the 50m Butterfly S5, and a silver in the 100m Breaststroke SB4. She also won the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in 100 metre breaststroke SB4.[3]
Ghiretti was born in Parma. She was originally a trampolinist until a training accident in January 2010 which caused her spinal injury.[4] In 2011 she began swimming, and made her international competitive debut at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships in Montreal.[5]
Grimaldi an athlete of the Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro.[6]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes | ||
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2013 | World Championships | Montreal | 2nd | 4 x 50 metre freestyle relay 20 pts | |||
2015 | World Championships | Glasgow | 2nd | 100 metre breaststroke SB4 | |||
2016 | align=left rowspan="2" | Paralympic Games | align=left rowspan="2" | Rio de Janeiro | 3rd | 50 metre butterfly S5 | |
2nd | 100 metre breaststroke SB4 | ||||||
2017 | align=left rowspan="3" | World Championships | align=left rowspan="3" | Mexico City | 1st | 100 metre Breaststroke SB4 | |
3rd | 50 metre Butterfly S5 | ||||||
2nd | Mixed 4 x 50 metre Freestyle 20pts | ||||||
2019 | align=left rowspan="2" | World Championships | align=left rowspan="2" | London | 2nd | 100 metre Breaststroke SB4 | [7] |
3rd | 200 metre Individual Medley SM5 | [8] | |||||
2021 | Paralympic Games | Tokyo | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 100 m breaststroke SB4 |