Isotta Sportelli Explained

Isotta Sportelli
Nationality:Italian
Birth Date:2 January 2001
Birth Place:Rome, Italy
Sport:Synchronized swimming
Height Cm:170
Weight Kg:54
Coach:Rosella Pibiri
Updated:1 August 2024

Isotta Sportelli (born 2 January 2000) is an Italian synchronised swimmer.[1] She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics, the 2023 and 2024 World Aquatics Championships, and the 2023 European Games. She was a part of the Italian junior national team from 2016 to 2018, and has since graduated to the national team.[2]

Life

Sportelli was born in Rome, Italy, to her parents Vincenzo and Monica Sportelli. She is the youngest of five children. All four of her brothers play water polo, with her being the only sibling to "[choose] synchronized swimming from the age of five."[3]

She has competed at the World Junior Championships, the European Junior Championships, and the European Cup. She has also won two silver medals at the 2016 FINA World Trophy tournament in Yangzhou, China.[4]

In 2021, Sportelli won a bronze medal in the mixed duet competition at the European Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, with her partner Nicolò Ogliari.[5]

As of 2021, she attended the Sapienza University in Rome, studying Pharmacy.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ISOTTA SPORTELLI . 2024-08-01 . XXXIII Giochi Olimpici Estivi Parigi 2024 . en-gb.
  2. Web site: Isotta Sportelli . 2024-08-01 . Inside Synchro . en-US.
  3. Web site: Galfré . Christian . 2021-05-10 . Nuoto sincronizzato: bronzo europeo per Nicolò Ogliari e Isotta Sportelli - IVG.it . 2024-08-01 . Il Vostro Giornale . it-IT.
  4. Web site: Isotta SPORTELLI Results World Aquatics Official . 2024-08-01 . World Aquatics . en.
  5. Web site: Arcobelli . Stefano . 2021-05-10 . La prima volta europea di Ogliari-Sportelli: un velocissimo bronzo. Ed è un’Italia d’argento nei tuffi a squadre: la prima volta! . 2024-08-01 . La Gazzetta dello Sport . it.