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]
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.