| Margherita Panziera | |
| National Team: | Italy |
| Strokes: | Backstroke |
| Club: | G.S. Fiamme Oro[1] Circolo Canottieri Aniene[2] |
| Coach: | Gianluca Belfiore |
| Birth Date: | 12 August 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Montebelluna, Italy[3] |
| Height: | 180 cm |
| Weight: | 65 kg |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Margherita Panziera (born 12 August 1995) is an Italian swimmer. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 100 m backstroke and 200 m backstroke.[4] She is also a three-time European Champion in the 200 metre backstroke, winning in 2018, 2021, and 2022.
In 2015, at the World Championships in Kazan, in the 200 m backstroke competition, she took 10th place, with a time of 2:09.5.[5] A year later, during the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, in 200 m backstroke, she took 17th place with a time of 2:10.92. In July 2017, at the 200 m World Championships in Budapest, the backstroke was the fourteenth (2:10.95). In the eliminations of 100 m, backstroke, she achieved the time 1:01.03 and took 20th place, not qualifying for the semi-finals.[5] In December of the same year, during the European Championships at the short course (25 m) in Copenhagen, she won the bronze medal over the distance of 200 m backstroke and set a new record for Italy with time 2:02.43.
In August 2018, at the European Championships in Glasgow, she won the 200 m backstroke competition, with a time of 2: 06.18 minutes. Panziera improved both the records of the championship and her country. In a distance twice as short, she took fifth place (59.71).[5] In 2020 she qualified to represent Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[6] At the 2021 European Aquatics Championships she won five medals, a gold, two silver and two bronze.[7]
At the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, held in Rome in August, Panziera won the gold medal in the 200 metre backstroke with a time of 2:07.13.[8] [9] [10] Four days later, with a time of 59.40 seconds, she won the gold medal in the 100 metre backstroke.[11] [12] [13]
| Competition | Edition | 50 m back | 100 m back | 200 m back | 4×50 m mix | 4×100 m mix | 4×100 m mix med | 4×200 m free | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer Olympics |  Rio de Janeiro 2016 | - | - | 17th 2:10.92 (heats) | - | - | - | - | ||||
| align=left rowspan=4 | World Championships |  Kazan 2015 | - | 37th 1:02.17 (heats) | 10th 2:09.54 (SF) | - | - | - | - | |||
 Budapest 2017 | - | 20th 1:01.03 (heats) | 14th 2:10.95 (SF) | - | 8th 3:59.98 | 7th 3:46.75 (heats) | - | |||||
 Gwangju 2019 | - | 11th 59.83 (SF) | 4th 2:06.67 | - | 4th 3:56.50 | 6th 3:44.38 (heats) | - | |||||
| Budapest 2022 | - | 11th 1:00.26 (SF) | 4th 2:07.27 | - | 7th 3:58.26 | - | - | |||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | World Championships (25 m) |  Hangzhou 2018 | - | 15th 58.31 (SF) | 5th 2:02.50 | 8th 1:46.44 | Bronze 3:51.38 | - | 6th 7:43.18 | |||
| Abu Dhabi 2021 | - | 15th 58.46 (Heats) | 5th 2:03.20 | - | - | - | - | |||||
| align=left rowspan=4 | European Championships |  London 2016 | 19th 29.21 (heats) | 14th 1:01.45 (heats) | 9th 2:11.80 (SF) | - | - | - | - | |||
| Glasgow 2018 | - | 5th 59.71 | bgcolor=gold | Gold 2:06.18 | - | - | Bronze 3:44.85 | 5th 7:32.37 | ||||
| Budapest 2021 | - | bgcolor=silver | Silver 59.01 | bgcolor=gold | Gold 2:06.08 | Bronze 3:56.30 | - | Bronze 3:42.30 | bgcolor=silver | Silver 7:29.35 | ||
 Roma 2022 | - | bgcolor=gold | Gold 59.40 | bgcolor=gold | Gold 2:07.13 | - | - | - | - | |||
| align=left rowspan=4 | European Championships (25 m) |  Netanya 2015 | 32nd 28.49 (heats) | 13th 59.24 (SF) | 7th 2:05.60 | - | - | - | - | |||
| Copenaghen 2017 | - | 11th 58.19 (heats) | Bronze 2:02.43 | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Glasgow 2019 | - | 6th 57.45 | bgcolor=gold | Gold 2:01.45 | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Kazan 2021 | - | - | bgcolor=silver | Silver 2:02.05 | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Universiade | Taipei 2017 | - | 12th 1:01.56 (SF) | 5th 2:10.34 | - | - | - | - | ||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Mediterranean Games |  2013 Mersin | - | Bronze 1:01.86 | bgcolor=silver | Silver 2:12.86 | - | bgcolor=gold | Gold 4:11.36 (heats) | - | - | |
 Tarragona 2018 | - | bgcolor=gold | Gold 1:00.74 | bgcolor=gold | Gold 2:08.08 | - | bgcolor=gold | Gold 3:58.27 | - | bgcolor=gold | Gold 8:02.63 |