PIROZZI Stefania

Italy

Swimming

Date of Birth: 16 Dec 1993

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Youth Olympian

Place of birth: BENEVENTO

Birth Country:

Italy

Place of residence : VERONA

Residence Country:

Italy

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay ITA Italy

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay - Heat 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	200Fly	400IndMed
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	H (2:09.40)	-
2012	London, GBR	-	H (4:45.61)

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	400Free	200Fly	200IndMed
2010	Singapore, SIN	4th (4:14.61)	H (2:15.59)	7th (2:19.91)

World Championships

Year	Location	200Fly	200IndMed	400IndMed	4x200Free
2017	Budapest, HUN	SF (2:08.62)	-	-	H (8:02.82)
2013	Barcelona, ESP	SF (2:08.09)	H (2:14.98)	H (4:42.33)	-
2011	Shanghai, CHN	-	-	H (4:48.40)	-

European Championships

Year	Location	200Free	400Free	4x200Free	4x200Free
2020	Budapest, HUN	SF (1:59.57)	-	3rd (7:56.72)	2nd
2018	Glasgow, GBR	H (2:01.95)	H (4:13.94)	-	5th

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Nickname:

Stefy (gazzetta.it, 22 May 2016)

Occupation:

Police Athlete

Education:

Law, Sports Management

Languages spoken:

Italian

Club name:

Fiamme Oro [ITA] / CC Napoli [ITA]

Coach:

Matteo Giunta [national], ITA

Other sports:

She competes in finswimming at national level in Italy. (swimbiz.tv, 21 Aug 2020)

Injuries:

SA bout of glandular fever forced her to miss the 2015 World Championships in Kazan, Russian Federation. (rio2016.coni.it, 01 Aug 2016)

Start:

She began swimming at age seven. (pinkblog.it, 10 Jul 2012)

Reason:

She had initially been afraid of swimming after a rubber ring she was on flipped and left her in difficulty at age two. Her father encouraged her back into swimming after she had focused her energy on dancing. (swimswam.com, 22 Feb 2017)

Training:

She trains at the Federal Training Centre in Verona, Italy. (swimswam.com, 15 Oct 2020)

Award:

In 2018 she received the Excellent Athlete, Excellent Student award from the Italian Olympic Committee [CONI]. (swimswam.com, 04 May 2018)

General Interest

General
VERSATILITY
She has competed in different swimming styles throughout her career, a challenge she says, she has not been afraid of taking up. "Medley, butterfly, I haven't missed anything. I'm a Sagittarius person so I have never been afraid of changes and the impulsiveness has always prevailed. I am also very happy that I took up finswimming which has helped me to experience traditional swimming in a much less stressed way that I can now enjoy it once again." (nuoto.com, 18 Sep 2020)

RETIREMENT PLANS
She plans to retire from competitive sport after the 2022 European Championships in Rome, Italy. (anygivensunday.it, 06 Oct 2020)

PROJECT
In 2020 she launched a personal project named Pirozzi Swim Project in which she aims to share her swimming experiences with other people. "This project started from the idea of setting up a platform to transmit to others not only my experience as an athlete but also my love for swimming, and to give them the chance to compete and to do a mini training camp. It is very beautiful to allow people to experience that alongside me. Transmitting that would be a very important experience for me." (nuotounostiledivita.it, 17 Oct 2020)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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