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Federico Bicelli

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Federico Bicelli
Bicelli in 2021
Personal information
National teamItaly
Born (1999-02-05) February 5, 1999 (age 25)
Brescia, Italy
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
SportParalympic swimming
Disability classS7, S8
ClubPolisportiva Bresciana No Frontiere[1]
Medal record
Paralympic swimming
Representing  Italy
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Paralympics 1 0 2
World Championships 1 3 2
European Championships 5 4 1
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 400 m freestyle S7
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 4x100m Medley Relay 34 pts
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris 100 m backstroke S7
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Manchester 400 m freestyle S7
Silver medal – second place 2022 Madeira 100 m backstroke S7
Silver medal – second place 2022 Madeira 100 m freestyle S7
Silver medal – second place 2023 Manchester 100 m freestyle S7
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Madeira 50 m freestyle S7
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Manchester 100 m backstroke S7

Federico Bicelli (born 5 February 1999) is an Italian Paralympic swimmer who won a medal at 2020 Summer Paralympics.[2]

He won a silver medal at the World Para Swimming Championships and 10 medals at the IPC Swimming European Championships.[3]

Career

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Born in Brescia, Federico has spina bifida, which is why he approached swimming from an early age. Federico graduated in 2017 from the Abba Ballini commercial technical institute, now he attends the second year at the Catholic university with a computer address. Competitive swimming began in 2009 with the Polisportiva Bresciana No Frontiere sector Paralympic swimming. Specialized in 50m, 100m and 400m freestyle.

In 2017 he participated in the European youth championships in Genoa, winning a gold medal in the 100 backstrokes, a silver medal in the 400 freestyle and a bronze medal in the 100 freestyle.

In 2018 he participated in the European Championship in Dublin winning a gold medal in the 100 freestyle, a silver medal in the 100 backstroke, a bronze medal in the 50 freestyle and finally a gold medal in the relay 4X100 mixed.

In 2019 he won a gold medal in the 100 freestyle at the Settecolli Trophy [it] in Rome and participated in the London World Championship winning a silver medal in the mixed 4x100 relay, freestyle fraction.

References

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  1. ^ "Federico Bicelli - Nuoto paralimpico". abilitychannel.tv (in Italian). Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Federico Bicelli". paralympic.org. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Federico Morlacchi - Para swimming". ipc.infostradasports.com. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
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