Simona Quadarella

{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Simona Quadarella

| image = Simona Nanchino medaglia2.jpg

| caption = Quadarella with her gold medal won at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

| national_team = Italy

| strokes = Freestyle

| club =

| coach = Christian Minotti

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|12|18|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Rome, Italy

| height = 1.72 m{{cite web |title=Simona QUADARELLA |url=https://www.worldaquatics.com/athletes/1020846/simona-quadarella/profile |publisher=World Aquatics |access-date=11 August 2024}}

| weight = 63 kg

| medaltemplates=

{{MedalCountry|{{ITA}}}}

{{MedalCount|total=yes

| Olympic Games | 0 | 0 | 1

| World Championships (LC) | 3 | 2 | 2

| World Championships (SC) | 0 | 2 | 1

| European Championships (LC) | 8 | 1 | 1

| European Championships (SC) | 2 | 2 | 1

| Universiade | 2 | 0 | 1

| Mediterranean Games | 2 | 0 | 0

}}

Simona Quadarella ({{IPA|it|siˈmoːna kwadaˈrɛlla}}; born 18 December 1998) is an Italian swimmer. She specializes in long distance freestyle events. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal in Women's 800 metre freestyle,{{Cite web|title=Swimming - QUADARELLA Simona|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1350369-quadarella-simona.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=18 September 2021|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|language=en-us|archive-date=18 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918200152/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1350369-quadarella-simona.htm}} and at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, won the gold medal in the 1500 m freestyle, and the silver medal in the 800 m freestyle.{{cite web|url=https://swimswam.com/italian-simona-quadarella-crushes-decade-old-national-record-in-1500-win/|title=Italian Simona Quadarella Crushes Decade-Old National Record in 1500 Win|website=SwimSwam|date=23 July 2019}}

Career

Quadarella competed in the women's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships,{{cite web |url=https://fina-budapest2017.com/en/home |title=2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes |access-date=25 July 2017 |work=Budapest 2017}} winning the bronze medal.{{cite web|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/000111010A0201F304FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|title=17th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN) - Women's 1500m Freestyle|publisher=omegatiming.com|access-date=26 May 2021}} After her international explosion, which took place in 2017 at the age of 19, Simona Quadarella won 9 international medals in the two-year period 2017-2018 (7 gold and 2 bronze), including a trio of gold medals at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships in 400 m, 800 m and 1500 m freestyle.{{cite web|url=https://www.federnuoto.it/discipline/nuoto/azzurri/simona-quadarella.html|title=Simona Quadarella - Biography|publisher=federnuoto.it|access-date=10 August 2018}}

Than in July 2019, Quadarella won her first world title at the World Championships in Gwangju, taking gold in the 1500 m in a time of 15:40.89. She also won a silver medal in the 800 m race in a time of 8:14.99.

At the European Championships in Budapest 2020, held in May 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Quadarella won three gold medals (400 m, 800 m, 1500 m freestyle - the same feat achieved three years earlier in Glasgow 2018) and a bronze medal in the 4x200m freestyle.{{cite web|url=https://nuotounostiledivita.it/albo-oro-nazionale-italiana/|title=ALBO D'ORO DELLA NAZIONALE ITALIANA DI NUOTO|date=6 February 2019 |publisher=nuotounostiledivita.it|language=it|access-date=25 May 2021}} In July 2021, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, which were also postponed to 2021 due to the pandemic, she won the bronze medal in the 800 metre freestyle with a time of 8:18.35.[https://www.espn.com/olympics/summer/2020/results/_/event/374/discipline/39 "2020 Summer Olympics Results - Swimming: Women's 800m Freestyle"]. ESPN. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2022.

For the 1500 metre freestyle at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, Quadarella placed fifth with a time of 16:03.84, finishing over 14 seconds behind bronze medalist Lani Pallister of Australia.FINA (20 June 2022). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700000201F30104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 1500m Freestyle Final Results"]. Omega Timing. Retrieved 26 June 2022.Adami, Davide (20 June 2022). [https://www.oasport.it/2022/06/nuoto-simona-quadarella-e-stato-un-incubo-ero-irriconoscibile-devo-pensare-agli-800-sl/?refresh_ce "Nuoto, Simona Quadarella: "E' stato un incubo, ero irriconoscibile. Devo pensare agli 800 sl""] (in Italian). OA Sport. Retrieved 26 June 2022. She followed her performance up with a bronze medal-winning time of 8:19.00 in the 800 metre freestyle four days later.FINA (24 June 2022). [https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011700000201F10104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 800m Freestyle Final Results"]. Omega Timing. Retrieved 26 June 2022.[https://sport.sky.it/altri-sport/nuoto/2022/06/24/mondiali-nuoto-quadarella-risultati-oggi "Mondiali nuoto, i risultati di oggi: Quadarella bronzo negli 800 stile"] (in Italian). Sky Sport. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.

=2022 European Championships=

At the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, held two months later in Rome, Quadarella won the gold medal in the 800 metre freestyle with a time of 8:20.54.LEN (12 August 2022). [https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMW800MFR------------FNL---------_73A2%201.0.pdf?x=10:52:44 "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 800m Freestyle Women Final"]. Microplus. Retrieved 12 August 2022.[https://www.lasicilia.it/ultimiaggiornamenti/news/nuoto-europei-simona-quadarella-oro-negli-800-stile-libero-1781689/ "Nuoto: Europei, Simona Quadarella oro negli 800 stile libero"] (in Italian). La Sicilia. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.[https://tg24.sky.it/sport/2022/08/12/europei-nuoto-2022-risultati-gare-oggi "Nuoto, 5 ori azzurri: Quadarella, Martinenghi, Panziera e Ceccon dopo Minisini"] (in Italian). Sky TG24. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022. The title was her third-consecutive in the 800 metre freestyle at LEN European Aquatics Championships and was the first time a female swimmer achieved the title in the event three times in a row.Arcari, Marco (12 August 2022). [https://www.eurosport.it/nuoto/europei-di-nuoto/2022/nuoto-simona-quadarella-da-impazzire-terzo-oro-europeo-di-fila-negli-800-stile-libero-e-record_sto9082276/story.shtml "Nuoto - Simona Quadarella de impazzire! Terzo oro Europei di fila negli stile libero: è record"] (in Italian). Eurosport. Retrieved 15 August 2022. Three days later, she won the gold medal in the 1500 metre freestyle with a time of 15:54.15.LEN (15 August 2022). [https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMW1500MFR-----------FNL---------_73A2%201.0.pdf?x=10:53:41 "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 1500m Freestyle Women Final"]. Microplus. Retrieved 15 August 2022.[https://www.quotidiano.net/sport/altri%20sport/europei-nuoto-oggi-1.7983383 "Risultati Europei nuoto oggi, 3 medaglie d'oro per Italia. Simona Quadarella stellare"] (in Italian). Quotidiano.net. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022. The win marked her third-consecutive gold medal in the event at LEN European Aquatics Championships.[https://www.rainews.it/maratona/2022/08/roma2022-europei-nuoto-gare-cronaca-diretta-live-streaming-15-agosto-16c6b013-b2e0-4bc7-9195-acfedc97911f.html "Monumentale Quadarella: oro nei 1500 sl. Sincro da record. Storico oro nei tuffi"] (in Italian). Rai News. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022. Her medal also brought her total number of gold medals won at LEN European Aquatics Championships to eight, setting a new record for the most gold medals won by a female Italian swimmer over the course of their career at the Championships.OA Sport (15 August 2022). [https://www.eurosport.it/nuoto/europei-di-nuoto/2022/europei-nuoto-simona-quadarella-regina-martina-caramignoli-3a-doppietta-stratosferica-nei-1500-sl-a-_sto9086944/story.shtml "Europei Nuoto, Simona Quadarella regina, Martina Caramignoli ^a-: doppietta stratosferica nei 1500 sl a Roma"] (in Italian). Eurosport. Retrieved 15 August 2022. The final day, she won the silver medal in the 400 metre freestyle, finishing behind gold medalist Isabel Marie Gose of Germany with a time of 4:04.77.LEN (17 August 2022). [https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMW400MFR------------FNL---------_73A2%201.0.pdf?x=14:34:27 "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 400m Freestyle Women Final"]. Microplus. Retrieved 17 August 2022.Martínez, Alberto (17 August 2022). [https://as.com/masdeporte/polideportivo/italia-arrasa-en-roma-n/ "Italia arrasa en Roma"] (in Spanish). Diario AS. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

National records

800 m freestyle: 8:14.99 Gwangju, 27 July 2019 - current holder{{cite web|url=https://www.federnuoto.it/home/nuoto/records/vasca-50m/assoluti-femminili.html|title=Nuoto - Primati Femminili Assoluti in vasca lunga|language=it|publisher=federnuoto.it|access-date=25 May 2021}}
1500 m freestyle: 15:40.89 Gwangju, 23 July 2019 - current holder

International medals

;Individual

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rowspan=3\|2017 \| align=left\|World Championships (LC) \|		{{bronze3}}
align=left\|Universiade \|	{{gold1}}	{{gold1}}
align=left\|European Championships (SC) \|	{{bronze3}}
rowspan=3\|2018 \| align=left\|Mediterranean Games \| {{gold1}}	{{gold1}}
align=left\|European Championships (LC) \| {{gold1}}	{{gold1}}	{{gold1}}
align=left\|World Championships (SC) \|	{{silver2}}
rowspan=2\|2019 \| align=left\|World Championships (LC) \|	{{silver2}}	{{gold1}}
align=left\|European Championships (SC) \| {{gold1}}	{{gold1}}
rowspan="3" \| 2021 \| align=left\|European Championships (LC) \| {{gold1}}	{{gold1}}	{{gold1}}
align=left\|Olympic Games \| \|{{Bronze3}} \|
align=left\|European Championships (SC) \| \|{{silver2}}	{{silver2}}
rowspan=2\|2022 \| align=left\|World Championships (LC)		{{bronze3}}
align=left\|European Championships (LC) \| {{Silver2}}	{{Gold1}}	{{Gold1}}
rowspan=2\|2023 \| align=left\|World Championships (LC)			{{silver2}}
align=left\|European Championships (SC) \| {{Gold1}}	{{Silver2}}	{{Silver2}}
rowspan=2\|2024 \| align=left\|World Championships (LC)		{{Gold1}}	{{Gold1}}
align=left\|Olympic Games (LC) \| ?	?	?