Gabbrielleschi at the 2018 European Open Water Swimming Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| National team | Italy |
| Born | (1996-07-25) 25 July 1996 Pistoia, Italy |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Long-distance swimming |
Medal record | |
Giulia Gabbrielleschi (born 24 July 1996) is an Italian open water swimmer. She is a two-time individual silver medallist at the European Aquatics Championships, having placed second in the 10 km event in 2018 and second in the 5 km event in the 2020 championships, held in 2021.
Gabbrielleschi is an athlete of the Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro.[1]
Gabbrielleschi won a silver medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade, finishing behind Anna Olasz in the 10 km open water event.[2]
Gabbrielleschi won a silver medal at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships, finishing seven seconds behind winner Sharon van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands in the 10 km open water competition.[3]
In 2019, she represented Italy at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea. She competed in the women's 800 metre freestyle and women's 1500 metre freestyle events.[4][5] In both events she did not advance to the final.[4][5] Two years later, at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she won the silver medal in the 5 kilometre open water swim with a time of 58 minutes and 49.3 seconds, which was less than five seconds slower than gold medalist Sharon van Rouwendaal.[6]
At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, in Budapest, Hungary, Gabbrielleschi won a bronze medal as part of the 6 kilometre team event.[7] She also won a bronze medal in the 5 kilometre open water swim with a time of 57 minutes and 54.9 seconds, finishing only behind Ana Marcela Cunha of Brazil and Aurélie Muller of France.[8][9][10] Two months later, at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships in Rome, she won the bronze medal in the 5 kilometre open water swim with a time of 57:00.3, finishing 1.6 seconds behind gold medalist Sharon van Rouwendaal and 0.1 seconds behind silver medalist María de Valdés of Spain.[11][12][13][14]