Alessia Filippi
Alessia Filippi is a retired Italian swimmer.
Filippi won the gold medal in the 1500 m at the 2009 World Championships in Rome.
Biography
Filippi excels in backstroke and individual medley races, as well as in middle-distance freestyle.She won 400 m individual medley at the 2006 European Swimming Championships in Budapest. She also won a bronze medal in the same championship, and a silver medal in the 2006 short-course World Championships. In December 2006 she confirmed her title at the 2006 short-course European Championships in Helsinki. In July 2008 she broke the European record in the 1500 m freestyle. After winning two gold medals in the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven earlier that year. She became champion in the 400 m individual medley and the 800 m freestyle.
On 12 December 2008, at the 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships held in Rijeka, she set the new world record in the 800 m freestyle, with the time of 8:04.53.
Retirement
On 12 October 2012, at the age of 25 years, she announced her retirement from competitions.Personal bests
She currently holds 1 World record, 3 European records and 12 Italian records. Her personal bests are:| Event | Long course | Short course |
| 200 m freestyle | 1:58.42 | 1:59.40 |
| 400 m freestyle | 4:07.15 | 3:59.35 IR |
| 800 m freestyle | 8:17.21 IR | 8:04.53 WR |
| 1500 m freestyle | 15:44.93 ER | 16:14.3 |
| 100 m backstroke | 1:01.52 | 1:01.25 |
| 200 m backstroke | 2:08.44 IR | 2:04.55 IR |
| 200 m individual medley | 2:13.08 | 2:11.69 |
| 400 m individual medley | 4:34.34 IR | 4:26.06 IR |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:39.18 IR | |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:49.76 ER | 7:50.39 IR |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | 4:04.90 IR |