Italy at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

Italy at the
2025 World Aquatics Championships
World Aquatics codeITA
National federationItalian Swimming Federation
Websitefedernuoto.it (in Italian)
in Singapore
Competitors97 in 6 sports
Medals
Ranked 9th
Gold
2
Silver
11
Bronze
6
Total
19
World Aquatics Championships appearances (overview)

Italy competed at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore from July 11 to August 3, 2025.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Chiara Pellacani
Matteo Santoro
Diving Mixed synchronized 3 metre springboard 30 July 2025
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Simone Cerasuolo Swimming Men's 50 metre breaststroke 30 July 2025
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Gregorio Paltrinieri Open water Men's 10 km 16 July 2025
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ginevra Taddeucci Open water Women's 10 km 16 July 2025
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Gregorio Paltrinieri Open water Men's 5 km 18 July 2025
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ginevra Taddeucci Open water Women's 5 km 18 July 2025
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ginevra Taddeucci Open water Women's 3 km knockout sprints 19 July 2025
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Barbara Pozzobon
Ginevra Taddeucci
Marcello Guidi
Gregorio Paltrinieri
Open water Team 20 July 2025
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Enrica Piccoli
Lucrezia Ruggiero
Artistic swimming Women's duet free routine 24 July 2025
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Carlos D'Ambrosio
Thomas Ceccon
Lorenzo Zazzeri
Manuel Frigo
Leonardo Deplano
Swimming Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 27 July 2025
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Nicolò Martinenghi Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke 28 July 2025
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Simona Quadarella Swimming Women's 1500 metre freestyle 29 July 2025
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Thomas Ceccon Swimming Men's 100 metre backstroke 29 July 2025
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Filippo Pelati Artistic swimming Men's solo free routine 21 July 2025
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Filippo Pelati
Lucrezia Ruggiero
Artistic swimming Mixed duet technical routine 23 July 2025
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Chiara Pellacani Diving Women's 1 metre springboard 26 July 2025
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Thomas Ceccon Swimming Men's 50 metre butterfly 28 July 2025
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Chiara Pellacani Diving Women's 3 metre springboard 2 August 2025
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Benedetta Pilato Swimming Women's 50 metre breaststroke 3 August 2025

Competitors

The following is the list of competitors in the Championships.[1]

Sport Men Women Total
Artistic swimming 1 12 13
Diving 5 4 9
High diving 2 1 3
Open water swimming 4 4 8
Swimming 17 17 33
Water polo 15 15 30
Total 44 53 97

Artistic swimming

Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Filippo Pelati Solo technical routine 228.0800 6
Solo free routine 213.9850 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Enrica Piccoli Solo technical routine 237.0000 8 Q 240.2850 7
Solo free routine 225.7726 6 Q 232.6551 6
Enrica Piccoli
Lucrezia Ruggiero
Duet technical routine 279.0533 7 Q 285.0441 6
Duet free routine 266.9571 3 Q 278.7137 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mixed
Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Filippo Pelati
Lucrezia Ruggiero
Duet technical routine 228.0275 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Duet free routine 315.9598 4
Valentina Bisi
Beatrice Esegio
Marta Iacoacci
Alessia Macchi
Sofia Mastroianni
Susanna Pedotti
Sophie Tabbiani
Giulia Vernice
Team technical routine 278.0758 4 Q 282.3191 5
Team free routine 304.5067 6 Q 313.4337 5
Beatrice Andina
Marta Iacoacci
Alessia Macchi
Giorgia Lucia Macino
Sofia Mastroianni
Susanna Pedotti
Sophie Tabbiani
Giulia Vernice
Team acrobatic routine 215.7280 3 217.5667 4

Diving

Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semi-finals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Lorenzo Marsaglia 1 m springboard 381.30 3 Q 383.70 7
Giovanni Tocci 365.15 7 Q 340.25 11
Matteo Santoro 3 m springboard 361.65 24 Did not advance
Giovanni Tocci 374.00 19 Did not advance
Lorenzo Marsaglia
Giovanni Tocci
3 m synchronized springboard 371.58 8 Q 375.60 5
Simone Conte 10 m platform 359.95 25 Did not advance
Riccardo Giovannini 383.80 17 Q 409.15 14 Did not advance
Simone Conte
Riccardo Giovannini
10 m synchronized platform 337.98 12 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semi-finals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Elena Bertocchi 1 m springboard 228.60 20 Did not advance
Chiara Pellacani 251.10 8 Q 270.80 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Chiara Pellacani 3 m springboard 302.05 6 Q 310.80 4 Q 323.20 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Elisa Pizzini 277.70 15 Q 283.80 9 Q 280.80 10
Chiara Pellacani
Elisa Pizzini
3 m synchronized springboard 262.56 5 Q 279.27 5
Sarah Jodoin di Maria 10 m platform 267.85 18 Q 292.30 11 Q 317.90 9
Mixed
Athlete Event Final
Points Rank
Chiara Pellacani
Matteo Santoro
3 m synchronized springboard 308.13 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Riccardo Giovannini
Sarah Jodoin di Maria
10 m synchronized platform 280.14 7
Riccardo Giovannini
Sarah Jodoin di Maria
Chiara Pellacani
Matteo Santoro
Team 386.85 6

High diving

Italy entered 3 high divers.

Athlete Event Points Rank
Davide Baraldi Men's high diving 323.80 12
Andrea Barnaba 375.30 =6
Elisa Cosetti Women's high diving 277.60 8

Open water swimming

Men

Gregorio Paltrinieri was expected to contend for a medal.[2]

Athlete Event Heats Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Matteo Diodato Men's 3 km knockout sprints 17:00.9 1 Q 11:34.7 16 Did not advance
Andrea Filadelli Men's 10 km 2:00:43.7 7
Marcello Guidi Men's 5 km 57:32.3 4
Gregorio Paltrinieri Men's 3 km knockout sprints 17:03.9 3 Q 11:30.4 5 Q 5:58.9 4
Men's 5 km 57:29.3 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Men's 10 km 1:59:59.2 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Heats Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Antonietta Cesarano Women's 3 km knockout sprints 18:36.0 6 Q 12:18.1 13 Did not advance
Giulia Gabbrielleschi Women's 5 km 1:03:40.0 10
Barbara Pozzobon Women's 10 km 2:09:30.3 10
Ginevra Taddeucci Women's 3 km knockout sprints 18:09.7 1 Q 12:10.0 3 Q 6:21.9 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women's 5 km 1:02:02.3 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women's 10 km 2:07:55.7 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mixed
Athlete Event Time Rank
Barbara Pozzobon
Ginevra Taddeucci
Marcello Guidi
Gregorio Paltrinieri
Team relay 1:09:15.4 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Swimming

Italy entered 33 swimmers,[3] including experienced swimmers such as Thomas Ceccon, Nicolò Martinenghi and Simona Quadarella and younger swimmers such as Carlos D’Ambrosio, Sara Curtis, and 17-year-old Bianca Nannucci.[2]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semi-final Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Christian Bacico 50 m backstroke 24.89 15 Q 24.90 15 Did not advance
100 m backstroke 52.72 5 Q 52.72 10 Did not advance
200 m backstroke 1:56.79 11 Q 1:56.02 10 Did not advance
Francesco Burdisso 100 m butterfly 51.59 17 Did not advance
200 m butterfly 1:56.08 13 Q 1:54.87 7 Q 1:55.27 8
Thomas Ceccon 50 m backstroke Did not start Did not advance
100 m backstroke 53.65 13 Q 52.35 4 Q 51.90 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
200 m backstroke 1:57.15 17 Did not advance
50 m butterfly 23.06 8 Q 22.84 6 Q 22.67 NR 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
100 m butterfly 51.36 11 Q 50.42 NR 5 Q 51.12 8
Simone Cerasuolo 50 m breaststroke 26.42 1 Q 26.64 2 Q 26.54 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Carlos D'Ambrosio 100 m freestyle 48.67 26 Did not advance
200 m freestyle 1:46.67 16 Q 1:45.23 NR 5 Q 1:45.27 6
Luca de Tullio 800 m freestyle 7:53.04 13 Did not advance
Marco de Tullio 400 m freestyle 3:45.88 8 Q 3:44.92 6
Leonardo Deplano 50 m freestyle 21.62 5 Q 21.59 5 Q 21.52 4
Manuel Frigo 100 m freestyle 48.08 12 Q 48.18 15 Did not advance
Christian Mantegazza 200 m breaststroke 2:11.10 13 Q 2:10.58 12 Did not advance
Nicolò Martinenghi 50 m breaststroke 26.90 9 Q 27.03 13 Did not advance
100 m breaststroke 58.84 3 Q 58.62 2 Q 58.58 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
200 m breaststroke Did not start Did not advance
Massimiliano Matteazzi 200 m individual medley 2:00.51 22 Did not advance
Filippo Megli 200 m freestyle 1:46.39 13 Q 1:46.49 14 Did not advance
Alberto Razzetti 200 m butterfly 1:54.54 4 Q 1:54.47 6 Q 1:54.85 6
200 m individual medley 1:58.14 7 Q 1:57.53 10 Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:14.52 12 Did not advance
Ludovico Viberti 100 m breaststroke 59.56 9 Q 58.89 3 Q 59.08 5
Lorenzo Zazzeri 50 m freestyle 21.87 14 Q 21.87 15 Did not advance
Carlos D'Ambrosio
Thomas Ceccon
Lorenzo Zazzeri
Manuel Frigo
Leonardo Deplano (heats)
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:12.02 3 Q 3:09.58 NR 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Carlos D’Ambrosio
Filippo Megli
Marco De Tullio
Stefano Di Cola
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:05.17 4 Q 7:05.54 7
Thomas Ceccon
Nicolò Martinenghi
Federico Burdisso
Carlos D'Ambrosio
Christian Bacico (heats)
Ludovico Viberti (heats)
Manuel Frigo (heats)
4 × 100 m medley relay 3:30.40 3 Q 3:28.72 4
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semi-final Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Lisa Angiolini 100 m breaststroke 1:06.59 9 Q 1:06.40 12 Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:26.98 18 Did not advance
Anita Bottazzo 50 m breaststroke 30.42 7 Q 30.31 7 Q 30.21 4
100 m breaststroke 1:06.83 10 Q 1:05.61 2 Q 1:06.06 6
Costanza Cocconcelli 100 m butterfly 58.31 16 Q 57.94 15 Did not advance
Sara Curtis 50 m freestyle 24.41 NR 3 Q 24.48 9 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 53.53 2 Q 53.39 7 Q 53.41 8
Silvia di Pietro 50 m freestyle Did not start Did not advance
50 m butterfly 25.49 NR 3 Q 25.58 6 Q 25.64 7
Francesca Fangio 200 m breaststroke 2:27.01 19 Did not advance
Sara Franceschi 200 m individual medley 2:12.91 21 Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:50.23 17 Did not advance
Anita Gastaldi 100 m backstroke 1:01.20 21 Did not advance
200 m individual medley 2:13.07 22 Did not advance
Emma Virginia Menicucci 100 m freestyle 54.45 18 Did not advance
Bianca Nannucci 200 m freestyle 1:59.24 25 Did not advance
Benedetta Pilato 50 m breaststroke 30.46 8 Q 30.20 3 Q 30.14 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Simona Quadarella 800 m freestyle 8:20.47 5 Q 8:12.81 ER 4
1500 m freestyle 15:47.43 3 Q 15:31.79 ER 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Sara Curtis
Chiara Tarantino
Sofia Morini
Emma Virginia Menicucci
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:36.67 7 Q 3:35.18 NR 7
Anna Chiara Mascolo
Bianca Nannucci
Matilde Biagiotti
Emma Virginia Menicucci
Sofia Morini (heats)
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:57.02 7 Q 7:54.16 7
Anita Gastaldi
Lisa Angiolini
Costanza Cocconcelli
Emma Virginia Menicucci
4 × 100 m medley relay 4:00.12 10 Did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Manuel Frigo
Carlos D'Ambrosio
Sara Curtis
Emma Virginia Menicucci
Lorenzo Zazzeri (heats)
Chiara Tarantino (heats)
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:24.84 6 Q 3:21.48 NR 4
Christian Bacico
Nicolò Martinenghi
Costanza Cocconcelli
Sara Curtis
Ludovico Viberti (heats)
4 × 100 m medley relay 3:42.19 1 Q 3:42.19 6

Water polo

Summary
Team Event Group stage Playoff Quarterfinal Semi-final Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
 Italy Men's tournament  Romania
W 17–5
 Serbia
W 17–16 (PSO)
 South Africa
W 28–4
1 Q Bye  Greece
L 11–17
 Montenegro
L 8–12
 United States
W 9–8
7
 Italy Women's tournament  New Zealand
W 14–9
 Australia
L 15–19
 Singapore
W 32–5
2 P/off  China
W 13–11
 Hungary
L 9–12
 Netherlands
L 13-16
 Japan
W 20-15
7

Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Italian roster.[4][5]

Head coach: Sandro Campagna

Group play
Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 3 2 1 0 0 58 22 +36 8 Quarterfinals
2  Serbia 3 2 0 1 0 59 25 +34 7 Playoffs
3  Romania 3 1 0 0 2 38 41 −3 3
4  South Africa 3 0 0 0 3 12 79 −67 0 13–16th place semifinals
Source: Omegatiming
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
12 July 2025
20:45
Report Romania  5–17  Italy OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Zhang Liang (CHN), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 0–5, 2–6, 1–5
Neamtu 3 Goals Condemi 4
14 July 2025
20:45
Report Italy  17–16 (PSO)  Serbia OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Scott Voltz (USA), Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–3, 4–4, 3–4  PSO: 4–3
Cannella 3 Goals Mandić 5
16 July 2025
13:45
Report Italy  28–4  South Africa OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Evan Andrews (CAN)
Score by quarters: 6–1, 9–0, 8–1, 5–2
Cassia, Ferrero 4 Goals four players 1
Quarterfinals
20 July 2025
16:00
Report Italy  11–17  Greece OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Andrej Franulović (CRO), Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 1–6, 1–3, 4–4, 5–4
Bruni 3 Goals Argyropoulos 4
5th–8th place semifinals
22 July 2025
16:00
Report Italy  8–12  Montenegro OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Germán Moller (ARG), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 0–3, 3–4, 1–2, 4–3
Di Fulvio, Di Somma 2 Goals Vukotić 4
Seventh place game
24 July 2025
16:00
Report Italy  9–8  United States OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Zhang Liang (CHN), Germán Moller (ARG)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–1, 2–2, 2–2
Di Somma, Ferrero 2 Goals R. Dodd 3

Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Italian roster.[6][7]

Head coach: Carlo Silipo

  • 1 Aurora Condorelli GK
  • 2 Morena Leone FP
  • 3 Paola di Maria FP
  • 4 Sara Cordovani FP
  • 5 Veronica Gant FP
  • 6 Lucrezia Cergol FP
  • 7 Sofia Giustini FP
  • 8 Roberta Bianconi FP
  • 9 Dafne Bettini FP
  • 10 Chiara Ranalli FP
  • 11 Agnese Cocchiere FP
  • 12 Gaia Gagliardi FP
  • 13 Helga Maria Santapaola GK
  • 14 Alessia Millo FP
  • 15 Carlotta Meggiato FP
Group play
Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 3 0 0 0 68 23 +45 9 Quarterfinals
2  Italy 3 2 0 0 1 61 33 +28 6 Playoffs
3  New Zealand 3 1 0 0 2 37 36 +1 3
4  Singapore (H) 3 0 0 0 3 14 88 −74 0 13–16th place semifinals
Source: Omegatiming
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host
11 July 2025
17:35
Report Italy  14–9  New Zealand OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Aurély Blanchard (FRA), Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–4, 5–2, 5–1
three players 3 Goals Weston 2
13 July 2025
17:35
Report Australia  19–15  Italy OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
David Gómez (ESP), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 4–2, 6–4, 5–6
A. Andrews 5 Goals Ranalli 6
15 July 2025
19:10
Report Italy  32–5  Singapore OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Chisato Kurosaki (JPN), Maxim Gerasimov (GBR)
Score by quarters: 8–0, 8–1, 6–1, 10–3
Cocchiere 6 Goals Lee 2
Playoffs
17 July 2025
16:00
Report Italy  13–11  China OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Jennifer McCall (USA), Marta Cabanas (ESP)
Score by quarters: 2–0, 4–5, 5–4, 2–2
Bettini, Bianconi 3 Goals Wang S., Yan S. 2
Quarterfinals
19 July 2025
19:10
Report Hungary  12–9  Italy OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Jennifer McCall (USA), Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–2, 4–2, 2–2
Keszthelyi 4 Goals Ranalli 4
Semifinals
21 July 2025
20:00
Report Italy  13–16  Netherlands OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Marta Cabanas (ESP)
Score by quarters: 2–6, 4–2, 3–5, 4–3
Cocchiere 3 Goals Keuning, L. Rogge 3
Final
23 July 2025
16:00
Report Japan  15–20  Italy OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Aurély Blanchard (FRA), Nicholas Hodgers (AUS)
Score by quarters: 5–5, 2–5, 2–6, 6–4
Fukuda 3 Goals Cergol, Gagliardi 5

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