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Federico Bicelli
Italian Paralympic swimmer
Federico Bicelli (born 5 February 1999) is an Italian Paralympic swimmer who won a medal at 2020 Summer Paralympics.[2]
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| National team | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1999-02-05) February 5, 1999 (age 25) Brescia, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Paralympic swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | S7, S8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Polisportiva Bresciana No Frontiere[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He won a silver medal at the World Para Swimming Championships and 10 medals at the IPC Swimming European Championships.[3]
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.
- "Federico Bicelli - Nuoto paralimpico". abilitychannel.tv (in Italian). Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- "Federico Bicelli". paralympic.org. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- "Federico Morlacchi - Para swimming". ipc.infostradasports.com. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- Federico Bicelli at the International Paralympic Committee
- Federico Bicelli at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- Federico Bicelli at the Comitato Italiano Paralimpico (in Italian)