Ambra Esposito

Ambra Esposito
Personal information
National team Italy
Born (1996-09-12) 12 September 1996 (age 28)[1]
San Giorgio a Cremano, Italy
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Italy
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mersin 200 m backstroke
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanjing 200 m backstroke

Ambra Esposito (born 12 September 1996) is an Italian swimmer. She is the 2013 Mediterranean and 2014 Youth Olympic champion in the 200-metre backstroke.

Career

At the 2012 European Junior Championships, Esposito won a bronze medal in the 100-metre backstroke behind Mie Nielsen and Jessica Fullalove, and she also won the bronze in the 200-metre backstroke behind Iuliia Larina and Iryna Hlavnyk.[2] Esposito won the 200-metre backstroke event at the 2013 Mediterranean Games ahead of her teammate Margherita Panziera.[3]

Esposito competed in three events at the 2014 Youth Olympics- 50-metre, 100-metre, and 200-metre backstroke.[4] In the 50-metre backstroke, she placed 29th in the heats and did not qualify for the semifinals. After finishing 6th in the heats and the semifinals, she qualified to the finals of the 100-metre backstroke where she finished 8th. In the 200-metre backstroke, Esposito tied for the gold medal with Hannah Moore with a time of 2:10.42.[5] She then competed at the 2014 FINA World Championships. In the 100-metre backstroke, she finished 51st in the heats,[6] and in the 200-metre backstroke, she finished 35th in the heats.[7]

References

  1. ^ "AMBRA ESPOSITO". olympic.org. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  2. ^ "2012 European Junior Swimming Championships". europeanjuniors2012.be. Archived from the original on 8 September 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Mersin 2013: Nuoto quattro Ori per l'Italia". OlympiaLab (in Italian). 22 June 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Ambra Esposito". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Pioggia di medaglie YOG con Esposito, Quadarella, la Staffetta SL/M (Nuoto) e la Crovari (Scherma)". Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian). 19 August 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Women's 100m Backstroke Results Summary". Omega Timing. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Women's 200m Backstroke Results Summary" (PDF). Omega Timing. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2021.