Isotta Sportelli

Isotta Sportelli
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (2001-01-02) 2 January 2001 (age 23)
Rome, Italy
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb; 8 st 7 lb)
Sport
SportSynchronized swimming
Club
Coached byRosella Pibiri
Medal record
Women's artistic swimming
Representing  Italy
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
FINA World Trophy - 2 -
European Games - 2 1
World Aquatics Championships - 1 -
Total 0 5 1
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Fukuoka Team technical routine
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Team technical routine
Silver medal – second place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Team free routine
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Team acrobatic routine
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Budapest Mixed free routine
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Budapest Mixed technical routine
FINA World Trophy
Silver medal – second place 2016 Yangzhou Team free
Silver medal – second place 2016 Yangzhou Team free combination
Updated on 1 August 2024

Isotta Sportelli (born 2 January 2000) is an Italian synchronised swimmer.[1] She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics, the 2023 and 2024 World Aquatics Championships, and the 2023 European Games.[1] She was a part of the Italian junior national team from 2016 to 2018, and has since graduated to the national team.[2]

Life

Sportelli was born in Rome, Italy, to her parents Vincenzo and Monica Sportelli.[1] She is the youngest of five children. All four of her brothers play water polo, with her being the only sibling to "[choose] synchronized swimming from the age of five."[3]

She has competed at the World Junior Championships, the European Junior Championships, and the European Cup.[2] She has also won two silver medals at the 2016 FINA World Trophy tournament in Yangzhou, China.[4]

In 2021, Sportelli won a bronze medal in the mixed duet competition at the European Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, with her partner Nicolò Ogliari.[3][5]

As of 2021, she attended the Sapienza University in Rome, studying Pharmacy.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "ISOTTA SPORTELLI". XXXIII Giochi Olimpici Estivi Parigi 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Isotta Sportelli". Inside Synchro. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Galfré, Christian (10 May 2021). "Nuoto sincronizzato: bronzo europeo per Nicolò Ogliari e Isotta Sportelli - IVG.it". Il Vostro Giornale (in Italian). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Isotta SPORTELLI | Results | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  5. ^ Arcobelli, Stefano (10 May 2021). "La prima volta europea di Ogliari-Sportelli: un velocissimo bronzo. Ed è un'Italia d'argento nei tuffi a squadre: la prima volta!". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 1 August 2024.