Federica Pellegrini Biography

Federica Pellegrini is an italian swimmer. A native of Mirano, in the province of Venice, she holds the women's 200m freestyle world record, and won a gold medal at the 2008 Bejiing Olympics. At the 2009 World Championships in Rome, Pellegrini became the first woman ever to break 4 minute barrier in the 400m freestyle with a time of 3 minutes. Pellegrini is the only swimmer, male or female, to have won seven medals in a row in the same event at the World Championships. She is also the first female Olympic champion in the history of Italian swimming and the only Italian swimmer to have set world records in more that one event. She loves a lot her family and she has a boyfriend: Filippo Magnini, he also is an Italian swimmer.