Filippo Magnini.

Filippo Magnini (born February 2, 1982) is an Italian swimmer, currently 100 m freestyle World Champion. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Swimming has been a sport at every modern Olympic Games. ... The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, were held in Athens, Greece, from August 13 to August 29, 2004. ... The 2005 World Aquatics Championships or the XI FINA Championships were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from July 16 to July 31, 2005. ... The 2007 World Aquatics Championships or the XII FINA World Championships is currently being held in Melbourne, Australia from March 17 to April 1, 2007. ... February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Swimming is the method by which humans (or other animals) move themselves through water. ...

Biography

Magnini was born in Pesaro, Marche. Pesaro is a town and comune in the Italian region of the Marche, capital of the Pesaro e Urbino province, on the Adriatic. ... // The Marche (plural, originally le marche de Ancona = the Marches of Ancona) are a region of Central Italy, bordering Emilia-Romagna north, Tuscany to the north-west, Umbria to west, Abruzzo and Latium to the south and the Adriatic Sea to the east. ...

As a youth he played basketball, soccer, beachvolley and tennis, but shifted to swimming at the age of ten. His first cap with Italian Swimming National Team was in 1998. Raised as a breaststroker, after 2000 he dedicated totally to freestyle swimming,soon to achieving noteworthy results. Magnini gained his first international score in 2003, with a silver medal in 100 m freestyle at the Dublin European Swimming Championships (short pool). He won more three gold medals in the (100 m, 4x100 relay and 4x200 relay freestyle) and one bronze medal in Madrid 2004 European Championships, this time in the olympic pool. At the 2004 Summer Olympics Magnini won the bronze medal in the 4x200 m freestyle relay, scoring 5th in the 100 m freestyle. His steady rise touched its highest point in 2005 World Aquatics Championships, when he won the gold medal in the men's 100 m freestyle with the time of 48.12, all-time second fastest behind Pieter van den Hoogenband's world record. Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... A beach volleyball game in progress. ... A tennis net Tennis is a game played between either two players (singles) or two teams of two players (doubles). Players use a stringed racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponents court. ... This article concentrates on human swimming. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... Novice level flawed Breaststroke Technique. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Freestyle is one of the official swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. However, it is technically not a style, as there are very few regulations about the way freestyle has to be swum. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... Motto: De Madrid al Cielo (From Madrid to Heaven) Location Coordinates: Country Spain Autonomous Community Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid Province Madrid Administrative Divisions 21 Neighborhoods 127 Founded 9th century Government  - Mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón (PP) Area  - Land 607 km² (234. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Athens (Greek Αθήνα Athína) is the capital and largest city of Greece. ... The 2005 World Aquatics Championships or the XI FINA Championships were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from July 16 to July 31, 2005. ... Pieter Cornelis Martijn van den Hoogenband (born March 14, 1978, in Maastricht, Limburg) is a Dutch swimmer and a triple Olympic champion. ...

At the 2006 European Championships in Aquatics he won the gold medal in the 100 m and in the 4x200 m freestyle races, and a bronze in the 200 m freestyle. The following year, he defended his world championship gold medal in the 100 m, as he tied for first place with Canadian Brent Hayden, resulting in joint gold. The European Championships in Aquatics (Long Course) is an international swimming competition run by the Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN), which organises European swimming competitions, and takes place every two years. ... Brent Hayden (born October 21, 1983 in Mission, British Columbia) is a Canadian swimmer. ...

Magnini's nickname is "Superpippo". Pippo is the normal Italian nickname of Filippo but also of Goofy's Italian version, and therefore the complete nickname refers to the funny superhero in which the comics character transform sometimes in his Italian edition. Though generally a good velocist, Magnini feels himself at best in the 100 m freestyle, where he can use at best his capability to rise in speed gradually: in this way he can reach a very high speed in the last 25 meters, where normally other swimmers begin to slow. His leg stroke is today considered world's strongest one. Goofy and Pluto at work in Hong Kong Disneyland Goofy is a fictional character from the Walt Disneys Mickey Mouse universe. ... For the Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode, see Super Hero (Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode). ...

Personal bests

In long-course swim pools Magnini's personal bests are:

• 100 m freestyle: 48.12 (46.52 in short course)
• 200 m freestyle: 1:47.20 (1:42.89 in short course)

References

• (English) Magnini Filippo on agendadiana.com
• (Italian) Magnini Filippo on Italian Swimming Federation's website
• (Italian) Magnini Filippo on nuotopedia.eu