title: Alessia Filippi
text: # Alessia Filippi
  
  Alessia Filippi (born 23 June 1987 in Rome) is a retired Italian swimmer.
  
  Filippi won the gold medal in the 1500 m at the 2009 World Championships in Rome.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Filippi excels in backstroke and individual medley races, as well as in middle-distance freestyle (400 to 1500 m).
  
  She won 400 m individual medley at the 2006 European Swimming Championships in Budapest. She also won a bronze medal in the same championship, and a silver medal in the 2006 short-course World Championships. In December 2006 she confirmed her title at the 2006 short-course European Championships in Helsinki. In July 2008 she broke the European record in the 1500 m freestyle (long course). After winning two gold medals in the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven earlier that year. She became champion in the 400 m individual medley and the 800 m freestyle.
  
  On 12 December 2008, at the 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships held in Rijeka, she set the new world record in the 800 m freestyle (short course), with the time of 8:04.53.
  
  ### Retirement
  
  On 12 October 2012, at the age of 25 years, she announced her retirement from competitions.
  
  ## Personal bests
  
  She currently holds 1 World record (marked as WR), 3 European records (ER) and 12 Italian records (IR). Her personal bests (as of the 25 April 2009) are:
  
  | Event | Long course (year) | Short course (year) |
  | - | - | - |
  | 200 m freestyle | 1:58.42 (2008) | 1:59.40 (2008) |
  | 400 m freestyle | 4:07.15 (2009) | 3:59.35 (2008) IR |
  | 800 m freestyle | 8:17.21 (2009) IR | 8:04.53 (2008) WR |
  | 1500 m freestyle | 15:44.93 (2009) ER | 16:14.3 (2006) |
  | 100 m backstroke | 1:01.52 (2006) | 1:01.25 (2006) |
  | 200 m backstroke | 2:08.44 (2009) IR | 2:04.55 (2009) IR |
  | 200 m individual medley | 2:13.08 (2007) | 2:11.69 (2008) |
  | 400 m individual medley | 4:34.34 (2008) IR | 4:26.06 (2008) IR |
  | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | | 3:39.18 (2006) IR |
  | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:49.76 (2008) ER | 7:50.39 (2006) IR |
  | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 4:04.90 (2008) IR | |
  