My favourite sportperson

Federica Pellegrini

Gold medal

My favorite sportsperson is Federica Pellegrini, an Italian swimmer. She was born on 5 August 1988 in Mirano, province of Venice. She holds the women's 200m freestyle world record, and won a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. At the 2009 World Championships in Rome, she became the first woman ever to break the 4 minute barrier in the 400m freestyle. Pellegrini is the only swimmer to have won seven medals in a raw in the same event at the World Championship. She is also the first female Olympics champion in the history of Italian swimming.
Pellegrini currently holds 1 world record, 3 European records and 10 national records.