held at Gwangju, with a time of 1:54.22, before Ariarne Titmus and Sarah Sjöström, taking advantage of Katie Ledecky, Emma McKeon and Taylor Ruck's withdrawals in the event, and so improving her record of being the one, among female and male swimmers, to achieve eight podiums in the same event during eight consecutive editions of the World Championships earning the title of 9th-most decorated swimmer history with individuals medals alone. She didn't go beyond the heats in the 50 metres freestyle and in the 100 metres freestyle. She took part in the finals of the 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay and the medley relay. 2021 In May, Pellegrini competed at the European Championships in Budapest, where she won double silver medal respectively in the 200m freestyle and in the mixed freestyle, and a triple bronze medal in the freestyle, in the mixed freestyle and in the medley. At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, she qualified for the final of the 200 metre freestyle. This made her the second swimmer in history (after Michael Phelps) to qualify for the final of the same event five times. Pellegrini announced that she would retire at the conclusion of her third ISL season. Her final race as a professional was in her home country in Riccione on 30 Nov 2021. Personal life From August 2011 to late 2016, Pellegrini was in a relationship with swimmer Filippo Magnini, having previously been engaged to another teammate, Luca Marin. On 30 October 2021, Pellegrini announced her engagement to her long-time coach Matteo Giunta. They married at San Zaccaria, Venice on 27 August 2022. Personal bests Pellegrini currently holds 1 world record (WR), 2 European records (ER) and 16 National records (NR). Her personal bests are (as of 15 December 2019): International championships (50 m) Pellegrini swam only in the heats Pellegrini qualified from the heats, but scratched the semi-finals National championships Federica Pellegrini on 13 April 2021 (spring edition) won 129 national swimming championships (both individual and relay races), in absolute (24), winter (38) and spring (66) editions See also List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women) List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women) Italian sportswomen multiple medalists at Olympics and World Championships Italian swimmers multiple medalists at the international competitions World record progression 200 metres freestyle World record progression 400 metres freestyle References External links 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City