Margherita Panziera

In 2015, at the World Championships in Kazan, in the 200 m backstroke competition, she took 10th place, with a time of 2:09.5.^[5] A year later, during the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, in 200 m backstroke, she took 17th place with a time of 2:10.92. In July 2017, at the 200 m World Championships in Budapest, the backstroke was the fourteenth (2:10.95). In the eliminations of 100 m, backstroke, she achieved the time 1:01.03 and took 20th place, not qualifying for the semi-finals.^[5] In December of the same year, during the European Championships at the short course (25 m) in Copenhagen, she won the bronze medal over the distance of 200 m backstroke and set a new record for Italy with time 2:02.43.

In August 2018, at the European Championships in Glasgow, she won the 200 m backstroke competition, with a time of 2: 06.18 minutes. Panziera improved both the records of the championship and her country. In a distance twice as short, she took fifth place (59.71).^[5] In 2020 she qualified to represent Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[7] At the 2021 European Aquatics Championships she won five medals, a gold, two silver and two bronze.^[8]

At the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, held in Rome in August, Panziera won the gold medal in the 200 metre backstroke with a time of 2:07.13.^[6][9][10] Four days later, with a time of 59.40 seconds, she won the gold medal in the 100 metre backstroke.^[11][12][13]

Individual long course

• 100 m backstroke: 58.92 (Riccione, Italy, 4 April 2019) - current holder^[14]
• 200 m backstroke: 2:05.56 (Riccione, Italy, 31 March 2021) - current holder^[14]

• Italy national swimming team – Women multiple medalists
• List of Italian records in swimming