1. Benedetta Pilato was born on 28 January 2005 and is an Italian swimmer.
15 Facts About Benedetta Pilato
1. 2.
Benedetta Pilato is the world record holder in the long course 50 metre breaststroke.
3.
Benedetta Pilato is the European champion in the 50 metre breaststroke in 2021 and the 100 metre breaststroke in 2022 as well as the silver medalist in the 50 metre breaststroke in 2022.
4.
Benedetta Pilato is the world champion in the 100 metre breaststroke and the silver medal in the 50 metre breaststroke at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships.
5.
On 3 July, at the 2019 European Junior Swimming Championships held in Kazan, Russia, Pilato won the gold medal in the 50 metre breaststroke with a Championships record time of 30.16 seconds, finishing over one full second ahead of silver medalist Kotryna Teterevkova of Lithuania and Anastasia Makarova of Russia.
6.
Benedetta Pilato competed in the women's 50 metre breaststroke at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships, winning the silver medal, at the age of 14.
7.
The month following the senior World Championships, Benedetta Pilato competed at the 2019 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, held in Budapest, Hungary, where she won the world junior title and gold medal in the 50 metre breaststroke with a time of 30.60 seconds, finishing over three-tenths of a second ahead of silver medalist Kayla van der Merwe of Great Britain and bronze medalist Kaitlyn Dobler of the United States.
8.
In December, at the 2019 European Short Course Swimming Championships held in Glasgow, Scotland, Benedetta Pilato won the gold medal in the 50 metre breaststroke in a world junior record time of 29.32 seconds, after setting world junior records in the preliminaries heats, at 29.62 seconds, and the semifinals, at 29.48 seconds.
9.
In December 2020, at 15 years of age, Benedetta Pilato set a world junior record in the long course 50 metre breaststroke at the 2020 Italian Winter National Swimming Championships, in Riccione, with a time of 29.61 seconds.
10.
In May 2021, at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships, conducted in long course metres and held in Budapest, Hungary, Benedetta Pilato tied Sophie Hansson of Sweden for third-rank in the preliminaries of the 100 metre breaststroke with a time of 1:06.34 and did not advance to the semifinals as she was not one of the two fastest Italian swimmers.
11.
At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Benedetta Pilato entered as the number six seed in the 100 metre breaststroke, in the prelims round of competition on 25 July 2021, she was disqualified and did not advance to the semifinals round of competition.
12.
The reason for Benedetta Pilato's disqualification was that she did not move her feet on the same horizontal plane during her kicks, which is known as a scissor kick.
13.
Benedetta Pilato was selected to compete on team Energy Standard for the 2021 International Swimming League.
14.
Benedetta Pilato entered to compete in one individual event at the 2021 World Short Course Championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, the 50 metre breaststroke.
15.
The finals relay, on which Nicolo Martinenghi substituted for Benedetta Pilato, placed third and she won a bronze medal for her prelims contributions.