Novella Calligaris

Italian swimmer (born 1954)

Novella Calligaris

Novella Calligaris at the 1972 Olympics

Personal information
Nationality| Italian
Born|  (1954-12-27) 27 December 1954 (age 69)
Padua
Height| 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight| 48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Sport| Swimming
Strokes| Freestyle and medley

Medal record

Olympic Games
|  1972 Munich | 400 m freestyle
|  1972 Munich | 800 m freestyle
|  1972 Munich | 400 m medley
World Championships
|  1973 Belgrade | 800 m freestyle
|  1973 Belgrade | 400 m freestyle
|  1973 Belgrade | 400 m medley
European Championships
|  1974 Vienna | 800 m freestyle
|  1970 Barcelona | 800 m freestyle
|  1974 Vienna | 400 m freestyle
Mediterranean Games
|  1971 Izmir | 400 m freestyle
|  1971 Izmir | 200 m medley

Novella Calligaris (born 27 December 1954) is a retired Italian swimmer, and the first Italian to win an Olympic medal in swimming. Her elder brother Mauro Calligaris was also an Olympic swimmer.[1]

## Biography

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Aged 13 Calligaris competed at the 1968 Olympics in the 200 m, 400 m and 800 m freestyle, but was eliminated in the heats of all events. At 14, she set her first European record. At the 1972 Summer Olympics, she won a medal in every event she competed: a silver medal in the 400 m freestyle, a bronze in the 800 m freestyle, and another bronze in the 400 m individual medley.[1]

The following year, the first FINA World Championships took place in Belgrade. On 9 September 1973, Novella swam 8:52.97 in the 800 m freestyle event, setting a new world record and winning a gold medal. In the same competition she also finished third in the 400 m freestyle and 400 m individual medley.

At the 1974 European Championships, she won two medals, one silver and one bronze. These were the last international achievements of her career, which ended shortly afterward. In retirement she coached swimming, and in the 1980s worked with the junior national team in Rome.[2]

During her career Calligaris won 76 national titles and set 82 national and 21 European records.[2] Until Federica Pellegrini's second place in 200 m freestyle at the 2004 Athens Olympics, she was the only Italian woman to win an Olympic medal in swimming.[3] In 1986 she was inducted to the International Swimming Hall of Fame.[2]

## See also

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* List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
* Italian sportswomen multiple medalists at Olympics and World Championships
* Italy national swimming team – Multiple medalists
* World record progression 800 metres freestyle

## References

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1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Novella Calligaris". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
2. ^ a b c "Novella Calligaris (ITA) – 1986 Honor Swimmer". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2015-06-14. Retrieved 2015-06-13.
3. ^ "I Campioni Olimpici – Novella Calligaris" (in Italian). olimpiadi.it. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012.

## External links

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* Novella Calligaris at World Aquatics
* Novella Calligaris at SwimRankings.net
* Novella Calligaris at the International Swimming Hall of Fame
* Novella Calligaris at Olympics.com
* Novella Calligaris at Olympedia

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World long-course champions in women's 800 m freestyle

* 1973:  Novella Calligaris (ITA)
* 1975:  Jennifer Turrall (AUS)
* 1978:  Tracey Wickham (AUS)
* 1982:  Kim Linehan (USA)
* 1986:  Astrid Strauss (GDR)
* 1991:  Janet Evans (USA)
* 1994:  Janet Evans (USA)
* 1998:  Brooke Bennett (USA)
* 2001:  Hannah Stockbauer (GER)
* 2003:  Hannah Stockbauer (GER)
* 2005:  Kate Ziegler (USA)
* 2007:  Kate Ziegler (USA)
* 2009:  Lotte Friis (DEN)
* 2011:  Rebecca Adlington (GBR)
* 2013:  Katie Ledecky (USA)
* 2015:  Katie Ledecky (USA)
* 2017:  Katie Ledecky (USA)
* 2019:  Katie Ledecky (USA)
* 2022:  Katie Ledecky (USA)
* 2023:  Katie Ledecky (USA)
* 2024:  Simona Quadarella (ITA)

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Mediterranean Games champions in Women's 400 m Freestyle

* 1971: Novella Calligaris (ITA)
* 1975: Eleonora Pandini (ITA)
* 1979: Roberta Felotti (ITA)
* 1983: Sofia Dara (GRE)
* 1987: Tanya Vannini (ITA)
* 1991: Cristina Sossi (ITA)
* 1993: Audrey Astruc (FRA)
* 1997: Laura Roca (ESP)
* 2001: Anja Čarman (SLO)
* 2005: Laure Manaudou (FRA)
* 2009: Federica Pellegrini (ITA)
* 2013: Martina De Memme (ITA)
* 2018: Simona Quadarella (ITA)
* 2022: Deniz Ertan (TUR)

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Mediterranean Games champions in Women's 200 m Individual Medley

* 1971: Novella Calligaris (ITA)
* 1975 - 1979: Not Held
* 1983: Cinzia Savi Scarponi (ITA)
* 1987: Roberta Felotti (ITA)
* 1991: Céline Bonnet (FRA)
* 1993 - 1997: Nadège Cliton (FRA)
* 2001: Paula Carballido (ESP)
* 2005: Anja Klinar (SLO)
* 2009: Camille Muffat (FRA)
* 2013: Anja Klinar (SLO)
* 2018: Mireia Belmonte (ESP)
* 2022: Sara Franceschi (ITA)

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Mediterranean Games champions in Women's 4×100 m Freestyle

* 1971: Italy (Calligaris, Podestà, Pasetti, Sordelli)
* 1975: Italy (Lanfredini, Dessy, Pandini, Zebellin)
* 1979: Italy (Savi Scarponi, Ponteprimo, Felotti, Dalla Valle)
* 1983: France (unknown)
* 1987: Italy (Persi, Patron, Dalla Valle, Vannini)
* 1991: France (Giuttet, Martin, Reggiani, Kamoun)
* 1993: France (unknown)
* 1997: Spain (Cerón, Madrid, Palomo, Franco)
* 2001: Spain (Zhivanevskaya, Elizalde, Palomo, Roca)
* 2005: France (N'Guessan, Tavernier, Huber, Couderc)
* 2009: Italy (Buratto, Letrari, Mancin, Pellegrini)
* 2013: France (Santamans, Haag, Cini, Gastaldello)
* 2018: Italy (Galizi, Letrari, Biagioli, Ferraioli)
* 2022: Slovenia (Šegel, Klančar, Fain, Pintar)

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Walk of Fame of Italian sport

First 100 names|

* Gian Giorgio Trissino
* Giovanni Raicevich
* Giorgio Zampori
* Paolo Salvi
* Tazio Nuvolari
* Costante Girardengo
* Nedo Nadi
* Ottavio Bottecchia
* Carlo Galimberti
* Ugo Frigerio
* Alfredo Binda
* Learco Guerra
* Romeo Neri
* Giulio Gaudini
* Primo Carnera
* Giuseppe Meazza
* Silvio Piola
* Gino Bartali
* Agostino Straulino
* Ondina Valla
* Adolfo Consolini
* Alberto Ascari
* Valentino Mazzola
* Edoardo Mangiarotti
* Fausto Coppi
* Zeno Colò
* Fiorenzo Magni
* Giuseppe Delfino
* Piero D'Inzeo
* Cesare Rubini
* Raimondo D'Inzeo
* Irene Camber
* Pino Dordoni
* Eugenio Monti
* Enzo Maiorca
* Antonio Maspes
* Nicola Pietrangeli
* Abdon Pamich
* Lea Pericoli
* Graziano Mancinelli
* Eraldo Pizzo
* Nino Benvenuti
* Livio Berruti
* Sante Gaiardoni
* Franco Nones
* Marco Bollesan
* Franco Menichelli
* Bruno Arcari
* Dino Zoff
* Giacomo Agostini
* Felice Gimondi
* Mauro Checcoli
* Gianni Rivera
* Roberto Marson
* Gigi Riva
* Luciano Giovannetti
* Renato Molinari
* Klaus Dibiasi
* Dino Meneghin
* Adriano Panatta
* Gustav Thöni
* Oreste Perri
* Pietro Mennea
* Pierluigi Marzorati
* Corrado Barazzutti
* Sara Simeoni
* Piero Gros
* Novella Calligaris
* Daniele Masala
* Costantino Rocca
* Gabriella Dorio
* Giuseppe Di Capua
* Alberto Cova
* Ezio Gamba
* Patrizio Oliva
* Gelindo Bordin
* Giuseppe Abbagnale
* Paola Fantato
* Andrea Benelli
* Mauro Numa
* Carmine Abbagnale
* Manuela Di Centa
* Francesco Attolico
* Sandro Campagna
* Luca Pancalli
* Josefa Idem
* Agostino Abbagnale
* Alberto Tomba
* Roberto Baggio
* Lorenzo Bernardi
* Antonio Rossi
* Stefania Belmondo
* Giorgio Lamberti
* Jury Chechi
* Alessandra Sensini
* Andrea Giani
* Giovanna Trillini
* Deborah Compagnoni
* Stefano Baldini
* Domenico Fioravanti

2015 inductees|

* Maurizio Damilano
* Gianni De Magistris
* Duilio Loi
* Francesco Moser
* Enrico Fabris
* Armin Zoeggeler
* Dorando Pietri

2016 inductees|

* Alberto Braglia
* Sandro Mazzinghi
* Paola Pigni
* Mario Fiorillo
* Valentina Vezzali

2018 inductees|

* Luigi Beccali
* Ercole Baldini
* Paolo Maldini
* Samuele Papi
* Massimiliano Rosolino

2019 inductees|

* Sara Anzanello
* Antonella Bellutti
* Roberto Cammarelle

2021 inductees|

* Paolo Rossi
* Alessandro Andrei
* Vincenzo Maenza
* Gabriella Paruzzi
* Paolo Bettini

2023 inductees|

* Flavia Pennetta
* Tania Cagnotto
* Niccolò Campriani
* Fabio Cannavaro
* Amedeo Pomilio
* Giulia Quintavalle
* Carlo Molfetta
* Marco Galiazzo
* Daniele Molmenti
* Antonio Tartaglia
* Günther Huber
* Marco Albarello
* Maurilio De Zolt
* Silvio Fauner
* Giorgio Vanzetta

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