| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| 1 | 200m Freestyle | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 1:54.82 |
| 2 | 200m Freestyle | 2004 | Athens, GRE | 1:58.22 |
| 4 | 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 7:49.76 |
| 5 | 400m Freestyle | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 4:04.56 |
| Semifinal | 100m Freestyle | 2004 | Athens, GRE | 55.30 |
| Heats | 800m Freestyle | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | DNS |
| Heats | 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 3:40.42 |
| Heats | 4 x 100m Medley Relay | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 4:04.93 |
| Heats | 50m Freestyle | 2004 | Athens, GRE | DNS |
| Heats | 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay | 2004 | Athens, GRE | 3:44.88 |
| Heats | 4 x 100m Medley Relay | 2004 | Athens, GRE | DSQ |
| World Championships | ||||
| 1 | 200m Freestyle | 2011 | Shanghai, CHN | 1:55.58 |
| 1 | 400m Freestyle | 2011 | Shanghai, CHN | 4:01.97 |
| 1 | 200m Freestyle | 2009 | Rome, ITA | 1:52.98 |
| 1 | 400m Freestyle | 2009 | Rome, ITA | 3:59.15 |
| 2 | 200m Freestyle | 2005 | Montreal, QC, CAN | 1:58.73 |
| 3 | 200m Freestyle | 2007 | Melbourne, VIC, AUS | 1:56.97 |
| 4 | 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay | 2009 | Rome, ITA | 7:46.57 |
| Heats | 100m Freestyle | 2011 | Shanghai, CHN | DNS |
| Heats | 800m Freestyle | 2011 | Shanghai, CHN | DNS |
| Heats | 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay | 2011 | Shanghai, CHN | 8:02.69 |
| Heats | 4 x 100m Medley Relay | 2011 | Shanghai, CHN | 4:04.74 |
| Heats | 100m Freestyle | 2009 | Rome, ITA | DNS |
| Heats | 800m Freestyle | 2009 | Rome, ITA | DNS |
| European Championships | ||||
| 1 | 200m Freestyle | 2012 | Debrecen, HUN | 1:56.76 |
| 1 | 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay | 2012 | Debrecen, HUN | 7:52.90 |
| 1 | 200m Freestyle | 2010 | Budapest, HUN | 1:55.45 |
| 3 | 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay | 2012 | Debrecen, HUN | 3:39.84 |
| 3 | 800m Freestyle | 2010 | Budapest, HUN | 8:24.99 |
| World Championships Short Course | ||||
| 3 | 400m Freestyle | 2010 | Dubai, UAE | 3:59.52 |
| 6 | 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay | 2010 | Dubai, UAE | 7:46.80 |
| 7 | 200m Freestyle | 2010 | Dubai, UAE | 1:55.24 |
Nickname
Fede (FINA Aquatics World Magazine, 20 Apr 2011)
Hobbies
Listening to music, watching TV. (NOC, 26 Mar 2008; federicapellegrini.com, 12 Jul 2011)
Education
Accounting
Language(s) spoken
Italian
Club name
CC Aniene, Rome, ITA
Coach
Claudio Rossetto (federnuoto.it, 20 Feb 2012)
Other sports
Her grandfather, Gastone, was an Italian wrestling champion. (federicapellegrini.net, 30 Nov 2010)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
She first went into a swimming pool when her parents placed her in one before she could even walk. (federicapellegrini.com, 12 Jul 2011)
Hero
Swiss tennis player Roger Federer and Italian moto GP rider Valentino Rossi. (FINA Aquatics World Magazine, 07 Dec 2010; federicapellegrini.com, 19 Feb 2007)
Awards
She was the first Italian female swimmer to set a world record in more than one discipline. (federicapellegrini.com, 12 Jul 2011)
She was the first woman to break four minutes in the 400m freestyle event. (federicapellegrini.com, 12 Jul 2011)
In the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, she became Italy's first female Olympic champion in swimming. (telegraph.co.uk, 30 Nov 2010)
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens she became the youngest Italian athlete to win an individual Olympic medal when she took silver in the 200m freestyle. (montreal2005.org 21 Jun 2005)
General
TATTOOS AND PIERCING
She has several tattoos and piercings: "I like them, it's a form of rebellion. There's a dragon on my left ankle, because I was born in the year of the dragon in China, there's a tribal symbol on my bottom, the Arabian phoenix of resurrection on my neck, my rebirth this year [2011] after the seasons of heart-searching. The piercing on my nipple is a little silver bar with two little balls. It didn't hurt." Her brother, Alessandro, also has the same phoenix tattoo. (Gianni Merlo [AIPS], 02 Aug 2011; federicapellegrini.com, 12 Jul 2011)
CHARITY
She has worked closely with the Bone Marrow Donors Association and was a spokeswoman at the 2010 World Kidney Day. (federicapellegrini.com, 12 Jul 2011)
Previous Olympics
Beijing 2008, Athens 2004
