Alessia Filippi

Alessia Filippi (born 23 June 1987 in Rome)[1] is a retired Italian swimmer.

Filippi won the gold medal in the 1500 m at the 2009 World Championships in Rome.

Filippi excels in backstroke and individual medley races, as well as in middle-distance freestyle (400 to 1500 m).

She won 400 m individual medley at the 2006 European Swimming Championships in Budapest.

After winning two gold medals in the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven earlier that year.