Giulia Gabbrielleschi

Giulia Gabbrielleschi is an Italian open water swimmer. She is a two-time individual silver medallist at the European Aquatics Championships, having placed second in the 10 km event in 2018 and second in the 5 km event in the 2020 championships, held in 2021.

Career

Gabbrielleschi is an athlete of the Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro.
Gabbrielleschi won a silver medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade, finishing behind Anna Olasz in the 10 km open water event.
Gabbrielleschi won a silver medal at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships, finishing seven seconds behind winner Sharon van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands in the 10 km open water competition.
In 2019, she represented Italy at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea. She competed in the women's 800 metre freestyle and women's 1500 metre freestyle events. In both events she did not advance to the final. Two years later, at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she won the silver medal in the 5 kilometre open water swim with a time of 58 minutes and 49.3 seconds, which was less than five seconds slower than gold medalist Sharon van Rouwendaal.
At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, in Budapest, Hungary, Gabbrielleschi won a bronze medal as part of the 6 kilometre team event. She also won a bronze medal in the 5 kilometre open water swim with a time of 57 minutes and 54.9 seconds, finishing only behind Ana Marcela Cunha of Brazil and Aurélie Muller of France. Two months later, at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships in Rome, she won the bronze medal in the 5 kilometre open water swim with a time of 57:00.3, finishing 1.6 seconds behind gold medalist Sharon van Rouwendaal and 0.1 seconds behind silver medalist María de Valdés of Spain.