CAMPIONATO ITALIANO OPEN
- November 30th – December 1st, 2018
- Stadio del Nuoto – Riccione – Italy
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Margherita Panziera produced a new Italian National Record while competing at the Campionato Italiano Open in Riccione this weekend. Racing the women’s 200m backstroke, the 2018 European Champion in the event rocked a time of 2:01.56 to dip under the 2:02 threshold for the first time in her career.
Entering this meet in Riccione, Panziera’s personal best and Italian National Record sat at the 2:02.43 she clocked in Copenhagen for bronze at the 2017 Short Course European Championships. Splitting 59.35/1:02.21 in her Riccione race yesterday, however, Panziera delved into new territory to crush a mark of 2:01.56, take gold and check-in with a new NR.
World ranking-wise, Panziera now moves alongside exclusive company as the 4th fastest swimmer in the world this season. The only racers sitting above the Italian at this point are world-leader Emily Seebohm of Australia, Kathleen Baker of America and Katinka Hosszu of Hungary.
2018-2019 SCM WOMEN 200 BACK
SEEBOHM
1.59.94
| 2 | Kathleen BAKER | USA | 2.00.69 | 10/06 |
| 3 | Lisa BRATTON | USA | 2.00.71 | 10/06 |
| 4 | Katinka HOSSZU | HUN | 2.01.00 | 12/01 |
| 5 | Margherita PANZIERA | ITA | 2.01.56 | 11/04 |
Looking back at history, Panziera’s effort in Riccione establishes the 23-year-old as the 11th fastest performer ever in the women’s SCM 200 backstroke.
Top Women 200 SCM Backstroke Performers of All-Time:
| #1 – 1:59.23 | Katinka Hosszu | HUN | 2014 SCM World Champs | 12/5/2014 | Doha |
| #2 – 1:59.35 | Daryna Zevina | UKR | FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2016 | 8/26/2016 | Paris-Chartres |
| #3 – 1:59.49 | Emily Seebohm | AUS | 2015 Australian SC Champs | 11/25/2015 | Sydney |
| #4 – 2:00.03 | Missy Franklin | USA | FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup 2011 – Berlin | 10/22/2011 | Berlin |
| #5 – 2:00.18 | Shiho Sakai | JPN | 1/1/2010 | ||
| #6 – 2:00.69 | Kathleen Baker | USA | FINA Swimming World Cup 2018 | 10/6/2018 | Budapest |
| #7 – 2:00.83 | Elizabeth Simmonds | GBR | Duel In The Pool | 12/16/2011 | Atlanta |
| #8 – 2:00.91 | Kirsty Coventry | ZIM | 1/1/2008 | ||
| #9 – 2:01.24 | Belinda Hocking | AUS | FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup 2011 – Berlin | 10/22/2011 | Berlin |
| #10 – 2:01.33 | Courtney Bartholomew | USA | Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool | 12/11/2015 | Indianapolis |
| #11 – 2:01.56 | Margherita Panziera | ITA | Campionato Italiano Open | 12/01/2018 | Riccione |