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Biography
Delfina Pignatiello (born 19 April 2000) is an Argentine swimmer. She participated in the 2017 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships where she won two gold medals. She won the Olimpia de Oro award to the best Argentine sportsperson in 2017.
Career
She began swimming at the age of 12.
Delfina participated in two junior World Championships (2015, 2017) and also in a senior short course World Championship (2016). She made an Argentine record on 800 metres at the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) where she came in 6th place.
She participated on the 2017 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships held in Indianapolis, USA, where she won two events: the 800 and 1500 metres freestyle. In the same competition, she also won the silver medal in the 400 metres.
Delfina won two silver medals at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in the 400 and 800 metres freestyle.
In 2019, she won three gold medals at the Pan American Games in the 400, 800 and 1500 metres freestyle.