Benedetta Pilato

Benedetta Pilato is an Italian breaststroke swimmer, born on 28 January 2005. She won silver in the 50 metre breaststroke at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju at the age of 14, after setting a new Italian record in her heat. She is the European champion in the 50 metre breaststroke in 2021 and in the 100 metre breaststroke in 2022, and at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships she became world champion in the 100 metre breaststroke and won silver in the 50 metre breaststroke. She also won silver in the 50 metre breaststroke at the 2021 World Short Course Championships and, at the 2019 European Junior Championships in Kazan, gold in the same event with a championship record of 30.16 seconds.