The best italian swimmer, Mediterranean Games champion, and Olympian Federica Pellegrini has been named a Grand Officer of the Italian Republic. Italian Head of State Sergio Mattarella bestowed the distinction on her during a reception held at the Quirinal Palace in Rome

“Wait, I’ll check if it’s true !! Great Officer of the Italian Republic. Thank you Mr. President, we will miss him a lot ”, he then wrote on social platforms.