2025-26 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster
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Bottazzo, Anita
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Anita Bottazzo
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- IIS Francesco Alberghetti
- Hometown:
- Imola, Italy.
Bio
Accolades at Florida:
Accolades prior to Florida:
- Three-time All-American
- 2025 400 medley relay SEC Champion
- 2025 All-SEC First Team
- 2025 SEC All-Freshman Team
- 2024-25 SEC Freshman of the Week (1/7/25, 1/21/25)
- 2024-25 SEC First-Year Honor Roll
- 2024-25 CSCAA Scholar All-American
- Set the program's 100 breaststroke record: 57.49 - UGA Fall Invitational (11/21/24)
- Member of Florida's 200 medley relay & 400 medley relay teams that holds the program record:
- 200 medley relay | 1:33.92 - NCAA Championships (3/19/25)
- 400 medley relay | 3:24.78 - SEC Championships (2/21/25)
- Competed in four events: 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke, 200 medley relay and the 400 medley relay
- Earned three All-American Honors: 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay first-team honors, 100 breaststroke second team
- Won the 100 Breaststroke Consolation Final after clocking a 57.84 to take home ninth overall and her first individual All-American honor
- Member of Florida's third-place 400 medley relay team (3:25.18), swimming the breaststroke leg in 57.36
- Swam the breaststroke leg (26.12) for Florida's 200 medley relay team that finished fifth in 1:33.92 for a new program record
- Recorded a 2:08.74 time in the 200 breaststroke to place 20th overall
- Member of the SEC Championships second-place team
- Competed in the 100 breast, 200 breast, 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay
- Contributed to 165 points
- Won one gold medal and two bronze medals
- Swam the breast leg in Florida's winning 400 medley relay team who set a program, SEC and SEC Meet record time of 3:24.78... recorded a 57.55 breast split
- Finished third in the 100 breast (57.65)
- Member of Florida's 200 medley relay team who won third place in 1:34.34... Recorded a 26.00 breast split
- Won the 200 breast B Final in 2:08.66 to earn ninth overall
- Competed in three dual meets and one Invitational
- Tallied six first place and nine top-10 individual finishes
- Raced in 17 events during the regular season
- Swam in four events in Florida's final regular season dual meet against FSU (1/31)... Member of the Gators 200y medley relay team who finished second (1:38.68)...Finished fourth in the 200y breast (2:14.27)... Earned sixth place in the 50y free (23.74) and in the 100y fly (55.95)
- Clinched three top-two finishes in the Gators road win at Texas A&M (1/17)...Earned first in the 100y breast (1:00.75)... Placed second in the 200y breast (2:14.97)... Member of Florida's winning 200y medley relay team, clocking a 27.87 breast split as the team put together a 1:39.13 final time
- Tallied two first-place finishes in Florida's home win against Indiana (1/3)... Taking the top 100y breast spot after touching the wall in 1:00.63... Member of the Gators winning 200y medley relay team, clocking a 28.00 breast split as the squad touched first in 1:38.84...Finished seventh in the 200y breast (2:17.51)
- Made her Gator debut at the Georiga Fall Inviational (11/20-22)... Competed in seven events and advanced to a final in three individual events... Won the 100y breaststroke in record-breaking time, 57.49... Advanced to the 200y breast A Final and finished fourth after clocking a career-best 2:10.48... Placed seventh in the 200y IM B Final to earn 15th overall (2:01.70)... Swam the breast leg in Florida's winning 400y medley relay team, splitting a 57.75 as the squad put together a 3:26.27 time...Member of Florida's 200y medley relay A Team that earned second place with a final time of 1:35.16... Led off the Gators 200y free relay C Team who placed ninth (1:32.37)...Recorded a career-best 100y fly time of 54.83 for 23rd overall
| 100y Breaststroke | 57.49 | UGA Fall Invitational | Nov. 21, 2024 |
| 200y Breaststroke | 2:08.66 | SEC Championships | Feb. 22, 2025 |
| 100y Butterfly | 54.83 | UGA Fall Invitational | Nov. 21, 2025 |
| 50y Freestyle | 23.75 | vs. FSU | Jan. 31, 2025 |
| 200y IM | 2:01.23 | UGA Fall Invitational | Nov. 20, 2025 |
Accolades prior to Florida:
- Placed 13th at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in the 50 Breast
- 2023 World Championship Finalist in the 50-meter breast
- Bronze medalist in the 100-meter breast at the U23 European Championships
- Member of Italy's 4x50 meter relay team who set a new Italian record while earning silver at the 2023 European Short Course Championships. Their time of 1:43.97 shattered Italy's previous standard of 1:44.46 set in 2021
Another Gator ??
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Welcome to Gainesville, Anita!
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Thursday, February 29
Anthony Nesty Recap 10-29-2021
Friday, October 29
Ann Marie Rogers Pool Dedication
Friday, September 17
Florida vs UNF Recap 1-20-21
Friday, January 22
