Lorenzo Mora

At the 2019 Nico Sapio Trophy in Genoa, Mora set his first Italian record, breaking the mark of 1:50.75 in the short course 200 metre backstroke set by Simone Sabbioni in 2015 with a time of 1:50.45 in the final.[6]

2021 European Championships
	4x50 m medley relay	1:30.14 (h)
	200 m backstroke	1:49.73 (NR)

At the 2021 European Short Course Championships, held in the Palace of Water Sports in Kazan, Russia, Mora placed sixth in the 50 metre backstroke final with a time of 23.19 seconds.[7] In the 100 metre backstroke, he swam a 50.19 and placed sixth in the final after swimming a time of 50.12 seconds in the semifinals.[8][9] For his third and final individual event, Mora swam a 1:52.73 in the prelims heats of the 200 metre backstroke, qualifying for the semifinals later the same day.[10] In the evening semifinals, Mora set a new Italian record in the event with his time of 1:50.17, which advanced him to the final ranked first.[11][12] The following day, the sixth and final day of competition, Mora lowered his own Italian record in the 200 metre backstroke with a time of 1:49.73 in the final that also won him the silver medal in the event.[13][14] For his relay event, the 4×50 metre medley relay, Mora swam the backstroke leg of the relay in a time of 23.21 in the prelims heats, helping advance the relay to the final ranked second with a time of 1:32.98.[15] The finals relay, which did not include Mora, went on to place first in the final and all Italy relay members in the prelims and final won a gold medal for their efforts.[16]

As part of the swim club Team Iron in the 2021 International Swimming League, Mora helped his club advance to the playoffs, placing third in the 100 metre backstroke at the eleventh and final match of the regular season.[17] He won the 200 metre backstroke in the first match of the playoffs season with a time of 1:50.92, finishing over a second and a half before second and third place finishers Brodie Williams and Evgeny Rylov.[18][19] In the 50 metre backstroke later the same day, Mora placed sixth with his time of 23.46 seconds.[19][20] Up for diversifying his racing portfolio, Mora also swum the second leg of the 4x100 metre freestyle relay, splitting a time of 52.12 seconds, which was exactly two seconds slower than his personal best 100 metre time in backstroke, and helping the relay finish in seventh place with a time of 3:30.48.[21] The second day of the match, Mora placed fifth with a near-personal-best time of 50.41 seconds in the 100 metre backstroke.[22][23] He followed up his individual event swim by swimming the backstroke leg of the mixed 4x100 metre medley relay, where his relay placed eighth overall and he swam a time of 50.63 seconds for his 100 metre portion of the relay.[24]

In the fourth match of the playoffs, the second match Team Iron competed in, Mora started his competition on day one with a time of 1:51.21 in the 200 metre backstroke, which earned him fourth place and his team 5.0 points.[25][26] Mora swam a split of 47.74 seconds for the third leg of the 4x100 metre freestyle relay, helping the relay team place sixth in a time of 3:11.39.[26][27] In his third race of the day, Mora placed sixth in the 50 metre backstroke with a time of 23.56 seconds.[26][28] The second and final day of competition for the match, Mora earned another 2.0 points for his team, placing seventh in the 100 metre backstroke with a time of 50.75 seconds.[29][30] Swimming the backstroke leg of the mixed 4x100 metre medley relay, Mora helped the relay earn 10.0 points and finish fourth with a time of 3:37.05.[30][31]

On day one of the sixth and final playoffs match of the year, Mora won the 200 metre backstroke in a time of 1:50.55 and scored 12.0 points for Team Iron, marking his second win in an individual event in the playoffs season.[32][33] In his second event of the day, the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, Mora split a time of 50.99 seconds for the second leg of the relay to help it place seventh.[33][34] For his final race of the day, Mora was the fastest backstroke leg out of all the relays in the 4×100 metre medley relay with a lead-off time of 50.16 seconds, which helped the relay place third in 3:24.94 and win 12.0 points.[33][35] On 28 November, the second and final day of the match, Mora placed second in the 100 metre backstroke with a near personal best time of 50.17 seconds, earning 7.0 points.[36] In the 4×100 meter mixed medley relay, Mora swum a 50.05 for the backstroke leg of the relay, which was faster than his personal best time of 50.12 seconds but did not count as a best time because it was swum in a mixed gender event, and out-split all other backstrokers in the event to help his relay earn 10.0 points and place fourth overall.[37] Mora's team, Team Iron, took second place over the Aqua Centurions by 1.5 points for the match, meaning had Mora not won the 200 metre backstroke, Team Iron would have finished in third place instead of second place.[32][38] By the end of the 2021 season, out of the 488 swimmers who had competed in the International Swimming League between 2019 and 2021 and earned positive most valuable player points, Mora ranked 195th.[39]

Two days after the end of racing in the International Swimming League for Mora for the year, he won the 100 metre backstroke with a time of 50.38 seconds, over half a second faster than the second place finisher, at the 2021 Italian Short Course National Championships in Riccione.[4] In the 50 metre backstroke the next day, Mora won the event with a time of 23.43 seconds.[40] He swam a 1:50.27 in the 200 metre backstroke, finishing over 3 seconds ahead of the next fastest competitor and winning his third event of the Championships.[41]

Mora was named to the Italian roster in early December for the 2021 World Short Course Championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates starting two weeks after the roster announcement.[42] For his individual events, Mora entered to compete in all distances in backstroke, the 50 metre backstroke, the 100 metre backstroke, and the 200 metre backstroke.[3]

Legend: sf – semifinal