Italy women's national artistic gymnastics team

Italy
Continental union	European Union of Gymnastics
National federation	Italian Gymnastics Federation
Olympic Games
Appearances	14
Medals	Silver: 1928, 2024
World Championships
Medals	Bronze: 1950, 2019
Junior World Championships
Medals	Bronze: 2023
European Championships
Medals	Gold: 2006, 2022, 2024; Silver: 2023; Bronze: 2002, 2012

The Italy women's national artistic gymnastics team represents Italy in FIG international competitions.

History

Italy has participated in the Olympic Games women's team competition 14 times. It has won two medals, both silver in 1928 and 2024.^[1] The team has also won two medals at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, a bronze in both 1950 and 2019.^[2] They won the team gold at the 2006, 2022, and 2024 European Championships.

At the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, Alice D'Amato became the first Italian female artistic gymnast to win an Olympic gold medal after winning one on the balance beam.^[3]^[4]

Senior roster

Name	Birth date and age	Birthplace	Club
Angela Andreoli	(2006-06-06) June 6, 2006 (age 18)	Brescia	Brixia
Chiara Barzani	(2007-11-03) November 3, 2007 (age 17)	Songavazzo	Renato Serra
Arianna Belardelli	(2007-01-01) January 1, 2007 (age 17)	Roma	Ginnastica Heaven
Giulia Cotroneo	(2004-01-28) January 28, 2004 (age 20)	Rome	Ginnastica Civitavecchia
Alice D'Amato	(2003-02-07) February 7, 2003 (age 21)	Genova	Brixia
Asia D'Amato	(2003-02-07) February 7, 2003 (age 21)	Genova	Brixia
Nuzia Dercenno	2006	Italie	Ginnastica Salerno
Manila Esposito	(2006-11-02) November 2, 2006 (age 18)	Boscotrecase	Ginnastica Civitavecchia / Brexia
Mathilde Ferrari	2008	Italie	Ginnastica Heaven
Camilla Ferrari	2008	Italie	Brixia
Arianna Grillo	(2007-12-08) December 8, 2007 (age 17)	Pavia	Ginnastica Pavese
Elisa Iorio	(2003-03-21) March 21, 2003 (age 21)	Modena	Brixia
Irene Lanza	(2000-09-13) September 13, 2000 (age 24)	Pinerolo	Future Gym 2000
Martina Maggio	(2001-07-26) July 26, 2001 (age 23)	Villasanta	Brixia
Veronica Mandriota	(2005-02-28) February 28, 2005 (age 19)	Brescia	Brixia
July Marano	(2008-09-23) September 23, 2008 (age 16)	Italie	Ginnastica Civitavecchia
Martina Pieratti	(2007-11-30) November 30, 2007 (age 17)	Roma	Ginnastica Romana
Viola Pierazzini	(2007-04-14) April 14, 2007 (age 17)	Terranuova	Gioglio
Letizia Saronni	(2007-08-20) August 20, 2007 (age 17)	Bellusco	Ginnastica Bollate
Sofia Tonelli	2007	Italie	Saltavanti Empoli
Giorgia Villa	(2003-02-23) February 23, 2003 (age 21)	Ponte San Pietro	Brixia
Chiara Vincenzi	(2005-10-20) October 20, 2005 (age 19)	Caprarola	Inside Wellnes

Olympic Games results

1928 — silver medal
Bianca Ambrosetti, Lavinia Gianoni, Luigina Giavotti, Virginia Giorgi, Germana Malabarba, Carla Marangoni, Luigina Perversi, Diana Pizzavini, Luisa Tanzini, Carolina Tronconi, Ines Vercesi, Rita Vittadini
1936 — 7th place
Anna Avanzini, Vittoria Avanzini, Clara Bimbocci, Ebore Canella, Pina Cipriotto, Elda Cividino, Gianna Guaita, Carmela Toso
1948 — 8th place
Renata Bianchi, Norma Icardi, Licia Macchini, Laura Micheli, Wanda Nuti, Luciana Pezzoni, Elena Santoni, Lilia Torriani
1952 — 6th place
Renata Bianchi, Grazia Bozzo, Miranda Cicognani, Elisabetta Durelli, Licia Macchini, Lidia Pitteri, Luciana Reali, Liliana Scaricabarozzi
1956 — 7th place
Elisa Calsi, Miranda Cicognani, Rosella Cicognani, Elena Lagorara, Luciana Lagorara, Luciana Reali
1960 — 10th place
Miranda Cicognani, Rosella Cicognani, Francesca Costa, Elena Lagorara, Gabriella Santarelli, Wanda Soprani
1964 — did not participate
1968 — did not participate in team competition
Individual competitors: Adriana Biagiotti, Daniela Maccelli, Gabriella Pozzuolo
1972 — 12th place
Angela Alberti, Cinzia Delisi, Maria Grazia Mancuso, Gabriella Marchi, Rita Peri, Monica Stefani
1976 — 12th place
Stefania Bucci, Patrizia Fratini, Rita Peri, Donatella Sacchi, Valentina Spongia, Carla Wieser
1980 — did not participate
1984 — did not participate in team competition
Individual competitor: Laura Bortolaso
1988 — did not participate in team competition
Individual competitors: Maria Cocuzza, Patrizia Luconi, Giulia Volpi
1992 — did not participate in team competition
Individual competitors: Veronica Servente, Giulia Volpi
1996 — did not participate in team competition
Individual competitors: Francesca Morotti, Giordana Rocchi
2000 — 11th place
Monica Bergamelli, Martina Bremini, Alice Capitani, Irene Castelli, Adriana Crisci, Laura Trefiletti
2004 — did not participate in team competition
Individual competitors: Monica Bergamelli, Maria Teresa Gargano
2008 — 10th place
Francesca Benolli, Monica Bergamelli, Vanessa Ferrari, Carlotta Giovannini, Federica Macrì, Lia Parolari
2012 — 7th place
Giorgia Campana, Erika Fasana, Carlotta Ferlito, Vanessa Ferrari, Elisabetta Preziosa
2016 — 10th place
Erika Fasana, Carlotta Ferlito, Vanessa Ferrari, Elisa Meneghini, Martina Rizzelli
2020 — 4th place
Alice D'Amato, Asia D'Amato, Vanessa Ferrari, Martina Maggio

Individual competitor: Lara Mori
2024 – silver medal
Angela Andreoli, Alice D'Amato, Manila Esposito, Elisa Iorio, Giorgia Villa

World Championships results

1950 — bronze medal
Renata Bianchi, Licia Macchini, Laura Micheli, Anna Monlarini, Marja Nutti, Elena Santoni, Liliana Scaricabarozzi, Lilia Torriani
1954 — 5th place
Elisa Calsi, Miranda Cicognani, Luciana Lagorara, Licia Macchini, Luciana Reali, Gabriella Santarelli, Liliana Scaricabarozzi, Maria Storici
1970 — did not participate
1974 — 13th place
Carmen Basla, Stefania Bucci, Serenella Codato, Cinzia Delisi, Gabriella Marchi, Rita Peri
1978 — 14th place
Loana Biffi, Marinella Giorgini, Donatella Grossi, Caterina Miglioranza, Monica Valentini
1979 — 27th place
Laura Bortolaso, Cristina Brambati, Elisabetta Grassi, Donatella Grossi, Caterina Miglioranza, Paola Pasteris
1981 — did not participate
1983 — 15th place
Laura Bortolaso, Anna di Mattia, Gianpiera Gambaro, Elena Ghiselli, Leonilde Iannuzzi, Josella Lombardi
1985 — 14th place
Cristina Casubolo, Elena Ghiselli, Patrizia Luconi, Michela Pistacchi, Rossana Venegoni, Giulia Volpi
1987 — 14th place
Maria Cocuzza, Patrizia Luconi, Barbara Righetto, Rossana Venegoni, Giulia Volpi, Floriana Zanetti
1989 — 14th place
Selene Celotto, Lara Filippi, Roberta Kirchmayer, Elena Marcelloni, Alessandra Vietti, Giulia Volpi
1991 — 15th place
Stefania Copelli, Carmen Falzarano, Chiara Ferrazzi, Valentina Rubinetti, Daniela Vairo, Giulia Volpi
1994 (team) — did not participate
1995 — 14th place
Individual competitors: Ilenia Meneghesso, Tania Rebagliati
1997 — 15th place
Elisa Lamperti, Ilenia Meneghesso, Francesca Morotti, Tania Rebagliati, Paola Rivi, Giordana Rocchi
1999 — 9th place
Individual competitors: Monica Bergamelli, Ilaria Colombo, Maria Teresa Gargano
2003 — 15th place
Monica Bergamelli, Ilaria Colombo, Cristina Cavalli, Maria Teresa Gargano, Marika Pestrin, Ilaria Rosso
2006 — 9th place
Monica Bergamelli, Sara Bradaschia, Lorena Coza, Vanessa Ferrari, Carlotta Giovannini, Federica Macrì
2007 — 4th place
Francesca Benolli, Monica Bergamelli, Vanessa Ferrari, Federica Macrì, Lia Parolari, Silvia Zanolo
2010 — 8th place
Vanessa Ferrari, Serena Licchetta, Jessica Mattoni, Lia Parolari, Elisabetta Preziosa, Eleonora Rando
2011 — 9th place
Emily Armi, Giorgia Campana, Carlotta Ferlito, Chiara Gandolfi, Vanessa Ferrari, Elisabetta Preziosa
2014 — 5th place
Giorgia Campana, Erika Fasana, Vanessa Ferrari, Lavinia Marongiu, Lara Mori, Martina Rizzelli
2015 — 7th place
Erika Fasana, Vanessa Ferrari,* Carlotta Ferlito, Enus Mariani,* Elisa Meneghini, Lara Mori, Tea Ugrin
* Ferrari competed in the qualifications round but subsequently withdrew with an injury. Mariani replaced her for the team final.
2018 — 12th place
Martina Basile, Irene Lanza, Lara Mori, Sara Ricciardi, Martina Rizzelli
2019 — bronze medal
Desiree Carofiglio, Alice D'Amato, Asia D'Amato, Elisa Iorio, Giorgia Villa, Martina Maggio
2022 – 5th place
Alice D'Amato, Manila Esposito, Martina Maggio, Veronica Mandriota, Giorgia Villa, Elisa Iorio
2023 – 5th place
Angela Andreoli, Arianna Belardelli, Alice D'Amato, Manila Esposito, Elisa Iorio

Junior World Championships results

2019 — 9th place
Camilla Campagnaro, Micol Minotti, Chiara Vincenzi, Veronica Mandriota
2023 — bronze medal
Caterina Gaddi, July Marano, Giulia Perotti, Matilde Ferrari

Most decorated gymnasts

This list includes all Italian female artistic gymnasts who have won a medal at the Olympic Games or the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

Rank	Gymnast	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX	Olympic Total	World Total	Total
1	Vanessa Ferrari		2006 2007		2006		2020 2013 2006	1	5	6
2	Alice D'Amato	2024 2019				2024		2	1	3
3	Asia D'Amato	2019		2021				0	2	2
	Manila Esposito	2024				2024		2	0	2
	Elisa Iorio	2024 2019						1	1	2
	Marja Nutti	1950				1950		0	2	2
	Giorgia Villa	2024 2019						1	1	2
8	Licia Macchini	1950				1950		0	2	2
9	Ambrosetti, Gianoni, Giavotti, Giorgi, Malabarba, Marangoni, Perversi, Pizzavini, Tanzini, Tronconi, Vercesi, Vittadini	1928						1	0	1
9	Angela Andreoli	2024						1	0	1
22	Bianchi, Micheli, Monlarini, Santoni, Scaricabarozzi, Torriani	1950						0	1	1
22	Desiree Carofiglio, Martina Maggio	2019						0	1	1

Best international results

Event	TF	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
Olympic Games		4	6	5
World Championships
European Games	5	5		6	14	12
European Championships
Youth Olympics	—
Junior World Championships					8
Universiade		5		5

References

^ "Italy Gymnastics Women's Team All-Around Results" Archived 2015-11-16 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
^ "Ginnastica artistica, ITALIA: SEI LEGGENDARIA! Bronzo mitologico nella gara a squadre, impresa della vita. Fate da antologia". OASport (in Italian). October 8, 2019.
^ Price, Caroline (August 5, 2024). "Italy's Alice D'Amato Wins Gold In 'Splatfest' Olympic Balance Beam Final". Forbes.
^ "Alice D'Amato Wins Shock Balance Beam Gold, Becomes First Italian Woman To Claim Olympic Title In Any Gymnastics Event". International Olympic Committee. August 5, 2024.

[1] "Italy Gymnastics Women's Team All-Around Results" Archived 2015-11-16 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com. Retrieved 20 August 2015.

[2] "Ginnastica artistica, ITALIA: SEI LEGGENDARIA! Bronzo mitologico nella gara a squadre, impresa della vita. Fate da antologia". OASport (in Italian). October 8, 2019.

[3] Price, Caroline (August 5, 2024). "Italy's Alice D'Amato Wins Gold In 'Splatfest' Olympic Balance Beam Final". Forbes.

[4] "Alice D'Amato Wins Shock Balance Beam Gold, Becomes First Italian Woman To Claim Olympic Title In Any Gymnastics Event". International Olympic Committee. August 5, 2024.

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