Andrea Barnabà

Andrea Barnabà
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (2004-06-04) 4 June 2004
Trieste, Italy
Sport
CountryItaly
SportHigh diving
Medal record
Men's High diving
Representing  Italy
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2026 ParisMen
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Montréal15 m platform

Andrea Barnabà (born 4 June 2004) is an Italian high diver.

Career

Barnabà began his career as a platform diver before switching to high diving at 16 years old.[1]

He competed at the 2022 FINA World Junior Diving Championships and won a gold medal in the 15 metre platform.[2] This was the first time that a high diving competition was incorporated into the World Aquatics Junior Diving Championships.[3] He then made his World Aquatics Championships debut in 2023 and finished in fifteenth place in the high diving event.[4]

In July 2025, he competed at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships and finished in sixth place in the high diving event with a score of 375.30.[5] In August 2026, he competed at the 2026 European Aquatics Championships and won a silver medal in high diving with a score of 386.00 points.[6][7]

Personal life

Barnabà began dating fellow high diver Elisa Cosetti in late 2023.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ Deste, Emanuele (27 November 2020). "Tuffarsi da 27 metri senza paura: l'obiettivo di Andrea Barnaba". citysport.news (in Italian). Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "Mondiali juniores. Barnaba leader delle grandi altezze". federnuoto.it (in Italian). 4 December 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "Barnaba wins landmark Fina World Junior High Diving gold". europeanaquatics.org. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  4. ↑ Zucchiatti, Mattia (27 July 2023). "Tuffi grandi altezze, Mondiali Fukuoka 2023: doppietta romena dai 27 m, Baraldi e Barnabà nei primi 15". sportface.it (in Italian). Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  5. ↑ Tiseo, Giandomenico (27 July 2025). "Tuffi grandi altezze, Andrea Barnabà chiude in sesta posizione. Lichtenstein beffa Gimeno per l'oro". oasport.it (in Italian). Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "Europei nuoto 2026, Andrea Barnabà argento nei tuffi dai 20 metri". lapresse.it (in Italian). 8 August 2026. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  7. ↑ Ziglio, Andrea (8 August 2026). "Andrea Barnabà entra nell'elite dei tuffi dalle grandi altezze! Argento agli Europei, Preda inattaccabile". oasport.it (in Italian). Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  8. ↑ Adnkronos, Redazione (8 August 2026). "Cosetti-Barnaba, un amore... d'argento: agli Europei di tuffi due medaglie da sogno per la coppia azzurra". adnkronos.com (in Italian). Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  9. ↑ Adnkronos, Redazione (8 August 2026). "Un amore da Grandi altezze: il sabato indimenticabile di Barnabà e Cosetti, fidanzati d'argento". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 8 August 2026.