Gabriele Targhetta

Gabriele Targhetta
Born (2006-03-17) 17 March 2006
Monza, Lombardy, Italy
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented
Italy Italy
(2024–present)
GymSpes Mestre
Head coach
Gianmatteo Centazzo
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Italy
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2026 ZagrebPommel horse
Bronze medal – third place2025 LeipzigPommel horse
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Apparatus World Cup 1 1 0
World Challenge Cup 0 1 1
Total 1 2 1

Gabriele Targhetta (born 17 March 2006) is an Italian artistic gymnast. He is the 2026 European champion and 2025 European bronze medalist on pommel horse.

Early life

Targhetta was born in Monza in 2006.[1]

Gymnastics career

Targhetta made his international debut for Italy at the 2024 Szombathely World Challenge Cup after having never represented Italy at the junior level.[2] While there he won the silver medal on pommel horse behind compatriot Edoardo de Rosa.[3]

In 2025 Targhetta competed at the World Cups in Osijek and Cairo. At the former he placed eleventh on pommel horse during the qualification round and did not advance to the final.[4] In Cairo he won silver behind Hamlet Manukyan.[5][6] Targhetta was later selected to compete at the 2025 European Championships as an individual.[7] While there he won bronze on pommel horse behind Manukyan and Mamikon Khachatryan.[5] In doing so, he became the first Italian to win a medal on the apparatus since Alberto Busnari in 2015.[8]

At the 2026 European Championships, Targetta won gold on pommel horse ahead of Manukyan and Khachatryan. In doing so, he became the first Italian to win a European title on the apparatus.[9]

Competitive history

Year Event Team AA FX PH SR VT PB HB
2024 Italian Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Szombathely World Challenge Cup2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2025 Osijek World Cup11
Cairo World Cup2nd place, silver medalist(s)
European Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Paris World Challenge Cup3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World ChampionshipsR1
2026 Cottbus World Cup1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. ↑ "GABRIELE TARGHETTA" (PDF). Italian Gymnastics Federation (in Italian).
  2. ↑ "Gabriele Targhetta: salire sul podio alla prima gara internazionale "mi ha aiutato a credere di più in me stesso"" [Gabriele Targhetta: getting on the podium at the first international race “helped me believe in myself more”]. Ginnasticando (in Italian). 23 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "Career bests cap splendid World Cup series closer in Szombathely". International Gymnastics Federation. 7 October 2024.
  4. ↑ "2025 Osijek World Cup Men's Results". The Gymternet. 14 April 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Chi è Gabriele Targhetta? Il nome nuovo della ginnastica artistica italiana che fa sognare al cavallo" [Who is Gabriele Targhetta? The new name in Italian artistic gymnastics that makes the horse dream]. OA Sport (in Italian). 28 May 2025.
  6. ↑ "Il Cairo - Gabriele Targhetta, argento al Cavallo con Maniglie in Coppa del Mondo" [Cairo - Gabriele Targhetta, silver in the Pommel Horse at the World Cup]. Italian Gymnastics Federation (in Italian). 27 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "Lipsia - I convocati azzurri all'11°Campionato d'Europa individuale di Ginnastica Artistica M/F" [Leipzig - The Italians called up for the 11th European Individual Artistic Gymnastics Championships M/F]. Italian Gymnastics Federation (in Italian). 21 May 2025.
  8. ↑ "Men's Apparatus Finals Results Pommel Horse" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. European Union of Gymnastics. 18 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "Europei di Zagabria, Gabriele Targhetta vince l'oro al cavallo con maniglie: storico trionfo per l'Italia" [Gabriele Targhetta wins gold on the pommel horse at the European Championships in Zagreb: a historic triumph for Italy]. Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian). 21 August 2026.
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