Riccardo Villa

Riccardo Villa
Villa at the 2022 European Championships
Personal information
Full nameRiccardo Villa
Born (2005-01-05) 5 January 2005
Monza, Lombardy, Italy
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented
Italy Italy
(2019–present)
ClubGinnastica Pro Carate
Head coach
Corrado Corti
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Italy
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2023 AntalyaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2023 AntalyaAll-around
Bronze medal – third place2023 AntalyaRings
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Challenge Cup 1 0 0

Riccardo Villa (born 5 January 2005) is an Italian artistic gymnast. He is the 2023 Junior World all-around bronze medalist.

Personal life

Villa was born in Monza in 2005.[1]

Gymnastics career

Junior: 2022–2023

In late July of 2022 Villa competed at the European Youth Olympic Festival where he helped Italy win gold as a team. Individually Villa won silver in the all-around behind Radomyr Stelmakh. Additionally he and teammate Arianna Grillo won gold in the mixed pairs portion of the competition.[2] In August Villa competed at the European Championships where he helped Italy win gold as a team. Individually he won gold on pommel horse and placed sixth in the all-around.[3]

Introduction
Rings
Pommel horse
Villa at the 2022 European Championships

In March 2023 Villa competed at the second Junior World Championships alongside Manuel Berettera and Tommaso Brugnami. On the first day of competition he helped Italy win the bronze medal behind Japan and China.[4][5] During the all-around final Villa won bronze, 0.001 points ahead of Tomoharu Tsunogai and behind Qin Guohuan of China and Ángel Barajas of Colombia.[6] Additionally Villa won bronze on rings and placed fifth on horizontal bar.

Senior: 2025–present

Villa made his senior international debut at the 2025 Koper World Challenge Cup where he placed fifth on rings and fourth on horizontal bar. He next competed at the 2025 World University Games alongside Lorenzo Bonicelli and Niccoló Vannucchi. They withdrew from the competition after Bonicelli suffered a serious neck injury when dismounting the rings.[7]

Villa competed at the 2026 Koper World Challenge Cup where he won gold on horizontal bar.[8]

Competitive history

Year Event Team AA FX PH SR VT PB HB
Junior
2019International Junior Team Cup3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)63rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2020Mallorca Cup5
2021Italian Championships18
2022DTB Pokal Team Challenge3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)52nd place, silver medalist(s)
European Youth Olympic Festival1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)4584
EYOF Mixed Pairs1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)61st place, gold medalist(s)7
Italian Championships865
2023Luxembourg Open1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Junior World Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)5
Senior
2025Koper World Challenge Cup54
World University GamesDNF
2026 DTB Pokal Team Challenge3rd place, bronze medalist(s)4
Koper World Challenge Cup1st place, gold medalist(s)
Italian Championships107
European Championships415

References

  1. ↑ "FIG Profile: Riccardo Villa". International Gymnastics Federation.
  2. ↑ "Italy Tops the Podium in EYOF Mixed Pairs Competition". BMV Sports. July 29, 2022. Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  3. ↑ "6 nations golden in #Munich2022 junior apparatus finals". European Gymnastics. August 21, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Ginnastica artistica, Italia da brividi ai Mondiali juniores! Azzurri di bronzo nella gara a squadre: Villa, Brugnami e Berettera stellari" [Artistic gymnastics, Italy gives chills at the Junior World Championships! Bronze Azzurri in the team competition: Villa, Brugnami and Berettera stellar]. OA Sport (in Italian). March 29, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Asian domination: Japanese men repeat as World Junior team champions". International Gymnastics Federation. March 29, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Ginnastica artistica, Riccardo Villa luccica all'orizzonte: magico bronzo all-around ai Mondiali juniores, futuro luminoso" [Artistic gymnastics, Riccardo Villa glitters on the horizon: magical all-around bronze at the Junior World Championships, bright future]. OA Sport (in Italian). March 31, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Italian gymnast Lorenzo Bonicelli in intensive care but stable after neck injury at FISU World University Games". International Olympic Committee. July 25, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Many happy returns: Seven nations on top at Slovenian World Challenge Cup". World Gymnastics. June 2, 2026.
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