Sofia Raffaeli
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Sofia Raffaeli (born 19 January 2004) is an Italian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2024 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2022 World all-around, hoop, ball, ribbon and team champion, the 2023 World all-around, hoop and ball silver medalist, the 2025 World all-around bronze medalist and a two-time (2023, 2024) European silver all-around medalist. She is the first Italian individual rhythmic gymnast to win a gold medal at the World Championships, European Championships and World Games, and she has won seven all-around gold medals in the FIG World Cup circuit. She is the first Italian individual rhythmic gymnast to win a medal at the Olympic Games.
At the national level, she is a five-time (2022–2026) Italian National all-around champion, the 2021 Italian National all-around silver medalist, and the 2020 Italian National all-around bronze medalist. As of 2025, she is the most decorated individual rhythmic gymnast from the Italian Gymnastics Federation.
Personal life
Raffaeli was born in Chiaravalle, Marche, Italy. Her mother, Milena Martarelli, is an engineer at the University of Ancona, while her father, Gianni Raffaeli, is an architect. She has a younger brother, Pietro Raffaeli, who is a fencer.[1] Raffaeli got involved in artistic gymnastics at the age of three, and she switched to rhythmic gymnastics four years later.
In 2021, she joined the Sports Group of the Fiamme Oro.[9]
At Gazzetta Sports Awards 2023 (Oscars of Sports), Raffaeli was named the Best Female Athlete of the year alongside the Olympic, World and continental higher jumper champion Gianmarco Tamberi, who was the best male of the year. This made her the first-ever Italian rhythmic gymnast to win this award.[10]
Career
Junior
2018
She represented Italy at the 2018 Junior European Championships in Guadalajara, Spain, where she qualified to the clubs final and finished in 5th place. She and her teammates Eva Swahili Gherardi, Anna Paola Cantatore and Talisa Torretti took 4th place in the team competition.[11]
2019
In 2019, she competed at the 2019 Junior World Championships in Moscow, Russia. She won three silver medals - team, rope and clubs. She also placed 8th in ball and 7th in ribbon.[12]
Senior
2020
In 2020, Raffaeli officially made her senior debut at the 2020 Italian National Championships, where she won the bronze medal in the all-around behind Milena Baldassarri and Alexandra Agiurgiuculese. She also won a gold medal with clubs and a silver medal with ball.[13]
2021
In the 2021 season, Raffaeli made her senior international debut at the 2021 FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup series. She finished 10th in the all-around behind Sabina Tashkenbaeva and qualified to two apparatus finals, where she won a silver medal with clubs and a bronze medal with ribbon.[14] On 16–18 April Raffaeli competed at the 2021 Tashkent World Cup, where she finished 4th in the all-around behind Anastasiia Salos, and qualified to three apparatus finals, winning a silver medal with hoop and ribbon, and also placing 4th in clubs.[15] In May, Raffaeli participated in the 2021 Pesaro World Cup, where she placed 8th in the all-round behind Laura Zeng. She qualified to two apparatus finals and placed 6th in clubs and 5th in ribbon.
In June, she won the silver medal in the all-around final at the 2021 Italian National Championships behind Milena Baldassarri and in front of Alexandra Agiurgiuculese. This championship decided the two gymnasts who were going to represent Italy at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Despite the fact that Raffaeli came second, the national coach, Emanuela Maccarani, decided that the gymnast accompanying Baldassarri should be Agiurgiuculese due to her experience throughout the Olympic cycle. Raffaeli also managed to enter all four apparatus finals, winning gold in clubs, silver in hoop, and bronze in ball and ribbon.
Raffaeli was then selected to compete at the 2021 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships in Varna, Bulgaria, along with Alexandra Agiurgiuculese. She qualified to the individual all-round final and the clubs final; she finished both finals in 8th place. At the 2021 Marbella Grand Prix Final, Raffaeli placed 4th all-around behind Anastasia Simakova, and she also placed first in clubs, third in ball and ribbon, and 7th in hoop. She was selected to represent Italy at the 2021 World Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan. At her senior world championships debut, she won a bronze medal in the hoop final.[16] Raffaeli also made it into the individual all-around final, finishing in 6th place behind Viktoriia Onopriienko. She additionally won a silver medal in the team competition, together with Milena Baldassarri, Alexandra Agiurgiuculese, and the Italian group.
2022: World champion
In the 2022 season, Raffaeli adapted to the new FIG code of points and became the top gymnast of the Italian national team.
Raffaeli competed at the 2022 World Cup Athens and won the gold medal in the all-around, in front of Daria Atamanov, becoming the first Italian individual rhythmic gymnast to win a gold medal in the all-around event of a FIG World Cup stage. She also qualified to three apparatus finals, winning two gold medals with ball and clubs, and a silver medal with hoop.[17][18] On 8–10 April Raffaeli competed at the 2022 World Cup Sofia where she finished second in the all-around behind Boryana Kaleyn. She also won 3 silver medals with hoop, ball, clubs and she placed 6th in ribbon.[19] On 22–24 April Raffaeli competed at the 2022 World Cup Baku where she won the second all-around title of her career ahead of Boryana Kaleyn and teammate Milena Baldassarri. She also won a gold medal with hoop and two bronze medals with ball and clubs, and she placed 5th in ribbon.[20]
On 27–29 May Raffaeli competed at the 2022 Italian National Championships. She won the gold medal in the general all-around competition, and she also managed to win four gold medals in the apparatus finals, all in front of Milena Baldassarri.[21] On 3–5 June Raffaeli competed at the 2022 World Cup Pesaro where she won the gold medal in the all around competition. On top of that, she won three gold medals in the hoop, ball and clubs final and a silver medal with the ribbon behind Viktoriia Onopriienko.[22] With this, she won the all-around trophy of the World Cup circuit, and she also won the apparatus trophies with hoop, ball and clubs.[23]
From 15 to 19 June Raffaeli competed at the 2022 European Championships in Tel Aviv, Israel. Although a poor performance in the individual final saw her left off the all-around podium, she won two gold medals and two silver medals in the hoop, clubs, ball and team final respectively. This made her the first Italian rhythmic gymnast to win a gold medal at the European Championships.[24] On 12–13 July Raffaeli competed at the World Games 2022. She won the gold medal in the clubs final and two silver medals in the hoop and ball final.[25] She was the first Italian rhythmic gymnast to win a gold medal at the World Games.
On 26–28 August Raffaeli competed at the 2022 World Challenge Cup Cluj-Napoca. She won the gold medal in the all around competition.[26] She became the first Italian rhythmic gymnast to win an all-around gold medal at a World Challenge Cup. Additionally, she won two gold medals in the hoop and ribbon final and a bronze medal with clubs. From 14 to 18 September Raffaeli represented Italy at the World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, where she won five gold medals in the all-around, hoop, ball, ribbon and team competition, and a bronze medal in the clubs final. She was Italy's first all-around individual champion at the World Championships.[27]
2023: World silver medal
Raffaeli began her season by competing at the Grand Prix RG Marbella 2023, where she won a gold medal in the all-around and ribbon finals as well as a silver medal in the clubs final. On 18 March, Raffaeli competed at the 2023 World Cup Athens and won the gold medal in the all-around competition. She also won a gold medal in the hoop final and a silver medal in the ball final. On 1–2 April Raffaeli competed at the 2023 World Cup Sofia where she finished second in the all-around. She also won a silver medal with ball, and two bronze medals with hoop and clubs. On 15 April Raffaeli competed at the 2023 World Cup Tashkent and won five gold medals in the all-around, hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon final. The next week, she competed at the 2023 World Cup Baku and finished second in the all-around and hoop final.
From 18 to 21 May Raffaeli competed at the 2023 European Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. She won the silver medal in the all-around final by just 0.05 points after making large improvements to her scores from qualifications. This made her the first Italian individual rhythmic gymnast to win a medal in the all-around final at the European Championships.[28][29] In addition, she won two gold medals in the clubs and ball finals.[30] On 10 June Raffaeli competed at the 2023 Italian National Championships. She won her second consecutive national title in the all-around competition.[31] She also managed to win all the gold medals in the apparatus finals.[32]
On 14–16 July Raffaeli competed at the 2023 World Challenge Cup Cluj-Napoca and won the gold medal in the all around competition. She won the gold medal in the hoop final and two bronze medals in the ball and clubs finals.[33][34] On 21–23 July Raffaeli competed at the 2023 World Cup Milan, where she won the gold medal in the hoop final and two silver medals in the all-around and clubs final.[35] With this, she also won the FIG World Cup series all-around and hoop trophy for the second year in a row.[36]
Raffaeli was selected to compete at the 2023 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, in Valencia, Spain, where she won three silver medals in the all-around, hoop and ball finals. She also contributed massively to the Italian team bronze.[37] Throughout the World Championships, Raffaeli was seen training with a new coach, Claudia Mancinelli, and it was rumoured that she and her long-time coach Julieta Cantaluppi had some disagreements. In November, less than a year before the 2024 Summer Olympics, it was formally announced by the Italian and Israeli Gymnastics Federation that Julieta Cantaluppi was leaving Italy to pursuit other coaching opportunities in Israel.[38]
2024: Olympic bronze medal
Raffaeli began her season by competing at the 2024 World Cup Athens and won two silver medals with hoop and ball. On 12–14 April, Raffaeli, competed at the 2024 World Cup Sofia, where she finished fourth in the all-around. She also won a bronze medal with hoop and a gold medal with clubs. The next week, she competed at the 2024 World Cup Baku and finished third in the all-around. She also won a gold medal with clubs and a silver medal with hoop.
On 3–5 May, Raffaeli competed at the 2024 European Cup Baku, where she won the silver medal in the all-around, a gold medal with hoop, a silver medal with clubs and a bronze medal with ribbon. From 23 to 26 May Raffaeli competed at the 2024 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. She won the silver medal in the all-around final, the gold medal in the ball final and the silver medal in the ribbon final. She also won a silver medal in the team competition, together with Milena Baldassarri and the Italian group.
On 8 June Raffaeli competed at the 2024 Italian National Championships. She won her third consecutive national title in the all-around competition.[39] She also managed to win three gold medals in the apparatus finals. She competed at the Milan World Cup at the end of June, where she won the silver medal in the all-around behind Darja Varfolomeev. In the apparatus finals, she won gold in ribbon and silver in the ball and clubs finals, and she took 7th place in the hoop final.[40]
In August, Raffaeli competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics. She qualified for the final in first place and said, "It's a beautiful feeling to be leading after this first day, but I don't want to get too emotional. The real competition is tomorrow."[41] In the final, she dropped the apparatus in her ball and ribbon routines but still finished with the bronze medal, earning Italy's first individual rhythmic gymnastics Olympic medal. She expressed regret that she had finished with mistakes in her last routine, ribbon, but also happiness for winning a medal.[42]
In September, she participated in the Aeon Cup in Japan with Milena Baldassarri and Anna Piergentili. They won the bronze medal in the team competition, and Raffaeli won gold in the all-around.[43]
2025: World bronze medal
Raffaeli began her season in late February by competing for her club Fabriano during the first stage of the Italian Serie A1 club championship. She performed her new hoop routine and received the second highest score of the day, behind Varfolomeev, but her team only reached 7th place because of many mistakes in other girls' routines.[44] The second stage was held on March 15, where Raffaeli performed her new clubs routine and helped her team Fabriano reach 3rd place.[45]
At the Grand Prix Marbella in late March, she won the silver medal in the all-around behind Taiisia Onofriichuk. She also won a gold medal in the hoop and ribbon final and a silver medal in the clubs final. On 4-6 April, she competed at Sofia World Cup, where she made mistakes in three of her four routines in the all-around and took 11th place. She only qualified for the hoop final, where she won the bronze medal. On April 18-20, she competed at the Baku World Cup and won the gold medal in the all-around in front of Taisiia Onofriichuk and Stiliana Nikolova.
In early May, Raffaeli competed at the European Cup being held in Baku. In the cross battle, she won gold ahead of Lola Djuraeva and Taisiia Onofriichuk, and she also won a gold medal in the ball final.[46] Sofia was selected to represent Italy, along with Tara Dragas and Alice Taglietti, at the 2025 European Championships in Tallinn. Together with the senior group, they won the gold medal in the team competition.[47] She finished in 4th place in the all-around final, 0.2 points away from podium.[48] She competed in all four appartus finals the next day and won a silver medal with hoop and bronze with clubs. On 14 June, she competed at the 2025 Italian National Championships and won her fourth consecutive national title in the all-around competition. In a tight race with Tara Dragas, she won by 0.35 points.[49] She won gold medals in the hoop and ball finals and silver with clubs and ribbon.
On 30 June, it was announced that her coach, Claudia Mancinelli, would be leaving to become the head of the Territorial Activity Center in Rome, and that Raffaeli would be moving to the national training center in Desio to train.[50] In July, she won gold medal in all-around at Milan World Cup, the gold medal in hoop final and the silver medal in clubs final.[51][52][53] A couple days later, Raffaeli competed at the World Challenge Cup Cluj-Napoca, where she took 4th place in the AA due to some mistakes in her clubs routine. She qualified to all finals except for clubs, and she placed 4th with hoop, 8th in ball due to two large risk errors and 5th in ribbon in which she ended without her ribbon right at the end of a well executed routine.[54]
Raffaeli was selected to represent Italy alongside Tara Dragas and the Italian group at the 2025 World Championships, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[55] She took 4th place in all-around qualifications and qualified to three apparatus finals.[56] She performed her routines well in the all-around final and won the bronze medal behind Darja Varfolomeev and Stiliana Nikolova. Raffaeli said afterward, "I am very pleased with this final. I won the bronze medal and I am very proud of it."[57] Together with Tara Dragas and the Italian senior group, she took 6th place in the team competition.[58] She also won a gold medal in hoop, which she dedicated to Italian artistic gymnast Lorenzo Bonicelli, who was severely injured at the 2025 Summer World University Games, and a bronze medal in ball. In the clubs final, she finished 5th.[59]
In December, she began to be coached by Amina Zaripova, the new coach of her gymnastics club.[60]
2026: World bronze medal
In January, Raffaeli went to a two-week camp in Novogorsk, Russia, along with teammates Anna Piergentili and Veronica Zappaterreni, to train with Russian specialists and to work on choreography with Irina Zenovka; the trip was endorsed by the Italian Gymnastics Federation. The choice to train there was controversial and drew criticism due to the ongoing Russian War in Ukraine.[61]
Raffaeli began her 2026 season by competing at the Miss Valentine Grand Prix in Tartu in late February, where she won the bronze medal in the all-around and ball final.[62][63] On 21-22 March, Raffaeli competed at Grand Prix Marbella, where she took 5th place in the all-around and won a silver medal in the clubs final.[64] On 29-30 March, Raffaeli competed at the Sofia World Cup, where she finished third in the all-around. She competed in all four apparatus finals the next day and won bronze medals with hoop and ball as well as a silver medal with clubs.[65][66] On 17-19 April, she competed at the Baku World Cup and took 6th place in the all-around. She competed in three apparatus finals the next day and won two silver medals with ball and ribbon.[67]
In early May, Raffaeli competed at the European Cup being held in Baku. In the cross battle she won the bronze medal, and she also won a silver medal in the ball final and a bronze medal in the clubs final.[68] On 15-17 May, she competed at the 2026 World Challenge Cup Portimao and won the gold medal in the all-around, hoop final and silver in the ball final. She also qualified for but withdrew from the clubs and ribbon finals due to a minor muscle strain; her coaching team decided to withdrew her to avoid any risk of injuries ahead of the European Championship.[69]
In June, she competed at Italian National Championships and won the gold medal in the all-around for the fifth consecutive year, becoming the only Italian gymnast beside Veronica Bertolini to achieve this.[70] She also won gold medals in the hoop and clubs finals and silver in ball, and she took 5th place with ribbon.[71] In July, she competed at Milan World Cup and won silver medal in all-around. She also won gold medal in hoop final and took 4th place in ball, clubs and ribbon.
In August, she was selected to represent Italy at the 2026 World Championships in Frankfurt, Germany. She took 5th place in all-around qualifications after mistakes in her clubs and ribbon routines. She took 6th place in the team competition alongside Tara Dragas and the senior group. In the all-around final, she won bronze 0.05 points behind Stiliana Nikolova; this meant she also won Italy an Olympic quota for the 2028 Olympic Games.[72] In the apparatus finals, she won silver in the hoop final behind Taisiia Onofriichuk and ahead of Darja Varfolomeev, and she finished 5th place in the ball final.[73]
Afterwards, it was announced that she was planning to undergo arthroscopic knee surgery, which had been scheduled for after the World Championships.[74]
Eponymous skill
Raffaeli has one eponymous skill listed in the code of points, a 180 degree turn in a side split position on relevé with the free leg bent.[75] It was added to the code in 2021. She is the second Italian rhythmic gymnast to have an eponymous skill after Alexandra Agiurgiuculese.[3]
| Name | Description | Difficulty[a] |
|---|---|---|
| Raffaeli | Side split with or without help, trunk horizontal with free bent leg | 0.5 base value |
- ↑ Valid for the 2022-2024 Code of Points
Detailed Olympic results
| Year | Competition Description | Location | Music | Apparatus | Rank-Final | Score-Final | Rank-Qualifying | Score-Qualifying |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Olympics | Paris | All-around | 3rd | 136.300 | 1st | 139.100 | |
| Rescue by Lauren Daigle | Hoop | 4th | 35.250 | 1st | 35.700 | |||
| Bella ci dormi by Maria Mazzotta and Pulcinella | Ball | 6th | 32.900 | 5th | 34.450 | |||
| Dark Mirror by Power-Haus, Christian Reindl and Lucie Paradis | Clubs | 2nd | 35.900 | 2nd | 35.000 | |||
| Vesoul by Mouron and Terry Truck | Ribbon | 7th | 32.350 | 1st | 33.950 |
Achievements
- She is the first and only Italian individual gymnast to have won a medal at a Junior World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships.
- She is the first and only Italian individual gymnast to have won a gold medal in the all-around competition at a World Cup.
- She is the first and only Italian gymnast to have won the entire World Cup circuit in the general competition, hoop, ball and clubs specialties.
- She is the first and only Italian individual gymnast to have won a medal at a Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships.
- She is the first and only Italian individual gymnast to have won a gold medal at a Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships.
- She is the first and only Italian individual gymnast to have won a gold medal at a Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships.
- She is the first and only Italian individual gymnast to have won a gold medal in the all around at a Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships.
- She is the first and only Italian individual gymnast to have won 5 out of 5 golds (all-around, hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon) in a World Cup.
- She is the first and only Italian individual gymnast to have won a medal in the all around at a Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships.
- She is the first and only Italian individual rhythmic gymnast to win a gold medal at the European Cup.
- She is the first and only Italian individual rhythmic gymnast to win a medal at Olympic Games.
- She is the first and only Italian individual rhythmic gymnast to win the cross battles title at the European Cup.
Routine music information
| Year | Apparatus | Music title |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Hoop | Whip by Arca / Seep by William Morris (Kings & Creatures) |
| Ball (first) | Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 4 in E Minor. Largo by Maurizio Pollini / Jane B. by Jane Birkin | |
| Ball (second) | Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 4 in E Minor. Largo by Maurizio Pollini / How insensitive by Lyn Stanley and Tamir Hendelman | |
| Ball (third) | The Double Theme - Version 1 / Main Title (The Flight Attendant) by Blake Neely | |
| Clubs | Prelude to Caravan by Paddy Milner / N.E.W. by Hiromi, Tomoaki Baba & Shun Ishiwaka | |
| Ribbon | La canzone dei vecchi amanti by Delia Buglisi | |
| 2025 | Hoop | Tu si' na cosa grande by Domenico Modugno |
| Ball | Making Christmas Remix (from The Nightmare Before Christmas) Pentatonix & The Citizens of Halloween | |
| Clubs | 'Cu Ti Lu Dissi by Redi Hasa & Maria Mazzotta | |
| Ribbon | El Tango De Roxanne by Roxane Del | |
| 2024 | Hoop | Rescue by Lauren Daigle |
| Ball | Bella ci dormi by Maria Mazzotta and Pulcinella | |
| Clubs | Dark Mirror by Power-Haus, Christian Reindl and Lucie Paradis | |
| Ribbon | Vesoul by Mouron and Terry Truck | |
| 2023 | Hoop | Psycho Suite by Bernard Hermann and The Murder by Danny Elfman |
| Ball | "Il mondo" by Jacopo Rossetto | |
| Clubs | Quand C’est by Stromae | |
| Ribbon | "That's Life" by Frank Sinatra | |
| 2022 | Hoop | Vai Vedrai by Cirque du Soleil |
| Ball | Nemesis by Benjamin Clementine | |
| Clubs | Call me Cruella by Florence + the Machine | |
| Ribbon (first) | Two Trains by Jan A. P. Kaczmarek | |
| Ribbon (second) | "Ladder Fight" (Xena: Warrior Princess (Original Television Soundtrack)) by Joseph LoDuca | |
| 2021 | Hoop | Montagues & Capulets by Richard Clayderman, Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra, Deyan Pavlov |
| Ball (first) | Oogie Boogie's Song" by Danny Elfman | |
| Ball (second) | The man with the harmonica Song by Ennio Morricone | |
| Clubs | Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence by Ryuichi Sakamoto | |
| Ribbon | "Tango de Amor" (The Addams Family OST) by Nathan Lane, Bebe Neuwirth | |
| 2020 | Hoop | Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy by Jennifer Thomas |
| Ball | Oogie Boogie's Song by Danny Elfman | |
| Clubs (first) | Aha! by Imogen Heap | |
| Clubs (second) | Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence by Ryuichi Sakamoto | |
| Ribbon | "Tango de Amor" (The Addams Family OST) by Nathan Lane, Bebe Neuwirth | |
| 2019 | Rope | "Far from Over by Frank Stallone, from Staying Alive's OST |
| Ball | Amara Terra Mia by Ermal Meta | |
| Clubs | Money by Alan Cumming | |
| Ribbon | The Penguins of Madagascar by Lorne Balfe | |
| 2018 | Hoop | "La foule" by Édith Piaf |
| Ball | The Pink Panther Theme by The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra | |
| Clubs | Marajà by Vinicio Capossela | |
| Ribbon | The Penguins of Madagascar by Lorne Balfe | |
Competitive highlights
(Team competitions in seniors are held only at the World Championships, Europeans and other Continental Games.)
| International: Senior | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Event | AA | Team | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon |
| 2026 | World Championships Frankfurt | 3rd | 6th | 2nd | 5th | 26th (Q) | 23rd (Q) |
| World Cup Milan | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 4th | 4th | ||
| European Championships Varna | 8th | 6th | 3rd | 21th (Q) | 8th | 7th | |
| World Cup Challenge Portimao | 1st | 1st | 2nd | WD | WD | ||
| European Cup Baku | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 8th | ||
| World Cup Baku | 6th | 4th | 2nd | 9th (Q) | 2nd | ||
| World Cup Sofia | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 7th | ||
| Grand Prix Marbella | 5th | 17th (Q) | 9th (Q) | 2nd | 4th | ||
| Grand Prix Tartu | 3rd | 6th | 3rd | 17th (Q) | 4th | ||
| 2025 | World Championships Rio | 3rd | 6th | 1st | 3rd | 5th | 13th (Q) |
| World Cup Challenge Cluj-Napoca | 4th | 4th | 8th | 14th (Q) | 5th | ||
| World Cup Milan | 1st | 1st | 5th | 2nd | 5th | ||
| European Championships Tallinn | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 5th | 3rd | 4th | |
| European Cup Baku | 1st | 1st | |||||
| World Cup Baku | 1st | 5th | 6th | 4th | 5th | ||
| World Cup Sofia | 11th | 3rd | 26th(Q) | 9th (Q) | 28th (Q) | ||
| Grand Prix Marbella | 2nd | 1st | 5th | 2nd | 1st | ||
| 2024 | Aeon Cup | 1st | 3rd | ||||
| Olympic Games | 3rd | ||||||
| World Cup Milan | 2nd | 7th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | ||
| European Championships Budapest | 2nd | 2nd | 8th | 1st | 6th | 2nd | |
| European Cup Baku | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | ||
| World Cup Baku | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 15th(Q) | ||
| World Cup Sofia | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 12th(Q) | ||
| World Cup Athens | 8th | 2nd | 2nd | 11th (Q) | 29th (Q) | ||
| 2023 | Aeon Cup | 3rd | 4th | ||||
| World Championships Valencia | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 15th (Q) | 4th | |
| World Cup Milan | 2nd | 1st | 7th | 2nd | 8th | ||
| World Challenge Cup Cluj-Napoca | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 6th | ||
| European Championships Baku | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 1st | 1st | 29th (Q) | |
| World Cup Baku | 2nd | 2nd | 7th | 6th | 14th (Q) | ||
| World Cup Tashkent | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
| World Cup Sofia | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | ||
| World Cup Athens | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 5th | 5th | ||
| Grand Prix Marbella | 1st | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 1st | ||
| 2022 | Aeon Cup | 1st | 1st | ||||
| World Championships Sofia | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | |
| World Challenge Cup Cluj-Napoca | 1st | 1st | 8th | 3rd | 1st | ||
| World Games 2022 | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 11th (Q) | |||
| European Championships Tel Aviv | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 9th (Q) | |
| World Cup Pesaro | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | ||
| World Cup Baku | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | ||
| World Cup Sofia | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 6th | ||
| World Cup Athens | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 14th (Q) | ||
| 2021 | World Championships Kitakyushu | 6th | 2nd | 3rd | 9th (Q) | 16th (Q) | |
| Grand Prix Marbella | 4th | 7th | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | ||
| European Championships Varna | 8th | 6th | 11th (Q) | 9th (Q) | 8th | 39th (Q) | |
| World Cup Pesaro | 8th | 9th (Q) | 19th (Q) | 6th | 5th | ||
| World Cup Tashkent | 4th | 2nd | 11th (Q) | 4th | 2nd | ||
| World Cup Sofia | 10th | 29th (Q) | 14th (Q) | 2nd | 3rd | ||
| International: Junior | |||||||
| Year | Event | AA | Team | Hoop/Rope | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon |
| 2019 | Junior World Championships | 2nd | 2nd | 8th | 2nd | 7th | |
| 2018 | Junior European Championships | 4th | 7th (Q) | 5th | |||
| National | |||||||
| Year | Event | AA | Team | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon |
| 2026 | Italian National Championships | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 5th | |
| 2025 | Italian National Championships | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | |
| 2024 | Italian National Championships | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 6th | |
| 2023 | Italian National Championships | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
| 2022 | Italian National Championships | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
| 2021 | Italian National Championships | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | |
| 2020 | Italian National Championships | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 17th (Q) | |
| 2019 | Italian National Championships | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | |||
| Q = Qualifications (Did not advance to Event Final due to the 2 gymnast per country rule, only Top 8 highest score); WR = World Record; WD = Withdrew; NT = No Team Competition; OC = Out of Competition(competed but scores not counted for qualifications/results) | |||||||
See also
References
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