Riccardo Villa (born 5 January 2005) is an Italian artistic gymnast. He is the 2023 Junior World all-around bronze medalist.
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| Full name | Riccardo Villa | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 January 2005 Monza, Lombardy, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Brianza | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Junior International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2019–present (ITA) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Ginnastica Pro Carate | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Corrado Corti | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life
editGymnastics career
editJunior
edit2022
editIn late July 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]
2023
editIn late March 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.
Competitive history
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| 2019 | International Junior Team Cup |  |
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| 2020 | Mallorca Cup | 5 | |||||||
| 2021 | Italian Championships | 18 | |||||||
| 2022 | DTB Pokal Team Challenge | |
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| Italian Championships | 8 | 6 | 5 | ||||||
| 2023 | Luxembourg Open | |
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References
edit- ^ "FIG Profile: Riccardo Villa". International Gymnastics Federation.
- ^ "Italy Tops the Podium in EYOF Mixed Pairs Competition". BMV Sports. July 29, 2022.
- ^ "6 nations golden in #Munich2022 junior apparatus finals". European Gymnastics. August 21, 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Asian domination: Japanese men repeat as World Junior team champions". International Gymnastics Federation. March 29, 2023.
- ^ "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.