Nicola Bartolini (born 7 February 1996) is an Italian artistic gymnast. He is the 2021 World Champion and 2021 European bronze medalist on floor exercise. Bartolini's early career was plagued with injury as a shoulder injury and subsequent surgery made him unable to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games.
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| Nickname(s) | Bart, Bartoleddu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 February 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Milan, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior international elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2014–present (ITA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gymnastics career edit
2014 edit
Bartolini competed at the 2014 European Championships in the junior division. He helped Italy finish fifth as a team and individually he finished eighth in the all-around and on floor exercise and fifth on vault.
Bartolini competed at the 2014 World Championships where he helped Italy finish 13th as a team during qualifications. He did not advance to any individual finals.[1]
2015–18 edit
Between 2015 and 2018 he participated in the 2015 World Championships but injuries prevented him from taking part in Rio 2016 and other competitions.
2019 edit
He took part in the European Championships 2019 and finished eighth on floor exercise and sixth on the vault. In 2019 he underwent shoulder surgery for a second time.[2]
2021 edit
He took part in the European Championships 2021 where he won the bronze medal at the floor event.[3][4] In October he won the gold medal in the floor event at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2021 becoming the first Italian to do so.[5][6]
2022 edit
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In August, Bartolini competed at the European Championships, where he finished tenth in the all-around. Additionally, he qualified to the floor final in first place, and helped Italy qualify to the team final.[7] During the team final he helped Italy win the silver medal behind Great Britain and he placed fourth on floor exercise. Bartolini next competed at the World Championships where he helped Italy finish in fourth place. Individually he placed fifth on floor exercise. Bartolini next competed at the Swiss Cup alongside Martina Maggio. They finished second behind the American duo of Yul Moldauer and Addison Fatta.
Competitive history edit
| Year | Event | Team | AA | FX | PH | SR | VT | PB | HB |
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| 2014 | |||||||||
| European Championships (junior) | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | |||||
| World Championships | 13 | ||||||||
| 2015 | |||||||||
| European Games | 14 | ||||||||
| 2018 | Osijek Challenge Cup |  |
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7 | |||||
| 2019 | |||||||||
| European Championships | 8 | 6 | |||||||
| 2021 | |||||||||
| European Championships | 9 | |
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| World Championships |  |
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| 2022 | DTB Pokal Team Challenge |  |
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| Mediterranean Games | |
7 | |
4 | |
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| European Championships | |
10 | 4 | ||||||
| World Championships | 4 | 5 | |||||||
| Swiss Cup | |
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| 2023 | Baku World Cup | 4 | |||||||
| World Championships | 8 |
References edit
- ^ "45th ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS in Nanning (CHN)" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 3 October 2014.
- ^ "Nicola Bartolini". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "Gymnastics - Nicola Bartolini- RESULTS". thesports.org. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "Nicola Bartolini 2° al corpo libero ai Mondiali! Esercizio da urlo, che crescita dal bronzo europeo - VIDEO". OA Sport (in Italian). 20 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "MEN'S FLOOR EXERCISE FINAL - RESULTS". gym.longinestiming.com. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "Italy's Nicola Bartolini makes history with floor gold at World Championships". SportsMole. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "2022 European Championships results". European Gymnastics. Retrieved 18 August 2022.