Alessia Maurelli

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Alessia Maurelli
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Personal information
Full nameAlessia Maurelli
Country representedFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Born (1996-08-22) 22 August 1996 (age 28)
Hometown Rivoli, Italy
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
LevelSenior international elite
Years on national team2014-2024
Club Aeronautica Militare
Head coach(es)Emanuela Maccarani
ChoreographerFederica Bagnera
Medal record
Group Rhythmic Gymnastics
Olympic Games
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Olympic Games
Olympic rings.svg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Group All-around
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Paris Group all-around
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Stuttgart 5 Ribbons
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Pesaro 5 Hoops
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Sofia 3 Balls + 2 Ropes
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Kitakyushu 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Sofia Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Sofia 5 Hoops
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Izmir Group All-around
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Stuttgart 6 Clubs + 2 Hoops
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Sofia Group All-around
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Kitakyushu Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Kitakyushu Group All-around
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Kitakyushu 5 Balls
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Sofia 3 Ribbons + 2 Balls
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Sofia 5 Hoops
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Baku 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Valencia Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Valencia 5 Hoops
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Guadalajara 5 Hoops
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Tel Aviv 5 Hoops
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Tel Aviv 3 Ribbons + 2 Balls
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Budapest 5 Hoops
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Baku Group All-around
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Guadalajara Group All-around
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Guadalajara 3 Balls + 2 Ropes
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Varna Group All-around
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Tel Aviv Group All-around
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Tel Aviv Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Budapest Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Budapest Group All-around
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Varna 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Baku 5 Hoops

Alessia Maurelli (born 22 August 1996) is an Italian group rhythmic gymnast who captains it from 2016. She is a two-time (2020, 2024) Olympic Group All-around bronze medalist, a two-time (2014, 2018) World Group All-around silver medalist and three-time European (2021, 2018, and 2014) Group All-around silver medalist.

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A member of the national squad since 2014, Maurelli ascended to prominence on the international scene at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she and fellow rhythmic gymnasts Sofia Lodi, Camilla Patriarca, Marta Pagnini, and Martina Centofanti attained a total score of 35.549 on the combination of hoops, ribbons, and clubs for the fourth spot in the final, slipping her team off the podium (and the second place) by nearly two tenths of a point. [1] [2] [3]

Career

She started practicing rhythmic gymnastics at age 9 in Associazione Ginnastica Estense O. Putinati.

2016 Olympic Cycle

In January 2014 she was recognized by Emanuela Maccarani, who invited her to be part of the National Rhythmic Gymnastics team of Italy. [4] She then moved to Desio and made her international debut at the 2014 European Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, where she and her team took silver medal in Group All-around competition. They also won bronze medal in Group All-around and 3 + 2 Final at the 2014 World Cup Sofia. On September 21–28, she competed at the 2014 World Championships, her first one, which took place in Izmir, Turkey. Her team took silver medal in Group All-around, less than 0.2 point away from gold, was won by Bulgaria. In finals, they placed 5th with 10 Clubs and 4th with 3 Balls + 2 Ribbons.

In 2015, she and her team mates took gold in 5 Ribbons final at the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. [5]

She and her team mates, Martina Centofanti, Sofia Lodi, Marta Pagnini and Camilla Patriarca placed 4th in Group All-around at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [6] In September 2016, with the retirement of Marta Pagnini, Maurelli became the captain of the Italian National Rhythmic Gymnastics Team. [7]

2020 Olympic cycle

She won a bronze medal, in Women's rhythmic group all-around, at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [8]

2024 Olympic cycle

She won a bronze medal, in Women's rhythmic group all-around, at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. [9] She is one of four Italian rhythmic gymnasts to participate at three editions of Olympic Games.

On December 17, she announced on her Instagram profile that she retires from competitive sport at the age of 28. [10]

Personal life

Since 2022 she has been dating an actor Massimo Bertelloni, who proposed to her on August 10, after the awarding ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Group All-around final in Paris.

Detailed Olympic results

YearCompetition DescriptionLocationMusicApparatusRankScore-FinalRankScore-Qualifying
2016Olympics Rio de Janeiro All-around4th35.5494th35.349
Tu Si Na Cosa Grande, Tammurriata, Nessun Dorma
by Massimo Ranieri, Unknown, Luciano Pavarotti
5 Ribbons4th17.5165th17.516
'Faust: VII. Danse de Phryne. Allegretto vivo
Herbert von Karajan
6 Clubs / 2 Hoops3rd18.0333rd17.833
2020Olympics Tokyo All-around3rd87.7003rd87.150
Butterfly-Ninja
by Maxime Rodriguez
5 Balls4th44.8503rd44.600
Tree of Life Suite
by R. Cacciapaglia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
3 Hoops + 4 Clubs3rd42.8504th42.550
2024Olympics Paris All-around3rd68.1002nd69.350
Scherzo Molto Vivace from Symphony No. 9, Greatness
by Audiomachine, Vo Williams
5 Hoops3rd36.1002nd38.200
The Ecstasy of Gold'
by Ennio Morricone, Czech National Symphony Orchestra
3 Ribbons + 2 Balls4th32.0006th31.150

Achievements

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