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| Born | 10 July 1994 Cattolica, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2007-2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Aurora Fano | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Emmanuela Maccarani | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Nani Londarize | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Camilla Bini (born 10 July 1994) is a retired Italian rhythmic gymnast. [1] She is a world silver medalist.
In December 2006 Camilla won silver with Aurora Fano in the junior group championships in Pesaro. [2] She started 2007 by competing in the junior category of the World Cup in Portimão. [3] Later in the year she took part in the Capriato International Tournament, won bronze in the All-Around at the Memorial Casarin in Udine and gold in a tournament in Biella. [4] [5] [6] In December she was 4th at the Spoleto Cup and got to compete in the Italian Championships in Arezzo. [7] [8]
In 2008 she took part in masterclass training in Moscow along Federica Febbo, Alessia Marchetto and Andreea Stefanescu. [9] In March she was 11th overall at the Thiais Grand Prix. [10] At the Deleanu Cup in Bucharest Camilla, along Febbo and Marchetto, achieved 8th place in teams. [11] At the World Cup in Portimão she finished 26th with rope and 11th with ball. [12] [13] In June she was selected for the European Championships in Turin. [14] There she was 7th in teams and took the same place in the hoop final. [15] [16]
At the Italian Championships in 2009 she won bronze with ball and was 4th with ribbon despite still being junior. [17] Participating in the Capriato Tournament she won silver with clubs and bronze with ball. [18] In the summer she participated in a control training in Chieti. [19] In December she helped Italy taking 4th place in teams, with Chiara Di Battista, Federica Febbo and Andreea Stefanescu, at the Gymnasiade in Doha, also being 10th with ball. [20]
In 2010 Camilla became a senior, winning gold in the Italian Category Championships and performed a gala in the Speciality Championships. [21] [22] At the tournament in Corbeil-Essonnes she took 25th place. [23] At nationals she took 4th place in all events. [24] In November she won silver in the Serie A with her club along Ilaria Landini, Martina Alicata, Lucia Palazzi and Valeria Schiavi. [25] In December she won gold at the Memorial Manola Rosi. [26]
At the 2011 Italian Championships she won bronze in the All-Around, with ball and with clubs. [27] In the summer she performed at the Golden Butterfly Gala and recorded advertisements for the 2012 Olympic Games and Giovanni Rana that became the sponsor of the national team. [28] [29] [30] In November she was included in the national group, with whom she performed during Serie A while she was still competing with Aurora Fano winning another silver. [31] [32] In 2012 the group had a gala in Ferrara, and then was invited to the TV show Zelig. [33] [34]
With the retirement of some gymnasts after the London Olympics, in 2013 Camilla became a starter in the group. [35] In March the Italian group won the bilateral competition with Switzerland. [36] In April Camilla and her teammates won all three golds at the World Cup in Pesaro. [37] [38] [39] In Minsk they won bronze in the All-Around and gold with 10 clubs. [40] [41] During the summer the national group performed galas around Italy. [42] [43] In August she won bronze with 10 clubs at the World Cup in Saint Petersburg. [44] [45] Camilla was then selected for her maiden World Championship in Kyiv. There, along Chiara Ianni, Marta Pagnini, Camilla Patriarca, Valeria Schiavi and Andreea Stefanescu, won silver in the All-Around and with 10 clubs. [46] [47] [48] In November the group took part in the Italian Gymnastics Grand Prix and was awarded at the Gymnastics Oscars. [49] [50]
In March 2014 Camilla and her teammates won two silvers in the event finals at the World Cup in Stuttgart. [51] [52] A month later they won all three golds at the stage in Pesaro. [53] [54] An injury prevented her from competing in the World Championships in Izmir. [55] After the injury protracted into 2015 she made the decision to retire. [56] [57]
After her active career ended she worked as an assistant for Emmanuela Maccarani, the national group head coach, and in 2017 returned on the carpet for a gala. [58] [59]
