Carlotta Giovannini

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Carlotta Giovannini
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Personal information
Born (1990-07-05) 5 July 1990 (age 34)
Castel San Pietro Terme
Hometown Imola
Height157 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Gymnastics career
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Country representedFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Medal record
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2006 VolosTeam
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2007 AmsterdamVault
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Clermont-Ferrand Vault

Carlotta Giovannini (born 5 July 1990) is an Italian artistic gymnast who competed at her first international competition in 2003.

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Career

Giovannini has had considerable success at the European Level. She was a member of the historic Gold Medal-winning Italian team at the 2006 European Championships in Volos, Greece. She followed this success by winning an individual Gold in the Vault Final at the 2007 European Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands as well as a silver in the 2008 European Vault Final.

Giovannini competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics as a member of the Italian Olympic Team. [1] Whilst the Italian team failed to progress to the final due to a number of mistakes in qualifications,[ citation needed ] Giovannini progressed to the individual Vault Final, where she placed sixth. [2]

Eponymous skill

Giovanni has one eponymous uneven bars dismount listed in the Code of Points. [3] [4]

ApparatusNameDescription Difficulty [a]
Uneven barsGiovanni-Li Swing forward with half turn to double salto forward pikedE (0.5)
  1. Valid for the 2025–2028 Code of Points

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References

  1. "GIOVANNINI Carlotta – FIG Athlete Profile". gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  2. "Carlotta Giovannini" (Profile). ESPN. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015.
  3. "2022–2024 Code of Points Women's Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation . pp. 103, 208. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  4. "Women's Artistic Gymnastics – 2025-2028 Code of Points" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation . 22 April 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2025.