| Mario Macchiati | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 27 November 1999 Fermo, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Italy (2021–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Fiamme Oro | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gym | Fermo 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Giuseppe Cocciaro | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mario Macchiati (born 27 November 1999) [1] is an Italian artistic gymnast. In 2023, he helped the Italian men's team win its first-ever European team title. He represented Italy at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Macchiati won a bronze medal on the parallel bars at the 2021 Koper World Challenge Cup. [2] He competed at the 2022 DTB Pokal Stuttgart and won a bronze medal with the Italian team in the mixed team competition. [3] At the 2022 Koper World Challenge Cup, he placed fourth on the parallel bars, fifth on the horizontal bar, and seventh on the pommel horse. [4]
Macchiati won a gold medal on the parallel bars at the 2023 DTB Pokal Stuttgart. [5] He then placed fourth in the parallel bars final at the Cairo World Cup. [6] At the 2023 European Championships, Macchiati won a team gold medal alongside Yumin Abbadini, Lorenzo Minh Casali, Matteo Levantesi, and Marco Lodadio. This marked the first time Italy won a team title at the European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships. [7] He won the all-around title at the 2023 Italian Championships. [8]
At the 2023 World Championships, Macchiati and the Italian team placed sixth in the qualification round and earned a team berth for the 2024 Summer Olympics. This was the first time the Italian men's gymnastics team qualified for the Olympic Games since 2012. [9] This result also meant they qualified for the team final, where Macchiati contributed on five apparatuses toward Italy's eighth-place finish. [10] Macchiati finished 22nd in the all-around during the qualification round, but he initially missed out on the all-around final due to the two-per-country rule. [11] However, after teammate Lorenzo Minh Casali withdrew, Macchiati competed in the all-around final and placed 15th. [12]
Macchiati and the Italian team won a silver medal behind the United States at the 2024 DTB Pokal Stuttgart. [13] He then won a bronze medal in the team competition at the 2024 European Championships. [14] He also qualified for the parallel bars event final, but he fell halfway through his routine and placed seventh. [15] He was selected to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside Yumin Abbadini, Nicola Bartolini, Lorenzo Minh Casali, and Carlo Macchini. [16] The team qualified for the team final, where they finished sixth. [17]
