Nicola Bartolini

Nicola Bartolini
Bartolini at the 2022 European Championships
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Bart, Bartoleddu
Born	(1996-02-07) 7 February 1996 (age 29)
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Italy (2014–present)
Medal record Men's artistic gymnastics Representing   Italy World Championships 2021 Kitakyushu Floor Exercise European Championships 2022 Munich Team 2021 Basel Floor Exercise 2025 Leipzig Team Mediterranean Games 2022 Oran Floor Exercise 2022 Oran Team 2022 Oran Vault FIG World Cup Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Challenge Cup 0 0 2 Total 0 0 2

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. He represented Italy at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Gymnastics career

2014–2018

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]

Between 2015 and 2018 he competed at the 2015 European Games, the 2015 World Championships, and two World Cups. In May 2016 Bartolini injured his shoulder and required immediate surgery. ^[2]

2019–2021

Bartolini competed at the 2019 European Championships and finished eighth on floor exercise and sixth on vault. Later in the year he competed at the 2019 World Championships. The following month he underwent shoulder surgery for a second time. ^{[3] [4]}

He competed at the 2021 European Championships where he won the bronze medal on floor exercise. ^{[5] [6]} In October he won the gold medal on floor exercise at the 2021 World Championships, becoming the first Italian to do so. ^{[7] [8]}

2022–2024

Bartolini at the 2022 European Championships

In August Bartolini competed at the 2022 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. ^[9] 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 2022 Swiss Cup alongside Martina Maggio. They finished second behind the American duo of Yul Moldauer and Addison Fatta.

Bartolini competed at the 2023 World Championships, helping Italy qualify to the team finals where they finished eighth. ^[10] As a result, Italy qualified a full team to the upcoming Olympic Games for the first time since 2012. ^[11]

At the 2024 Italian National Championships Bartolini only competed on four events but won the title on floor exercise. That same weekend he was selected to represent Italy at the 2024 Olympic Games alongside Yumin Abbadini, Lorenzo Minh Casali, Mario Macchiati, and Carlo Macchini. ^[12] At the 2024 Olympic Games Bartolini helped Italy qualify to the team final where they ultimately finished sixth. ^[13]

Competitive history

Year	Event	Team	AA	FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB
2014
	European Championships (junior)	5	8	8			5
	World Championships	13
2015
	European Games	14
2018	Osijek Challenge Cup							7
2019
	European Championships			8			6
2021
	European Championships		9
	World Championships
2022	DTB Pokal Team Challenge
	Mediterranean Games		7		4
	European Championships		10	4
	World Championships	4		5
	Swiss Cup
2023	Baku World Cup			4
	World Championships	8
2024	Troyes Friendly
	Italian Championships
	Olympic Games	6
2025	Osijek World Cup						4
	European Championships						7

References

1. "45th ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS in Nanning (CHN)" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . 3 October 2014.
2. "Gamba Nico". Italian Gymnastics Federation (in Italian). 4 May 2016.
3. "Nicola Bartolini". International Gymnastics Federation . Retrieved 22 October 2021.
4. "Nicola Batolini Operato Alla Spalla" [Nicola Bartolini undergoes shoulder surgery]. Italian Gymnastics Federation (in Italian). 16 November 2019.
5. "Gymnastics - Nicola Bartolini- RESULTS". thesports.org. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
6. "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.
7. "MEN'S FLOOR EXERCISE FINAL - RESULTS". gym.longinestiming.com. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
8. "Italy's Nicola Bartolini makes history with floor gold at World Championships". SportsMole. 23 October 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
9. "2022 European Championships results". European Gymnastics . Retrieved 18 August 2022.
10. "2023 World Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. 12 October 2023.
11. "Mondiali di ginnastica artistica 2023, l'Italia ottiene una quota per Parigi 2024: azzurri in finale nella prova maschile a squadre" [Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2023, Italy gets a quota for Paris 2024: Azzurri in the final in the men's team event]. International Olympic Committee (in Italian). 1 October 2023.
12. "Parigi - Il DTN Cocciaro comunica i convocati dell'ItalGAM ai Giochi Olimpici" [Paris - DTN Cocciaro announces the ItalGAM players called up for the Olympic Games.]. Italian Gymnastics Federation (in Italian). 7 July 2024.
13. "2024 Olympic Games Men's Results". The Gymternet. 5 August 2024.

External links

• Nicola Bartolini at the International Gymnastics Federation