Riccardo Villa | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Riccardo Villa | ||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Monza, Lombardy, Italy | 5 January 2005||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Brianza | ||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Junior International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2019–present (ITA) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Ginnastica Pro Carate | ||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Corrado Corti | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Riccardo Villa (born 5 January 2005) is an Italian artistic gymnast. He is the 2023 Junior World all-around bronze medalist.
In late July Villa competed at the European Youth Olympic Festival where he helped Italy win gold as a team. Individually Villa won silver in the all-around behind Radomyr Stelmakh. Additionally he and teammate Arianna Grillo won gold in the mixed pairs portion of the competition. [2] In August Villa competed at the European Championships where he helped Italy win gold as a team. Individually he won gold on pommel horse and placed sixth in the all-around. [3]
In late March Villa competed at the second Junior World Championships alongside Manuel Berettera and Tommaso Brugnami. On the first day of competition he helped Italy win the bronze medal behind Japan and China. [4] [5] During the all-around final Villa won bronze, 0.001 points ahead of Tomoharu Tsunogai and behind Qin Guohuan of China and Ángel Barajas of Colombia. [6] Additionally Villa won bronze on rings and placed fifth on horizontal bar.
Year | Event | Team | AA | FX | PH | SR | VT | PB | HB |
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Junior | |||||||||
2019 | International Junior Team Cup | 6 | |||||||
2020 | Mallorca Cup | 5 | |||||||
2021 | Italian Championships | 18 | |||||||
2022 | DTB Pokal Team Challenge | 5 | |||||||
European Youth Olympic Festival | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | |||||
EYOF Mixed Pairs | |||||||||
European Championships | 6 | 7 | |||||||
Italian Championships | 8 | 6 | 5 | ||||||
2023 | Luxembourg Open | ||||||||
Junior World Championships | 5 |
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