Serena Ottaviani

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Serena Ottaviani
Full nameSerena Ottaviani
Nickname(s)Sere
Born (2005-10-05) 5 October 2005 (age 19)
San Severino Marche, Italy [1]
Gymnastics career
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
Country
represented		Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
(2019-)
Club Aeronautica Militare
Head coach(es) Mariela Pashalieva
Former coach(es) Emanuela Maccarani, Julieta Cantaluppi
Medal record
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Group Rhythmic Gymnastics
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Tallinn Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Tallinn 5 Ribbons
European Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Baku 5 Ribbons
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Baku Cross battle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Baku 3 Balls + 2 Hoops
Junior World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Moscow Group All-around
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Moscow 5 Hoops
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Moscow Team
Junior European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Baku Group All-around

Serena Ottaviani (born 5 October 2005) is an Italian group rhythmic gymnast.

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Career

Junior

Serena first appeared in the national team in 2019, when she was a captain of the junior group which competed at the 2019 European Junior Championships and won bronze medal in group All-around. [2] In June group competed at the 2019 Junior World Championships in Moscow and won three silver medals - in team event (with Sofia Raffaeli), in 5 Hoops and in group All-around. [3] They took 8th place in 5 Ribbons final. [4]

Senior

In 2021, she started competing as a member of Italian National reserve group. Since 2024, she has competed as a member of the Centro Sportivo Aeronautica Militare. [5]

In 2025, she competed for the first time as part of the new national group, since the girls from 2024 Paris Olympics team retired. In April, she and Alexandra Naclerio, Giulia Segatori, Laura Golfarelli, Sofia Sicignano and Chiara Badii competed at World Cup Baku where they took 6th place in group All-around and 6th place in both apparatus finals. [6] In May, they competed at the 2025 European Cup in Baku and won gold medal in 5 Ribbons and bronze in 3 Balls + 2 Hoops. [7] [8] [9] They also took silver medal in Group All-around Cross battles. In June, Serena and the group competed at the European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, where they won bronze medal in 5 Ribbons final. They took 5th place in group all-around due to mistakes in mixed routine. Together with Tara Dragas, Sofia Raffaeli and Alice Taglietti they won team gold medal. [10]

References

  1. ↑ "FIG Athlete profile/Place of birth". International Gymnastics Federation . Retrieved 2025-04-29.
  2. ↑ "2019 European Championships Result Book" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "2019 Junior World Championships Result Book".
  4. ↑ "Mosca - L'Italbaby in orbita: 7 astronaute ci portano su una doppia luna d'argento!" (in Italian). 2019-07-20. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
  5. ↑ "Vigna di Valle – Abbadini, Levantesi, Ottaviani e Naclerio entrano nell'Aeronautica Militare" (in Italian). 2025-06-27. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
  6. ↑ "Baku - Tara credici, sei una stella! Dragas, bronzo al nastro in Coppa del Mondo" (in Italian). 2025-04-20. Retrieved 2025-04-25.
  7. ↑ "Baku - La 2ª edizione dell'European Cup anticipa il Campionato continentale di Ginnastica Ritmica" (in Italian). 2025-04-28. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
  8. ↑ "2025 Baku European Cup 5 ribbons" (PDF).
  9. ↑ "2025 Baku European Cup 3 + 2" (PDF).
  10. ↑ "Tallinn - Italia campione d'Europa, storico oro nel Team Ranking. Spagna regina all-around. Farfalle in finale ai nastri" [Tallinn - Italy European champion, historic gold in the Team Ranking. Spain all-around queen. Butterfly final at the ribbons]. Italian Gymnastics Federation (in Italian). 7 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
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