Viola Sella

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Viola Sella
Born (2006-07-18) 18 July 2006 (age 18)
Milan, Italy
Gymnastics career
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
Country
represented		Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
(2020-present)
ClubForza e Corragio
Head coach(es)Daniela Vergani

Viola Sella (born 18 July 2006) is an Italian rhythmic gymnast. [1] On the national level, she is a two-time (2023, 2024) Italian National all-around bronze medalist.

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Personal life

Sella was brought up to rhythmic gymnastics by her mother, Daniela Vergani, who is also her coach. She has one younger brother, Leo. [2]

Career

In both 2019 and 2020, Sella won the Italian Gold Championship title for her age category.

Junior

In 2020, she was selected as a junior individual for the European Championships, where she was to perform only her clubs routine. However, the Italian delegation withdrew shortly before departure to avoid the risks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2021, she was selected to be part of the Italian national junior group that competed at the Junior European Championships in Varna, Bulgaria. They placed 4th in the group all-around [3] and 7th in both the 5 balls [4] and 5 ribbons finals. [5]

Senior

Sella started competing as a senior in 2022.

In 2023, she competed at the 2023 Italian National Championships and won the bronze medal in the all-around competition. [6] The next day, she won two bronze medals in the ball and ribbon finals. [7] On July 21-23, she made her World Cup debut at Milano World Cup and took 31st place in the all-around. [8]

The next season, she competed at Tashkent World Cup in April 2024 and took 22nd place in the all-around. [9] On 8 June, she competed at the 2024 Italian National Championships and won the bronze medal in the all-around again. [10] In July, she competed at the World Challenge Cup in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, where she took 18th place in the all-around. Her best result was with ball (13th place). [11]

In 2025, Sella began her season in late February by competing for her club Forza e Corragio during the first stage of the Italian Serie A1 club championship. She performed with hoop and ribbon, and her team took 3rd place. [12] On 4-6 April, she competed at the Sofia World Cup, where she took 25th place in the all-around and did not advance into any apparatus finals. [13] On 25-27 April, she competed at the World Cup Tashkent, where she took 9th place in the all-around. She qualified to the clubs final, where she placed 5th. [14] She was selected to compete at the 2025 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, alongside Sofia Raffaeli and Tara Dragas, but an injury forced her to withdraw and she was replaced by Alice Taglietti. She also missed the Serie A Final Six with her club and the Italian National Championships. [15]

Routine music information

YearApparatusMusic Title
2025HoopBelow by Leprous
BallThe Captain by Wicked Cinema
ClubsBaiana by Barbatuques
Ribbon Nothing Else Matters (cover) by Marlisa
2024HoopMajesty by Apashe, Wasiu
BallBeyond by Tommee Profitt
Clubs Johnny Got A Boom Boom by Imelda May
RibbonKing's Gambit by Paul Dinletir (ASCAP)/Jeffrey Emerson Gaiser (ASCAP)
2023HoopThe 2nd Law: Unsustainable by Muse
BallBreathe by Fleurie
ClubsThe Duel (Live) by HAVASI
Ribbon I Love Rock 'N Roll by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

References

  1. ↑ "SELLA Viola - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
  2. ↑ "Intervista a Viola Sella: una nuova promessa pronta a esordire in World Cup" [Interview with Viola Sella: a new promise ready to debut in the World Cup] (in Italian). 21 June 2023. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
  3. ↑ "European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Junior Group All-Around Results" (PDF). Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Junior Group 5 Balls Final Results" (PDF). Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Junior Group 5 Ribbons Final Results" (PDF). Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Ginnastica ritmica, Campionato Assoluto 2023: Raffaeli trionfa a Folgaria e concede il bis". Sportface.it (in Italian). 2023-06-10.
  7. ↑ "Folgaria - FLASH NEWS: Raffaeli di un altro pianeta. Baldassarri, Dragas e Sella incantano nelle finali Assolute". Federginnastica.it (in Italian). 2023-06-10.
  8. ↑ "Milano - Raffaeli argento all around di tappa e regina del circuito 2023. Domani la rivincita di specialità in diretta su La7". Federginnastica.it (in Italian). 2023-07-22.
  9. ↑ Rebecca Alessi (2024-04-27). "World Cup Tashkent: niente finali per Viola Sella e Giorgia Galli" (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-04-21.
  10. ↑ "Ginnastica ritmica, Assoluti Folgaria 2024: Sofia Raffaeli concede il tris nel Concorso Generale". Sportface.it (in Italian). 2024-06-08.
  11. ↑ "Moov Leasing World Challenge Cup Cluj-Napoca Results" . Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  12. ↑ "Motto Viareggio festeggia in A1 con l'oro olimpico Varfolomeev. Udinese e Forza e Coraggio inseguono" [Motto Viareggio celebrates in A1 with the Olympic gold medalist Varfolomeev. Udinese and Forza e Coraggio are the runners-up]. www.federginnastica.it. 22 February 2025. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
  13. ↑ "Sofia – Raffaeli fatica all'esordio stagionale. Viola Sella fa esperienza. Finali in diretta su La7d". Federginnastica.it (in Italian). 2025-04-05.
  14. ↑ "FIG RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CUP TASHKENT (UZB) 202" (in Russian). 2025-04-27. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
  15. ↑ "Non è mai facile accettare un infortunio, soprattutto quando ti costringe a fermarti e a rinunciare a competizioni per le quali ti stavi preparando con tutto te stesso". Instagram (in Italian). 2025-06-09.
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