Asia D'Amato

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Asia D'Amato
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Personal information
Full nameAsia D'Amato
Country represented Italy
Born (2003-02-07) 7 February 2003 (age 18)
Genoa, Italy
Height1.5 m (4 ft 11 in)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2015 – present (ITA)
ClubFiamme Oro
GymBrixia
Head coach(es)Enrico Casella, Monica Bergamelli, Marco Campodonico
Medal record
Representing  Italy
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Kitakyushu Vault
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Stuttgart Team

Asia D'Amato (Italian pronunciation: [ˈaːzja]) (born 7 February 2003) is an Italian artistic gymnast and was a member of the historic team that won bronze at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart and she competed at the 2020 Olympic Games. Individually she is the 2021 World vault silver medalist, the 2019 and 2020 Italian national champion, and the 2018 European Junior Vault Champion. She is also a member of the Italian National Team and is the twin sister of Alice D'Amato.

Early life[]

D'Amato and her twin sister, Alice, were born in Genoa, Italy on 7 February 2003. She and her sister began gymnastics at the age of 7 at the Andrea Doria Sports Club in Genoa, Italy.[1] They currently train at the International Academy of Brixia in Brescia.[2]

In December 2020, Alice and Asia received the Athlete of the Year award in the Liguria region of Italy.[1]

Gymnastics career[]

Junior[]

2015 - 2017[]

D'Amato made her international debut at the 2015 City of Jesolo Trophy as part of Italy's Young Dreams team alongside Giorgia Villa.[3]

In 2017 D'Amato competed at the Italian National Championships where she placed first on vault, second on floor exercise, and third on uneven bars.[4] She later competed at the 2017 European Youth Olympic Festival alongside Elisa Iorio and Alice D'Amato. There she helped Italy win silver behind Russia. Individually she placed second in the all-around behind Ksenia Klimenko of Russia, third on vault behind of Russia and Denisa Golgotă of Romania, third on uneven bars behind Iorio and Klimenko, and second on balance beam behind Klimenko.

2018[]

D'Amato competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy in April where Italy placed first in the team competition.[5] She continued her national and international dominance on vault, winning gold at International Gymnix, all Italian Serie A competitions, and at the Youth Olympic Games Qualifier. In August D'Amato competed at the 2018 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships alongside Alice D'Amato, , Elisa Iorio, and Giorgia Villa where Italy won team gold and individually D'Amato won gold on vault.[6][7]

Senior[]

2019[]

In April D'Amato was officially named to the team to compete at the 2019 European Championships alongside Giorgia Villa, Elisa Iorio and Alice D'Amato.[8] During qualifications she placed eleventh in the all-around but did not qualify to the final due to Alice D'Amato and Giorgia Villa scoring higher. She qualified to the vault final in fourth place.[9] During finals she once again finished in fourth, behind Maria Paseka of Russia, Coline Devillard of France, and Ellie Downie of Great Britain.[10]

In August D'Amato competed at the Heerenveen Friendly where she helped Italy win gold in the team competition ahead of the Netherlands and Norway and individually she finished fifth in the all-around behind Giorgia Villa, Eythora Thorsdottir, Naomi Visser, and Alice D'Amato. Additionally she recorded the third highest vault and balance beam scores.[11] On September 4 D'Amato was named to the team to compete at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany alongside her sister, Villa, Elisa Iorio, and Desirée Carofiglio.[12]

During qualifications at the World Championships D'Amato helped Italy qualify to the team final in eighth place; as a result Italy also qualified to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. She scored high enough to become the second reserve for the all-around final but did not due to teammates Villa and Iorio scoring higher than her.[13] In the team final, D'Amato helped Italy win the bronze medal – Italy's first team medal since the 1950 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. They ended up finishing behind the United States and Russia but ahead of China, who originally qualified to the final in second place.[14]

2020[]

In late January it was announced that D'Amato would compete at the Stuttgart World Cup taking place in March.[15] The Stuttgart World Cup was later canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.[16] In November D'Amato competed at the Italian National Championships where she tied for first with Giorgia Villa. During event finals she won gold on vault, bronze on the uneven bars (behind Villa and Martina Maggio) and on balance beam (behind Maggio and Villa), and silver on floor exercise once again behind Villa.[17]

2021[]

D'Amato was named to the team to represent Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Alice D'Amato, Giorgia Villa (later replaced by Vanessa Ferrari),[18] and Martina Maggio.[19] The team qualified for the team finals and placed fourth with a total score of 163.638.[20] In October D'Amato was selected to compete at the 2021 World Championships.[21] While there she qualified to the all-around and vault finals, becoming the first Italian female gymnast to qualify to the latter.[22] During the vault final she performed a Yurchenko double and a half on full twist. She won the silver medal behind reigning Olympic vault champion Rebeca Andrade. This was Italy's first World medal on vault in women's artistic gymnastics.

Competitive history[]

Junior[]

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2015 City of Jesolo Trophy 22
Golden League 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2016 City of Jesolo Trophy 10 8
Italian Junior Friendly 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 9
Italian Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Tournoi International 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2017 1st Italian Serie A 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6
International Gymnix 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
City of Jesolo Trophy 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 4 6
2nd Italian Serie A 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
3rd Italian Serie A 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Italian Gold Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
FIT Challenge 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
German Junior Friendly 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Euro Youth Olympic Festival 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Italian Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
4th Italian Serie A 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2018 1st Italian Serie A 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
International Gymnix 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 8 6
City of Jesolo Trophy 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5
2nd Italian Serie A 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
3rd Italian Serie A 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Youth Olympic Games Qualifier 4
European Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Senior[]

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2019 1st Italian Serie A 1st place, gold medalist(s)
City of Jesolo Trophy 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6
2nd Italian Serie A 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Championships 4
3rd Italian Serie A 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Heerenveen Friendly 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5
Italian Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2020 1st Italian Serie A 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
3rd Italian Serie A 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
National Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2021 National Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Olympic Games 4
World Championships 12 2nd place, silver medalist(s) R3

References[]

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  2. ^ "La genovese Asia D'Amato campionessa italiana a Civitavecchia". Liguria Sport (in Italian). December 1, 2016.
  3. ^ "2015 City of Jesolo Trophy Final Results". The Gymterent. March 28, 2015.
  4. ^ "2017 Italian Championships Results". The Gymternet. September 2, 2017.
  5. ^ "2018 City of Jesolo Trophy Results". The Gymternet. April 19, 2018.
  6. ^ "2018 European Championships Results". The Gymterent. August 6, 2018.
  7. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-08-04. Retrieved 2018-10-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  9. ^ "Ginnastica artistica, Europei 2019: l'Italia sbanca Stettino, 3 Finali di Specialità. Villa prima alla trave, festa per le gemelle d'Amato". OA Sport (in Italian). April 11, 2019.
  10. ^ "Ginnastica artistica, Europei 2019: Asia d'Amato sfiora la medaglia al volteggio, podio a 8 centesimi! Trionfa Maria Paseka". OA Sport (in Italian). April 13, 2019.
  11. ^ "2019 Heerenveen Friendly Results". The Gymternet. August 31, 2019.
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  22. ^ "Ginnastica artistica, Mondiali 2021: Asia D'Amato in Finale al volteggio! Impresa storica, prima italiana a riuscirci" [Artistic gymnastics, World Championships 2021: Asia D'Amato in the vaulting final! Historic feat, the first Italian to do so]. OA Sport (in Italian). October 19, 2021.

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