Letizia Cicconcelli
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| Full name | Letizia Cicconcelli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 October 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Fabriano,[1] Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 47 kg (104 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior international elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2015-2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Faber Ginnastica Fabriano[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Emanuela Maccarani | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Federica Bagnera | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Letizia Cicconcelli (born 7 October 1999) is an Italian group rhythmic gymnast. A member of the national squad since 2015. She is the 2018 World Group All-around silver medalist and two-time European (2018) Group All-around silver medalist.
Career[]
Junior[]
She first appeared in Italian National team in 2013, when she was a member of a junior group which competed at the 2013 European Junior Championships and placed 6th in Group All-around and in 5 Hoops Final as well. A year later, she competed as individual at the 2014 European Junior Championships and took 6th place in Team competition[3] together with teammates , and . She was the most successful amongst them and qualified to both apparatus finals she competed with. She ended on 6th place with ball and 7th place with ribbon.
Senior[]
In 2015 she made his senior debut at Italian National Championships where she won bronze medal in All-Around behind Veronica Bertolini and Alessia Russo. She earned a spot to compete at the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. She and her previously mentioned teammates took 14th place in Team competition and she placed 52nd in Ribbon Qualifications.
In 2016, she took silver medal in All-around at Italian National Championships behind Veronica Bertolini.[4] She also took bronze medal in Hoop Final and two silver medals in Ball and Ribbon Final.
In 2018, she joined Italian senior group and replaced injured Beatrice Tornatore at the 2018 European Championships in Guadalajara, Spain and won her first medals from this major international competition. Together with teammates Alessia Maurelli, Martina Centofanti, Agnese Duranti, Anna Basta and Martina Santandrea they won silver medal in Group All-around and in 3 Balls + 2 Ropes Final, while they took gold medal in 5 Hoops Final. Later that year they competed at the 2018 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria and won gold medal in 3 Balls + 2 Ropes Final, silver in Group All-around and bronze in 5 Hoops Final. With placing in top 3 in Group All-around they also qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
In 2019, she and her group won bronze medal in 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs Final at the 2019 World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
On June 14th 2021, she announced her retirement from competitive sport due to her back injury.
References[]
- ^ "Località di nascita" (in Italian).
- ^ "Club". FIG.
- ^ "Junior Team Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
- ^ "Ginnastica ritmica, Assoluti: Veronica Bertolini campionessa italiana" (in Italian). FIG.
External links[]
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Italian rhythmic gymnasts
- European Games competitors for Italy
- Gymnasts at the 2019 European Games
- Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
- Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
- People from Fabriano