Nicola Bartolini

Nicola Bartolini (born 7 February 1996) is an Italian artistic gymnast. He is the 2021 World Champion and 2021 European bronze medalist on floor exercise. Bartolini's early career was plagued with injury as a shoulder injury and subsequent surgery made him unable to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games.

Nicola Bartolini
Personal information
Nickname(s)Bart, Bartoleddu
Country represented Italy
Born (1996-02-07) 7 February 1996
ResidenceMilan, Italy
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior international elite
Years on national team2014–present (ITA)
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Italy
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Kitakyushu Floor Exercise
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2022 MunichTeam
Bronze medal – third place2021 BaselFloor Exercise
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Oran Floor Exercise
Silver medal – second place2022 OranTeam
Silver medal – second place 2022 Oran Vault
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Challenge Cup 0 0 2
Total 0 0 2

Gymnastics career

2014

Bartolini competed at the 2014 European Championships in the junior division. He helped Italy finish fifth as a team and individually he finished eighth in the all-around and on floor exercise and fifth on vault.

Bartolini competed at the 2014 World Championships where he helped Italy finish 13th as a team during qualifications. He did not advance to any individual finals.[1]

2015–18

Between 2015 and 2018 he participated in the 2015 World Championships but injuries prevented him from taking part in Rio 2016 and other competitions.

2019

He took part in the European Championships 2019 and finished eighth on floor exercise and sixth on the vault. In 2019 he underwent shoulder surgery for a second time.[2]

2021

He took part in the European Championships 2021 where he won the bronze medal at the floor event.[3][4] In October he won the gold medal in the floor event at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2021 becoming the first Italian to do so.[5][6]

2022

In August, Bartolini competed at the European Championships, where he finished tenth in the all-around. Additionally, he qualified to the floor final in first place, and helped Italy qualify to the team final.[7] During the team final he helped Italy win the silver medal behind Great Britain and he placed fourth on floor exercise. Bartolini next competed at the World Championships where he helped Italy finish in fourth place. Individually he placed fifth on floor exercise. Bartolini next competed at the Swiss Cup alongside Martina Maggio. They finished second behind the American duo of Yul Moldauer and Addison Fatta.

Competitive history

Year Event Team AA FX PH SR VT PB HB
2014
European Championships (junior)5885
World Championships13
2015
European Games14
2018Osijek Challenge Cup3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)7
2019
European Championships86
2021
European Championships93rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)
2022DTB Pokal Team Challenge2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mediterranean Games2nd place, silver medalist(s)71st place, gold medalist(s)42nd place, silver medalist(s)
European Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)104
World Championships45
Swiss Cup2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2023Baku World Cup4
World Championships8

References

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