Céleste Mordenti

Céleste Mordenti
Mordenti in 2023
Personal information
Full nameCéleste Mordenti
Born (2003-01-25) January 25, 2003 (age 21)
Munich, Germany
HometownLuxembourg
ResidenceAmsterdam, Netherlands
Height1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented Luxembourg
LevelSenior International Elite
ClubTurnz Amsterdam
Medal record
Representing  Luxembourg
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Challenge Cup 0 0 1

Céleste Mordenti (born 25 January 2003) is a Luxembourg artistic gymnast. She represented Luxembourg at the 2019, 2021, 2022, and 2023 World Championships.

Early life

Mordenti was born in Munich, Germany in 2003 to a German father and a French mother. When she was two years old she moved to Luxembourg.[1] After finishing high school she moved to the Netherlands to attend Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.[2][3]

Gymnastics career

Mordenti competed at the 2018 European Championships where she helped the Junior Luxembourg team finish twenty-fifth.[4] She became age-eligible for senior level competition the following year where she competed at the 2019 European Championships, 2019 European Games, and the 2019 World Championships.

At the 2021 World Championships Mordenti finished thirty-fourth during qualifications, becoming the highest placing Luxembourgish gymnast in World Championships history.[5] In late 2024 Mordenti competed at the Szombathely World Challenge Cup where she won bronze on the uneven bars behind Charlotte Booth and Tonya Paulsson.[6] In doing so she became the first Luxembourgish gymnast to win a World Cup series medal.[7]

Mordenti at the 2023 Luxembourg Open

Competitive History

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
Junior
2017 Top Gym Tournament 6 38
2018 Austrian Team Open 10 15
European Championships 25 60
Gymnova Cup 10 6
Senior
2019
European Championships 58
Luxembourg Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
European Games 29
World Championships 137
2020
European Championships R1 R3
2021
European Championships 53
World Championships 34
Gymnova Cup 10
2022
European Championships 51
World Championships 68
Gymnova Cup 4 8
2023 Luxembourg Open 8 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
European Championships 61
Osijek World Challenge Cup 7
Dutch Championships 8
Mersin World Challenge Cup 5
World Championships 64
2024 Luxembourg Open 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
European Championships 27
Dutch Championships 15 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Szombathely World Challenge Cup 6 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Christmas Cup 6

References

  1. ^ "FIG Profile: Céleste Mordenti". International Gymnastics Federation.
  2. ^ "Celeste Mordenti : « Prendre du plaisir aux championnats d'Europe »" [Celeste Mordenti: “Enjoying the European Championships”]. mental.lu (in French). July 31, 2022.
  3. ^ "Championnats du Monde en Gymnastique Artistique Masculine et Championnats du Monde en Gymnastique Artistique Féminine à Anvers (BEL)" [World Championships in Men's Artistic Gymnastics and World Championships in Women's Artistic Gymnastics in Antwerp (BEL)] (PDF). Luxembourg Gymnastics Federation (in French).
  4. ^ "2018 European Championships Results". The Gymternet. August 6, 2018.
  5. ^ "The WAG Record Breakers in Kitakyushu". The Gymternet. October 24, 2021.
  6. ^ "Career bests cap splendid World Cup series closer in Szombathely". International Gymnastics Federation. October 7, 2024.
  7. ^ "Céleste Mordenti und ihre historische Medaille" [Céleste Mordenti and her historic medal]. Tageblatt (in German). October 7, 2024.