Nicola Bartolini

Nicola Bartolini
Personal information
Nickname(s)Bart, Bartoleddu
Country represented Italy
Born (1996-02-07) 7 February 1996 (age 28)
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 place 2022 Munich Team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Basel Floor Exercise
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Oran Floor Exercise
Silver medal – second place 2022 Oran Team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Oran Vault
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Challenge Cup 0 0 2
Total 0 0 2

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. He represented Italy at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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

Bartolini at the 2022 European Championships

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) 5 8 8 5
World Championships 13
2015
European Games 14
2018 Osijek Challenge Cup 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7
2019
European Championships 8 6
2021
European Championships 9 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2022 DTB Pokal Team Challenge 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mediterranean Games 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
European Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 10 4
World Championships 4 5
Swiss Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2023 Baku World Cup 4
World Championships 8
2024 Troyes Friendly 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Italian Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Olympic Games 6

References

  1. ^ "45th ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS in Nanning (CHN)" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 3 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Nicola Bartolini". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Gymnastics - Nicola Bartolini- RESULTS". thesports.org. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Nicola Bartolini 2° al corpo libero ai Mondiali! Esercizio da urlo, che crescita dal bronzo europeo - VIDEO". OA Sport (in Italian). 20 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  5. ^ "MEN'S FLOOR EXERCISE FINAL - RESULTS". gym.longinestiming.com. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Italy's Nicola Bartolini makes history with floor gold at World Championships". SportsMole. 23 October 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  7. ^ "2022 European Championships results". European Gymnastics. Retrieved 18 August 2022.