Bart, Bartoleddu, Tiger (repubblica.it, 23 Oct 2021; vistanet.it, 06 Sep 2019; federginnastica.it, 01 Sep 2017)

Supporting Italian football team Cagliari. (repubblica.it, 23 Oct 2021)

Athlete, Student

English, Italian

Pro Patria Bustese: Busto Arsizio, ITA

Paolo Pedrotti [national]; Marco Fortuna [national]

A foot injury during training prevented him from competing at the 2023 European Championships in Antalya, Turkiye. (ginnasticando.it, 06 Apr 2023)

He underwent surgery on his left shoulder in November 2019 and his recovery period was expected to be around three or four months. (federginnastica.it, 15 Nov 2019)

An injury prevented him from competing at the 2018 Italian Championships. (federginnastica.it, 08 Jul 2018)

A shoulder injury meant he was unable to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. He required surgery due to the problem. (gqitalia.it, 04 Dec 2016; ginnasticaartisticaitaliana.it, 04 May 2016)

He began doing gymnastics at age four.

He was active as a youngster and used to jump around a lot. "My mother had no doubt about which sport I should practise."

He became the first gymnast representing Italy to win a gold medal on floor exercise at the world championships when he was victorious at the 2021 edition of the tournament in Kitakyushu, Japan. (SportsDeskOnline, 21 Jan 2022)

To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (eurosport.it, 02 Nov 2021)

Winning gold on floor exercise at the 2021 World Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan. (eurosport.it, 23 Oct 2021)

Japanese artistic gymnast Kohei Uchimura. (cagliaripad.it, 22 Jan 2019)

In 2021 he received the Collare d'Oro al Merito Sportivo [Golden Necklace for Sporting Merit] from the Italian Olympic Committee [CONI]. (federginnastica.it, 20 Dec 2021)

GOLDEN REDEMPTION
After missing out on the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, he considered quitting the sport. However, he went on to win gold on floor exercise at the 2021 World Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan, several months later. "The men's team did not qualify [for the 2020 Games] and, due to a series of quibbles in the selection for individual places, I found out only a week before I was due to leave for Tokyo that there was no place for me. I thought about quitting, I took it badly. I returned to Sardinia to detox from gymnastics and spend a month by the sea with my family and friends. But then I told myself, 'Why should I throw it all away?' The 2024 Olympic Games in Paris are just around the corner. And then I got sweet revenge [by winning world championship gold]." (eurosport.it, 02 Nov 2021; federginnastica.it, 20 Dec 2021)

TV SHOW
Between 2014 and 2016 he was one of the athletes featured in a reality television show called 'Ginnaste - Vite Parallele' [Gymnasts - Parallel Lives]. The programme followed the Italian artistic gymnastics team as they attempted to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games. (lanuovasardegna.it, 06 Oct 2015; news.mtv.it, 07 Feb 2014)