Playing card games, watching films, social media, dancing, cooking, shopping, spending time with family and friends. (iadonna.it, 14 Jan 2021; agoravox.it, 07 Jun 2022)

Police Athlete

Partner Matteo

English, Italian

GS Fiamme Oro: Italy

Enrico Casella [club, national], ITA; Marco Campodonico [national], ITA; Monica Bergamelli [national], ITA

2019

She was affected by a back injury in 2021. She began to focus on beam and uneven bars during training in late 2021 as they were easier on her back. "The back is a problem that cannot be cured because it is a bone problem. I can't help it and I'm trying to manage the work based on the work and the exercises to be done." (oasport.it, 31 Dec 2021)

She sprained her left ankle while competing at the 2021 National Championships in Naples, Italy. The injury prevented her from competing at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. She returned to competition in November 2021 at an event in Morges, Switzerland, but injured the same ankle again during the competition. (bergamonews.com, 13 Jul 2021; oasport.it, 04 Nov 2021)

She struggled with a foot injury in early 2020. (oasport.it, 04 Jun 2020)

She competed at the 2019 European Championships in Szczecin, Poland, with an injury to her left foot. (bresciasettegiorni.it, 16 Apr 2019; gazzetta.it, 10 Apr 2019)

In March 2019 she sustained a minor fracture to the middle finger on her right hand during training at an international event in Jesolo, Italy. (oasport.it, 03 Mar 2019)

She underwent Achilles tendon surgery on her right ankle in 2017, which forced her to stop training for seven months. (bresciaoggi.it, 09 Jul 2018; Facebook page, 15 Apr 2017; sportfair.it, 17 Oct 2018; gazzetta.it, 24 Oct 2018)

She sustained bursitis in her left ankle in 2015. (gazzetta.it, 24 Oct 2018)

She took up at sport at age three at the Tritium di Trezzo club in Italy.

Her mother took her to gymnastics lessons and she immediately liked it. At age 10 she relocated to Brescia, Italy, to train seriously.

She was part of the team that ended Italy's 69-year-long wait for a medal in the women's team event at the world championships by winning bronze at the 2019 edition in Stuttgart, Germany. Italy's previous medal in the women's team event at the tournament came in the form of bronze at the 1950 edition in Basel, Switzerland. (SportsDeskOnline, 28 Apr 2020)

To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, and to become a coach. (olympics.com, 27 Oct 2022; oasport.it, 17 Jul 2023)

Winning bronze in the team event at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. (olympics.com, 01 Nov 2021; SportsDeskOnline, 21 Jan 2022)

Italian artistic gymnast Vanessa Ferrari, US artistic gymnast Simone Biles. (gazzetta.it, 24 Oct 2018)

"Waiting for pleasure is pleasure itself." [Gotthold Ephraim] (federginnastica.it, 02 Apr 2020)

In 2018 she received the Oscar dello Sport Bresciano Award [Sports Oscar from Brescia] in Italy. (elivebrescia.tv, 23 Mar 2019; comune.brescia.it, 20 Mar 2019)

She was Italy's flag bearer at the closing ceremony of the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (federginnastica.it, 02 Apr 2020)

PERSONAL LOSS
Both her grandfathers died within a two-week period during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy in early 2020. “I lived a hard time when I lost my two grandfathers. I cried a lot. I couldn't even say goodbye. Grandpas Piero and Giorgio will protect me from above. But I have to go on. I know that even if they are no longer here, they are still close to me.” She and other members of the Italian national team remained at the Brixia Gym International Academy in Brescia, Italy, during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Italian lockdown. (oasport.it, 04 Jun 2020; federginnastica.it, 02 Apr 2020; ederginnastica.it, 02 Apr 2020)

RETIREMENT THOUGHTS
She says she wants to fulfil her dream of competing at the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024, and will then likely retire from the sport due to ongoing back problems. "Health comes first. If after Paris my back problem persists and if the doctors advise me to stop. I also have doubts on continuing after so many years of hard training. So if I manage to achieve my goal, my dream, I think I will retire and start a new life." (olympics.com, 01 Nov 2021)