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Sofia Raffaeli - Wikipedia
Sofia Raffaeli - Wikipedia
2024 At the national level, she is the 2022 and 2023 Italian National all-
around champion, 2021 Italian National all-around silver medalist,
Eponymous skill
and 2020 Italian National all-around bronze medalist. As of 2023, Raffaeli at the 2022 European Championships
Achievements she is the most decorated individual rhythmic gymnast from the Personal information
Routine music information Italian Gymnastics Federation. Nickname(s) Sofi, Atomic Ant, Chiaravalle
Vulcano
Competitive highlights
Personal life [ edit ]
Country Italy
See also represented
Raffaeli was born in Chiaravalle, Marche; Italy. Her mother, Born 19 January 2004 (age 20)
References
Chiaravalle, Marche; Italy
Milena Martarelli, is an engineer at the University of Ancona,
External links Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[1]
while her father, Gianni Raffaeli, is an architect. She has a
younger brother, Pietro Raffaeli, who is a fencer.[1] Raffaeli got Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
involved in artistic gymnastics at the age of three, and she Level Senior International Elite
Championships in Guadalajara, Spain, where she qualified to the Medal record [hide]
clubs final and she finished in 5th place. In 2019, she competed Event 1st 2nd 3rd
at the 2019 Junior World Championships in Moscow, Russia. She World Championships 5 4 3
won three silver medals - team, rope and clubs. She also placed World Games 1 2 0
8th in ball and 7th in ribbon.[9] European Championships 4 3 0
FIG World Cup 24 19 10
Senior [ edit ] Grand Prix Final 3 1 2
Junior World Championships 0 3 0
2020 [ edit ]
Total 37 32 15
In 2020, Raffaeli officially made her senior debut at the 2020 Rhythmic Gymnastics
Italian National Championships, where she won the bronze medal Representing Italy
in the all-around behind Milena Baldassarri and Alexandra World Championships
Agiurgiuculese. She also won a gold medal with clubs and a silver 2022 Sofia All-Around
[10]
medal with ball. 2022 Sofia Hoop
2022 Sofia Ball
2021 [ edit ]
2022 Sofia Ribbon
In the 2021 Season, Raffaeli made her senior international debut 2022 Sofia Team
at the 2021 FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup series. She 2021 Kitakyushu Team
finished 10th in the all-around behind Sabina Tashkenbaeva and 2023 Valencia All-around
qualified to two apparatus finals, where she won a silver medal 2023 Valencia Hoop
[11]
with clubs and a bronze medal with ribbon. On 16–18 April 2023 Valencia Ball
Raffaeli competed at the 2021 Tashkent World Cup where she 2021 Kitakyushu Hoop
finished 4th in the all-around behind Anastasiia Salos, and 2022 Sofia Clubs
qualified to three apparatus finals, winning a silver medal with 2023 Valencia Team
[12]
hoop and ribbon, and also placing 4th in clubs. In May, Raffaeli European Championships
participated at the 2021 Pesaro World Cup where she placed 8th 2022 Tel Aviv Hoop
in the all-round behind Laura Zeng and qualified to 2 apparatus 2022 Tel Aviv Clubs
finals, placing 6th in clubs and 5th in ribbon. 2023 Baku Ball
2023 Baku Clubs
In June, she won the silver medal in the all-around final at the
2022 Tel Aviv Ball
2021 Italian National Championships only behind Milena
2022 Tel Aviv Team
Baldassarri and in front of Alexandra Agiurgiuculese. This
2023 Baku All-Around
championship decided the two gymnasts who were going to
World Games
represent Italy at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Despite the
2022 Birmingham Clubs
fact that Raffaeli came second, the national coach, Emanuela
2022 Birmingham Hoop
Maccarani, decided that the gymnast accompanying Baldassarri
2022 Birmingham Ball
should be Agiurgiuculese due to her experience throughout the
Junior World Championships
Olympic cycle. Raffaeli also managed to enter all four apparatus
2019 Moscow Team
finals, winning gold in clubs, silver in hoop, and bronze in ball and
2019 Moscow Rope
ribbon.
2019 Moscow Clubs
2022 [ edit ]
In the 2022 season, Raffaeli adapted to the new FIG code of points and became the top gymnast of the Italian
national team.
Raffaeli competed at the 2022 World Cup Athens and won the gold medal in the all-around, in front of Daria
Atamanov, becoming the first Italian individual rhythmic gymnast to win a gold medal in the all-around event of
a FIG World Cup stage. She also qualified to three apparatus finals, winning two gold medals with ball and
clubs, and a silver medal with hoop.[14][15] On 8–10 April Raffaeli competed at the 2022 World Cup Sofia where
she finished second in the all-around behind Boryana Kaleyn. She also won 3 silver medals with hoop, ball,
clubs and she placed 6th in ribbon.[16] On 22–24 April Raffaeli competed at the 2022 World Cup Baku where
she won the second all-around title of her career ahead of Boryana Kaleyn and teammate Milena Baldassarri.
She also won a gold medal with hoop and two bronze medals with ball and clubs, and she placed 5th in ribbon.
[17]
On 27–29 May Raffaeli competed at the 2022 Italian National Championships. She won the gold medal in the
general all-around competition, and she also managed to win four gold medals in the apparatus finals, all in
front of Milena Baldassarri.[18] On 3–5 June Raffaeli competed at the 2022 World Cup Pesaro where she won
the gold medal in the all around competition. On top of that, she won three gold medals in the hoop, ball and
clubs final and a silver medal with the ribbon behind Viktoriia Onopriienko.[19] With this, she won the all-around
trophy of the World Cup circuit, and she also won the apparatus trophies with hoop, ball and clubs.[20]
From 15 to 19 June Raffaeli competed at the 2022 European Championships in Tel Aviv, Israel. Although a poor
performance in the individual final saw her left off the all-around podium, she won two gold medals and two
silver medals in the hoop, clubs, ball and team final respectively. This made her the first Italian rhythmic
gymnast to win a gold medal at the European Championships.[21] On 12–13 July Raffaeli competed at the
World Games 2022. She won the gold medal in the clubs final and two silver medals in the hoop and ball final.
[22]
She was the first Italian rhythmic gymnast to win a gold medal at the World Games.
On 26–28 August Raffaeli competed at the 2022 World Challenge Cup Cluj-Napoca. She won the gold medal in
the all around competition.[23] She became the first Italian rhythmic gymnast to win an all-around gold medal at
a World Challenge Cup. Additionally, she won two gold medals in the hoop and ribbon final and a bronze medal
with clubs. From 14 to 18 September Raffaeli represented Italy at the World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria,
where she won five gold medals in the all-around, hoop, ball, ribbon and team competition, and a bronze medal
in the clubs final. She was Italy's first all-around individual champion at the World Championships.[24]
2023 [ edit ]
From 18 to 21 May Raffaeli competed at the 2023 European Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. She won the
silver medal in the all-around final by just 0.05 points after making large improvements to her scores from
qualifications. This made her the first Italian individual rhythmic gymnast to win a medal in the all-around final at
the European Championships.[25][26] In addition, she won two gold medals in the clubs and ball finals.[27] On 10
June Raffaeli competed at the 2023 Italian National Championships. She won her second consecutive national
title in the all-around competition.[28] She also managed to win all the gold medals in the apparatus finals.[29]
On 14–16 July Raffaeli competed at the 2023 World Challenge Cup Cluj-Napoca and won the gold medal in the
all around competition. She won the gold medal in the hoop final and two bronze medals in the ball and clubs
finals.[30] On 21–23 July Raffaeli competed at the 2023 World Cup Milan, where she won the gold medal in the
hoop final and two silver medals in the all-around and clubs final.[31] With this, she also won the FIG World Cup
series all-around and hoop trophy for the second year in a row.[32]
Raffaeli was selected to compete at the 2023 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, in Valencia, Spain,
where she won three silver medals in the all-around, hoop and ball finals. She also contributed massively to the
Italian team bronze.[33] Throughout the World Championships, Raffaeli was seen training with a new coach,
Claudia Mancinelli, and it was rumoured that she and her long-time coach Julieta Cantaluppi had some
disagreements. In November, less than a year before the 2024 Summer Olympics, it was formally announced
by the Italian and Israeli Gymnastics Federation that Julieta Cantaluppi was leaving Italy to pursuit other
coaching opportunities in Israel.[34]
2024 [ edit ]
Raffaeli began her season by competing at the 2024 World Cup Athens and won two silver medals with hoop
and ball. On 12-14 April, Raffaeli, competed at the 2024 World Cup Sofia, where she finished fourth in the all-
around. She also won a bronze medal with hoop and a gold medal with clubs. The next week, she competed at
the 2024 World Cup Baku and finished third in the all-around. She also won a gold medal with clubs and a silver
medal with hoop.
Raffaeli has one eponymous skill listed in the code of points, a 180 degree turn in a side split position on relevé
with the free leg bent.[35] It was added to the code in 2021. She is the second Italian rhythmic gymnast to have
an eponymous skill after Alexandra Agiurgiuculese.[3]
Raffaeli Side split with or without help, trunk horizontal with free bent leg 0.5 base value
Achievements [ edit ]
She is the first and only Italian gymnast to have won a medal at a Junior World Rhythmic Gymnastics
Championships.
She is the first and only Italian individual gymnast to have won a gold medal in the all-around competition at
a World Cup.
She is the first and only Italian gymnast to have won the entire World Cup circuits in the general
competition, hoop, ball and clubs specialties.
She is the first and only Italian individual gymnast to have won a medal at a Rhythmic gymnastics European
Championhsips.
She is the first and only Italian individual gymnast to have won a gold medal at a Rhythmic gymnastics
European Championhsips.
She is the first and only Italian individual gymnast to have won a gold medal at a Rhythmic Gymnastics
World Championships.
She is the first and only Italian individual gymnast to have won a gold medal in the all around at a Rhythmic
Gymnastics World Championships.
She is the first and only Italian individual gymnast to have won 5 out of 5 golds (all-around, hoop, ball, clubs
and ribbon) in a World Cup.
She is the first and only Italian individual gymnast to have won a medal in the all around at a Rhythmic
gymnastics European Championhsips.
Hoop Psycho Suite by Bernard Hermann and The Murder by Danny Elfman
Ribbon
Ladder Fight (Xena Warrior Princess Soundtrack) by Joseph Lo Duca
(second)
Ribbon Tango De Amor (The Addams Family Ost) by Nathan Lane, Bebe Neuwirth
Ribbon Tango De Amor (The Addams Family Ost) by Nathan Lane, Bebe Neuwirth
Rope Far From Over by Frank Stallone, From "Staying Alive" Soundtrack
Ball Main Theme (From "Pink Panther") by The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
2018
Clubs Marajà by Vinicio Capossela
(Team competitions in seniors are held only at the World Championships, Europeans and other Continental
Games.)
International: Senior
World Cup
3rd 2nd 4th 1st 15th(Q)
Baku
World Cup
2024 4th 3rd 4th 1st 12th(Q)
Sofia
World Cup
8th 2nd 2nd 11th (Q) 29th (Q)
Athens
World
Championships 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd 15th (Q) 4th
Valencia
World Cup
2nd 1st 7th 2nd 8th
Milan
World
Challenge Cup 1st 1st 3rd 3rd 6th
Cluj-Napoca
European
Championships 2nd 4th 4th 1st 1st 29th (Q)
2023
Baku
World Cup
2nd 2nd 7th 6th 14th (Q)
Baku
World Cup
1st 1st 1st 1st 1st
Tashkent
World Cup
2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd 5th
Sofia
World Cup
1st 1st 2nd 5th 5th
Athens
Grand Prix
1st 4th 4th 2nd 1st
Marbella
World
Championships 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 1st
Sofia
World
Challenge Cup 1st 1st 8th 3rd 1st
Cluj-Napoca
World Games
2nd 2nd 1st 11th (Q)
2022
European
2022 Championships 4th 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 9th (Q)
Tel Aviv
World Cup
1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd
Pesaro
World Cup
1st 1st 3rd 3rd 5th
Baku
World Cup
2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 6th
Sofia
World Cup
1st 2nd 1st 1st 14th (Q)
Athens
World
Championships 6th 2nd 3rd 9th (Q) 16th (Q)
Kitakyushu
Grand Prix
4th 7th 3rd 1st 3rd
Marbella
European
Championships 8th 6th 11th (Q) 9th (Q) 8th 39th (Q)
2021
Varna
World Cup
8th 9th (Q) 19th (Q) 6th 5th
Pesaro
World Cup
4th 2nd 11th (Q) 4th 2nd
Tashkent
World Cup
10th 29th (Q) 14th (Q) 2nd 3rd
Sofia
International: Junior
Junior World
2019 2nd 2nd 8th 2nd 7th
Championships
Junior
2018 European 4th 7th (Q) 5th
Championships
National
Italian National
2023 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st
Championships
Italian National
2022 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st
Championships
Italian National
2021 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st 3rd
Championships
Italian National
2020 3rd 4th 2nd 1st 17th (Q)
Championships
Italian National
2019 3rd 3rd 4th
Championships
Q = Qualifications (Did not advance to Event Final due to the 2 gymnast per country rule, only Top 8 highest score);
WR = World Record; WD = Withdrew; NT = No Team Competition; OC = Out of Competition(competed but scores not counted for
qualifications/results)
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