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Riccardo Villa

Villa at the 2022 European Championships

Personal information

Full name

Riccardo Villa

Country represented

Italy

Born

5 January 2005 (age 19)
Monza, Lombardy, Italy

Hometown

Brianza

Discipline

Men's artistic gymnastics

Level

Junior International Elite

Years on national team

2019–present (ITA)

Club

Ginnastica Pro Carate

Head coach(es)

Corrado Corti

Medal record

Men's artistic gymnastics

Representing Italy
Junior World Championships
	2023 Antalya	Team
	2023 Antalya	All-around
	2023 Antalya	Rings

Riccardo Villa (born 5 January 2005) is an Italian artistic gymnast. He is the 2023 Junior World all-around bronze medalist.

Personal life

Villa was born in Monza in 2005.^[1]

Gymnastics career

Junior

2022

In late July Villa competed at the European Youth Olympic Festival where he helped Italy win gold as a team. Individually Villa won silver in the all-around behind Radomyr Stelmakh. Additionally he and teammate Arianna Grillo won gold in the mixed pairs portion of the competition.^[2] In August Villa competed at the European Championships where he helped Italy win gold as a team. Individually he won gold on pommel horse and placed sixth in the all-around.^[3]

Introduction

Rings

Pommel horse

Villa at the 2022 European Championships

2023

In late March Villa competed at the second Junior World Championships alongside Manuel Berettera and Tommaso Brugnami. On the first day of competition he helped Italy win the bronze medal behind Japan and China.^[4]^[5] During the all-around final Villa won bronze, 0.001 points ahead of Tomoharu Tsunogai and behind Qin Guohuan of China and Ángel Barajas of Colombia.^[6] Additionally Villa won bronze on rings and placed fifth on horizontal bar.

Competitive history

Year	Event	AA	PH	SR	VT	HB
Junior
2019	International Junior Team Cup			6
2020	Mallorca Cup	5
2021	Italian Championships	18
2022	DTB Pokal Team Challenge			5
	European Youth Olympic Festival		4	5	8	4
	EYOF Mixed Pairs
	European Championships	6		7
	Italian Championships		8	6		5
2023	Luxembourg Open
2023	Junior World Championships					5

References

^ "FIG Profile: Riccardo Villa". International Gymnastics Federation.
^ "Italy Tops the Podium in EYOF Mixed Pairs Competition". BMV Sports. July 29, 2022.
^ "6 nations golden in #Munich2022 junior apparatus finals". European Gymnastics. August 21, 2023.
^ "Ginnastica artistica, Italia da brividi ai Mondiali juniores! Azzurri di bronzo nella gara a squadre: Villa, Brugnami e Berettera stellari" [Artistic gymnastics, Italy gives chills at the Junior World Championships! Bronze Azzurri in the team competition: Villa, Brugnami and Berettera stellar]. OA Sport (in Italian). March 29, 2023.
^ "Asian domination: Japanese men repeat as World Junior team champions". International Gymnastics Federation. March 29, 2023.
^ "Ginnastica artistica, Riccardo Villa luccica all'orizzonte: magico bronzo all-around ai Mondiali juniores, futuro luminoso" [Artistic gymnastics, Riccardo Villa glitters on the horizon: magical all-around bronze at the Junior World Championships, bright future]. OA Sport (in Italian). March 31, 2023.

External links

Riccardo Villa at the International Gymnastics Federation

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