Italian artistic gymnast
Yumin Abbadini (born 6 May 2001)[ 1] is an Italian artistic gymnast . He was a member of the Italian team that won its first-ever European Championships title in 2023 . He also won a European team silver medal in 2022 and bronze in 2024 . Individually, he is the 2024 European all-around bronze medalist and the 2022 Italian all-around champion. He represented Italy at the 2024 Summer Olympics .
Early and personal life
Abbadini was born in Ranica on 6 May 2001 to an Italian father and a Chinese mother. He is in a relationship with Elisa Iorio , an Olympic and World medalist in gymnastics.[ 1] [ 2] As of 2024, he studies computer engineering at the University of Bergamo .[ 3]
Career
Abbadini competing pommel horse in 2019
Abbadini competed at the 2018 Junior European Championships and won a bronze medal with the Italian team. This was Italy's first medal at the Junior European Championships since 1992.[ 4] He also placed 10th in the individual all-around,[ 5] and he was the second reserve for the horizontal bar final.[ 6]
Abbadini began competing in senior international competitions in 2019. He won a bronze medal on the pommel horse at the 2019 Guimarães World Challenge Cup .[ 7]
2022
Abbadini competed at the 2022 DTB Pokal Stuttgart where the Italian men's team won the silver medal behind the United States.[ 8] Individually, he won the bronze medal on the pommel horse behind Khoi Young and Benjamin Osberger .[ 9] He also competed in the mixed cup, helping Italy win the bronze medal.[ 10] He then competed at the European Championships and helped the Italian team win the silver medal behind Great Britain.[ 11] Individually, Abbadini was the third reserve for the horizontal bar final.[ 12] In October 2022, he won the all-around title at the Italian national championships.[ 13]
Abbadini was selected to compete at the World Championships in Liverpool alongside Nicola Bartolini , Lorenzo Minh Casali , Carlo Macchini , and Matteo Levantesi . The team finished fourth by slightly more than one point behind the bronze-medalists, Great Britain, after Abbadini fell off the pommel horse in the final rotation.[ 14] [ 15] Individually, Abbadini qualified for the all-around final, where he finished 21st.[ 16]
2023
At the 2023 European Championships , Abbadini won a team gold medal alongside Mario Macchiati , Lorenzo Minh Casali , Matteo Levantesi , and Marco Lodadio .[ 17] This marked the first time Italy won a team title at the European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships .[ 18] Abbadini also qualified for the all-around final and finished in sixth place.[ 19] He also placed sixth in the pommel horse final.[ 20]
At the World Championships , Abbadini and the Italian team placed sixth in the qualification round and earned a team berth for the 2024 Summer Olympics . This was the first time the Italian men's gymnastics team qualified for the Olympic Games since 2012.[ 21] This result also meant they qualified for the team final, where Abbadini contributed on four apparatuses toward Italy's eighth-place finish.[ 22] Individually, Abbadini qualified for the all-around final and finished in sixth place.[ 23] After the World Championships, he competed at the 2023 Swiss Cup Zürich , a mixed pairs competition, with Manila Esposito , and they finished fourth.[ 24]
2024
Abbadini began the 2024 Olympic season at the DTB Pokal Stuttgart and helped Italy win the team silver medal behind the United States. Individually, Abbadini won a silver medal on the horizontal bar and a bronze medal on the floor exercise.[ 25] [ 26] Then at the European Championships , Abbadini led the Italian team to a bronze medal finish.[ 27] He also won the bronze medal in the individual all-around behind Marios Georgiou and Oleg Verniaiev .[ 28] He finished seventh in the horizontal bar final.[ 29]
Abbadini was selected to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside Nicola Bartolini , Lorenzo Minh Casali , Mario Macchiati , and Carlo Macchini .[ 30] In the qualification round , the Italian team finished sixth and qualified for the team final.[ 31] Abbadini also qualified for the all-around final in eighth place,[ 32] and he was the first reserve for the horizontal bar final.[ 33] The Italian team ultimately finished sixth in the team final .[ 34] Then in the all-around final , Abbadini finished 11th.[ 35]
References
^ a b "Abbadini Yumin" . Paris 2024 . International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 22 July 2024 .
^ "Abbadini-Iorio: "Noi innamorati tra gli attrezzi sognando Parigi" " [Abbadini-Iorio: "We lovers among the tools dreaming of Paris"]. La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 27 May 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2024 .
^ "Yumin Abbadini" . Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian). Retrieved 1 September 2024 .
^ "Ginnastica, Bergamo lascia il segno Sul podio anche il 17enne Abbadini" [Gymnastics, Bergamo leaves its mark 17-year-old Abbadini also on the podium]. L'Eco di Bergamo (in Italian). 12 August 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2024 .
^ "Artistic Gymnastics Men's Junior QC for AF, TF & AA Men's Junior Individual All-Around Final" (PDF) . European Gymnastics . 10 August 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2024 .
^ "Artistic Gymnastics Men's Junior QC for AF, TF & AA Men's Junior Horizontal Bar – Qualification" (PDF) . European Gymnastics . 10 August 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2024 .
^ "Japan, Mexico golden in Guimaraes as World Challenge Cup series ends" . International Gymnastics Federation . 23 September 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2024 .
^ Crumlish, John (21 March 2022). "U.S. sweeps team titles at DTB Pokal in Stuttgart" . International Gymnast Magazine . Retrieved 2 September 2024 .
^ "Four U.S. gymnasts add apparatus gold on final day of men's competition at 2022 DTB Pokal Team Challenge" . USA Gymnastics . 20 March 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2024 .
^ "U.S. tops 2022 DTB Pokal Mixed Cup field" . USA Gymnastics . 20 March 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2024 .
^ Crumlish, John (20 August 2022). "British men storm to senior team title at European Championships" . International Gymnast Magazine . Retrieved 2 September 2024 .
^ "Artistic Gymnastics Men Seniors Qualification Horizontal Bar Results By Apparatus" (PDF) . European Gymnastics . 18 August 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2024 .
^ "LIVE Ginnastica artistica, Campionati Italiani 2022 in DIRETTA: Yumin Abbadini è il nuovo Campione d'Italia!" . OA Sport (in Italian). 15 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022 .
^ "Mondiali di ginnastica artistica, l'Italia a un soffio dal podio nella finale a squadre maschile" [Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, Italy just shy of podium in men's team final]. Rai News 24 (in Italian). 2 November 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2024 .
^ Carayol, Tumaini (2 November 2022). "Jake Jarman holds his nerve for Great Britain to secure team bronze" . The Guardian . Retrieved 2 September 2024 .
^ "51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Liverpool (GBR), 29 October – 6 November 2022 Men's All-Around Final" (PDF) . USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation . 4 November 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2024 .
^ Crumlish, John (11 April 2023). "Italian men win team gold at European Championships" . International Gymnast Magazine . Retrieved 2 September 2024 .
^ "Macchiati, Levantesi e Casali: la firma delle Marche nell'oro storico della Ginnastica artistica" [Macchiati, Levantesi and Casali: the signature of the Marche in the historical gold of Artistic Gymnastics]. Corriere Adriatico (in Italian). 13 April 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2024 .
^ Crumlish, John (13 April 2023). "Turkiye's Adem Asil aces all-around title at European Championships" . International Gymnast Magazine . Retrieved 2 September 2024 .
^ "10th European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships Men Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus Final" (PDF) . European Gymnastics . 15 April 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2024 .
^ Villa, Stefano (1 October 2023). "Ginnastica artistica, l'Italia torna alle Olimpiadi! Moschettieri qualificati a Parigi 2024, squadra e Levantesi in finale ai Mondiali" [Artistic gymnastics, Italy returns to the Olympics! Musketeers qualified for Paris 2024, team and Levantesi in the final at the World Championships]. OA Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 14 July 2024 .
^ "52nd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Antwerp (BEL), 30 September – 8 October 2023 Men's Team Final" (PDF) . USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation . 3 October 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2024 .
^ Villa, Stefano (5 October 2023). "Ginnastica artistica, Daiki Hashimoto si conferma Imperatore. Giappone padrone all-around ai Mondiali, Abbadini sesto!" [Artistic gymnastics, Daiki Hashimoto confirms himself as Emperor. Japan dominates all-around at the World Championships, Abbadini sixth!]. OA Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 14 July 2024 .
^ "Carey, Moldauer win Swiss Cup" . International Gymnast Magazine . 5 November 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2024 .
^ "Apparatus Final MAG" (PDF) . USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation . 16 March 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024 .
^ Crumlish, John (17 March 2024). "France, U.S. win five golds apiece at DTB Pokal" . International Gymnast Magazine . Retrieved 15 July 2024 .
^ "Ginnastica artistica, Europei: l'Italia con Abbadini rimonta e vince il bronzo a squadre" [Artistic Gymnastics, European Championships: Italy with Abbadini comes back and wins team bronze]. Il Cittadino di Monza e Brianza (in Italian). 1 May 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024 .
^ May, Sam (25 April 2024). "Cypriot gymnast Marios Georgiou secures European all-around title" . Inside the Games . Retrieved 26 April 2024 .
^ "36th European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships Men Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus Final" (PDF) . European Gymnastics . 27 April 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024 .
^ "Ginnastica, sono i fermani Carlo Macchini e Mario Macchiati e l'anconetano Lorenzo Minh Casali. Tre marchigiani nella squadra degli Azzurri alle Olimpiadi" [Gymnastics, they are Carlo Macchini and Mario Macchiati from Fermo and Lorenzo Minh Casali from Ancona. Three from the Marche region in the Azzurri team at the Olympics]. Quotidiano Sport (in Italian). 8 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024 .
^ "Artistic Gymnastics Men's Team Qualification" . International Gymnastics Federation . International Olympic Committee . 27 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024 .
^ "Artistic Gymnastics Men's All-Around Qualification" . International Gymnastics Federation . International Olympic Committee . 27 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024 .
^ "Artistic Gymnastics Men's Horizontal Bar Qualification" . International Gymnastics Federation . International Olympic Committee . 27 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024 .
^ Cintioli, Michela (30 July 2024). "Artistica, Olimpiadi 2024: le dichiarazioni degli Azzurri dopo la Team Final; "Vorrei che il sesto posto di oggi fosse un trampolino di lancio", ha detto il DTN Cocciaro" [Artistic, 2024 Olympics: the Azzurri's statements after the Team Final; “I would like today's sixth place to be a stepping stone,” said DTN Cocciaro]. Ginnasticando (in Italian). Retrieved 2 September 2024 .
^ "Artistic Gymnastics Men's All-Around Final" (PDF) . International Olympic Committee . 31 July 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024 .
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