Nicola Bartolini

Nicola Bartolini
Bartolini at the 2022 European Championships
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Bart, Bartoleddu
Born	(1996-02-07) 7 February 1996 (age 28)
Residence	Milan, Italy
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Italy
Years on national team	2014–present (ITA)
Level	Senior international elite
Medal record Men's artistic gymnastics Representing  Italy World Championships 2021 Kitakyushu Floor Exercise European Championships 2022 Munich Team 2021 Basel Floor Exercise Mediterranean Games 2022 Oran Floor Exercise 2022 Oran Team 2022 Oran Vault FIG World Cup Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Challenge Cup 0 0 2 Total 0 0 2

Nicola Bartolini (born 7 February 1996) is an Italian artistic gymnast. He is the 2021 World Champion and 2021 European bronze medalist on floor exercise. He represented Italy at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Gymnastics career

2014

Bartolini competed at the 2014 European Championships in the junior division. He helped Italy finish fifth as a team and individually he finished eighth in the all-around and on floor exercise and fifth on vault.

Bartolini competed at the 2014 World Championships where he helped Italy finish 13th as a team during qualifications. He did not advance to any individual finals.^[1]

2015–18

Between 2015 and 2018 he participated in the 2015 World Championships but injuries prevented him from taking part in Rio 2016 and other competitions.

2019

He took part in the European Championships 2019 and finished eighth on floor exercise and sixth on the vault. In 2019 he underwent shoulder surgery for a second time.^[2]

2021

He took part in the European Championships 2021 where he won the bronze medal at the floor event.^[3][4] In October he won the gold medal in the floor event at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2021 becoming the first Italian to do so.^[5][6]

2022

Bartolini at the 2022 European Championships

In August, Bartolini competed at the European Championships, where he finished tenth in the all-around. Additionally, he qualified to the floor final in first place, and helped Italy qualify to the team final.^[7] During the team final he helped Italy win the silver medal behind Great Britain and he placed fourth on floor exercise. Bartolini next competed at the World Championships where he helped Italy finish in fourth place. Individually he placed fifth on floor exercise. Bartolini next competed at the Swiss Cup alongside Martina Maggio. They finished second behind the American duo of Yul Moldauer and Addison Fatta.

Competitive history

Year	Event	Team	AA	FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB
2014
	European Championships (junior)	5	8	8			5
	World Championships	13
2015
	European Games	14
2018	Osijek Challenge Cup							7
2019
	European Championships			8			6
2021
	European Championships		9
	World Championships
2022	DTB Pokal Team Challenge
	Mediterranean Games		7		4
	European Championships		10	4
	World Championships	4		5
	Swiss Cup
2023	Baku World Cup			4
	World Championships	8
2024	Troyes Friendly
	Italian Championships
	Olympic Games	6

References

1. "45th ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS in Nanning (CHN)" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 3 October 2014.
2. "Nicola Bartolini". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
3. "Gymnastics - Nicola Bartolini- RESULTS". thesports.org. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
4. "Nicola Bartolini 2° al corpo libero ai Mondiali! Esercizio da urlo, che crescita dal bronzo europeo - VIDEO". OA Sport (in Italian). 20 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
5. "MEN'S FLOOR EXERCISE FINAL - RESULTS". gym.longinestiming.com. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
6. "Italy's Nicola Bartolini makes history with floor gold at World Championships". SportsMole. 23 October 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
7. "2022 European Championships results". European Gymnastics. Retrieved 18 August 2022.