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Alessia Maurelli

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Alessia Maurelli
Personal information
Full nameAlessia Maurelli
Born (1996-08-22) 22 August 1996 (age 28)
HometownRivoli, Italy
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
Country represented Italy
Years on national team2014-2024
LevelSenior international elite
ClubAeronautica Militare
Head coach(es)Emanuela Maccarani
ChoreographerFederica Bagnera
Medal record
Group Rhythmic Gymnastics
Olympic Games
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Group All-around
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Group all-around
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Stuttgart 5 Ribbons
Gold medal – first place 2017 Pesaro 5 Hoops
Gold medal – first place 2018 Sofia 3 Balls + 2 Ropes
Gold medal – first place 2021 Kitakyushu 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs
Gold medal – first place 2022 Sofia Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Sofia 5 Hoops
Silver medal – second place 2014 Izmir Group All-around
Silver medal – second place 2015 Stuttgart 6 Clubs + 2 Hoops
Silver medal – second place 2018 Sofia Group All-around
Silver medal – second place 2021 Kitakyushu Team
Silver medal – second place 2021 Kitakyushu Group All-around
Silver medal – second place 2021 Kitakyushu 5 Balls
Silver medal – second place 2022 Sofia 3 Ribbons + 2 Balls
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Sofia 5 Hoops
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Baku 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Valencia Team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Valencia 5 Hoops
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Guadalajara 5 Hoops
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tel Aviv 5 Hoops
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tel Aviv 3 Ribbons + 2 Balls
Gold medal – first place 2024 Budapest 5 Hoops
Silver medal – second place 2014 Baku Group All-around
Silver medal – second place 2018 Guadalajara Group All-around
Silver medal – second place 2018 Guadalajara 3 Balls + 2 Ropes
Silver medal – second place 2021 Varna Group All-around
Silver medal – second place 2022 Tel Aviv Group All-around
Silver medal – second place 2022 Tel Aviv Team
Silver medal – second place 2024 Budapest Team
Silver medal – second place 2024 Budapest Group All-around
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Varna 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Baku 5 Hoops

Alessia Maurelli (born 22 August 1996) is an Italian group rhythmic gymnast who captains it from 2016. She is a two-time (2020, 2024) Olympic Group All-around bronze medalist, a three-time (2014, 2018, 2021) World Group All-around silver medalist and five-time European (2014, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024) Group All-around silver medalist.

A member of the national squad since 2014, Maurelli ascended to prominence on the international scene at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she and fellow rhythmic gymnasts Sofia Lodi, Camilla Patriarca, Marta Pagnini, and Martina Centofanti attained a total score of 35.549 on the combination of hoops, ribbons, and clubs for the fourth spot in the final, slipping her team off the podium (and the second place) by nearly two tenths of a point.[1][2][3]

Career

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She started practicing rhythmic gymnastics at age 9 in Associazione Ginnastica Estense O. Putinati.

2016 Olympic Cycle

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In January 2014 she was recognized by Emanuela Maccarani, who invited her to be part of the National Rhythmic Gymnastics team of Italy.[4] She then moved to Desio and made her international debut at the 2014 European Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, where she and her team took silver medal in Group All-around competition. They also won bronze medal in Group All-around and 3 + 2 Final at the 2014 World Cup Sofia. On September 21–28, she competed at the 2014 World Championships, her first one, which took place in Izmir, Turkey. Her team took silver medal in Group All-around, less than 0.2 point away from gold, was won by Bulgaria. In finals, they placed 5th with 10 Clubs and 4th with 3 Balls + 2 Ribbons.

In 2015, she and her team mates took gold in 5 Ribbons final at the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.[5]

She and her team mates, Martina Centofanti, Sofia Lodi, Marta Pagnini and Camilla Patriarca placed 4th in Group All-around at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[6] In September 2016, with the retirement of Marta Pagnini, Maurelli became the captain of the Italian National Rhythmic Gymnastics Team.[7]

2020 Olympic cycle

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At the 2017 World Championships in Pesaro, Italy she became World champion in 5 Hoops, missing the podium with the Italian group in the Group All-around competition, finishing in 4th place, just 0.025 points behind Japan.[8]

Together with Anna Basta, Martina Centofanti, Letizia Cicconcelli, Agnese Duranti and Martina Santandrea she participated at the 2018 European Championships in Guadalajara, Spain, where they won a gold medal in 5 Hoops and two silver medals in the Group All-around and in 3 Balls + 2 Ropes final. Another notable performance followed at the 2018 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, with the title won in the mixed exercise with Balls and Ropes, in addition to the second place in the Group All-around, and finally the third place in 5 Hoops final. With placing in top 3 in Group All-around, they earned a spot for Italian team at the 2020 Olympic Games.

In 2019, they won bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan in 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs final. They finished 5th in Group All-around and 6th in 5 Balls final.

In 2021, the first official post-pandemic competition was World Cup Baku, about 18 months after the last competition, where they won three silver medals (Group All-around, 5 Balls, 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs). Subsequently, at the World Cup in Pesaro, they won 2 gold medals in both apparatus finals. In particular, the score obtained in the 5 Balls final, 46.950, is the highest score ever recorded in the history of rhythmic gymnastics up to that moment.[9] At the European Championships in Varna, Bulgaria, she and her teammates won silver in the Group All-around behind the Russian team, earning the title of European vice-champion again. They also won bronze medal in 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs final.[10][11] She took part in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan that year, together with her teammates Martina Centofanti, Agnese Duranti, Martina Santandrea and Daniela Mogurean. They won a bronze medal, in Women's rhythmic Group All-around.[12]

2024 Olympic cycle

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She won a bronze medal, in Women's rhythmic group all-around, at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[13] She is one of four Italian rhythmic gymnasts to participate at three editions of Olympic Games.

On December 17, she announced on her Instagram profile that she retires from competitive sport at the age of 28.[14]

Personal life

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Alessia is originally from Venaria Reale but born in Rivoli. She moved with her family at the age of 5 to Santa Maria Maddalena, a hamlet in the municipality of Occhiobello, Polesine. Since 2015, she has competed as a member of the Centro Sportivo Aeronautica Militare. In 2022, she published her debut novel, Vola come una Farfalla (Fly Like a Butterfly)[15], followed in 2023 by its sequel, Graffia come una Tigre (Scratch Like a Tiger)[16].

Since 2022 she has been dating an actor Massimo Bertelloni, who proposed to her on August 10, after the awarding ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Group All-around final in Paris.

Detailed Olympic results

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Year Competition Description Location Music Apparatus Rank Score-Final Rank Score-Qualifying
2016 Olympics Rio de Janeiro All-around 4th 35.549 4th 35.349
Tu Si Na Cosa Grande, Tammurriata, Nessun Dorma
by Massimo Ranieri, Unknown, Luciano Pavarotti 		5 Ribbons 4th 17.516 5th 17.516
'Faust: VII. Danse de Phryne. Allegretto vivo
Herbert von Karajan 		6 Clubs / 2 Hoops 3rd 18.033 3rd 17.833
2020 Olympics Tokyo All-around 3rd 87.700 3rd 87.150
Butterfly-Ninja
by Maxime Rodriguez 		5 Balls 4th 44.850 3rd 44.600
Tree of Life Suite
by R. Cacciapaglia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 		3 Hoops + 4 Clubs 3rd 42.850 4th 42.550
2024 Olympics Paris All-around 3rd 68.100 2nd 69.350
Scherzo Molto Vivace from Symphony No. 9, Greatness
by Audiomachine, Vo Williams 		5 Hoops 3rd 36.100 2nd 38.200
The Ecstasy of Gold'
by Ennio Morricone, Czech National Symphony Orchestra 		3 Ribbons + 2 Balls 4th 32.000 6th 31.150

Achievements

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  • Oldest Italian gymnast in the history of rhythmic gymnastics to participate (and to win a medal) in an edition of the Olympic Games (27 years, 11 months and 19 days).
  • Participated in three consecutive editions of the Olympic Games (Rio 2016, Tokyo 2021, Paris 2024). Record shared with Martina Centofanti, Elisa Blanchi and Elisa Santoni.

References

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  1. ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics: Group All-Around Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Russia wins another Olympic gold in rhythmic gymnastics group final". NBC Olympics. 21 August 2016. Archived from the original on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Rio2016: Ginnastica ritmica. Farfalle ai piedi del podio" [Rio 2016 (Rhythmic Gymnastics): Italians slipped off the podium] (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport – Stadio. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  4. ^ "LA NOSTRA STORIA". Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Italy takes gold in 5 Ribbons". International Gymnastics Federation (FIG). September 18, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
  6. ^ "2016 Olympics RG Group All Around Results". Olympic.org. 2016. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
  7. ^ "Alessia Maurelli diventa capitana della nazionale di ginnastica ritmica" [Alessia Maurelli becomes captain of the national rhythmic gymnastics team]. Estense.com. 30 September 2024. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
  8. ^ Villa, Stefano (4 September 2017). "Ginnastica Ritmica, Mondiali 2017 – L'Italia risplende d'oro ma il quarto posto grida vendetta. Dominio della Russia, coccoliamoci Agiurgiuculese e Baldassarri" (in Italian). Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  9. ^ "Doppietta d'oro delle farfalle azzurre a Pesaro". RaiSport (in Italian). 30 May 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  10. ^ "Europei a Varna: le Farfalle azzurre vincono l'argento". Annuario Media Sport (in Italian). 14 June 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Ginnastica ritmica, Europei: bronzo per le farfalle azzurre nel misto". la Repubblica (in Italian). 13 June 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  12. ^ Celeghin, Natascia (2021-08-21). "Alessia Maurelli: "Il bronzo a Tokyo grazie ai consigli di Mennea. Vorrei essere testimonial per i vaccini"". Corriere del Veneto (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-09-19.
  13. ^ "Le Farfalle volano sul bronzo, Italia terza nell'all around a squadre di ginnastica ritmica a Parigi 2024" [Butterflies fly to bronze, Italy third in the rhythmic gymnastics team all-around at Paris 2024]. Olympics.com (in Italian). 10 August 2024. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  14. ^ "Ginnastica ritmica, si ritira la capitana Alessia Maurelli" [Rhythmic Gymnastics, captain Alessia Maurelli retires]. Rai News (in Italian). 17 December 2024. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  15. ^ Vola come una farfalla - Alessia Maurelli, Giovanni Seltralia - Libro - Mondadori Store
  16. ^ Mondadori Store Team. "Graffia come una tigre - Alessia Maurelli, Giovanni Seltralia". Libro - Mondadori Store (in Italian). Retrieved 20 December 2024.
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