Alice D'Amato

Alice D'Amato (Italian pronunciation: [aˈliːtʃe]) (born 7 February 2003) is an Italian artistic gymnast and was a member of the historic team that won bronze at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. Additionally she was a member of the team who won gold at the 2018 European Junior Championships and is the 2019 European bronze medalist on the uneven bars. She is also a member of the Italian National Team and is the twin sister of Asia D'Amato.

Alice D'Amato
Full nameAlice D'Amato
Country represented Italy
Born (2003-02-07) February 7, 2003
Genoa, Italy
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2015 – present (ITA)
GymBrixia
Head coach(es)Enrico Casella
Medal record
Representing  Italy
World Championships
2019 StuttgartTeam
European Championships
2019 SzczecinUneven Bars

Early life

D'Amato was born in Genoa, Italy in 2003. She and her sister began gymnastics at the age of 7. She currently trains at the International Academy in Brescia.[1]

Gymnastics career

Junior

2015 - 2017

D'Amato made her international debut at the 2015 City of Jesolo Trophy as part of Italy's Young Dreams team alongside Giorgia Villa and her twin sister Asia D'Amato.[2] D'Amato was injured for most of 2016 but competed at the Italian Event Championships where she placed first on uneven bars.[3]

In 2017 D'Amato competed at the Mediterranean Junior Championships where she won silver in the all-around behind Elisa Iorio and won gold in the team final.[4] She later competed at the Italian National Championships where she placed third in the all-around and on balance beam.[5] She later competed at the 2017 European Youth Olympic Festival alongside Elisa Iorio and Asia D'Amato. There she helped Italy win silver behind Russia. Individually she qualified to the uneven bars final but was withdrawn from the final so her teammate Iorio, who would later win gold, could compete.

2018

D'Amato competed at the Italian Championships where she won silver on the uneven bars. In August D'Amato competed at the 2018 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships alongside Asia D'Amato, Alessia Federici, Elisa Iorio, and Giorgia Villa where Italy won team gold.[6][7]

Senior

2019

In April D'Amato was officially named to the team to compete at the 2019 European Championships alongside Giorgia Villa, Elisa Iorio and Asia D'Amato.[8] There she qualified to the all-around final and to the uneven bars final.[9] During the all-around final D'Amato finished in fourth place after falling off the balance beam behind Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos of France, Ellie Downie of Great Britain, and Angelina Melnikova of Russia.[10] The following day she won the bronze medal on the uneven bars behind Russians Anastasia Ilyankova and Melnikova. In doing so, D'Amato became the first Italian to win a European Championships medal on the apparatus.[11]

In August D'Amato competed at the Heerenveen Friendly where she helped Italy win gold in the team competition ahead of the Netherlands and Norway and individually she finished fourth in the all-around behind Villa, Eythora Thorsdottir, and Naomi Visser. Additionally she recorded the highest vault and uneven bars scores.[12] On September 4 D'Amato was named to the team to compete at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany alongside Giorgia Villa, Asia D'Amato, Elisa Iorio, and Desirée Carofiglio.[13]

During qualifications at the World Championships D'Amato helped Italy qualify to the team final in eighth place; as a result Italy also qualified to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.[14] In the team final, D'Amato helped Italy win the bronze medal – Italy's first team medal since the 1950 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. They ended up finishing behind the United States and Russia but ahead of China, who originally qualified to the final in second place.[15]

2020

In early February it was announced that D'Amato was selected to represent Italy at the Birmingham World Cup taking place in late March.[16] She was later replaced by Desiree Carofiglio.[17] However the Birmingham World Cup was later canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.[18]

Competitive history

Junior
Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2015City of Jesolo Trophy24
2016Italian Event Championships
20171st Italian Serie A
International Gymnix77
City of Jesolo Trophy206
Mediterranean Championships
German Junior Friendly4
Euro Youth Olympic Festival
Italian Championships78
4th Italian Serie A
20181st Italian Serie A
International Gymnix7
Italian Championships
Pieve di Soligo Friendly
European Championships

Senior
Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
20191st Italian Serie A5
City of Jesolo Trophy55
2nd Italian Serie A
European Championships4
3rd Italian Serie A
Heerenveen Friendly4
World Championships
20201st Italian Serie A
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References
  1. "La genovese Asia D'Amato campionessa italiana a Civitavecchia". Liguria Sport (in Italian). December 1, 2016.
  2. "2015 City of Jesolo Trophy Final Results". The Gymterent. March 28, 2015.
  3. "Ginnastica, Campionati Italiani di Categoria – Finali di Specialità: tripletta di Arianna Rocca, ottime D'Amato e Giorgia Villa". OA Sport (in Italian). November 27, 2016.
  4. "2017 Mediterranean Junior Championships Results". The Gymternet. April 9, 2017.
  5. "2017 Italian Championships Results". The Gymternet. September 2, 2017.
  6. "2018 European Championships Results". The Gymterent. August 6, 2018.
  7. http://www.ueg.org/data/result/929/AA_INC_NON_QUAL_JUN_Womens.pdf
  8. "Ginnastica artistica, Europei 2019: le convocate dell'Italia, quattro Fate volano a Stettino. C'è Giorgia Villa". OA Sport (in Italian). April 4, 2019.
  9. "Ginnastica artistica, Europei 2019: l'Italia sbanca Stettino, 3 Finali di Specialità. Villa prima alla trave, festa per le gemelle d'Amato". OA Sport (in Italian). April 11, 2019.
  10. "Ginnastica artistica, Europei 2019: De Jesus conquista lo scettro all-around, battute Downie e Melnikova in volata. Alice d'Amato quarta, Giorgia Villa sesta". OA Sport (in Italian). April 12, 2019.
  11. "Ginnastica artistica, Europei 2019: Alice d'Amato nella storia, prima italiana sul podio agli staggi! 13^ medaglia all-time, rotto un digiuno di 5 anni". OA Sport (in Italian). April 13, 2019.
  12. "2019 Heerenveen Friendly Results". The Gymternet. August 31, 2019.
  13. "Mondiali Stoccarda 2019: Tutti i convocati!". Ginnasticando (in Italian). September 4, 2019. Archived from the original on September 4, 2019. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  14. "Ginnastica, Mondiali 2019: Italia senza finali di specialità, azzurre avanti con la squadra. Villa e Iorio in finale all-around". OASport (in Italian). October 6, 2019.
  15. "Ginnastica artistica, ITALIA: SEI LEGGENDARIA! Bronzo mitologico nella gara a squadre, impresa della vita. Fate da antologia". OASport (in Italian). October 8, 2019.
  16. "Birmingham World Cup roster bursts with World stars". FIG. February 7, 2020.
  17. @BritGymnastics (February 24, 2020). "There has been a change to the Birmingham World Cup line-up!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  18. "British Gymnastics national events announcement, including FIG World Cup". British Gymnastics. March 16, 2020.
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