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| Born | (1996-02-07)7 February 1996 (age 29) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Italy(2014–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nicola Bartolini (born 7 February 1996) is an Italianartistic gymnast. He is the2021 World Champion and2021 European bronze medalist on floor exercise. He representedItaly at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Bartolini competed at the2014 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 the2014 World Championships where he helped Italy finish 13th as a team during qualifications. He did not advance to any individual finals.[1]
Between 2015 and 2018 he competed at the2015 European Games, the2015 World Championships, and twoWorld Cups. In May 2016 Bartolini injured his shoulder and required immediate surgery.[2]
Bartolini competed at the2019 European Championships and finished eighth on floor exercise and sixth on vault. Later in the year he competed at the2019 World Championships. The following month he underwent shoulder surgery for a second time.[3][4]
He competed at the2021 European Championships where he won the bronze medal on floor exercise.[5][6] In October he won the gold medal on floor exercise at the2021 World Championships, becoming the first Italian to do so.[7][8]
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In August Bartolini competed at the2022 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.[9] 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 theWorld Championships where he helped Italy finish in fourth place. Individually he placed fifth on floor exercise. Bartolini next competed at the2022 Swiss Cup alongsideMartina Maggio. They finished second behind the American duo ofYul Moldauer andAddison Fatta.
Bartolini competed at the2023 World Championships, helping Italy qualify to the team finals where they finished eighth.[10] As a result, Italy qualified a full team to theupcoming Olympic Games for the first time since2012.[11]
At the 2024 Italian National Championships Bartolini only competed on four events but won the title on floor exercise. That same weekend he was selected to representItaly at the 2024 Olympic Games alongsideYumin Abbadini,Lorenzo Minh Casali,Mario Macchiati, andCarlo Macchini.[12] At the2024 Olympic Games Bartolini helped Italy qualify to the team final where they ultimately finished sixth.[13]
