1. Giorgia Villa was born on 23 February 2003 and is an Italian artistic gymnast.
30 Facts About Giorgia Villa
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Giorgia Villa was a member of the teams that won silver at the 2024 Olympic Games and bronze at the 2019 World Championships.
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Giorgia Villa is a member of the Italian national team.
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Giorgia Villa was born in Ponte San Pietro, Italy, on February 23,2003.
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In 2017 Giorgia Villa tore her achilles tendon during her floor exercise routine at the City of Jesolo Trophy and was unable to finish the competition.
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Giorgia Villa later competed at the Italian National Championships where she placed first on uneven bars, the only event she competed on.
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Italy placed first in the team competition, and individually Giorgia Villa placed second in the all-around behind Vladislava Urazova of Russia, and fourth on vault and uneven bars.
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Giorgia Villa competed at the 2018 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships alongside Asia D'Amato, Alice D'Amato, Alessia Federici, and Elisa Iorio where Italy won team gold.
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Individually Giorgia Villa won all-around and balance beam gold, and vault and floor exercise silver, behind teammate Asia D'Amato and Romanian Ioana Stanciulescu respectively.
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Giorgia Villa was later selected to represent Italy at the 2018 Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Giorgia Villa was the first all-around champion since the Youth Olympic Games inception that was not from Russia.
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Giorgia Villa continued her strong performances into the event finals, winning gold on vault and floor exercise, ahead of Csenge Bacskay of Hungary and Morgan respectively, silver on uneven bars behind Russian Ksenia Klimenko, and finishing fourth on balance beam.
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Giorgia Villa was selected as Italy's flag bearer for the closing ceremony.
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Giorgia Villa made her senior debut at the 1st Italian Serie A competition.
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Giorgia Villa finished first in the team and all-around and scored highest on balance beam and second highest on vault, behind Alice D'Amato.
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Giorgia Villa was slated to make her senior international debut at the 2019 City of Jesolo Trophy but had to withdraw at the last minute due to an injury to the middle finger of the right hand.
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On September 4 Giorgia Villa was named to the team to compete at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany alongside Alice D'Amato, Asia D'Amato, Elisa Iorio, and Desiree Carofiglio.
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Giorgia Villa received the fourth highest score on vault behind Simone Biles of the United States, Aline Friess of France, and Giulia Steingruber of Switzerland and the fifth highest score on uneven bars behind Nina Derwael of Belgium, Elisabeth Seitz of Germany, Biles, and Tang Xijing of China.
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In January it was announced that Giorgia Villa would represent Italy at the American Cup in March 2020.
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At the American Cup Giorgia Villa finished in seventh place after falling on the uneven bars, balance beam, and on floor exercise.
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Giorgia Villa tied for first with Asia D'Amato after she fell on her vault.
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Giorgia Villa was named to the team to represent Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Alice and Asia D'Amato and Martina Maggio.
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Giorgia Villa helped Italy finish second as a team and individually placed third on the uneven bars.
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Giorgia Villa contributed scores on uneven bars and balance beam towards Italy's first-place finish.
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Giorgia Villa made her return to the all-around for the first time since the previous year's national championships; she placed fourth.
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Giorgia Villa was later named to the team to compete at the World Championships in Liverpool alongside Alice D'Amato, Martina Maggio, Manila Esposito, Veronica Mandriota, and alternate Elisa Iorio.
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Giorgia Villa competed at the Baku World Cup where she finished second on uneven bars and first on balance beam.
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Giorgia Villa next competed at the European Championships where she helped Italy finish second as a team.
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Giorgia Villa next competed at the Cairo World Cup where she won gold on balance beam and silver on uneven bars.
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At the 2024 Olympic Games Giorgia Villa helped Italy qualify to the team final in second place.