Milena Baldassarri won silver in the ribbon final at the 2018 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, becoming the first Italian individual gymnast to win a silver medal in the World Championships.
35 Facts About Milena Baldassarri
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Milena Baldassarri is the bronze medalist in the ball final at the 2022 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, as well as a four-time Team medalist in the World Championships.
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Milena Baldassarri competed in the individual all-around at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics, finishing within a top 8 position at both games.
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Baldassarri's mother was a swimmer who competed internationally for the Soviet Union, and Baldassarri competed in swimming through age 7, at which point she tried other sports, including rhythmic gymnastics.
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Milena Baldassarri chose to pursue rhythmic gymnastics because she enjoyed the performance aspect, and she has chosen themes of social issues such as suicide, body shaming, and violence against women for some of her exercises.
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At the 2016 European Championships, Milena Baldassarri won the junior team bronze with Alexandra Agiurgiuculese.
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Milena Baldassarri did not advance into any apparatus finals due to the one-per-country rule.
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In 2017, Milena Baldassarri made her senior international debut at the international tournament Citta Pesaro, where she won the bronze medal in the all-around and silver in the ribbon final.
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Milena Baldassarri won gold in the clubs final ahead of Russian Ekaterina Selezneva.
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Together with Alexandra Agiurgiuculese, Milena Baldassarri represented Italy at the 2017 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Pesaro, where she finished 9th in the all-around ahead of Bulgaria's Katrin Taseva; she qualified for the ribbon final, where she finished in 6th place.
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In 2018, on 30 March - 1 April, Milena Baldassarri began her series of World Cup events by competing at the 2018 Sofia World Cup.
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Milena Baldassarri had an overall successful event, qualifying for all four apparatus finals and winning her first World Cup medals.
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Milena Baldassarri won silver in ball behind Linoy Ashram, and she won a bronze in clubs.
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Milena Baldassarri represented Italy with Alexandra Agiurgiuculese at the 2018 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Sofia.
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Milena Baldassarri won the silver medal in the ribbon apparatus final, becoming the first individual Italian gymnast to ever win an apparatus silver medal in the World Championship.
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Milena Baldassarri said the medal came as a surprise and that she regarded it as "the reward for all the hard work, all the sacrifices we made during the months before".
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Milena Baldassarri competed at the 2019 World Challenge Cup Minsk, where she won the bronze medal in the ribbon final.
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Milena Baldassarri won a gold medal in the ball and ribbon final, and a silver medal in the clubs final.
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At the 2019 World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, Milena Baldassarri represented Italy together with Alexandra Agiurgiuculese, Alessia Russo and Sofia Maffeis.
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Milena Baldassarri placed 4th in the ball final and 8th in the ribbon final.
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At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Milena Baldassarri represented Italy along with Agiurgiuculese.
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Milena Baldassarri said she was very happy with her performance at the competition.
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Milena Baldassarri's placement was a record for Italian rhythmic gymnasts.
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Milena Baldassarri was selected to represent Italy at the 2021 World Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan.
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Milena Baldassarri won a silver medal in the team competition together with Sofia Raffaeli, Alexandra Agiurgiuculese, and the Italian group.
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In 2022, Milena Baldassarri competed at the 2022 Sofia World Cup, where she won a bronze medal in the ball final.
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Milena Baldassarri won the bronze medal in the all-around competition behind her teammate Sofia Raffaeli and Boryana Kaleyn from Bulgaria and won a silver medal with ball.
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From 15 to 19 June Milena Baldassarri competed at the 2022 European Championships in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Milena Baldassarri won a silver medal in the team competition together with Sofia Raffaeli and the Italian group.
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On March 18, Milena Baldassarri competed at the 2023 World Cup Athens and took 13th place in the all-around.
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Milena Baldassarri said they hoped to compete together at the Olympics.
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Milena Baldassarri began her season by competing at the 2024 World Cup Athens, where she finished 23rd all-around.
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Milena Baldassarri won a silver medal in the team competition together with Sofia Raffaeli and the Italian group.
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Milena Baldassarri won the silver medal in the all-around competition and went on to win three bronze medals and another silver medal in the apparatus finals.
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Milena Baldassarri ultimately finished eighth in the final without making any major mistakes in her routines.