56 Facts About Sofia Raffaeli

Sofia Raffaeli was born on 19 January 2004 and is an Italian individual rhythmic gymnast.

Sofia Raffaeli is the 2024 Olympic bronze medalist, 2022 World all-around, hoop, ball, ribbon and team champion, the 2023 World all-around, hoop and ball silver medalist, the 2023 European silver all-around medalist, and the 2024 European all-around silver medalist.

Sofia Raffaeli is the first Italian individual rhythmic gymnast to win a gold medal at the World Championships, European Championships and World Games, and she has won seven all-around gold medals in the FIG World Cup circuit.

Sofia Raffaeli is the first Italian individual rhythmic gymnast to win a medal at the Olympic Games.

Sofia Raffaeli's mother, Milena Martarelli, is an engineer at the University of Ancona, while her father, Gianni Raffaeli, is an architect.

Sofia Raffaeli has a younger brother, Pietro Raffaeli, who is a fencer.

At Gazzetta Sports Awards 2023, Sofia Raffaeli was named the Best Female Athlete of the year alongside the Olympic, World and continental higher jumper champion Gianmarco Tamberi, who was the best male of the year.

Sofia Raffaeli represented Italy at the 2018 Junior European Championships in Guadalajara, Spain, where she qualified to the clubs final and finished in 5th place.

Sofia Raffaeli won three silver medals - team, rope and clubs.

Sofia Raffaeli placed 8th in ball and 7th in ribbon.

In 2020, Sofia Raffaeli officially made her senior debut at the 2020 Italian National Championships, where she won the bronze medal in the all-around behind Milena Baldassarri and Alexandra Agiurgiuculese.

Sofia Raffaeli won a gold medal with clubs and a silver medal with ball.

Sofia Raffaeli finished 10th in the all-around behind Sabina Tashkenbaeva and qualified to two apparatus finals, where she won a silver medal with clubs and a bronze medal with ribbon.

In May, Sofia Raffaeli participated in the 2021 Pesaro World Cup, where she placed 8th in the all-round behind Laura Zeng.

Sofia Raffaeli managed to enter all four apparatus finals, winning gold in clubs, silver in hoop, and bronze in ball and ribbon.

Sofia Raffaeli was then selected to compete at the 2021 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships in Varna, Bulgaria, along with Alexandra Agiurgiuculese.

At the 2021 Marbella Grand Prix Final, Sofia Raffaeli placed 4th all-around behind Anastasia Simakova, and she placed first in clubs, third in ball and ribbon, and 7th in hoop.

Sofia Raffaeli was selected to represent Italy at the 2021 World Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan.

Sofia Raffaeli made it into the individual all-around final, finishing in 6th place behind Viktoriia Onopriienko.

Sofia Raffaeli additionally won a silver medal in the team competition, together with Milena Baldassarri, Alexandra Agiurgiuculese, and the Italian group.

Sofia Raffaeli competed at the 2022 World Cup Athens and won the gold medal in the all-around, in front of Daria Atamanov, becoming the first Italian individual rhythmic gymnast to win a gold medal in the all-around event of a FIG World Cup stage.

Sofia Raffaeli won 3 silver medals with hoop, ball, clubs and she placed 6th in ribbon.

Sofia Raffaeli won a gold medal with hoop and two bronze medals with ball and clubs, and she placed 5th in ribbon.

Sofia Raffaeli won the gold medal in the general all-around competition, and she managed to win four gold medals in the apparatus finals, all in front of Milena Baldassarri.

From 15 to 19 June Sofia Raffaeli competed at the 2022 European Championships in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Sofia Raffaeli won the gold medal in the clubs final and two silver medals in the hoop and ball final.

Sofia Raffaeli was the first Italian rhythmic gymnast to win a gold medal at the World Games.

Sofia Raffaeli won the gold medal in the all around competition.

Sofia Raffaeli became the first Italian rhythmic gymnast to win an all-around gold medal at a World Challenge Cup.

Sofia Raffaeli was Italy's first all-around individual champion at the World Championships.

Sofia Raffaeli began her season by competing at the Grand Prix RG Marbella 2023, where she won a gold medal in the all-around and ribbon finals as well as a silver medal in the clubs final.

On 18 March, Sofia Raffaeli competed at the 2023 World Cup Athens and won the gold medal in the all-around competition.

Sofia Raffaeli won a gold medal in the hoop final and a silver medal in the ball final.

Sofia Raffaeli won a silver medal with ball, and two bronze medals with hoop and clubs.

On 15 April Sofia Raffaeli competed at the 2023 World Cup Tashkent and won five gold medals in the all-around, hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon final.

From 18 to 21 May Sofia Raffaeli competed at the 2023 European Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Sofia Raffaeli won the silver medal in the all-around final by just 0.05 points after making large improvements to her scores from qualifications.

On 10 June Sofia Raffaeli competed at the 2023 Italian National Championships.

Sofia Raffaeli won her second consecutive national title in the all-around competition.

Sofia Raffaeli managed to win all the gold medals in the apparatus finals.

Sofia Raffaeli won the gold medal in the hoop final and two bronze medals in the ball and clubs finals.

Sofia Raffaeli was selected to compete at the 2023 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, in Valencia, Spain, where she won three silver medals in the all-around, hoop and ball finals.

Sofia Raffaeli began her season by competing at the 2024 World Cup Athens and won two silver medals with hoop and ball.

Sofia Raffaeli won a bronze medal with hoop and a gold medal with clubs.

Sofia Raffaeli won a gold medal with clubs and a silver medal with hoop.

From 23 to 26 May Sofia Raffaeli competed at the 2024 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

Sofia Raffaeli won the silver medal in the all-around final, the gold medal in the ball final and the silver medal in the ribbon final.

Sofia Raffaeli won a silver medal in the team competition, together with Milena Baldassarri and the Italian group.

On 8 June Sofia Raffaeli competed at the 2024 Italian National Championships.

Sofia Raffaeli won her third consecutive national title in the all-around competition.

Sofia Raffaeli managed to win three gold medals in the apparatus finals.

Sofia Raffaeli expressed regret that she had finished with mistakes in her last routine, ribbon, but happiness for winning a medal.

Sofia Raffaeli performed her new hoop routine and received the second highest score of the day, behind Varfolomeev, but her team only reached 7th place because of many mistakes in other girls' routines.

Sofia Raffaeli won a gold medal in the hoop and ribbon final and a silver medal in the clubs final.

Sofia Raffaeli has one eponymous skill listed in the code of points, a 180 degree turn in a side split position on releve with the free leg bent.

Sofia Raffaeli is the second Italian rhythmic gymnast to have an eponymous skill after Alexandra Agiurgiuculese.