Asia D'Amato (Italian pronunciation: [ˈaːzja daˈmaːto]; born 7 February 2003) is an Italian artistic gymnast. She represented Italy at the 2020 Olympic Games. She was a member of the teams that won bronze at the 2019 World Championships and gold at the 2022 European Championships. Individually she is the 2021 World vault silver medalist, the 2022 European all-around champion and vault silver medalist, the 2019 and 2020 Italian national champion, and the 2018 Junior European vault champion. She is a member of the Italian National Team and is the twin sister of Alice D'Amato.
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| Full name | Asia D'Amato | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 February 2003 Genoa, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2015 – present (ITA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Fiamme Oro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gym | Brixia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Enrico Casella, Monica Bergamelli, Marco Campodonico | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
editD'Amato and her twin sister, Alice, were born in Genoa, Italy on 7 February 2003. She and her sister began gymnastics at the age of 7 at the Andrea Doria Sports Club in Genoa, Italy.[1] They currently train at the International Academy of Brixia in Brescia.[2] In December 2020, Alice and Asia received the Athlete of the Year award in the Liguria region of Italy.[1]
In September 2022, their father Massimo passed away after a long battle with cancer.[3][4]
Junior gymnastics career
edit2015–2017
editD'Amato made her international debut at the 2015 City of Jesolo Trophy as part of Italy's Young Dreams team alongside Giorgia Villa.[5]
In 2017 D'Amato competed at the Italian National Championships where she placed first on vault, second on floor exercise, and third on uneven bars.[6] She later competed at the 2017 European Youth Olympic Festival alongside Elisa Iorio and Alice D'Amato. There she helped Italy win silver behind Russia. Individually she placed second in the all-around behind Ksenia Klimenko of Russia, third on vault behind Valeria Saifulina of Russia and Denisa Golgotă of Romania, third on uneven bars behind Iorio and Klimenko, and second on balance beam behind Klimenko.
2018
editD'Amato competed at the 2018 City of Jesolo Trophy in April where Italy placed first in the team competition.[7] She continued her national and international dominance on vault, winning gold at International Gymnix, all Italian Serie A competitions, and at the Youth Olympic Games Qualifier. In August D'Amato competed at the 2018 European Championships alongside Alice D'Amato, Alessia Federici, Elisa Iorio, and Giorgia Villa where Italy won team gold and individually D'Amato won gold on vault.[8]
Senior gymnastics career
edit2019
editIn April D'Amato was officially named to the team to compete at the 2019 European Championships alongside Giorgia Villa, Elisa Iorio and Alice D'Amato.[9] During qualifications she placed eleventh in the all-around but did not qualify to the final due to Alice D'Amato and Giorgia Villa scoring higher. She qualified to the vault final in fourth place.[10] During finals she once again finished in fourth, behind Maria Paseka of Russia, Coline Devillard of France, and Ellie Downie of Great Britain.[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 fifth in the all-around behind Giorgia Villa, Eythora Thorsdottir, Naomi Visser, and Alice D'Amato. Additionally she recorded the third highest vault and balance beam scores.[12] On September 4 D'Amato was named to the team to compete at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany alongside her sister, Villa, Elisa Iorio, and Desirée Carofiglio.
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. She scored high enough to become the second reserve for the all-around final but did not due to teammates Villa and Iorio scoring higher than her.[13] 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.[14]
2020
editIn late January it was announced that D'Amato would compete at the Stuttgart World Cup taking place in March.[15] The Stuttgart World Cup was later canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.[16] In November D'Amato competed at the Italian National Championships where she tied for first with Giorgia Villa. During event finals she won gold on vault, bronze on the uneven bars (behind Villa and Martina Maggio) and on balance beam (behind Maggio and Villa), and silver on floor exercise once again behind Villa.[17]
2021
editD'Amato was named to the team to represent Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Alice D'Amato, Giorgia Villa (later replaced by Vanessa Ferrari),[18] and Martina Maggio.[19] The team qualified for the team finals and placed fourth with a total score of 163.638.[20] In October D'Amato was selected to compete at the 2021 World Championships.[21] While there she qualified to the all-around and vault finals, becoming the first Italian female gymnast to qualify to the latter.[22] During the vault final she performed a Yurchenko double and a half on full twist. She won the silver medal behind reigning Olympic vault champion Rebeca Andrade. This was Italy's first World medal on vault in women's artistic gymnastics.
2022
editD'Amato competed at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge. Her scores on vault, uneven bars, and balance beam contributed towards Italy's second-place finish. Individually D'Amato won silver on vault. D'Amato next competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy. She helped Italy finish second as a team and individually placed second in the all-around behind Konnor McClain. During event finals she finished second on vault behind Coline Devillard, fifth on balance beam, and sixth on uneven bars.[23]
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In June D'Amato competed at the Mediterranean Games alongside Angela Andreoli, Alice D'Amato, Martina Maggio, and Giorgia Villa. Together they won gold in the team competition, over five points ahead of second place France.[24] Individually D'Amato won silver in the all-around and on balance beam behind compatriot Maggio and won gold on vault and floor exercise.[25]
D'Amato next competed at the European Championships. On the first day of competition she won gold in the all-around ahead of Alice Kinsella of Great Britain and compatriot Maggio. She is the second Italian woman to win the all-around title after Vanessa Ferrari did so in 2007.[26] Additionally D'Amato helped Italy qualify to the team final in first place and individually she qualified to the vault and balance beam finals. During the team final D'Amato contributed scores on all four apparatuses towards Italy's first place finish.[27] During event finals D'Amato won silver on vault behind Zsófia Kovács. D'Amato injured her ankle when landing her second vault and therefore withdrew from the balance beam final. An MRI later revealed that D'Amato would need to undergo surgery to repair ankle ligaments and she would be unable to compete at the upcoming World Championships.[28]
2023
editD'Amato returned to competition at the European Championships where she helped Italy finish second as a team. Additionally she finished second on vault behind Coline Devillard. D'Amato next competed at the Cairo World Cup. She qualified to the vault and balance beam finals. During the vault final D'Amato won silver behind Joscelyn Roberson but injured her knee when landing her second vault. As a result she withdrew from the balance beam final.[29] An MRI later revealed that D'Amato tore her ACL and meniscus and would require surgery to repair them.[30]
2024
editD'Amato returned to competition at the City of Jesolo Trophy where she helped Italy finish first as a team and individually she won bronze in the all-around and on balance beam. She next competed at the European Championships alongside Alice D'Amato, Angela Andreoli, Elisa Iorio, and Manila Esposito. During the qualification round, while competing on floor exercise D'Amato once again injured her ACL. Although she was unable to compete in the team final, Italy still won gold ahead of Great Britain.[31]
Competitive history
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| 2015 | City of Jesolo Trophy | 22 | |||||
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| Olympic Games | 4 | ||||||
| World Championships | 12 | |
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| 2024 | City of Jesolo Trophy | |
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References
edit- ^ a b "Artistic Gymnastics D'AMATO Asia". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ "La genovese Asia D'Amato campionessa italiana a Civitavecchia". Liguria Sport (in Italian). 1 December 2016.
- ^ "Alice and Asia D'Amato exclusive: "The loss of our father has undoubtedly left a scar"". International Olympic Committee. 24 February 2023.
- ^ "Addio a Massimo D'Amato, vigile del fuoco e papà delle campionesse Asia e Alice" [Farewell to Massimo D'Amato, firefighter and father of champions Asia and Alice]. Genova Today (in Italian). 25 September 2022.
- ^ "2015 City of Jesolo Trophy Final Results". The Gymterent. 28 March 2015.
- ^ "2017 Italian Championships Results". The Gymternet. 2 September 2017.
- ^ "2018 City of Jesolo Trophy Results". The Gymternet. 19 April 2018.
- ^ "2018 European Championships Results". The Gymterent. 6 August 2018.
- ^ "Ginnastica artistica, Europei 2019: le convocate dell'Italia, quattro Fate volano a Stettino. C'è Giorgia Villa". OA Sport (in Italian). 4 April 2019.
- ^ "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). 11 April 2019.
- ^ "Ginnastica artistica, Europei 2019: Asia d'Amato sfiora la medaglia al volteggio, podio a 8 centesimi! Trionfa Maria Paseka". OA Sport (in Italian). 13 April 2019.
- ^ "2019 Heerenveen Friendly Results". The Gymternet. 31 August 2019.
- ^ "Ginnastica, Mondiali 2019: Italia senza finali di specialità, azzurre avanti con la squadra. Villa e Iorio in finale all-around". OASport (in Italian). 6 October 2019.
- ^ "Ginnastica artistica, ITALIA: SEI LEGGENDARIA! Bronzo mitologico nella gara a squadre, impresa della vita. Fate da antologia". OASport (in Italian). 8 October 2019.
- ^ "Olympic, World champions gear up for star-studded Stuttgart World Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. 30 January 2020.
- ^ "Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the upcoming FIG events". International Gymnastics Federation. 11 March 2020.
- ^ "Ginnastica, gli Assoluti rilanciano l'Italia. Fate al top, le azzurre illuminano i tricolori. E le Olimpiadi…". OA Sport (in Italian). 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Tokyo - Giorgia Villa si infortuna a Napoli e perde i Giochi. Ferrari in squadra, Lara Mori individualista". Italian Gymnastics Federation (in Italian). 13 July 2021.
- ^ "Ginnastica artistica, Olimpiadi 2021: le convocate dell'Italia. 4 Fate per la squadra, Vanessa Ferrari individualista" [Artistic gymnastics, 2021 Olympics: the summons of Italy. 4 Do for the team, individualist Vanessa Ferrari]. OA Sport (in Italian). 5 July 2021.
- ^ "Artistic Gymnastics - Final Results". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ @ginnasticaartisticaitaliana.it (6 October 2021). "MONDIALI DI KITAKYUSHU 2021: CONVOCAZIONI GAF" – via Instagram.
- ^ "Ginnastica artistica, Mondiali 2021: Asia D'Amato in Finale al volteggio! Impresa storica, prima italiana a riuscirci" [Artistic gymnastics, World Championships 2021: Asia D'Amato in the vaulting final! Historic feat, the first Italian to do so]. OA Sport (in Italian). 19 October 2021.
- ^ "U.S. athletes earn 14 medals, six gold, on final day of 2022 City of Jesolo Trophy". USA Gymnastics. 10 April 2022.
- ^ "Ginnastica artistica, l'Italia vince i Giochi del Mediterraneo. Le Fate si laureano Regine del Mare Nostrum" [Artistic gymnastics, Italy wins the Mediterranean Games. The Fairies graduate Queens of the Mare Nostrum]. OA Sport (in Italian). 26 June 2022.
- ^ "Ginnastica artistica, Martina Maggio vince i Giochi del Mediterraneo! Splendida doppietta all-around con Asia D'Amato" [Artistic gymnastics, Martina Maggio wins the Mediterranean Games! Splendid all-around double with Asia D'Amato]. OA Sport (in Italian). 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Asia D'Amato claims women's all-around title as world qualifiers decided at 2022 European Gymnastics Championships". International Olympic Committee. 11 August 2022.
- ^ "Italy win artistic gymnastics team gold at European Championships". International Olympic Committee. 13 August 2022.
- ^ @asic2003 (17 August 2022). "Purtroppo le cose non sempre vanno come vorresti...😔" – via Instagram.
- ^ "Kovtun, Roberson adorned in gold at Cairo World Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. 2 May 2023.
- ^ @asic2003 (3 May 2023). "È difficile d'accettare ma purtroppo è così" – via Instagram.
- ^ "Italy's Asia D'amato Will Miss Paris 2024 With Knee Injury". International Olympic Committee. 7 May 2024.
External links
edit- Asia D'Amato at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Asia D'Amato at Olympedia
- Asia D'Amato at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
