Francesca Benolli
Francesca Benolli | ||||||||||||
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Country represented | Italy | |||||||||||
Born | (1989-08-26) August 26, 1989 (age 34) | |||||||||||
Hometown | Trieste | |||||||||||
Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||
Music | Gocce di Memoria (2007-2008) | |||||||||||
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Francesca Benolli (born 26 August 1989 in Trieste) is an Italian artistic gymnast who competed at her first international competition in 2003.
As a junior gymnast, Benolli was part of the Italian team which won a bronze medal at the 2004 Junior European Championships in Amsterdam. In 2005, Benolli became age eligible for Senior competition and made an immediate impact, winning the 2005 European Vault title at just fifteen as well as respectable fifth-place finishes in both the All Around and Floor exercise finals.
However, Benolli suffered serious injury after this competition, missing both the 2005 and 2006 World Championships. She came back in 2007 and was a member of the Italian team which placed in the top 12 at the World Championships, qualifying them to the 2008 Olympics. In 2008, Benolli won a bronze medal on vault at Europeans and was a member of the Italian team in Beijing.
External links
- Francesca Benolli at the International Gymnastics Federation
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- 1957: Larisa Latynina (URS)
- 1959: Natalia Kot (POL)
- 1961: Ute Starke (GDR)
- 1963: Solveig Egman-Andersson (SWE)
- 1965: Věra Čáslavská (TCH)
- 1967: Věra Čáslavská (TCH)
- 1969: Karin Büttner-Janz (GDR)
- 1971: Ludmilla Tourischeva (URS)
- 1973: Angelika Hellmann (GDR)
1973 Ludmilla Tourischeva (URS) - 1975: Nadia Comăneci (ROM)
- 1977: Nellie Kim (URS)
- 1979: Nadia Comăneci (ROM)
- 1981: Cristina Elena Grigoraș (ROM)
- 1983: Olga Bicherova (URS)
- 1985: Yelena Shushunova (URS)
- 1987: Yelena Shushunova (URS)
- 1989: Svetlana Boginskaya (URS)
- 1990: Svetlana Boginskaya (URS)
- 1992: Tatiana Gutsu (CIS)
- 1994: Lavinia Miloșovici (ROM)
- 1996: Simona Amânar (ROM)
- 1998: Adrienn Varga (HUN)
- 2000: Simona Amânar (ROM)
- 2002: Natalia Ziganshina (RUS)
- 2004: Monica Roșu (ROM)
- 2005: Francesca Benolli (ITA)
- 2006: Anna Grudko (RUS)
- 2007: Carlotta Giovannini (ITA)
- 2008: Oksana Chusovitina (GER)
- 2009: Ariella Käslin (SUI)
- 2010: Ekaterina Kurbatova (RUS)
- 2011: Sandra Izbașa (ROU)
- 2012: Sandra Izbașa (ROU)
- 2013: Giulia Steingruber (SUI)
- 2014: Giulia Steingruber (SUI)
- 2015: Maria Paseka (RUS)
- 2016: Giulia Steingruber (SUI)
- 2017: Coline Devillard (FRA)
- 2018: Boglárka Dévai (HUN)
- 2019: Maria Paseka (RUS)
- 2020: Zsófia Kovács (HUN)
- 2021: Giulia Steingruber (SUI)
- 2022: Zsófia Kovács (HUN)
- 2023: Coline Devillard (FRA)
- 2024: Coline Devillard (FRA)
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