Elisa Iorio

Elisa Iorio (born 21 March 2003) is an Italian artistic gymnast and was a member of the team who won the bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart. Iorio also won gold at the 2018 European Junior Championships where she additionally won bronze on the balance beam. She is a member of the Italian National Team.

Elisa Iorio
Elisa Iorio, October 2019
Personal information
Full name	Elisa Iorio
Country represented	Italy
Born	March 21, 2003 Modena, Italy
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Years on national team	2016 – present (ITA)
Gym	Brixia Vis Academy
Head coach(es)	Enrico Casella
Medal record Representing  Italy World Championships 2019 Stuttgart Team

Early life

Iorio was born in Modena, Italy in 2003. In 2017 she moved to Brescia to train at the International Academy of Brixia.[1]

Gymnastics career

2016 - 2017

Iorio made her international debut at the 2016 City of Jesolo Trophy where she placed 15th in the all-around.[2]

In 2017 Iorio competed at International Gymnix where she placed 6th in the all-around and won bronze on the uneven bars.[3] She later competed at the 2017 City of Jesolo Trophy where she won gold on the uneven bars and placed 6th in the all-around.[4] Iorio competed at the 2017 Mediterranean Junior Championships where she won gold in the all-around, on vault, and in the team finals. She also won silver on the balance beam.[5] In July she competed at the 2017 European Youth Olympic Festival where she placed fourth in the all-around, first on uneven bars, and second in the team final.[6] Iorio later competed at the Italian National Championships where she became the national champion[7][8]

2018

Iorio competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy in April. Italy placed first in the team competition.[9] Iorio competed at the 2018 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships alongside Asia D'Amato, Alice D'Amato, Alessia Federici, and Giorgia Villa where Italy won team gold. Individually Iorio won balance beam bronze.[10][11]

2019

In April Iorio was officially named to the team to compete at the 2019 European Championships alongside Villa and the D'Amato twins.[12] During qualifications she placed fourteenth in the all-around but did not advance to the finals due to teammates Alice D'Amato and Giorgia Villa scoring higher.[13]

In August Iorio 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 eighth in the all-around.[14] On September 4 Iorio was named to the team to compete at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany alongside Alice D'Amato, Asia D'Amato, Giorgia Villa, and Desirée Carofiglio.[15]

During qualifications at the 2019 World Championships Iorio helped Italy qualify to the team final in eighth place; as a result Italy also qualified to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Individually she qualified to the all-around final in 18th place.[16] In the team final, Iorio 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.[17] During the all-around final Iorio competed on three events before she hurt her ankle on vault and withdrew from the competition.[18]

2020

Iorio competed at the first Italian Serie A competition where she recorded the second highest score on the uneven bars. In September she suffered an injury to her ankle ligaments and would be out of training for four months while she recovers from surgery.[19]

Competitive history

Junior

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
2016	City of Jesolo Trophy		15
	Italian Junior Friendly		18
	Italian Championships				7
	Tournoi International		5
2017	1st Italian Serie A
	International Gymnix		6				8
	City of Jesolo Trophy		8	5		7	7
	Mediterranean Championships
	Italian Gold Championships
	FIT Challenge
	German Junior Friendly
	Euro Youth Olympic Festival		4	7
	Italian Championships					6	6
	4th Italian Serie A	5
2018	1st Italian Serie A		12
	International Gymnix		16
	City of Jesolo Trophy		4				4
	2nd Italian Serie A
	3rd Italian Serie A
	Youth Olympic Games Qualifier		5
	Italian Championships				4	7	5
	Pieve di Soligo Friendly
	European Championships		6		4

Senior

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
2019	1st Italian Serie A
	City of Jesolo Trophy		11			6
	2nd Italian Serie A
	3rd Italian Serie A
	Heerenveen Friendly		8
	World Championships		DNF
2020	1st Italian Serie A

References

1. "La stellina Elisa Iorio cambia società". Gazzetta di Modena (in Italian). January 4, 2018.
2. "2016 City of Jesolo Trophy Results". The Gymternet. March 19, 2016.
3. "2017 International Gymnix Results". The Gymternet. March 10, 2017.
4. "2017 City of Jesolo Trophy Results". The Gymternet. April 2, 2017.
5. "2017 Mediterranean Junior Championships Results". The Gymternet. April 9, 2017.
6. "2017 European Youth Olympic Festival Results". The Gymternet. July 27, 2017.
7. "2017 Italian Championships Results". The Gymternet. September 2, 2017.
8. "Perugia - Esordio assoluto col botto! Vincono i giovani Galli e Iorio. Nel trampolino Luciani e Michelini". federginnastica (in Italian). September 2, 2017.
9. "2018 City of Jesolo Trophy Results". The Gymternet. April 19, 2018.
10. "2018 European Championships Results". The Gymterent. August 6, 2018.
11. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-08-04. Retrieved 2018-10-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
12. "Ginnastica artistica, Europei 2019: le convocate dell'Italia, quattro Fate volano a Stettino. C'è Giorgia Villa". OA Sport (in Italian). April 4, 2019.
13. "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). April 11, 2019.
14. "2019 Heerenveen Friendly Results". The Gymternet. August 31, 2019.
15. "Mondiali Stoccarda 2019: Tutti i convocati!". Ginnasticando (in Italian). September 4, 2019.
16. "Ginnastica, Mondiali 2019: Italia senza finali di specialità, azzurre avanti con la squadra. Villa e Iorio in finale all-around". OASport (in Italian). October 6, 2019.
17. "Ginnastica artistica, ITALIA: SEI LEGGENDARIA! Bronzo mitologico nella gara a squadre, impresa della vita. Fate da antologia". OASport (in Italian). October 8, 2019.
18. "Ginnastica, Mondiali 2019: l'infortunio di Elisa Iorio, cosa si è fatta l'azzurra? Perché non ha terminato l'all-around?". OA Sport (in Italian). October 10, 2019.
19. "Ginnastica artistica, Elisa Iorio si è infortunata: lesione dei legamenti della caviglia, servono l'operazione e un lungo recupero. Tegola per l'Italia". OA Sport (in Italian). September 11, 2020.

External links

• Elisa Iorio at the International Gymnastics Federation