Elisa Iorio
Italian artistic gymnast

Elisa Iorio

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Introduction

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.

Early life

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

Gymnastics career

Junior

2016 - 2017

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

In 2017 Iorio competed at International Gymnix where she placed 6th in the all-around and won bronze on the uneven bars. 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. 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. 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.Iorio later competed at the Italian National Championships where she became the national champion

2018

Iorio competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy in April. Italy placed first in the team competition. 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.

Senior

2019

In April Iorio was officially named to the team to compete at the 2019 European Championships alongside Villa and the D'Amato twins.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.

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.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.

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. 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.During the all-around final Iorio competed on three events before she hurt her ankle on vault and withdrew from the competition.

Competitive history

Junior

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

Senior

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2019 1st Italian Serie A 1st, gold medalist(s) 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 1st, gold medalist(s)
City of Jesolo Trophy 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 11 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 6
2nd Italian Serie A 1st, gold medalist(s) 2nd, silver medalist(s) 2nd, silver medalist(s) 1st, gold medalist(s)
3rd Italian Serie A 1st, gold medalist(s) 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Heerenveen Friendly 1st, gold medalist(s) 8
World Championships 3rd, bronze medalist(s) DNF
2020 1st Italian Serie A 1st, gold medalist(s) 2nd, silver medalist(s)