Talisa Torretti, born 25 January 2003 in

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. She is the 2018 European Junior Ribbon bronze medalist. She is the 2018

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individual all-around bronze medalist.

Career

Junior

She first appeared in

National team in 2017, when she was a member of a junior group which competed at the 2017 Junior European Championships in

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and won silver medal in 10 Clubs final. A year later, she returned to individual competition and represented

at the 2018 Junior European Championships in

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. She and her teammates Eva Swahili Gherardi and

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took 4th place in Team competition. Talisa also qualified to two Apparatus finals, taking 6th place with Hoop and winning bronze medal with Ribbon. As the most successful Italian junior that year, she was selected to represent

at the

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. She placed second after

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in Individual Qualifications and then took bronze medal in Individual Final, after

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. She also won gold medal in Mixed Team competition. 2018-10-16 Gymnastics at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Rhythmic Gymnastics - Ball final (Martin Rulsch) 238.jpg, Talisa Torretti on ball

Senior

In 2019, she started competing in Senior category. She competed at the 2019 Italian National Championships and took 5th place in All-around. She also qualified to Hoop final and finished on 6th place. In 2020, she started competing as a member of the Italian National reserve group.

Routine music information

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Torretti, Talisa Living people 2003 births Gymnasts at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships