Alessia Maurelli (born 22 August 1996) is an Italian group

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who captains it from 2016. She is the 2020 Olympic Group All-around bronze medalist, a two-time (2014, 2018)

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Group All-around silver medalist and three-time

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(2021, 2018, and 2014) Group All-around silver medalist. A member of the national squad since 2014, Maurelli ascended to prominence on the international scene at the

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, where she and fellow rhythmic gymnasts Sofia Lodi,

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, and Martina Centofanti attained a total score of 35.549 on the combination of hoops, ribbons, and clubs for the fourth spot in the final, slipping her team off the podium (and the second place) by nearly two tenths of a point. She won a bronze medal, in Women's rhythmic group all-around, at the

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Career

She started practicing

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at age 9 in Associazione Ginnastica Estense O. Putinati. In January 2014 she was recognized by Emanuela Maccarani, who invited her to be part of the National Rhythmic Gymnastics team of Italy. She then moved to Desio and made her international debut at the 2014 European Championships in

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, Azerbaijan, where she and her team took silver medal in Group All-around competition. They also won bronze medal in Group All-around and 3 + 2 Final at the 2014 World Cup Sofia. On September 21-28, she competed at the 2014 World Championships, her first one, which took place in Izmir, Turkey. Her team took silver medal in Group All-around, less than 0.2 point away from gold, was won by Bulgaria. In finals, they placed 5th with 10 Clubs and 4th with 3 Balls + 2 Ribbons.

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Alessia Maurelli
at the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) * 1996 births Living people Italian rhythmic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts of Italy European Games competitors for Italy Gymnasts at the 2015 European Games Gymnasts at the 2019 European Games Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in gymnastics Olympic bronze medalists for Italy 21st-century Italian women {{Italy-rhythmic-gymnastics-bio-stub