Alice D'Amato () (born 7 February 2003) is an Italian artistic gymnast. She represented Italy at the

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. She was a member of the teams that won bronze at the 2019 World Championships and gold at the

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. Individually she is the 2023 European champion, 2022 European silver medalist, and 2019 European bronze medalist and on the uneven bars. Additionally she is the 2023 European all-around bronze medalist. She is the twin sister of

Asia D'Amato Asia D'Amato () (born 7 February 2003) is an Italian artistic gymnast. She represented Italy at the 2020 Olympic Games. She was a member of the teams that won bronze at the 2019 World Championships and gold at the 2022 European Championships. ...

Early life

D'Amato and her twin sister,

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, were born in

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, Italy on 7 February 2003. She and her sister began gymnastics at the age of 7 at the Andrea Doria Sports Club in Genoa, Italy. They currently train at the International Academy of Brixia in

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. In December 2020, Alice and Asia received the Athlete of the Year award in the Liguria region of Italy.

Gymnastics career

Junior

2015–2017

D'Amato made her international debut at the 2015

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as part of Italy's Young Dreams team alongside

Giorgia Villa Giorgia Villa (born 23 February 2003) is an Italian artistic gymnast. She was a member of the historic team that won bronze at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, and was part of the gold-winning team at both the 2022 Mediterranean Games ...

and her twin sister

. D'Amato was injured for most of 2016 but competed at the Italian Event Championships where she placed first on uneven bars. In 2017 D'Amato competed at the Mediterranean Junior Championships where she won silver in the all-around behind

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 addition ...

and won gold in the team final. She later competed at the Italian National Championships where she placed third in the all-around and on balance beam. She later competed at the 2017 European Youth Olympic Festival alongside

and

. There she helped Italy win silver behind Russia. Individually she qualified to the uneven bars final but was withdrawn from the final so her teammate Iorio, who would later win gold, could compete.

2018

D'Amato competed at the Italian Championships where she won silver on the uneven bars. In August D'Amato competed at the

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alongside

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, and

where Italy won team gold.

Senior

2019

In April D'Amato was officially named to the team to compete at the 2019 European Championships alongside

and

. There she qualified to the all-around final and to the uneven bars final. During the all-around final D'Amato finished in fourth place after falling off the balance beam behind

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of France,

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of Great Britain, and

Angelina Melnikova Angelina Romanovna Melnikova ( rus, Ангели́на Рома́новна Ме́льникова, , ɐnɡʲɪˈlʲinə ˈmʲelʲnʲɪkəvə; born 18 July 2000) is a Russian artistic gymnast. With eleven Olympic and World medals, she is the jo ...

of Russia. The following day she won the bronze medal on the uneven bars behind Russians

Anastasia Ilyankova Anastasia Andreyevna Ilyankova ( rus, Анастасия Андреевна Ильянкова, , ɐnəstɐˈsʲiɪ̯ə ɪlʲɪ̯ɪnˈkovə, born 12 January 2001) is a Russian artistic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic silver medalist and 2019 ...

and Melnikova. In doing so, D'Amato became the first Italian to win a European Championships medal on the apparatus. In August D'Amato competed at the

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Friendly where she helped Italy win gold in the team competition ahead of the Netherlands and Norway and individually she finished fourth in the all-around behind Villa,

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, and

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. Additionally she recorded the highest vault and uneven bars scores. On September 4 D'Amato was named to the team to compete at the 2019 World Championships in

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alongside

, and Desirée Carofiglio. During

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at the World Championships D'Amato helped Italy qualify to the team final in eighth place; as a result Italy also qualified to the

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. In the team final, D'Amato helped Italy win the bronze medal – Italy's first team medal since the

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. They ended up finishing behind the United States and Russia but ahead of China, who originally qualified to the final in second place.

2020

In early February it was announced that D'Amato was selected to represent Italy at the Birmingham World Cup taking place in late March. She was later replaced by

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. However the Birmingham World Cup was later canceled due to the

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2021

In April D'Amato was selected to represent Italy at the

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alongside

Martina Maggio Martina Maggio (born July 26, 2001) is an Italian artistic gymnast. She represented Italy at the 2020 Olympic Games. She was a member of the gold medal winning teams at the 2022 Mediterranean Games and the 2022 European Championships. She was ...

, and

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. During qualifications D'Amato placed 18th in the all-around but did not qualify to the final due to Maggio and Ferrari placing higher. She did, however, qualify to the uneven bars final. During the uneven bars final D'Amato placed fifth. D'Amato was named to the team to represent

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, Japan alongside

(later replaced by

), and

. The four qualified for the team finals and placed fourth with a total score of 163.638. She placed 20th in the individual all-around. In October D'Amato was selected to compete at the

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. She finished eighth in the all-around.

2022

In June D'Amato competed at the

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alongside

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, and

. Together they won gold in the team competition, over five points ahead of second place France. In August D'Amato competed at the

. She contributed scores on vault, uneven bars, and floor exercise towards Italy's first-place finish. During event finals D'Amato won silver on the uneven bars behind

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of Germany. In October D'Amato competed at the Italian National Championships. She placed second in the all-around and on floor exercise behind Maggio. D'Amato was later named to the team to compete at the

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in Liverpool alongside Maggio, Villa,

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, and alternate

. Together they finished fifth as a team. Individually D'Amato qualified to the all-around and floor exercise finals and was the first reserve for the uneven bars final. She finished tenth in the all-around and withdrew from the floor exercise final so compatriot Maggio could compete instead.

2023

D'Amato competed at the Cottbus World Cup where she finished first on uneven bars and fourth on floor exercise. She next competed at the

where she helped Italy finish second as a team. Individually she finished third in the all-around behind

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and Zsófia Kovács. During apparatus finals she won gold on the uneven bars, becoming the first Italian to become a European champion on the event. Additionally she placed fifth on balance beam and floor exercise. D'Amato next competed at the Cairo World Cup where she won gold on the uneven bars and silver on floor exercise behind

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. Her results in Cottbus and Cairo won her the World Cup series titles on both the uneven bars and floor exercise.

Competitive history

References

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