Jessica Diacci (born 13 January 1994) is a retired Swiss

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...

Career

Diacci competed at the 2010 European Championships alongside

Giulia Steingruber Giulia Steingruber (born 24 March 1994) is a retired Swiss artistic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympic and 2017 World bronze medalist on vault. Additionally she is the 2015 European all-around champion, a four-time European vault champion (2013 ...

, Ariella Käslin, and Jennifer Senn, and they finished 6th in the team final. She won the bronze medal on the floor exercise at the 2010 Cottbus World Cup behind

Kristina Vaculik Kristina Vaculik (born July 9, 1992) is a Canadian artistic gymnast who represented Canada at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2011-2012, Vaculik took a year off from Stanford University, which she is attending on a gymnastics scholarship, in order ...

and

Marta Pihan-Kulesza Marta Pihan-Kulesza (Polish pronunciation: ; born 23 July 1987) is a Polish artistic gymnast. She represented her country at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. She is an 11-time Polish all-around champion (2004-2005, 2007–2010, 2012–2014, 20 ...

. She then competed at the 2010 World Championships with Ariella Käslin, Giulia Steingruber, Jennifer Senn, Linda Stämpfli, and Jennifer Rutz, and they finished 16th in the qualification round. She also competed at the 2011 World Championships where the Swiss team finished 18th. At the 2012 Osijek World Cup, Diacci won the bronze medal on the balance beam behind Giulia Steingruber and

Vasiliki Millousi Vasiliki Millousi ( el, Βασιλική Μιλλούση; born 4 May 1984 in Athens) is a Greek artistic gymnast. She is a ten-time World Cup Series medalist on beam and has represented Greece at the 2000, 2012, and 2016 Olympic Games. She occas ...

. She competed at the 2012 European Championships and helped the Swiss team finish 11th in the qualification round. Diacci competed at the 2013

City of Jesolo Trophy The City of Jesolo Trophy is an annual women's gymnastics competition held in Jesolo, Italy. There are competitions for the senior division and junior division. The United States won the senior team competition every year from 2010 to 2017.

, and the Swiss team finished 5th. Individually, she finished 7th in the balance beam event final. At the 2013 Doha World Cup, she finished 7th in the balance beam event final. She competed at the 2013 European Championships where she finished 31st in the all-around during the qualification round. She competed at the 2013 DTB Team Challenge in

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with Nicole Hitz, Ilaria Käslin, and Sara Metzger, and the team finished 4th. She won the bronze medal on vault at the 2014 Swiss Championships. She competed at the 2014 Stuttgart World Cup with Ilaria Käslin, Stefanie Siegenthaler, and Nicole Hitz, and they won the team bronze medal behind Germany and Russia. At the 2015 FIG World Cup in

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, Diacci won the bronze medal on the uneven bars behind

Youna Dufournet Youna Dufournet (born October 19, 1993) is a retired French gymnast, the 2009 World Vault bronze medalist, 2009 all-around champion of the Mediterranean Games, and a 2012 Olympian. She was born, in Saumur. In addition to her vaulting medal, ...

and

Diana Bulimar Diana Laura Bulimar (; born 22 August 1995) is a Romanian artistic gymnast and a 2-time European Champion with Romania. She was part of the Romanian team at the 2012 Summer Olympics that won the bronze medal. Junior career 2010 In April, Bu ...

. She competed at the 2015 European Championships and finished 21st in the all-around final. She then competed for Switzerland at the 2015 European Games alongside Giulia Steingruber and

Caterina Barloggio Caterina Barloggio (born 29 August 1996) is a retired Swiss artistic gymnast. She competed in three European Championships and four World Championships. Personal life Caterina Barloggio was born on 29 August 1996 in Lavertezzo. She graduated ...

, and they finished 6th in the team competition. At the 2015 Swiss Championships, she won the silver medal on the vault, uneven bars, and balance beam and finished 4th in the all-around. She then competed at the 2015 World Championships with Giulia Steingruber, Caterina Barloggio, Nicole Hitz, Ilaria Käslin, and Laura Schulte, and they finished 16th in the qualification round, which qualified them for the 2016 Olympic Test Event. Diacci had surgery for a shoulder injury in April of 2016. At the 2017 Swiss Championships, she won the bronze medal in the all-around behind Giulia Steingruber and Fabienne Studer. At the 2018 Swiss Championships, she won the bronze medal on the uneven bars. She retired after the 2018 Swiss Championships due to a foot injury.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Diacci, Jessica 1994 births Living people Swiss female artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Switzerland Sportspeople from Zürich 21st-century Swiss women