Lia Parolari (born 30 July 1990)
is an Italian
artistic gymnast who represented
Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Italy competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, China.
The country sent a delegation of 344 athletes to compete.
Medalists
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where she finished fourteenth in the
individual all-around final.
Parolari was a member of the Italian team that won a gold medal at the
2006 European Championships.
She is the 2008
Italian Champion in the all-around.
Career
Parolari competed alongside
Vanessa Ferrari
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,
Monica Bergamelli,
Federica Macrì
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Career
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, and
Carlotta Giovannini at the
2006 European Championships and helped Italy win their first European team gold medal by competing on the
uneven bars
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,
balance beam
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, and
floor exercise
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She also competed at the
2007 World Championships with Ferrari, Bergamelli, Macrì,
Francesca Benolli, and
Silvia Zanolo where the Italian team finished fourth behind the United States, China, and Romania.
Parolari won a silver medal with the Italian team at the inaugural 2008
City of Jesolo Trophy.
She then competed at the
2008 European Championships where the Italian team finished fourth, and Parolari finished sixth in the uneven bars event final. She won the gold medal in the all-around at the 2008
Italian Championships with a total
score of 57.700.
She was then selected to compete at the
2008 Olympic Games alongside Vanessa Ferrari, Carlotta Giovannini, Monica Bergamelli, Francesca Benolli, and Federica Macrì, and they finished tenth in
the qualification round. Parolari qualified for the all-around final where she finished fourteenth with a total score of 58.925.
At the 2009
City of Jesolo Trophy, Parolari won the all-around gold medal along with a team gold medal.
She then competed at the
2009 European Championships and qualified for the floor exercise event final where she finished eighth after falling. Her final major international competition was the
2010 World Championships where she helped the Italian team finish eighth. She was the alternate for the Italian team at the
2011 World Championships.
Parolari announced her retirement in 2012 and began coaching at her home club, Estate '83.
Eponymous skill
Parolari has one eponymous skill listed in the
Code of Points.
See also
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List of Olympic female artistic gymnasts for Italy
References
External links
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1990 births
European champions in gymnastics
Gymnasts at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Italian female artistic gymnasts
Living people
Olympic gymnasts for Italy
Originators of elements in artistic gymnastics
Sportspeople from the Province of Brescia
21st-century Italian women