Carlotta Giovannini (born 5 July 1990) is an Italian artistic gymnast who competed at her first international competition in 2003.

Career

Giovannini has had considerable success at the European Level. She was a member of the historic Gold Medal winning Italian team at the 2006 European Championships in

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. She followed this success by winning an individual Gold in the Vault Final at the 2007 European Championships in

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as well as a silver in the 2008 European Vault Final. Giovannini competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics as a member of the Italian Olympic Team. Whilst the Italian team failed to progress to the final due to a number of mistakes in qualifications, Giovannini progressed to the individual Vault Final, where she placed sixth.

Eponymous skill

Giovanni has one eponymous uneven bars dismount listed in the Code of Points.

References

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* 1990 births Living people Italian female artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts of Italy Originators of elements in artistic gymnastics European champions in gymnastics 21st-century Italian women {{Italy-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub