Alzano Lombardo
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2000
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2008
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Olympic Games. She was a member of the Italian team that won the gold medal at the 2006 European Championships.
Career
Bergamelli's first major international competition was the 1998 Junior European Championships. She helped the Italian team win the bronze medal behind Ukraine and Romania, and Bergamelli won the silver medal on the balance beam behind Ukrainian gymnast
Beth Tweddle
Elizabeth Kimberly Tweddle (born 1 April 1985) is a retired British artistic gymnast. Renowned for her uneven bar and floor routines, she was the first female gymnast from Great Britain to win a medal at the European Championships, World Cham ...
and Dunn. She competed at the 2002 European Championships with Maria Teresa Gargano and Ilaria Colombo, and they won the team bronze medal behind Russia and the Netherlands. Individually, she finished twelfth in the all-around final, eighth on vault, and fifth on the uneven bars.
Bergamelli finished sixteenth in the all-around final at the 2003 World Championships. She then went to the 2004 European Championships and helped the Italian team finish sixth. She finished eleventh in the all-around final. Bergamelli won the gold medal in the all-around at the 2004 Italian Championships. Although Italy did not qualify a team to the
2004 Olympic Games
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, Bergamelli qualified as an individual. She competed in the qualification round and placed fifty-fourth in the all-around.
Bergamelli finished tenth in the all-around final at the 2005 European Championships. She then went to the 2005 Mediterranean Games and helped the Italian team win the gold medal. At the 2005 World Championships, she finished thirteenth in the all-around final.
At the 2006 European Championships, the Italian team of Bergamelli,
Vanessa Ferrari
Vanessa Ferrari (born 10 November 1990) is an Italian artistic gymnast. She was the 2006 World All-Around Champion and competed for Italy at the 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal on floor exercise in 2020. In doi ...
Federica Macrì
Federica Macrì (born 22 August 1990) is an Italian former artistic gymnast who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She was a member of the Italian team that won the gold medal at the 2006 European Championships.
Career
Macrì began gymnasti ...
, and Lia Parolari won the gold medal in the team competition. She also competed at the 2007 World Championships where the Italian team finished fourth.
At the 2008 City of Jesolo Trophy, the Italian team won the silver medal behind the United States. Then at the 2008 European Championships, Bergamelli helped the Italian team finish fourth. She was then selected to compete at the 2008 Olympic Games alongside Vanessa Ferrari, Carlotta Giovannini, Lia Parolari, Francesca Benolli, and Federica Macrì, and they finished tenth in the qualification round. Bergamelli retired from competition after the 2008 Olympics.