Céleste Mordenti (born 25 January 2003) is a

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ish

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. She represented Luxembourg at the

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, and 2023 World Championships. She is the first gymnast from Luxembourg to win a medal in a

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event.

Early life

Mordenti was born in

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, Germany, in 2003 to a German father and a French mother. When she was two years old, she moved to Luxembourg. After finishing high school, she moved to the Netherlands to attend

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Gymnastics career

2018–2019

Mordenti competed at the

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where she helped the junior Luxembourg team finish 25th. She became age-eligible for senior level competition the following year and competed at the 2019 European Championships, finishing 58th in the all-around qualifications. Then at the

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, she finished 29th in the all-aroud qualifications. She competed at her first

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and finished 137th in the all-around qualifications and did not earn a berth for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

2020–2021

Luxembourg was one of the countries that chose to compete at the 2020 European Championships, and Mordenti was the third reserve for the balance beam final. She then finished 53rd in the all-around qualifications at the 2021 European Championships. At the 2021 World Championships, she finished 34th in the all-around during qualifications, becoming the highest placing Luxembourgish gymnast in World Championships history.

2022–2023

Mordenti finished 66th in the all-around qualification round at the

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. Then at the 2022 World Championships, she finished 68th in the all-around qualifications. She won silver medals on the uneven bars and balance beam at the 2023 Luxembourg Open. She then placed seventh on the uneven bars at the 2023 Osijek World Challenge Cup and fifth on the uneven bars at the Mersin World Challenge Cup. At the 2023 World Championships, she finished 64th in the all-around qualifications and did not qualify for an Olympic berth.

2024

Mordenti placed 27th in the all-around at the 2024 European Championships. She then competed at the Szombathely World Challenge Cup, where she won bronze on the uneven bars behind Charlotte Booth and Tonya Paulsson. In doing so, she became the first Luxembourgish gymnast to win a World Cup series medal.

Competitive History

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mordenti, Céleste 2003 births Living people Luxembourgian female artistic gymnasts Luxembourgian people of French descent Luxembourgian people of German descent Gymnasts at the 2019 European Games 21st-century Luxembourgian sportswomen