Mia Mainardi
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Full name | Mía Giuliana Mainardi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Argentina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 17 April 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Buenos Aires, Argentina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | WAG | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Club Atlético River Plate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Mariano Pocini | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mía Giuliana Mainardi (born 17 April 2008)[1] is an Argentine artistic gymnast. She is the 2023 Junior World champion on vault.
Career
[edit]Mainardi began gymnastics when she was four years old because her older sister also did gymnastics.[2]
Mainardi made her international debut at the 2021 Junior Pan American Championships and won a bronze medal with the Argentine team behind the United States and Brazil.[3] Then at the 2021 South American Junior Championships, she won the silver medal in the all-around behind teammate Isabella Ajalla and a gold medal in the team event.[4]
Mainardi competed at the 2022 South American Youth Games, winning gold in the all-around, vault, and floor exercise. She also won silver with the Argentine team.[5] At the 2022 Junior Pan American Championships, she won a bronze medal with the Argentine team.[6] Individually, she placed fifth in the all-around, eighth on the uneven bars, and seventh on the balance beam. In the floor exercise final, she won the silver medal behind American Tiana Sumanasekera.[7] Then at the Argentine Championships, she won a bronze medal in the all-around.[8] She finished her 2022 season at the Top Gym Tournament in Charleroi, Belgium, winning bronze medals on the vault and floor exercise and placing seventh all-around.[9]
Mainardi was selected to compete at the 2023 Junior World Championships in Antalya, Turkey alongside Emilia Acosta and Isabella Ajalla, and the team finished in fifth place.[10] Mainardi qualified for the all-around final and finished twelfth.[11] In the vault final, Mainardi won the gold medal with an average score of 13.383.[12][13] She also competed in the uneven bars final where she finished sixth.[14]
Competitive history
[edit]Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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Junior | |||||||
2021 | |||||||
Pan American Championships | |||||||
South American Championships | |||||||
2022 | South American Junior Games | 5 | 6 | ||||
Pan American Championships | 5 | 8 | 7 | ||||
Argentine Championships | |||||||
Top Gym Tournament | 4 | 7 | |||||
2023 | |||||||
Junior World Championships | 5 | 12 | 6 | ||||
Senior | |||||||
2024 | |||||||
Pan American Championships | 4 | ||||||
South American Championships |
References
[edit]- ^ "2nd FIG Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships Antalya (TUR), 29 March - 2 April 2023 Women Entry List by NOC" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 2 April 2023. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ "Mainardi Mia Giuliana". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ "Bronce para Mía Mainardi con la Selección" [Bronze for Mía Mainardi with the National Team]. River Plate (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (15 November 2021). "2021 South American Junior Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ "These are the champions of the first week of Rosario 2022". Santiago 2023. 5 March 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ "U.S. juniors sweep team, all-around titles on first day of artistic competition at 2022 Pan American Championships". USA Gymnastics. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ "Richard, Sumanasekera, Zhou golden on final day of Junior Pan American Championships". USA Gymnastics. 16 July 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (19 November 2022). "2022 Argentine Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (29 November 2022). "2022 Top Gym Tournament Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ "2nd FIG Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships Antalya (TUR), 29 March - 2 April 2023 Women's Team Final Ranking" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ "2nd FIG Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships Antalya (TUR), 29 March - 2 April 2023 Women's All-Around Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ "Histórica medalla para la gimnasia argentina: Mía Mainardi ganó el oro en salto en el Mundial junior de Turquía" [Historic medal for Argentine gymnastics: Mía Mainardi won gold in vault at the Junior World Championships in Turkey]. Infobae (in Spanish). 2 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ "Manukyan takes two golds as apparatus finals begin at Gymnastics Junior Worlds". International Gymnastics Federation. 1 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ "2nd FIG Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships Antalya (TUR), 29 March - 2 April 2023 Women's Uneven Bars Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 1 April 2023. p. 2. Retrieved 13 April 2023.