GALLI Gemma

Italy

Artistic Swimming

Date of Birth: 17 Jul 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.70/5'6''

Place of birth: MELZO

Birth Country:

Italy

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Artistic Swimming	Team ITA Italy	5

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Team Technical Routine	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Team Free Routine	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

World Championships

Year	Location	Team TR	Team FR	FR Combination	Teams Highlights
2019	Gwangju, KOR	5th (91.041)	5th (91.600)	5th (91.466)	F (91.733)
2017	Budapest, HUN	5th (90.761)	5th (91.700)	4th	-
2015	Kazan, RUS	-	6th (91.467)	-	-

European Championships

Year	Location	Team TR	Team FR	FR Combination
2018	Glasgow, GBR	3rd (90.355)	3rd (92.233)	2nd (92.600)

Legend
TR - Technical Routine, FR - Free Routine, PR - Preliminary Round, X - Mixed

Nickname:

Scheggia [Splinter] (Facebook profile, 06 Nov 2020)

Occupation:

Armed Forces Athlete

Family:

Partner Mattia Sartini

Languages spoken:

Italian

Club name:

Busto Nuoto [ITA] / GS Marina Militare [ITA]

Coach:

Patrizia Giallombardo [national], ITA; Stefania Speroni

Start:

She took up artistic swimming at age nine, having swam from an early age. (fuoridalcomune.it, 02 Apr 2017)

Reason:

She followed her mother and older sisters into swimming, but at age nine she discovered artistic swimming. "A new club was offering synchronised swimming tryout sessions. As I was fed up with swimming in the pool, I decided to try it. I was curious about the sport because I had watched it on TV during the Olympic Games in Athens. Once I tried it, I immediately fell in love with it." (fuoridalcomune.it, 02 Apr 2017)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 12 Jun 2021)

Hero:

French artistic swimmer Virginie Dedieu, Spanish artistic swimmer Gemma Mengual, Russian artistic swimmers Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina. (nazionaliditalia.it, 15 Feb 2017)

Influence:

Her family. (varesesport.com, 13 Jun 2021)

Philosophy:

"Whoever does not give everything, gives nothing." (Instagram profile, 31 Aug 2020)

General Interest

General
FUTURE PLANS
She believes that joining GS Marina Militare, the sports section of the Italian Navy, in 2016 has meant she can focus fully on her artistic swimming career. She also feels it has enhanced her employment options after she retires from the sport. "Joining GS Marina Militare was a chance that really changed my life. Artistic swimming is a minority sport and, thanks to this opportunity, I can train with the peace of mind of having a working future once my sporting career ends." (ivg.it, 27 Jun 2020; marina.difesa.it, 01 Jun 2019; nazionaliditalia.it, 15 Feb 2017)

Milestones

She was a member of the first Italian artistic swimming team to win a medal in a team event at the world championships, following their silver medal in team highlight at the 2019 edition in Gwangju, Republic of Korea. (SportsDeskOnline, 10 Nov 2020; insidesynchro.org, 01 May 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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