BALDASSARRI Milena

Italy

Rhythmic Gymnastics

Date of Birth: 16 Oct 2001

Age: 19

Gender: Female

Olympic Scholarship

Height (m/ft): 1.62/5'3''

Place of birth: RAVENNA

Birth Country:

Italy

Place of residence : RAVENNA

Residence Country:

Italy

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rhythmic Gymnastics	Individual All-Around	6

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre	Individual All-Around Qualification - Rotation 1	Finished
Followed By	Ariake Gymnastics Centre	Individual All-Around Qualification - Rotation 2	Finished
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre	Individual All-Around Qualification - Rotation 3	Finished
Followed By	Ariake Gymnastics Centre	Individual All-Around Qualification - Rotation 4	Finished
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre	Individual All-Around Final - Rotation 1	Finished
Followed By	Ariake Gymnastics Centre	Individual All-Around Final - Rotation 2	Finished
Followed By	Ariake Gymnastics Centre	Individual All-Around Final - Rotation 3	Finished
Followed By	Ariake Gymnastics Centre	Individual All-Around Final - Rotation 4	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

World Championships

Year	Location	Indv. AA	Ball	Clubs	Hoop	Ribbon	Team AA
2019	Baku, AZE	7	4	21	9	8	4
2018	Sofia, BUL	7	4	4	6	2	3
2017	Pesaro, ITA	9	16	12	23	6	-

European Championships

Year	Location	Indv. AA	Ball	Clubs	Hoop	Ribbon	Team AA
2019	Baku, AZE	-	6	13	28	7	4
2018	Guadalajara, ESP	7	-	-	-	-	-
2017	Budapest, HUN	-	11	33	-	7	5

World Cup overview - Best rank per season and event since 2017

Year	Indv. AA	Ball	Clubs	Hoop	Ribbon	Group AA	Gr-5B	Gr-3H/2C
2021	1 x 8th	1 x 10th	1 x 5th	1 x 13th	1 x 17th	-	-	-
2019	1 x 9th	1 x 5th	1 x 7th	1 x 7th	1 x 14th	1 x 6th	1 x 9th	1 x 7th
2018	1 x 8th	1 x 9th	1 x 10th	1 x 5th	2 x 6th	-	-	-
2017	1 x 10th	1 x 9th	1 x 10th	1 x 13th	1 x 16th	-	-	-

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
5	2021	Women's Clubs	Baku, AZE	24.650
5	2019	Women's Ball	Pesaro, ITA	20.850
5	2018	Women's Hoop	Sofia, BUL	16.950
6	2019	Group All-Around	Baku, AZE	45.350
6	2018	Women's Ribbon	Baku, AZE	13.950
6	2018	Women's Ribbon	Pesaro, ITA	17.000
7	2019	Women's Clubs	Baku, AZE	19.550
7	2019	Women's Hoop	Pesaro, ITA	20.600
7	2019	Group - 3x Hoop + 2x Clubs	Baku, AZE	23.450
8	2021	Individual All-Around	Baku, AZE	92.550
8	2018	Individual All-Around	Baku, AZE	64.000

Legend
Indv. - Individual, Gr - Group, AA - All-Around, B - Ball, H - Hoop, C - Clubs, Ri - Ribbon, Ro - Rope, 5B - 5x Ball, 3H/2C - 3x Hoop + 2x Clubs, 3H/4C - 3x Hoop + 4x Clubs

Music:

Hoop: Mephisto's Lullaby by Yair Albeg Wein & Or Kribos

Ball: L'immensita performed by Mina

Club: Bury a friend performed by Billie Eilish

Ribbon: Elegie-O doux printemps d'autrefois performed by Joshua Bell

Hobbies:

Listening to music, learning foreign languages. (tokyo2020.coni.it, 23 Jul 2021)

Occupation:

Armed Forces Athlete

Languages spoken:

Italian

Club name:

CS Aeronautica Militare [Italy]

Coach:

Julieta Cantaluppi; Kristina Ghiurova

Sporting relatives:

Her mother Natalia Choutova competed in swimming for the Soviet Union. (olympics.com, 22 Sep 2020)

National team:

2017 (aeronautica.difesa.it, 22 Sep 2019)

Start:

She took up the sport at age five at the Ginnastica Ritmica Edera club in Ravenna, Italy. (aeronautica.difesa.it, 22 Sep 2019; ginnastica-ritmica.eu, 31 May 2019; ueg.org, 31 May 2018)

Reason:

"I began rhythmic gymnastics because one of my childhood friends was practising it. I joined her for a trial and immediately fell in love with the sport. My passion centres on the way rhythmic gymnastics allows me to channel my emotions to the audience when I am performing. I just love that, being able to express myself." (gymnastics.sport, 04 Apr 2019; ueg.org, 31 May 2018)

Ambition:

To compete at the Olympic Games. She also hopes to continue working in rhythmic gymnastics following her retirement from competition. (ueg.com, 31 May 2018)

Training:

She trains up to nine hours a day. (radiogold.tv, 01 May 2020)

Hero:

Russian rhythmic gymnasts Alina Kabaeva, Margarita Mamun and Yana Kudryavtseva. (ginnastica-ritmica.eu, 31 May 2019)

Philosophy:

"I always try to be the best I can." (gymnastics.sport, 04 Apr 2019)

Award:

She received the Alina Kabaeva Award at the 2017 World Championships in Pesaro, Italy. (live.fig-gymnastics.com, 02 Sep 2017)