Vanessa Ferrari

Vanessa Ferrari
Ferrari in 2024
Personal information
Nickname(s)The Butterfly
The Cannibal
The Lioness
Born (1990-11-10) 10 November 1990
Height146 cm (4 ft 9 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
Italy
(2002–2024)
ClubBrixia Brescia
Centro Sportivo Esercito
GymBrixia Brescia
Head coach(es)Enrico Casella
Eponymous skillsFerrari (FX)
RetiredOctober 9, 2024
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 0
World Championships 1 1 3
European Championships 4 2 2
Mediterranean Games 8 1 1
European Youth Olympic Festival 2 1 2
Total 15 6 8
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo Floor Exercise
World Championships
2006 Aarhus All-Around
2013 Antwerp Floor Exercise
2006 Aarhus Uneven Bars
2006 Aarhus Floor Exercise
2007 Stuttgart All-Around
European Championships
2006 Volos Team
2007 Amsterdam All-Around
2007 Amsterdam Floor Exercise
2014 Sofia Floor Exercise
2006 Volos Floor Exercise
2009 Milan Floor Exercise
2012 Brussels Team
2021 Basel Floor Exercise
Mediterranean Games
2005 Almería Team
2005 Almería All-Around
2005 Almería Vault
2005 Almería Balance Beam
2005 Almería Floor Exercise
2013 Mersin Team
2013 Mersin All-Around
2013 Mersin Floor Exercise
2005 Almería Uneven Bars
2013 Mersin Balance Beam
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
All-Around World Cup 1 0 2
Apparatus World Cup 2 2 2
World Challenge Cup 3 0 1
Total 6 2 5
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Vanessa Ferrari (born 10 November 1990) is a retired 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 doing so, Ferrari became the first Italian to win an individual Olympic medal in Women's Artistic Gymnastics, and the first medallist for the Italian women's team since the 1928 Summer Olympics. She is a five-time World medallist and eight-time European medallist, and is currently the most decorated Italian gymnast of all time.