Lia Parolari
Parolari in 2008
Personal information
Country represented Italy
Born (1990-07-30) 30 July 1990 (age 33)
Orzinuovi, Italy
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[1]
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
ClubEstate '83
Retired2012[2]
Medal record
Representing  Italy
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Volos Team

Lia Parolari (born 30 July 1990)[1] is an Italian artistic gymnast who represented Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics where she finished fourteenth in the individual all-around final.[3] Parolari was a member of the Italian team that won a gold medal at the 2006 European Championships.[4] She is the 2008 Italian Champion in the all-around.[5]

Career

Parolari competed alongside Vanessa Ferrari, Monica Bergamelli, Federica Macrì, and Carlotta Giovannini at the 2006 European Championships and helped Italy win their first European team gold medal by competing on the uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise.[4][2] She also competed at the 2007 World Championships with Ferrari, Bergamelli, Macrì, Francesca Benolli, and Silvia Zanolo where the Italian team finished fourth behind the United States, China, and Romania.[6]

Parolari won a silver medal with the Italian team at the inaugural 2008 City of Jesolo Trophy.[7] She then competed at the 2008 European Championships where the Italian team finished fourth, and Parolari finished sixth in the uneven bars event final.[8] She won the gold medal in the all-around at the 2008 Italian Championships with a total score of 57.700.[5] She was then selected to compete at the 2008 Olympic Games alongside Vanessa Ferrari, Carlotta Giovannini, Monica Bergamelli, Francesca Benolli, and Federica Macrì, and they finished tenth in the qualification round.[9] Parolari qualified for the all-around final where she finished fourteenth with a total score of 58.925.[3]

At the 2009 City of Jesolo Trophy, Parolari won the all-around gold medal along with a team gold medal.[7] She then competed at the 2009 European Championships and qualified for the floor exercise event final where she finished eighth after falling.[10] Her final major international competition was the 2010 World Championships where she helped the Italian team finish eighth.[11] She was the alternate for the Italian team at the 2011 World Championships.[2]

Parolari announced her retirement in 2012 and began coaching at her home club, Estate '83.[2]

Eponymous skill

Parolari has one eponymous skill listed in the Code of Points.[12]

Apparatus Name Description Difficulty[a]
Uneven bars Parolari On high bar - salto backward tucked C
  1. ^ Valid for the 2022-2024 Code of Points

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Lia Parolari". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Per un nuovo inizio... Lia Parolari lascia l'attività agonistica" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Gymnastics at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Women's Individual All-Around". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  4. ^ a b "26th Women's European Championships Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). UEG. 29 April 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  5. ^ a b "2008 Italian Championships Women's AA". Gymn Forum. 27 May 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  6. ^ "40th World Championships Artistic Gymnastics Women". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  7. ^ a b Lorish, Sarah (13 April 2018). "The City Of Jesolo Trophy Through The Years". FloGymnastics. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  8. ^ "27th European Championships women's artistic gymnastics". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Gymnastics Artistic Women Qualification Results" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Beijing 2008. 10 August 2008. p. 2. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  10. ^ "2009 European Championships Women's EF". Gymn Forum. 30 December 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  11. ^ "42nd ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Rotterdam (NED) 16-24 October 2010 RESULTS WOMEN'S TEAM FINAL" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. FIG. 20 October 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  12. ^ "2022-2024 Code of Points Women's Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation. pp. 105, 208. Retrieved 22 January 2022.

External links

European Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Women's Team Competition
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