Asia D'Amato

2015–2017

D'Amato made her international debut at the 2015 City of Jesolo Trophy as part of Italy's Young Dreams team alongside Giorgia Villa.^[5]

In 2017, D'Amato competed at the Italian National Championships, where she placed first on vault, second on floor exercise, and third on uneven bars.^[6] She later competed at the 2017 European Youth Olympic Festival alongside Elisa Iorio and Alice D'Amato. There, she helped Italy win silver behind Russia. Individually, she placed second in the all-around behind Ksenia Klimenko of Russia, third on vault behind Valeria Saifulina of Russia and Denisa Golgotă of Romania, third on uneven bars behind Iorio and Klimenko, and second on balance beam behind Klimenko.

2018

D'Amato competed at the 2018 City of Jesolo Trophy in April where Italy placed first in the team competition.^[7] She continued her national and international dominance on vault, winning gold at International Gymnix, all Italian Serie A competitions, and at the Youth Olympic Games Qualifier. In August, D'Amato competed at the 2018 European Championships alongside Alice D'Amato, Alessia Federici, Elisa Iorio, and Giorgia Villa, where Italy won team gold and, individually, D'Amato won gold on vault.^[8]

2019

In April D'Amato was officially named to the team to compete at the 2019 European Championships alongside Giorgia Villa, Elisa Iorio and Alice D'Amato.^[9] During qualifications, she placed eleventh in the all-around but did not qualify to the final due to Alice D'Amato and Giorgia Villa scoring higher. She qualified for the vault final in fourth place.^[10] During finals she once again finished in fourth, behind Maria Paseka of Russia, Coline Devillard of France, and Ellie Downie of Great Britain.^[11]

In August, D'Amato competed at the Heerenveen Friendly, where she helped Italy win gold in the team competition ahead of the Netherlands and Norway, and individually she finished fifth in the all-around behind Giorgia Villa, Eythora Thorsdottir, Naomi Visser, and Alice D'Amato. Additionally, she recorded the third-highest vault and balance beam scores.^[12] On 4 September, D'Amato was named to the team to compete at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany alongside her sister, Villa, Elisa Iorio, and Desirée Carofiglio.

During qualifications at the World Championships, D'Amato helped Italy qualify to the team final in eighth place; as a result, Italy also qualified to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. She scored high enough to become the second reserve for the all-around final but did not due to teammates Villa and Iorio scoring higher than her.^[13] In the team final, D'Amato helped Italy win the bronze medal – Italy's first team medal since the 1950 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. They ended up finishing behind the United States and Russia but ahead of China, which originally qualified to the final in second place.^[14]

2020

In late January, it was announced that D'Amato would compete at the Stuttgart World Cup taking place in March.^[15] The Stuttgart World Cup was later canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.^[16] In November D'Amato competed at the Italian National Championships where she tied for first with Giorgia Villa. During event finals, she won gold on vault, bronze on the uneven bars (behind Villa and Martina Maggio) and on balance beam (behind Maggio and Villa), and silver on floor exercise once again behind Villa.^[17]

2021

D'Amato was named to the team to represent Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Alice D'Amato, Giorgia Villa (later replaced by Vanessa Ferrari),^[18] and Martina Maggio.^[19] The team qualified for the team finals and placed fourth with a total score of 163.638.^[20] In October D'Amato was selected to compete at the 2021 World Championships.^[21] While there, she qualified to the all-around and vault finals, becoming the first Italian female gymnast to qualify to the latter.^[22] During the vault final, she performed a Yurchenko double and a half on full twist. She won the silver medal behind reigning Olympic vault champion Rebeca Andrade. This was Italy's first World medal on vault in women's artistic gymnastics.

2022

D'Amato competed at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge. Her scores on vault, uneven bars, and balance beam contributed towards Italy's second-place finish. Individually, D'Amato won silver on vault. D'Amato next competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy. She helped Italy finish second as a team and individually placed second in the all-around behind Konnor McClain. During event finals, she finished second on vault behind Coline Devillard, fifth on balance beam, and sixth on uneven bars.^[23]

In June D'Amato competed at the Mediterranean Games alongside Angela Andreoli, Alice D'Amato, Martina Maggio, and Giorgia Villa. Together they won gold in the team competition, over five points ahead of second-place France.^[24] Individually, D'Amato won silver in the all-around and on balance beam behind compatriot Maggio and won gold on vault and floor exercise.^[25]

D'Amato next competed at the European Championships. On the first day of competition, she won gold in the all-around ahead of Alice Kinsella of Great Britain and compatriot Maggio. She is the second Italian woman to win the all-around title after Vanessa Ferrari did so in 2007.^[26] Additionally D'Amato helped Italy qualify to the team final in first place and individually she qualified to the vault and balance beam finals. During the team final, D'Amato contributed scores on all four apparatuses towards Italy's first-place finish.^[27] During event finals D'Amato won silver on vault behind Zsófia Kovács. D'Amato injured her ankle when landing her second vault and therefore withdrew from the balance beam final. An MRI later revealed that D'Amato would need to undergo surgery to repair ankle ligaments and she would be unable to compete at the upcoming World Championships.^[28]

2023

D'Amato returned to competition at the European Championships where she helped Italy finish second as a team. Additionally, she finished second on vault behind Coline Devillard. D'Amato next competed at the Cairo World Cup. She qualified for the vault and balance beam finals. During the vault final, D'Amato won silver behind Joscelyn Roberson but injured her knee when landing her second vault. As a result, she withdrew from the balance beam final.^[29] An MRI later revealed that D'Amato tore her ACL and meniscus and would require surgery to repair them.^[30]

2024

D'Amato returned to competition at the City of Jesolo Trophy where she helped Italy finish first as a team, and individually she won bronze in the all-around and on balance beam. She next competed at the European Championships alongside Alice D'Amato, Angela Andreoli, Elisa Iorio, and Manila Esposito. During the qualification round, while competing on floor exercise, D'Amato once again injured her ACL. Although she was unable to compete in the team final, Italy still won gold ahead of Great Britain.^[31]

2025

D'Amato returned to competition at the 2025 City of Jesolo Trophy where she only competed on the uneven bars. At the Italian National Championships she placed fourth in the all-around behind Giulia Perotti, Alice D'Amato, and Emma Fioravanti. She competed at the 2025 World Championships where she placed fifth in the all-around,^[32] marking her best all-around finish at a World Championships.^[33]