Chiara Badii
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Italy (2025-)
| Chiara Badii | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Chiara Badii | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (2007-12-30) 30 December 2007 (age 18) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | Italy (2025-) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Società ginnastica Raffaello Motto Viareggio[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gym | Accademia Internazionale di Desio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Mariela Pashalieva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Francesca Cupisti, Donatella Lazzeri | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Chiara Badii (born 30 December 2007) is an Italian group rhythmic gymnast.
Junior
Badii began gymnastics at age 8, in ASD Societa Ginnastica Giuseppe Falciai of Arezzo. Later she moved to Viareggio and started training at Società ginnastica Raffaello Motto Viareggio. Her idol is Lara Mori, an artistic gymnast who inspired her with her dedication and Olympic journey.[3]
Chiara first appeared in the national team in 2021, when she was a part of the junior group which competed at the 2021 European Junior Championships in Varna, Bulgaria. They took 4th place in all-around[4] and 7th place in both 5 balls[5] and 5 ribbons finals.[6]
Senior
In 2024, she competed as individual for her club Motto Viareggio during all stages of the Italian Serie A1 club championship. They won silver medal in the final round in Turin.
In 2025, she competed for the first time as part of the new national group, since the girls from 2024 Paris Olympics team retired. In April, she and Alexandra Naclerio, Giulia Segatori, Laura Golfarelli, Sofia Sicignano and Serena Ottaviani competed at World Cup Baku where they took 6th place in group All-around and 6th place in both apparatus finals.[7] In May, they competed at the 2025 European Cup in Baku and won gold medal in 5 Ribbons and bronze in 3 Balls + 2 Hoops.[8][9][10] They also took silver medal in Group All-around Cross battles. In June, Chiara and the group competed at the European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, where they won bronze medal in 5 Ribbons final. They took 5th place in group all-around due to mistakes in mixed routine. Together with Tara Dragas, Sofia Raffaeli and Alice Taglietti they won team gold medal.[11]
In July, Chiara and Laura Paris, Giulia Segatori, Sofia Sicignano, Lorjen D’Ambrogio and Laura Golfarelli won gold medal in 5 ribbons final at Milano World Cup.[12] They took 8th place in all-around and did not qualify to hoops+ball final.[13] At World Challenge Cup in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, they took 11th place in all-around.[14] In 3 Balls + 2 Hoops final, they won bronze medal.[15] In August, she and her group competed at the 2025 World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They made mistakes in both routines and finished on 15th place in all-around. Together with Sofia Raffaeli and Tara Dragas they took 6th place in team competition.[16]
In 2026 Chiara and her teammates Sofia Sicignano, Bianca Vignozzi, Serena Ottaviani and Sasha Mukhina competed at Tartu Grand Prix, winning silver medal in group all-around behind Ukraine. They were 4th in both apparatus finals.[17][18] In March, they competed at Sofia World Cup, taking 9th place in all-around and a silver medal in 3 hoops + 4 clubs final.[19]
References
- ↑ "FIG Athlete profile/Place of birth". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
- ↑ "CHIARA BADII" (PDF). Italian Gymnastics Federation (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-06-08.
- ↑ "Tallinn - La veterana Paris e le nuove stelle Badii e Sicignano, all'alba di una nuova stagione" (in Italian). 2025-06-06. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
- ↑ "European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Junior Group All-Around Results" (PDF). European Gymnastics. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ↑ "European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Junior Group 5 Balls Final Results" (PDF). European Gymnastics. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ↑ "European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Junior Group 5 Ribbons Final Results" (PDF). European Gymnastics. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ↑ "Baku - Tara credici, sei una stella! Dragas, bronzo al nastro in Coppa del Mondo" (in Italian). 2025-04-20. Retrieved 2025-04-25.
- ↑ "Baku - La 2ª edizione dell'European Cup anticipa il Campionato continentale di Ginnastica Ritmica" (in Italian). 2025-04-28. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
- ↑ "2025 Baku European Cup 5 ribbons" (PDF).
- ↑ "2025 Baku European Cup 3 + 2" (PDF).
- ↑ "Tallinn - Italia campione d'Europa, storico oro nel Team Ranking. Spagna regina all-around. Farfalle in finale ai nastri" [Tallinn - Italy European champion, historic gold in the Team Ranking. Spain all-around queen. Butterfly final at the ribbons]. Italian Gymnastics Federation (in Italian). 7 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ↑ "Milano – Sofia, Tara e le Farfalle si vestono d'oro al gran galà della ritmica mondiale" (in Italian). Federazione Ginnastica d’Italia. 2025-07-20. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
- ↑ "Milano - Farfalle ottave nell'All around. Domani la rivincita ai nastri in diretta su La7!" (in Italian). Federazione Ginnastica d’Italia. 2025-07-20. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
- ↑ "Cluj Napoca - Niente podi azzurri ma tante finali: oggi Sofia, Tara e le Farfalle vanno a caccia di medaglie" [Cluj Napoca - No blue podiums but many finals: today Sofia, Tara and the Butterflies go hunting for medals]. www.federginnastica.it (in Italian). Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ↑ "World Challenge Cup". rgform.eu. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ↑ "Rio de Janeiro - La squadra azzurra non brilla nell'All around. Occhi puntati su Raffaeli e Dragas" [Rio de Janeiro - The blue team doesn't shine in the All around. Eyes on Raffaeli and Dragas.] (in Italian). Federazione Ginnastica d’Italia. 2025-08-24. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
- ↑ "Tartu - Le Farfalle d'argento e Sofia di bronzo...l'Italia riparte dalla sua Storia". www.federginnastica.it (in Italian). 28 February 2026. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
- ↑ "2026 Miss Valentine Tartu Grand Prix (RGI, RGG, AGG)". ksis.eu. 28 February 2026. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
- ↑ "Sofia - World Cup di Ritmica, tris Raffaeli e argento per le Farfalle. Rivivi le finali su SportfaceTv". federginnastica.it (in Italian). 30 March 2026. Retrieved 30 March 2026.