Elisa Blanchi

Elisa joined Italian national team in 2003. At the 2003 European Championships in Riesa, Germany, she took bronze medal in group all-around and 3 hoops + 2 balls alongside Elisa Santoni, Daniela Masseroni, Pamela Mastroianni, Francesca Pasinetti and Francesca Chugurra.^[2] In September, at the 2003 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, they took 4th place in group all-around, tied with Belarus, who won bronze because of better execution. Then they won bronze medals in both apparatus finals.

Then she competed in a renewed group (Fabrizia D'Ottavio, Marinella Falca, Daniela Masseroni, Elisa Santoni, Laura Vernizzi) and won the silver medal in group all-around at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.^[1]

At the 2005 World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, the same group won silver medal in group all-around behind Russia. They won gold medal in 3 hoops + 4 clubs and silver in 5 ribbons final.

She was also part of the Italian bronze medal winning team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, in the group all-around event together with other group members Romina Laurito, Marta Pagnini, Elisa Santoni, Anzhelika Savrayuk and Andreea Stefanescu.^[3] She was part of the Italian Group that competed at three (2009, 2010 and 2011) World Championships and won the Group All-around gold medal.^[4] Her teammates also won a pair of bronze medals at the 2012 World Cup Final in 5 Balls and 3 Ribbons + 2 Hoops.

• Participated in three consecutive editions of the Olympic Games (Rio 2016, Tokyo 2021, Paris 2024). Record shared with Alessia Maurelli, Martina Centofanti and Elisa Santoni.