Riccardo Villa
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 Villa at the 2022 European Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Riccardo Villa | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 January 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Italy (2019–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Ginnastica Pro Carate | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Corrado Corti | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Riccardo Villa (born 5 January 2005) is an Italian artistic gymnast. He is the 2023 Junior World all-around bronze medalist.
Gymnastics career
Junior: 2022–2023
In late July of 2022 Villa competed at the European Youth Olympic Festival where he helped Italy win gold as a team. Individually Villa won silver in the all-around behind Radomyr Stelmakh. Additionally he and teammate Arianna Grillo won gold in the mixed pairs portion of the competition.[2] In August Villa competed at the European Championships where he helped Italy win gold as a team. Individually he won gold on pommel horse and placed sixth in the all-around.[3]
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In March 2023 Villa competed at the second Junior World Championships alongside Manuel Berettera and Tommaso Brugnami. On the first day of competition he helped Italy win the bronze medal behind Japan and China.[4][5] During the all-around final Villa won bronze, 0.001 points ahead of Tomoharu Tsunogai and behind Qin Guohuan of China and Ángel Barajas of Colombia.[6] Additionally Villa won bronze on rings and placed fifth on horizontal bar.
Senior: 2025–present
Villa made his senior international debut at the 2025 Koper World Challenge Cup where he placed fifth on rings and fourth on horizontal bar. He next competed at the 2025 World University Games alongside Lorenzo Bonicelli and Niccoló Vannucchi. They withdrew from the competition after Bonicelli suffered a serious neck injury when dismounting the rings.[7]
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