Tommaso Brugnami (born 19 September 2006) is an Italian artistic gymnast who is the 2023 Junior World Champion on vault.
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| Full name | Tommaso Brugmani | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 September 2006 Ascoli Piceno, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Junior International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2022–present (ITA) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Associazione Ginnastica Giovanile Ancona ASD | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Fabrizio Marcotullio | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life
editBrugnami was born in Ascoli Piceno in 2006.[1]
Gymnastics career
edit2022
editIn late July, Brugnami competed at the European Youth Olympic Festival alongside Davide Oppizzio and Riccardo Villa, and they won gold as a team. Individually Brugnami won bronze on vault. In August, Brugnami competed at the European Championships where he helped Italy win gold as a team. Individually, he won bronze on floor exercise.[2]
2023
editIn late March Brugnami, competed at the second Junior World Championships. On the first day of competition he helped Italy win the bronze medal behind Japan and China.[3][4] During the all-around final Brugnami placed 13th.[5] During the event finals, he won gold in the vault and bronze in the floor exercise.
In July, Brugnami competed at the European Youth Olympic Festival alongside Diego Vazzola and Manuel Berettera. Together, they won silver as a team behind Great Britain.[6] Individually Brugnami won gold in the all-around. In the mixed pairs event, Brugnami was paired with Sara Caputo; they won gold ahead of the German team of Mert Öztürk and Helen Kevric. During individual event finals Brugnami won gold in floor exercise and vault and silver in rings.[7]
Competitive history
edit| Year | Event | Team | AA | FX | PH | SR | VT | PB | HB |
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| 2022 | DTB Pokal Team Challenge | ||||||||
| European Youth Olympic Festival | 10 | 5 | |||||||
| European Championships | 7 | 4 | |||||||
| Swiss Cup Juniors | |||||||||
| 2023 | Luxembourg Open | 4 | |||||||
| Junior World Championships | 13 | ||||||||
| European Youth Olympic Festival | |||||||||
| EYOF Mixed Pairs | |||||||||
| 2024 | DTB Pokal Team Challenge | ||||||||
| European Championships | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ "FIG Profile: Tommaso Brugnami". International Gymnastics Federation.
- ^ "6 nations golden in #Munich2022 junior apparatus finals". European Gymnastics. August 21, 2023.
- ^ "Ginnastica artistica, Italia da brividi ai Mondiali juniores! Azzurri di bronzo nella gara a squadre: Villa, Brugnami e Berettera stellari" [Artistic gymnastics, Italy gives chills at the Junior World Championships! Bronze Azzurri in the team competition: Villa, Brugnami and Berettera stellar]. OA Sport (in Italian). March 29, 2023.
- ^ "Asian domination: Japanese men repeat as World Junior team champions". International Gymnastics Federation. March 29, 2023.
- ^ "Ginnastica artistica, Riccardo Villa luccica all'orizzonte: magico bronzo all-around ai Mondiali juniores, futuro luminoso" [Artistic gymnastics, Riccardo Villa glitters on the horizon: magical all-around bronze at the Junior World Championships, bright future]. OA Sport (in Italian). March 31, 2023.
- ^ "Tommaso Brugnami, British boys golden as EYOF kicks off". European Gymnastics. July 25, 2023.
- ^ "2023 European Youth Olympic Festival Men's Results". The Gymternet. July 29, 2023.