Lorenzo Minh Casali (born 12 September 2002) is an Italian artistic gymnast. He was part of the gold medal-winning team at the 2023 European Championships and is the 2024 Italian National Champion. He will represent Italy at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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| Full name | Lorenzo Minh Casali | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 September 2002 Hanoi, Vietnam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Offagna, Ancona, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2019–present (ITA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Fiamme Oro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gym | Associazione Ginnastica Giovanile Ancona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Alberto Busnari | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life
editCasali was born in Hanoi in 2002.[1] He spent the first five months of his life at an orphanage before being adopted by Stefano and Stefania Casali, an Italian couple.[2]
Junior gymnastics career
editCasali was selected to represent Italy at the inaugural Junior World Championships alongside Lorenzo Bonicelli and Ivan Brunello. Together they won the bronze medal as a team.[3] Individually Casali placed eighth in the all-around and fifth on floor exercise.[4] He next competed at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival where he helped Italy once again win bronze.
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Senior gymnastics career
edit2021–2022
editCasali made his senior international debut at the 2021 European Championships; during qualifications he placed fourteenth in the all-around but did not qualify to the final due to compatriots Nicola Bartolini and Stefano Patron ranking higher.[5] He next competed at the Koper World Challenge Cup, qualifying to the floor exercise and parallel bars finals. He finished eighth and fourth respectively.[6]
Casali competed at the 2022 DTB Pokal Team Challenge and the 2022 European Championships, helping Italy win silver at both.[7] Individually Casali placed seventh in the all-around at the European Championships.[8]
Later that year Casali was selected to represent Italy at his first World Championships alongside Yumin Abbadini, Nicola Bartolini, Carlo Macchini, and Matteo Levantesi.[9] The team finished fourth and individually Casali finished thirteenth in the all-around.[10]
2023–2024
editCasali competed at the 2023 European Championships alongside Yumin Abbadini, Matteo Levantesi, Marco Lodadio, and Mario Macchiati. Together they won Italy its first European team gold medal.[11] At the 2023 World Championships Casali helped Italy finish eighth as a team. As a result, they qualified a full team to the Olympic Games for the first time since 2012.[12]
Casali competed at the 2024 DTB Pokal Team Challenge where he helped Italy finish second behind the United States.[13] The following month Casali competed at the European Championships where he helped Italy win bronze behind Ukraine and Great Britain.[14]
In July of that year Casali competed at the Italian national championships. He won the all-around and was named Italian National Champion for the first time in his career.[15] That same weekend he was selected to represent Italy at the 2024 Olympic Games alongside Yumin Abbadini, Nicola Bartolini, Mario Macchiati, and Carlo Macchini.[16]
Competitive history
edit| Year | Event | Team | AA | FX | PH | SR | VT | PB | HB |
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| 2019 | International Junior Team Cup |  |
18 | 7 | |||||
| Junior World Championships | |
8 | 5 | ||||||
| European Youth Olympic Festival | |
6 | 6 | ||||||
| Italian Championships | 6 | 4 | |||||||
| Senior | |||||||||
| 2020 | Italian Championships | 8 | 4 | 8 |  |
5 | |||
| 2021 | |||||||||
| European Championships | 12 | ||||||||
| Italian Championships | 4 | ||||||||
| Koper World Challenge Cup | 8 | 4 | |||||||
| Arthur Gander Memorial | 7 | ||||||||
| 2022 | DTB Pokal Team Challenge | |
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| Mediterranean Games | |
5 | |||||||
| European Championships | |
7 | |||||||
| Italian Championships | |
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4 | ||||||
| World Championships | 4 | 13 | |||||||
| Arthur Gander Memorial | |
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| 2023 | |||||||||
| European Championships |  |
9 | |||||||
| Italian Championships | |
6 | 5 | |
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| World Championships | 8 | ||||||||
| 2024 | DTB Pokal Team Challenge | |
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| European Championships | |
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| Troyes Friendly | |
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| Italian Championships | |
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References
edit- ^ "FIG Profile: Lorenzo Minh Casali". International Gymnastics Federation.
- ^ "Ginnastica. Casali, dall'orfanotrofio ai sogni d'oro in azzurro" [Gymnastics. Casali, from the orphanage to golden dreams in blue]. Avvenire (in Italian). October 30, 2022.
- ^ "Oka wins all-around title as Japan dominate opening day of Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships". Inside the Games. June 27, 2019.
- ^ "2019 Junior World Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. July 3, 2019.
- ^ "2021 European Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. April 29, 2021.
- ^ "Koper - I convocati per la Coppa del Mondo di artistica in Slovenia" [Koper - The call-ups for the Artistic World Cup in Slovenia]. Italian Gymnastics Federation (in Italian). August 30, 2021.
- ^ "British men storm to senior team title at European Championships". International Gymnast Media. August 20, 2022.
- ^ "2022 European Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. August 24, 2022.
- ^ "Liverpool - La delegazione FGI in partenza per i Mondiali" [Liverpool - FGI delegation leaving for World Championships]. Italian Gymnastics Federation (in Italian). October 26, 2022.
- ^ "Mondiali di ginnastica artistica, l'Italia a un soffio dal podio nella finale a squadre maschile" [Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, Italy just shy of podium in men's team final]. Rai News 24 (in Italian). November 2, 2022.
- ^ "Ginnastica artistica, la leggenda dei cinque Moschettieri: Italia in Paradiso, CAMPIONI D'EUROPA per l'eternità" [Artistic Gymnastics, the Legend of the Five Musketeers: Italy in Paradise, EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS for Eternity]. OA Sport (in Italian). April 11, 2023.
- ^ "Ginnastica artistica, Italia attanagliata dall'eterno rebus: gara a squadre o specialisti? I Mondiali portano il pass, si riflette per le Olimpiadi" [Artistic gymnastics, Italy gripped by the eternal puzzle: team competition or specialists? The World Championships bring the pass, reflections for the Olympics]. OA Sport (in Italian). October 9, 2023.
- ^ "2024 DTB Pokal Team Challenge Men's Results". The Gymternet. March 19, 2024.
- ^ "Ginnastica artistica, l'Italia resta sul podio agli Europei! Moschettieri di bronzo, terza volta di fila tra i grandi" [Artistic gymnastics, Italy remains on the podium at the European Championships! Bronze Musketeers, third time in a row among the greats]. OA Sport (in Italian). April 28, 2024.
- ^ "Cuneo - Tutti ai piedi di Lorenzo Minh Casali. Il poliziotto di Ancona è il nuovo Re ginnico d'Italia" [Cuneo - All at the feet of Lorenzo Minh Casali. The policeman from Ancona is the new gymnastic King of Italy]. Italian Gymnastics Federation (in Italian). July 6, 2024.
- ^ "Parigi - Il DTN Cocciaro comunica i convocati dell'ItalGAM ai Giochi Olimpici" [Paris - DTN Cocciaro announces the ItalGAM players called up for the Olympic Games.]. Italian Gymnastics Federation (in Italian). July 7, 2024.