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Yumin Abbadini

Yumin Abbadini (born 6 May 2001)[1] is an Italian artistic gymnast. He was a member of the Italian team that won its first-ever European Championships title in 2023. He also won a European team silver medal in 2022 and bronze in 2024. Individually, he is the 2024 European all-around bronze medalist and the 2022 Italian all-around champion. He represented Italy at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Yumin Abbadini
Abbadini in 2022
Personal information
Country represented Italy
Born (2001-05-06) 6 May 2001 (age 23)
Ranica, Bergamo, Italy
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Years on national team2018–present (ITA)
ClubPro Carate
Head coach(es)Alberto Busnari, Corrado Corti
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Italy
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Antalya Team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Munich Team
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Rimini All-around
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Rimini Team
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Challenge Cup 0 0 1

Early and personal life

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Abbadini was born in Ranica on 6 May 2001 to an Italian father and a Chinese mother. He is in a relationship with Elisa Iorio, an Olympic and World medalist in gymnastics.[1][2] As of 2024, he studies computer engineering at the University of Bergamo.[3]

Career

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Abbadini competing pommel horse in 2019

Abbadini competed at the 2018 Junior European Championships and won a bronze medal with the Italian team. This was Italy's first medal at the Junior European Championships since 1992.[4] He also placed 10th in the individual all-around,[5] and he was the second reserve for the horizontal bar final.[6]

Abbadini began competing in senior international competitions in 2019. He won a bronze medal on the pommel horse at the 2019 Guimarães World Challenge Cup.[7]

2022

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Abbadini competed at the 2022 DTB Pokal Stuttgart where the Italian men's team won the silver medal behind the United States.[8] Individually, he won the bronze medal on the pommel horse behind Khoi Young and Benjamin Osberger.[9] He also competed in the mixed cup, helping Italy win the bronze medal.[10] He then competed at the European Championships and helped the Italian team win the silver medal behind Great Britain.[11] Individually, Abbadini was the third reserve for the horizontal bar final.[12] In October 2022, he won the all-around title at the Italian national championships.[13]

Abbadini was selected to compete at the World Championships in Liverpool alongside Nicola Bartolini, Lorenzo Minh Casali, Carlo Macchini, and Matteo Levantesi. The team finished fourth by slightly more than one point behind the bronze-medalists, Great Britain, after Abbadini fell off the pommel horse in the final rotation.[14][15] Individually, Abbadini qualified for the all-around final, where he finished 21st.[16]

2023

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At the 2023 European Championships, Abbadini won a team gold medal alongside Mario Macchiati, Lorenzo Minh Casali, Matteo Levantesi, and Marco Lodadio.[17] This marked the first time Italy won a team title at the European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships.[18] Abbadini also qualified for the all-around final and finished in sixth place.[19] He also placed sixth in the pommel horse final.[20]

At the World Championships, Abbadini and the Italian team placed sixth in the qualification round and earned a team berth for the 2024 Summer Olympics. This was the first time the Italian men's gymnastics team qualified for the Olympic Games since 2012.[21] This result also meant they qualified for the team final, where Abbadini contributed on four apparatuses toward Italy's eighth-place finish.[22] Individually, Abbadini qualified for the all-around final and finished in sixth place.[23] After the World Championships, he competed at the 2023 Swiss Cup Zürich, a mixed pairs competition, with Manila Esposito, and they finished fourth.[24]

2024

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Abbadini began the 2024 Olympic season at the DTB Pokal Stuttgart and helped Italy win the team silver medal behind the United States. Individually, Abbadini won a silver medal on the horizontal bar and a bronze medal on the floor exercise.[25][26] Then at the European Championships, Abbadini led the Italian team to a bronze medal finish.[27] He also won the bronze medal in the individual all-around behind Marios Georgiou and Oleg Verniaiev.[28] He finished seventh in the horizontal bar final.[29]

Abbadini was selected to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside Nicola Bartolini, Lorenzo Minh Casali, Mario Macchiati, and Carlo Macchini.[30] In the qualification round, the Italian team finished sixth and qualified for the team final.[31] Abbadini also qualified for the all-around final in eighth place,[32] and he was the first reserve for the horizontal bar final.[33] The Italian team ultimately finished sixth in the team final.[34] Then in the all-around final, Abbadini finished 11th.[35]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Abbadini Yumin". Paris 2024. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Abbadini-Iorio: "Noi innamorati tra gli attrezzi sognando Parigi"" [Abbadini-Iorio: "We lovers among the tools dreaming of Paris"]. La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 27 May 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Yumin Abbadini". Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian). Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Ginnastica, Bergamo lascia il segno Sul podio anche il 17enne Abbadini" [Gymnastics, Bergamo leaves its mark 17-year-old Abbadini also on the podium]. L'Eco di Bergamo (in Italian). 12 August 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics Men's Junior QC for AF, TF & AA Men's Junior Individual All-Around Final" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics Men's Junior QC for AF, TF & AA Men's Junior Horizontal Bar – Qualification" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Japan, Mexico golden in Guimaraes as World Challenge Cup series ends". International Gymnastics Federation. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  8. ^ Crumlish, John (21 March 2022). "U.S. sweeps team titles at DTB Pokal in Stuttgart". International Gymnast Magazine. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Four U.S. gymnasts add apparatus gold on final day of men's competition at 2022 DTB Pokal Team Challenge". USA Gymnastics. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  10. ^ "U.S. tops 2022 DTB Pokal Mixed Cup field". USA Gymnastics. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  11. ^ Crumlish, John (20 August 2022). "British men storm to senior team title at European Championships". International Gymnast Magazine. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  12. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics Men Seniors Qualification Horizontal Bar Results By Apparatus" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 18 August 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  13. ^ "LIVE Ginnastica artistica, Campionati Italiani 2022 in DIRETTA: Yumin Abbadini è il nuovo Campione d'Italia!". OA Sport (in Italian). 15 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  14. ^ "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). 2 November 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  15. ^ Carayol, Tumaini (2 November 2022). "Jake Jarman holds his nerve for Great Britain to secure team bronze". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  16. ^ "51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Liverpool (GBR), 29 October – 6 November 2022 Men's All-Around Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  17. ^ Crumlish, John (11 April 2023). "Italian men win team gold at European Championships". International Gymnast Magazine. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  18. ^ "Macchiati, Levantesi e Casali: la firma delle Marche nell'oro storico della Ginnastica artistica" [Macchiati, Levantesi and Casali: the signature of the Marche in the historical gold of Artistic Gymnastics]. Corriere Adriatico (in Italian). 13 April 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  19. ^ Crumlish, John (13 April 2023). "Turkiye's Adem Asil aces all-around title at European Championships". International Gymnast Magazine. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  20. ^ "10th European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships Men Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus Final" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  21. ^ Villa, Stefano (1 October 2023). "Ginnastica artistica, l'Italia torna alle Olimpiadi! Moschettieri qualificati a Parigi 2024, squadra e Levantesi in finale ai Mondiali" [Artistic gymnastics, Italy returns to the Olympics! Musketeers qualified for Paris 2024, team and Levantesi in the final at the World Championships]. OA Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  22. ^ "52nd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Antwerp (BEL), 30 September – 8 October 2023 Men's Team Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 3 October 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  23. ^ Villa, Stefano (5 October 2023). "Ginnastica artistica, Daiki Hashimoto si conferma Imperatore. Giappone padrone all-around ai Mondiali, Abbadini sesto!" [Artistic gymnastics, Daiki Hashimoto confirms himself as Emperor. Japan dominates all-around at the World Championships, Abbadini sixth!]. OA Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  24. ^ "Carey, Moldauer win Swiss Cup". International Gymnast Magazine. 5 November 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  25. ^ "Apparatus Final MAG" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 16 March 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  26. ^ Crumlish, John (17 March 2024). "France, U.S. win five golds apiece at DTB Pokal". International Gymnast Magazine. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  27. ^ "Ginnastica artistica, Europei: l'Italia con Abbadini rimonta e vince il bronzo a squadre" [Artistic Gymnastics, European Championships: Italy with Abbadini comes back and wins team bronze]. Il Cittadino di Monza e Brianza (in Italian). 1 May 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  28. ^ May, Sam (25 April 2024). "Cypriot gymnast Marios Georgiou secures European all-around title". Inside the Games. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  29. ^ "36th European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships Men Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus Final" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 27 April 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  30. ^ "Ginnastica, sono i fermani Carlo Macchini e Mario Macchiati e l'anconetano Lorenzo Minh Casali. Tre marchigiani nella squadra degli Azzurri alle Olimpiadi" [Gymnastics, they are Carlo Macchini and Mario Macchiati from Fermo and Lorenzo Minh Casali from Ancona. Three from the Marche region in the Azzurri team at the Olympics]. Quotidiano Sport (in Italian). 8 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  31. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics Men's Team Qualification". International Gymnastics Federation. International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  32. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics Men's All-Around Qualification". International Gymnastics Federation. International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  33. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics Men's Horizontal Bar Qualification". International Gymnastics Federation. International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  34. ^ Cintioli, Michela (30 July 2024). "Artistica, Olimpiadi 2024: le dichiarazioni degli Azzurri dopo la Team Final; "Vorrei che il sesto posto di oggi fosse un trampolino di lancio", ha detto il DTN Cocciaro" [Artistic, 2024 Olympics: the Azzurri's statements after the Team Final; “I would like today's sixth place to be a stepping stone,” said DTN Cocciaro]. Ginnasticando (in Italian). Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  35. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics Men's All-Around Final" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
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