Italian artistic gymnast

Matteo Morandi (born 8 October 1981) is an Italian artistic gymnast. He was born in Vimercate. He is married and has a daughter. He is a specialist at the rings.

Contents

• 1 Olympic Games
• 2 World Championships
• 3 European Championships
• 4 Named skill
• 5 References

Olympic Games

He competed at the 2004 games taking 5th place at the Rings, the 2008 games taking 6th place at the Rings, and the 2012 games, in which he won the bronze medal in the Still Rings final. After the 2012 Summer Olympics he said that he will continue until the next Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro 2016 and hopes to win another medal.

World Championships

He won four bronze medals in the Rings at these games. The first in Debrecen 2002, Anaheim 2003, Melbourne 2005 and Rotterdam 2010.

European Championships

In these games he won one gold, one silver and two bronze medals at the Rings. In Lubiana 2004 he won a bronze medal, in Birmingham 2010 a gold medal, in Montpellier 2012 a silver medal and in 2013 Moscow a bronze medal.

Named skill

The "Morandi" is a Marinich-style handspring front flip in the tucked position. It was awarded a D value by the Code of Points.

Portrayal of the Morandi by the 2017-2022 Code of Points

References

• 1955: :Albert Azaryan:(URS)
• 1957: :Joaquín Blume:(ESP)
  1957 ::Yuri *ov:(URS)
• 1959: :Yuri *ov:(URS)
• 1961: :Miroslav Cerar:(YUG)
  1961 ::Velik Kapsazov:(BUL)
  1961 ::Yuri *ov:(URS)
• 1963: :Miroslav Cerar:(YUG)
  1963 ::Boris Shakhlin:(URS)
  1963 ::Velik Kapsazov:(BUL)
• 1965: :Viktor Lisitsky:(URS)
  1965 ::Franco Menichelli:(ITA)
• 1967: :Mikhail Voronin:(URS)
  1967 ::Viktor Lisitsky:(URS)
• 1969: :Mikhail Voronin:(URS)
• 1971: :Mikhail Voronin:(URS)
• 1973: :Viktor Klimenko:(URS)
• 1975: :Dan Grecu:(ROM)
• 1977: :Vladimir Markelov:(URS)
• 1979: :Alexander Dityatin:(URS)
• 1981: :Yuri Korolyov:(URS)
• 1983: :Dmitry Bilozerchev:(URS)
  1983 ::Plamen Petkov:(BUL)
• 1985: :Dmitry Bilozerchev:(URS)
• 1987: :Valentin Mogilny:(URS)
• 1989: :Holger Behrendt:(GDR)
• 1990: :Jury Chechi:(ITA)
• 1992: :Jury Chechi:(ITA)
• 1994: :Jury Chechi:(ITA)
• 1996: :Jury Chechi:(ITA)
• 1998: :Szilveszter Csollány:(HUN)
• 2000: :Dimosthenis Tampakos:(GRE)
• 2002: :Yordan Yovchev:(BUL)
• 2004: :Dimosthenis Tampakos:(GRE)
  2004 ::Aleksandr Safoshkin:(RUS)
• 2005: :Andrea Coppolino:(ITA)
  2005 ::Yuri van Gelder:(NED)
• 2006: :Aleksandr Safoshkin:(RUS)
• 2007: :Oleksandr Vorobiov:(UKR)
• 2008: :Yuri van Gelder:(NED)
• 2009: :Yuri van Gelder:(NED)
• 2010: :Matteo Morandi:(ITA)
• 2011: :Konstantin Pluzhnikov:(RUS)
• 2012: :Aleksandr Balandin:(RUS)
• 2013: :Samir Aït Saïd:(FRA)
  2013 ::Igor Radivilov:(UKR)
• 2014: :Denis Ablyazin:(RUS)
  2014 ::Aleksandr Balandin:(RUS)
• 2015: :Eleftherios Petrounias:(GRE)
• 2016: :Eleftherios Petrounias:(GRE)
• 2017: :Eleftherios Petrounias:(GRE)
• 2018: :Eleftherios Petrounias:(GRE)
• 2019: :Denis Ablyazin:(RUS)
• 2020: :İbrahim Çolak:(TUR)
• 2021: :Eleftherios Petrounias:(GRE)