Vanessa Ferrari

Vanessa Ferrari
Ferrari in 2024
Personal information
Nickname(s)The Butterfly
The Cannibal
The Lioness
Born (1990-11-10) November 10, 1990
Orzinuovi, Brescia
Height146 cm (4 ft 9 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
 Italy
(2002–2024 (ITA))
ClubBrixia Brescia
Centro Sportivo Esercito
GymBrixia Brescia
Head coach(es)Enrico Casella
MusicNessun dorma (2006–2009; 2016)
Así se baila el tango (2010)
Triangle Tango (2011–2012)
Angel and Devil (2012)
Tangled Up (2013–2014)
Con te partirò (2021)
Eponymous skillsFloor Exercise
RetiredOctober 9, 2024
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 0
World Championships 1 1 3
European Championships 4 2 2
Mediterranean Games 8 1 1
European Youth Olympic Festival 2 1 2
Total 15 6 8
Olympic Games
2020 TokyoFloor Exercise
World Championships
2006 AarhusAll-Around
2013 AntwerpFloor Exercise
2006 AarhusUneven Bars
2006 AarhusFloor Exercise
2007 StuttgartAll-Around
European Championships
2006 VolosTeam
2007 AmsterdamAll-Around
2007 AmsterdamFloor Exercise
2014 SofiaFloor Exercise
2006 VolosFloor Exercise
2009 MilanFloor Exercise
2012 BrusselsTeam
2021 BaselFloor Exercise
Mediterranean Games
2005 AlmeríaTeam
2005 AlmeríaAll-Around
2005 AlmeríaVault
2005 AlmeríaBalance Beam
2005 AlmeríaFloor Exercise
2013 MersinTeam
2013 MersinAll-Around
2013 MersinFloor Exercise
2005 AlmeríaUneven Bars
2013 MersinBalance Beam
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
All-Around World Cup 1 0 2
Apparatus World Cup 2 2 2
World Challenge Cup 3 0 1
Total 6 2 5
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Vanessa Ferrari (born 10 November 1990) is a retired Italian artistic gymnast. She was the 2006 World All-Around Champion and competed for Italy at the 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal on floor exercise in 2020. In doing so, Ferrari became the first Italian to win an individual Olympic medal in Women's Artistic Gymnastics, and the first medallist for the Italian women's team since the 1928 Summer Olympics. She is a five-time World medallist and eight-time European medallist, and is currently the most decorated Italian gymnast of all time.