Carlotta Ferlito

Carlotta Ferlito
— Gymnast —
Personal information
Full name Carlotta Ferlito
Nickname(s) Carlo, Carly, Ferly
Country represented  Italy
Born (1995-02-15) 15 February 1995
Catania, Italy
Hometown Milano, Italy
Height 157 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Weight 50.5 kg (111 lb)
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Level Senior International Elite
Years on national team 2008-present
Club Centro Sportivo Esercito
Head coach(es) Claudia Ferrè and Paolo Bucci
Choreographer Tiziana Dipilato
Music "Singapore" (2008), The Hunt (2009), Standing In Motion (2010), Flamenko (2011), Fiesta Loca (2012), Moon Trance (2013) Americano (2013-2014) Timber (2015)
World ranking 4 (CII All Around, 2013-14)
Medal record
Competitor for  Italy
European Championships
2011 Berlin Balance Beam
2010 Birmingham Team
2012 Brussels Team
Youth Olympic Games
2010 Singapore Balance Beam
2010 Singapore All-Around
2010 Singapore Vault

Carlotta Ferlito (born 15 February 1995) is an Italian artistic gymnast. Since starting her senior career in 2011, Ferlito has won two medals at the European Championships and represented her country at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Personal information

Carlotta Ferlito was born on 15 February 1995 in Catania, Sicily to Roberta Parasilti and Massimo Ferlito. She has an older brother, Gianpaolo, and an older sister, Ludovica.

She began gymnastics when she was six years old and in 2007 she moved to Lissone, near Milan, to train at GAL Lissone.[1]

Ferlito is a star of the reality television series Ginnaste - Vite Parallele on MTV Italy which follows the lives of seven elite gymnasts who train in Milan.[2]

Junior career

2009

In March, Ferlito competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy in Jesolo, Italy. She placed second in the all around competition with a score of 54.850.[3]

In December, Ferlito competed at Gymnasiade in Doha, Qatar. She placed sixth in the all around competition with a score of 53.950.[4] In event finals, she placed fifth on vault scoring 13.212, second on balance beam scoring 14.175, and fifth on floor scoring 13.675.[5][6]

2010

In March, Ferlito competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy in Jesolo, Italy. She placed tenth in the all around competition with a score of 54.500.[7]

At the end of April, Ferlito competed at the European Championships in Birmingham, United Kingdom. She contributed an all around score of 53.725 toward the Italian team's third-place finish and individually she placed eighth in the all around final with a score of 52.200. In event finals, she placed eighth on balance beam scoring 12.500.[8]

In August, Ferlito competed at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. She placed third in the all around final with a score of 55.350.[9] In event finals, she placed third on vault scoring 13.700, sixth on uneven bars scoring 12.725, second on balance beam scoring 14.850, and eighth on floor scoring 12.900.[10][11]

Senior career

2011

In March, Ferlito competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy in Jesolo, Italy. She placed fifth in the all around competition with a score of 55.600.[12]

In April, Ferlito competed at the European Championships in Berlin, Germany. She placed fifth in the all around final with a score of 55.825. In event finals, she placed second on balance beam scoring 14.500 and sixth on floor scoring 14.050.[13]

After four days of competition, Ferlito's Club "GAL Lissone" won Serie A1 Scudetto.[14]

In May, Ferlito competed at the Italian Championships in Meda, Italy. She placed second in the all around competition with a score of 56.350.[15] In event finals, she placed second on vault scoring 13.750, sixth on uneven bars scoring 11.800, first on balance beam scoring 14.800, and first on floor scoring 14.400.[16]

In October, Ferlito competed at the World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. She contributed an all around score of 54.332 toward the Italian team's ninth-place finish. This placement meant that Italy would have to compete again in January to determine if they would qualify a full team to the London Olympics. In the all around final, she placed fourteenth with a score of 55.082.[17]

2012

Ferlito performing on balance beam at the London Olympics on 29 July 2012

In January, Ferlito competed at the London Prepares series in London, United Kingdom. She contributed scores of 14.066 on vault, 13.433 on uneven bars, 14.533 on balance beam, and 14.100 on floor toward the Italian team's first-place finish which meant that they qualified a full team to the London Olympics.[18] In event finals, she placed first on balance beam scoring 14.500 and fifth on floor scoring 13.966.[19]

In March, Ferlito competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy in Jesolo, Italy. She placed eighth in the all around competition with a score of 56.550.[20]

After four days of competition, Carlotta's Club "GAL Lissone" won twice Serie A1 Scudetto in a row.[21]

In May, Ferlito competed at the European Championships in Brussels, Belgium. She contributed scores of 14.166 on vault, 14.900 on balance beam, and 13.900 on floor towards the Italian team's third-place finish.[22]

In June, Ferlito joined the Centro Sportivo Esercito.[23]

Later in June, Ferlito competed at the Italian Championships in Catania, Italy. She placed second in the all around competition with a score of 55.950.[24] In event finals, she placed fourth on uneven bars scoring 13.500, first on balance beam scoring 14.900, and fourth on floor scoring 13.200.[25]

London Olympics

At the end of July, Ferlito competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. In qualifications, she placed twentieth with a score of 55.500. In the team final, she contributed scores of 14.300 on vault, 14.366 on balance beam, and 14.100 on floor toward the Italian team's seventh-place finish. In the all around final, she placed twenty-first with a score of 55.098.[26]

2013

Ferlito performing on balance beam at the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp on 6 October 2013

At the 2013 European Championships in Moscow on 18 April, Ferlito placed third in the balance beam qualification with a score of 14.200, and seventh in the floor exercise qualification with a score of 13.800.[27] On 21 April, she finished fourth in the balance beam final with a score of 14.066, and fifth in the floor exercise final with a score of 14.216.[28]

In October, Ferlito competed at the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium. In qualifications, she placed 14th in the all-around with a total score of 54.948.[29] In event finals, Ferlito finished 11th in the all-around with a total score of 55.399, and fifth on balance beam with a score of 14.283.[30][31]

American gymnast Simone Biles, who is African-American, won the bronze medal on balance beam. In a video interview after the event, Ferlito said, "I told (teammate Vanessa Ferrari) that next time we should also paint our skin black so then we can win, too." The comment was regarded as racist, and Ferlito later apologized on Twitter.[32]

2014

Carlotta competed in the 2014 American Cup. She finished in 8th with an all-around score of 53.632.[33] Ferlito was sick for most of the year due to glandular fever and spent several months recovering from injuries and illness. In September competed in the Golden League for her team GAL Lissone.

2015

Ferlito competed in the A League representing her team GAL Lissone. In March she competed in Trofeo Città di Jesolo and qualified for beam finals, where she won bronze. In April she competed at the European Championships. She scored 13.866 on Vault, 13.000 on bars, 14.058 on beam and 13.400 on floor, placing 13th in the All Around competition, but not entering the final due to the two-per-country rule. She also came 10th on beam, missing the final for about a tenth. Following the event, Ferlito took to Twitter and exclaimed in a tweet, translated to English as; "I am used to being a few tenths out and taking it in the ass. I will overcome these assholes".[34] The tweet has since been deleted and Ferlito later apologized in another tweet, saying; "Under stress, I do the worst of myself. I apologize, I did not want to cause offense and I'm sorry to have been misunderstood. Good luck to all".[35] After several successful competitions, Ferlito has been chosen to take part at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships with the Italian Team. She entried in the All-Around Final in 16th position with a total score of 55.665, and qualified with the Italian Team to the 2016 Summer Olympics. Unfortunately, in the qualification rounds, she tied with a score of 14.233 (D-Score: 5.7 E-Score: 8.533) with Eythora Thorsdottir (D-Score: 5.6, E-Score: 8.633), but the Dutch gymnast got into the final even the tie, because of the minor D-Score and the better E-Score than the Ferlito's ones. Ferlito then in the All-Around Final redeemed herself performing at the balance beam with any wobble, scoring 14.441: the third best score in the Final (after Larisa Iordache's 14.766 and Shang Chunsong's 14.700). Ferlito finished her World Championships 12th in the All-Around and 7th with the Italian Team.

2016

Ferlito has been chosen to compete in the American Cup 2016 as the unique Italian member.

Competitive History

Ferlito in 2013
Carlotta Ferlito's signature
Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2005Junior Italian National Championships 2nd 1st
2006Junior Italian National Championships 1st
2008Italy-Switzerland Friendly 1st2nd
Leverkusen Cup2nd6th
2009Gymnasiade2nd6th5th 2nd5th
2010European Championships (Junior)3rd8th 8th
Youth Olympic Games 3rd3rd6th 2nd8th
2011A1 Championships1st 2nd
City of Jesolo Trophy2nd5th
European Championships 5th 2nd6th
Italian National Championships 2nd 2nd8th1st1st
World Championships 9th 14th
2012Olympic Test Event 1st 1st 5th
First A1 Championships3rd 1st 1st
Second A1 Championships1st2nd
City of Jesolo Trophy2nd8th
Third A1 Championships 1st
European Championships 3rd
Italian National Championships 2nd 1st 4th
Olympic Games 7th 21st
2013 La Roche-sur-Yon World Cup 1st3rd
European Championships 4th5th
Germany-Italy Friendly1st2nd
World Championships 11th 5th
Stuttgart World Cup 6th
Glasgow World Cup 6th
2014American Cup 8th
Golden League2nd 4th
2015City of Jesolo Trophy2nd14th 3rd
World Championships 7th12th
2016American Cup 5th
City of Jesolo Trophy3rd8th 8th

References

  1. ↑ Scordo, Giuseppe (14 July 2012). "Ferlito, il cuore di mamma Roberta" (in Italian). Il Vostro Quotidiano. Archived from the original on September 19, 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Ginnaste - Vite Parallele" (in Italian). MTV Italy. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  3. ↑ Minguillón, Albert (14 March 2009). "Parolari, Racea Score Victories in Jesolo". Jesolo, Italy: International Gymnast Magazine Online. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  4. ↑ Turner, Amanda (9 December 2009). "Mustafina Wins Gymnasiade All-Around". Doha, Qatar: International Gymnast Magazine Online. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  5. ↑ Turner, Amanda (11 December 2009). "Russia, Sasaki Win More Gold in Doha". Doha, Qatar: International Gymnast Magazine Online. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  6. ↑ Turner, Amanda (12 December 2009). "Mustafina, Sasaki Win More Gold in Doha". Doha, Qatar: International Gymnast Magazine Online. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  7. ↑ Turner, Amanda (27 March 2010). "Raisman, Grishina Score Victories in Jesolo". International Gymnast Magazine Online. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  8. ↑ "28th European Artistic Gymnastics Team Championships Results Book" (PDF). Birmingham, United Kingdom: European Union of Gymnastics. 2 May 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  9. ↑ "Singapore 2010 Artistic Gymnastics Women's All Around Final Results" (PDF). Singapore: Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  10. ↑ "Singapore 2010 Artistic Gymnastics Women's Vault & Uneven Bars Finals Results" (PDF). Singapore: Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. 21 August 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  11. ↑ "Singapore 2010 Artistic Gymnastics Women's Balance Beam & Floor Finals Results" (PDF). Singapore: Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. 22 August 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  12. ↑ "4° Trofeo Città di Jesolo" (PDF) (in Italian). Jesolo, Italy: Federazione Ginnastica d'Italia. 19 March 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  13. ↑ "4th European Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships Results Book" (PDF). Berlin, Germany: European Union of Gymnastics. 10 April 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  14. ↑ "Gymnastics is a wonderful thing!".
  15. ↑ Turner, Amanda (27 May 2011). "Italy's Ferrari, Pozzo Take Fifth National Titles". Meda, Italy: International Gymnast Magazine Online. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  16. ↑ Turner, Amanda (29 May 2011). "Ferlito, Pozzo Take Two as Italian Nationals End". Meda, Italy: International Gymnast Magazine Online. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  17. ↑ "43rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships" (PDF). Tokyo, Japan: Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. 16 October 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  18. ↑ "London Prepares Series Gymnastics Artistic" (PDF). London, United Kingdom: Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. 11 January 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  19. ↑ "London Prepares Series Gymnastics Artistic Results" (PDF). London, United Kingdom: Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. 13 January 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  20. ↑ "5° Trofeo Città di Jesolo" (PDF) (in Italian). Jesolo, Italy: Federazione Ginnastica d'Italia. 31 March 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  21. ↑ "Padova - La Ferlito trascina la GAL all'11° scudetto.".
  22. ↑ "Women's Artistic Gymnastics European Championships Results Book" (PDF). Brussels, Belgium: European Union of Gymnastics. 12 May 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  23. ↑ "IL CSOE SI RINFORZA".
  24. ↑ Turner, Amanda (16 June 2012). "Ferrari, Pozzo Claim Sixth Titles in Catania". Catania, Italy: International Gymnast Magazine Online. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  25. ↑ Turner, Amanda (17 June 2012). "Ferrari, Pozzo Win Again as Italian Nationals End". Catania, Italy: International Gymnast Magazine Online. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  26. ↑ "London 2012 Gymnastics Artistic Results Book" (PDF). London, United Kingdom: Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  27. ↑ Amanda Turner (18 Apr 2013), Iordache Tops Women's Qualification at Europeans, International Gymnast Magazine Online, retrieved 21 May 2013
  28. ↑ Amanda Turner (21 Apr 2013), Russians Rule as Moscow Europeans End, International Gymnast Magazine Online, retrieved 21 May 2013
  29. ↑ 44th ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS in Antwerp (BEL) Women's Qualification Individual Results (PDF), International Gymnast Magazine, 1 Oct 2013, retrieved 9 Oct 2013
  30. ↑ "All-Around Results". fedintgym.com. October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  31. ↑ "Balance Beam Results". fedintgym.com. October 6, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  32. ↑ Whiteside, Kelly. "Race remark 'out of line,' parent of world champ says". usatoday.com. October 9, 2013. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
  33. ↑ https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/americancup_results_2014.pdf
  34. ↑ http://www.calcioweb.eu/2015/04/europei-2015-di-ginnastica-carlotta-ferlito-e-il-suo-tweet-sfacciato-la-federginnastica-la-bacchetta/198399/
  35. ↑ https://twitter.com/CarlottaFerlito/status/588978176518414336

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