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 Silver 2011 Berlin Balance Beam Bronze 2012 Brussels Team Youth Olympic Games Silver 2010 Singapore Balance Beam Bronze 2010 Singapore All-Around Bronze 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]

Competitive History

Ferlito in 2013

Carlotta Ferlito's signature

References

External links

• Carlotta Ferlito at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
• Carlotta Ferlito on Twitter

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