Gabriele Targhetta
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| Full name | Gabriele Targhetta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 March 2006 Monza, Lombardy, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | Italy (2024–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gym | Spes Mestre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Gianmatteo Centazzo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gabriele Targhetta (born 17 March 2006) is an Italian artistic gymnast. He is the 2025 European bronze medalist on pommel horse.
Early life
Targhetta was born in Monza in 2006.[1]
Gymnastics career
Targhetta made his international debut for Italy at the 2024 Szombathely World Challenge Cup after having never represented Italy at the junior level.[2] While there he won the silver medal on pommel horse behind compatriot Edoardo de Rosa.[3]
In 2025 Targhetta competed at the World Cups in Osijek and Cairo. At the former he placed eleventh on pommel horse during the qualification round and did not advance to the final.[4] In Cairo he won silver behind Hamlet Manukyan.[5][6] Targhetta was later selected to compete at the 2025 European Championships as an individual.[7] While there he won bronze on pommel horse behind Manukyan and Mamikon Khachatryan.[5] In doing so he became the first Italian to win a medal on the apparatus since Alberto Busnari in 2015.[8]
Competitive history
| Year | Event | Team | AA | FX | PH | SR | VT | PB | HB |
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| 2024 | Italian Championships | ||||||||
| Szombathely World Challenge Cup | |||||||||
| 2025 | Osijek World Cup | 11 | |||||||
| Cairo World Cup | |||||||||
| European Championships |
References
- ^ "GABRIELE TARGHETTA" (PDF). Italian Gymnastics Federation (in Italian).
- ^ "Gabriele Targhetta: salire sul podio alla prima gara internazionale "mi ha aiutato a credere di più in me stesso"" [Gabriele Targhetta: getting on the podium at the first international race “helped me believe in myself more”]. Ginnasticando (in Italian). April 23, 2025.
- ^ "Career bests cap splendid World Cup series closer in Szombathely". International Gymnastics Federation. October 7, 2024.
- ^ "2025 Osijek World Cup Men's Results". The Gymternet. April 14, 2025.
- ^ a b "Chi è Gabriele Targhetta? Il nome nuovo della ginnastica artistica italiana che fa sognare al cavallo" [Who is Gabriele Targhetta? The new name in Italian artistic gymnastics that makes the horse dream]. OA Sport (in Italian). May 28, 2025.
- ^ "Il Cairo - Gabriele Targhetta, argento al Cavallo con Maniglie in Coppa del Mondo" [Cairo - Gabriele Targhetta, silver in the Pommel Horse at the World Cup]. Italian Gymnastics Federation (in Italian). April 27, 2025.
- ^ "Lipsia - I convocati azzurri all'11°Campionato d'Europa individuale di Ginnastica Artistica M/F" [Leipzig - The Italians called up for the 11th European Individual Artistic Gymnastics Championships M/F]. Italian Gymnastics Federation (in Italian). May 21, 2025.
- ^ "Men's Apparatus Finals Results Pommel Horse" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. European Union of Gymnastics. April 18, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2016.