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Marco Lodadio

Marco Lodadio
Personal information
Born (1992-03-24) 24 March 1992 (age 33)
Frascati, Italy
Height160 cm (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		Italy Italy
(2013–present)
Head coach(es)Luigi Rocchini
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Italy
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Stuttgart Rings
Silver medal – second place 2021 Kitakyushu Rings
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Doha Rings
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Minsk Rings
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Antalya Team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Szczecin Rings
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Rimini Team
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tarragona Rings
Silver medal – second place 2022 Oran Team
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Challenge Cup 0 2 1

Marco Lodadio (born 24 March 1992) is an Italian artistic gymnast. He primarily competed as a still rings specialist and is a two-time World silver medalist (2019, 2021) on the apparatus. He is the 2019 European Games still rings champion and the 2023 European Championships team champion.

Gymnastics career

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Lodadio began gymnastics in 2001. In 2007, he injured his shoulder and was not able to compete for two years.[1] He won a bronze medal on the vault at the 2010 Junior European Championships.[2]

Lodadio competed on the vault and the rings at the 2013 World Championships but did not advance into either final.[3] He competed with the Italian team that placed seventh at the 2016 European Championships.[4] He took a break from the sport after failing to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1]

Lodadio won silver medals on the rings at the 2017 Koper and Szombathely World Challenge Cups.[5][6] He helped Italy place eighth in the team final at the 2018 European Championships.[7] At the 2018 Mediterranean Games, he helped Italy place fourth, and he won a silver medal in the rings final.[8] At the Koper World Challenge Cup, he won the rings bronze medal.[9] He then won the bronze medal at the 2018 World Championships.[10]

At the 2019 European Championships held in Szczecin, Poland, he won the silver medal on the rings.[11] He then won the gold medal in the rings event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.[12] He also won the silver medal in the rings at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in Stuttgart, Germany. As a result, he qualified to represent Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[13] There, he finished ninth on the rings in the qualfiications and was the first reserve for the final.[14][15]

At the 2021 World Championships, Lodadio was initially the first reserve for the final. When Zhang Boheng withdrew, he was called up to compete, and he won the silver medal.[16][17] He won a silver medal with the Italian team at the 2022 Mediterranean Games.[18]

Lodadio won a silver medal on the rings at the 2023 DTB Pokal Team Challenge.[19] At the 2023 European Championships, Macchiati won a team gold medal alongside Yumin Abbadini, Lorenzo Minh Casali, Matteo Levantesi, and Mario Macchiati. This marked the first time Italy won a team title at the European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships.[20]

Lodadio competed at the 2024 European Championships where he helped Italy win bronze behind Ukraine and Great Britain.[21]

Competitive history

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Year Event Team AA FX PH SR VT PB HB
2016
European Championships 7
2018
World Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2019
European Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
European Games 1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2021
Olympic Games R1
World Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2023 DTB Pokal Team Challenge 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
European Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Artistic Gymnastics LODADIO Marco". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-10-14. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  2. ^ "2010 European Gymnastics Championships Results Book" (PDF). European Gymnastics. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  3. ^ "44th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Antwerp (BEL) Men's Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 30 September 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
  4. ^ "32nd European Championships in Men's Artistic Gymnastics Seniors and Juniors Senior Team Final" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  5. ^ Johnson, Rebecca (15 May 2017). "Koper World Challenge Cup Recap: Black Returns From Injury, Iordache Shines". FloGymnastics. FloSports. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Diversity in Szombathely as newcomers, veterans take gold". International Gymnastics Federation. 11 September 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  7. ^ "Senior Team Final Results" (PDF). European Gymnastics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-08-13. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  8. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (1 July 2018). "2018 Mediterranean Games Men's Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Steingruber, Japanese men conquer Koper World Challenge Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  10. ^ "Biles, Dalaloyan add more gold in historic day at Doha Worlds". International Gymnastics Federation. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  11. ^ "Russia dominate apparatus finals at European Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 21 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  12. ^ "Men's rings results" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 2019 European Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 June 2020.
  13. ^ "Italy's Edalli on Quarantine: 'There Were Many Moments of Discouragement'". International Gymnast. June 2020. Archived from the original on 21 June 2020.
  14. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics: Men's Qualification – Results" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  15. ^ "Olimpiadi Ginnastica Artistica Marco Lodadio fuori dalla finale, out anche Edalli" [Olympics Artistic Gymnastics: Marco Lodadio out of the final, Edalli also out]. Eurosport (in Italian). Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  16. ^ Morgan, Liam (23 October 2021). "Andrade clinches vault title at Artistic Gymnastics World Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  17. ^ "China and Italy Win Four Medals Each on Day One of Event Finals at Worlds". International Gymnast. 23 October 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  18. ^ Fava, Gisella (6 July 2022). "Orano 2022: le atlete e gli atleti azzurri portano l'Italia sulla vetta dei Giochi del Mediterraneo" [Oran 2022: Italian athletes lead Italy to the top of the Mediterranean Games]. International Olympic Committee (in Italian). Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  19. ^ Jiwani, Rory (19 March 2023). "Hashimoto Daiki wins horizontal bar at DTB-Pokal 2023". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  20. ^ "Macchiati, Levantesi e Casali: la firma delle Marche nell'oro storico della Ginnastica artistica" [Macchiati, Levantesi and Casali: the signature of the Marche in the historical gold of Artistic Gymnastics]. Corriere Adriatico (in Italian). 13 April 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  21. ^ "Ginnastica artistica, l'Italia resta sul podio agli Europei! Moschettieri di bronzo, terza volta di fila tra i grandi" [Artistic gymnastics, Italy remains on the podium at the European Championships! Bronze Musketeers, third time in a row among the greats]. OA Sport (in Italian). April 28, 2024.
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