Lia Parolari

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| birth_place = Orzinuovi, Italy

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Lia Parolari (born 30 July 1990) is an Italian artistic gymnast who represented Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics where she finished fourteenth in the individual all-around final.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2008/GYM/womens-individual-all-around.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418001850/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2008/GYM/womens-individual-all-around.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Gymnastics at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Women's Individual All-Around |website=Sports Reference |accessdate=23 September 2014}} Parolari was a member of the Italian team that won a gold medal at the 2006 European Championships.{{cite web |url=http://www.ueg.org/media/results/34/Results_ECh_WAG_Volos%20GRE%202006.pdf |title=26th Women's European Championships Artistic Gymnastics |website=UEG |date=29 April 2006 |accessdate=23 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728074328/http://www.ueg.org/media/results/34/Results_ECh_WAG_Volos%20GRE%202006.pdf |archive-date=28 July 2013 |url-status=dead}} She is the 2008 Italian Champion in the all-around.

Career

Parolari competed alongside Vanessa Ferrari, Monica Bergamelli, Federica Macrì, and Carlotta Giovannini at the 2006 European Championships and helped Italy win their first European team gold medal by competing on the uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise. She also competed at the 2007 World Championships with Ferrari, Bergamelli, Macrì, Francesca Benolli, and Silvia Zanolo where the Italian team finished fourth behind the United States, China, and Romania.{{cite web |title=40th World Championships Artistic Gymnastics Women |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/2007/worldw.html |publisher=Gymnastics Results |access-date=14 July 2021}}

Parolari won a silver medal with the Italian team at the inaugural 2008 City of Jesolo Trophy.{{cite web |last1=Lorish |first1=Sarah |title=The City Of Jesolo Trophy Through The Years |url=https://www.flogymnastics.com/articles/6173899-the-city-of-jesolo-trophy-through-the-years |website=FloGymnastics |access-date=14 July 2021 |date=13 April 2018}} She then competed at the 2008 European Championships where the Italian team finished fourth, and Parolari finished sixth in the uneven bars event final.{{cite web |title=27th European Championships women's artistic gymnastics |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/2008/eurowt.html |website=Gymnastics Results |access-date=14 July 2021}} She won the gold medal in the all-around at the 2008 Italian Championships with a total score of 57.700.{{cite web |title=2008 Italian Championships Women's AA |url=https://www.gymn-forum.net/Results/VariousNatls/Women/2008_ITA.html |website=Gymn Forum |access-date=14 July 2021 |date=27 May 2018}} She was then selected to compete at the 2008 Olympic Games alongside Vanessa Ferrari, Carlotta Giovannini, Monica Bergamelli, Francesca Benolli, and Federica Macrì, and they finished tenth in the qualification round.{{cite web |title=Gymnastics Artistic Women Qualification Results |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/2008/olympics/beijing2008wagtq.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=Beijing 2008 |access-date=20 June 2021 |page=2 |date=10 August 2008}} Parolari qualified for the all-around final where she finished fourteenth with a total score of 58.925.

At the 2009 City of Jesolo Trophy, Parolari won the all-around gold medal along with a team gold medal. She then competed at the 2009 European Championships and qualified for the floor exercise event final where she finished eighth after falling.{{cite web |title=2009 European Championships Women's EF |url=https://www.gymn-forum.net/Results/EChamps/Women/2009_ef.html |website=Gymn Forum |access-date=14 July 2021 |date=30 December 2017}} Her final major international competition was the 2010 World Championships where she helped the Italian team finish eighth.{{cite web |title=42nd ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Rotterdam (NED) 16–24 October 2010 RESULTS WOMEN'S TEAM FINAL |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/worlds/2010/wag/teamsfinal.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=FIG |access-date=14 July 2021 |date=20 October 2010}} She was the alternate for the Italian team at the 2011 World Championships.

Parolari announced her retirement in 2012 and began coaching at her home club, Estate '83.

Eponymous skill

Parolari has an uneven bars dismount named after her in the Code of Points.{{cite web |title=2022–2024 Code of Points Women's Artistic Gymnastics |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_WAG%20CoP%202022-2024.pdf |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=22 January 2022 |pages=105, 208 |archive-date=12 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512092714/https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_WAG%20CoP%202022-2024.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=Women’s Artistic Gymnastics – 2025-2028 Code of Points |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_1.1%20-%20WAG%20COP%202025-2028.pdf |website=International Gymnastics Federation |date=22 April 2024 |access-date=2 February 2025}}

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Uneven bars	Parolari	On high bar – salto backward tucked	C (0.3)

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Uneven bars

Parolari

On high bar – salto backward tucked

C (0.3)