Serena Ottaviani
{{Short description|Italian rhythmic gymnast (born 2005)}}
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| birth_place = San Severino Marche, Italy{{Cite web|url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/athletes/bio_detail.php?id=75083 |title=FIG Athlete profile/Place of birth |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=International Gymnastics Federation}}
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| discipline = RG
| natlteam = 2019-
| club = Aeronautica Militare
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| headcoach = Mariela Pashalieva
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| formercoach = Emanuela Maccarani, Julieta Cantaluppi
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{{MedalSport|Group Rhythmic Gymnastics}}
{{MedalCompetition| European Cup}}
{{MedalGold|2025 Baku|5 Ribbons}}
{{MedalSilver|2025 Baku|Cross battle}}
{{MedalBronze|2025 Baku|3 Balls + 2 Hoops}}
{{MedalCompetition | Junior World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Moscow|Group All-around}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Moscow|5 Hoops}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Moscow|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition | Junior European Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Baku|Group All-around}}
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Serena Ottaviani (born 5 October 2005) is an Italian group rhythmic gymnast.
Career
=Junior=
Serena first appeared in the national team in 2019, when she was a captain of the junior group which competed at the 2019 European Junior Championships and won bronze medal in group All-around.{{Cite web |title=2019 European Championships Result Book |url=https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/document/RG%202019%20-%20Media%20results%20book.pdf}} In June group competed at the 2019 Junior World Championships in Moscow and won three silver medals - in team event (with Sofia Raffaeli), in 5 Hoops and in group All-around.{{Cite web |title=2019 Junior World Championships Result Book |url=https://gym.longinestiming.com/File/0000120000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF05}} They took 8th place in 5 Ribbons final.{{Cite web|url=http://www.federginnastica.it/news/25088-mosca-l-italbaby-in-orbita-5-astronaute-ci-portano-su-una-doppia-luna-d-argento.html |title=Mosca - L'Italbaby in orbita: 7 astronaute ci portano su una doppia luna d'argento! |access-date=2019-07-21 |language=it |date=2019-07-20}}
=Senior=
In 2021, she started competing as a member of Italian National reserve group. Since 2024, she has competed as a member of the Centro Sportivo Aeronautica Militare.{{Cite web|url=https://www.federginnastica.it/news/28312-vigna-di-valle-%E2%80%93-abbadini,-levantesi,-ottaviani-e-naclerio-entrano-nell%E2%80%99aeronautica-militare.html |title=Vigna di Valle – Abbadini, Levantesi, Ottaviani e Naclerio entrano nell’Aeronautica Militare |access-date=2025-04-28 |language=it |date=2025-06-27}}
In 2025, she competed for the first time as part of the new national group, since the girls from 2024 Paris Olympics team retired. In April, she and Alexandra Naclerio, Giulia Segatori, Laura Golfarelli, Sofia Sicignano and Chiara Badii competed at World Cup Baku where they took 6th place in group All-around and 6th place in both apparatus finals.{{Cite web|url=https://www.federginnastica.it/news/28749-baku-tara-credici,-sei-una-stella-dragas,-bronzo-al-nastro-in-coppa-del-mondo.html |title=Baku - Tara credici, sei una stella! Dragas, bronzo al nastro in Coppa del Mondo |access-date=2025-04-25 |language=it |date=2025-04-20}} In May, they competed at the 2025 European Cup in Baku and won gold medal in 5 Ribbons and bronze in 3 Balls + 2 Hoops.{{Cite web|url=https://www.federginnastica.it/news/28760-baku-la-2%C2%AA-edizione-dell%E2%80%99european-cup-anticipa-il-campionato-continentale-di-ginnastica-ritmica.html?highlight=WyJzZXJlbmEiLCJvdHRhdmlhbmkiLCJzZXJlbmEgb3R0YXZpYW5pIl0= |title=Baku - La 2ª edizione dell’European Cup anticipa il Campionato continentale di Ginnastica Ritmica |access-date=2025-04-28 |language=it |date=2025-04-28}}{{Cite web |title=2025 Baku European Cup 5 ribbons |url=https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/SENIORS%20-%20Group%20-%20Qualification%205%20Ribbons%20ApparatusResultsRg.pdf}}{{Cite web |title=2025 Baku European Cup 3 + 2 |url=https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/SENIORS%20-%20Group%20-%20Qualification%203%20Balls%20%26%202%20Hoops%20ApparatusResultsRg.pdf}} They also took silver medal in Group All-around Cross battles.
References
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External links
- {{FIG|bio=75083|lic=47089}}
- {{Instagram|serena.ottavianii05}}
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Category:Italian rhythmic gymnasts
Category:21st-century Italian sportswomen
Category:Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships