Federica Febbo (born 13 May 1993) is a retired Italian rhythmic gymnast who represented her country in international competitions.[1]

Federica Febbo
Nickname(s)Fede
Born (1993-05-13) 13 May 1993 (age 31)
Chieti, Italy
Gymnastics career
DisciplineRhythmic Gymnastics
Country represented Italy
LevelInternational Elite
ClubArmonia d'Abruzzo
Head coach(es)Germana Germani
Medal record
Junior European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Torino Ribbon

Career

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Febbo took up rhythmic gymnastics at age six.[2] As a junior she made her debut in December 2007 at the International Spoleto Cup, where she took silver behind Andreea Stefanescu.[3][4] Two weeks later she took part in the national championships.[5]

The following year she entered the national team was 5th at the LA Lights tournaments.[6] She then was 15th at the Moscow Grand Prix.[7] At the World Cup in Portimão she entered the hoop and ribbon finals, taking 4th place in the latter.[8][9] These results had her selected for the European Championships in Turin.[10] There she was 7th in teams and won bronze in the ribbon final.[11][12][13] In December she was the runner up in the Italian club championships with Armonia d'Abruzzo.[14]

In 2009, her first year as senior, she won bronze in the All-Around at nationals behind Julieta Cantaluppi and Chiara Ianni, also winning silver with ball and ribbon and bronze with rope.[15][16] In June she was selected for the Mediterranean Games in Pescara, in the end she was named a reserve and did not compete.[17][18] In July she took 4th place at the Chieti tournament.[19] In September she was selected for her maiden World Championships in Mie, competing only with ball and ribbon she was 32nd and 28th respectively as well as 8th in teams.[20][21] With Armonia d'Abruzzo she won the serie a.[22] In December, at the Gymnasiada, she was 4th in teams abd 6th in the All-Around.[23][24]

At the 2010 World Cup in Kalamata she was 14th overall.[25] After taking 13th place at the World Cup in Minsk she won bronze overall at nationals, where she also won bronze with hoop, ball and ribbon.[26][27][28] She won another bronze at the Prato international tournament, behind Evgenia Kanaeva and Cantaluppi.[29] In August she was unable to participate in the World Cup in Pesaro due to injury.[30] At the World Championships in Moscow Febbo took 37th place in the All-Around, 36th with rope, 43rd with hoop, 41st with ball, 35th with ribbon and 9th in teams.[31] In October she helped Armonia finish 7th at the AEON Cup in Japan.[32] Two months later Armonia retained the national club title.[33]

In 2011 she was 20th at the Grand Prix in Moscow.[34] At the World Cup in Pesaro she was 22nd in the All-Around.[35] In Kalamata she finished 19th, two weeks later Febbo took 13th place in Kyiv.[36][37] At the European Championships she was 25th with hoop, 29th with ball, 18th with clubs and 20th with ribbon.[38] A the Italian Championships she won silver in the All-Around, with clubs and ribbon, gold with hoop and ball.[39] Selected for the World Championships in Montpellier she finished 28th in the All-Around, 30th with hoop and with ball, 27th with clubs, 28th with ribbon and 7th in teams.[40] In October Federica was invited along Cantaluppi in a TV quiz show.[41] In December she won her 3rd club championship with Armonia.[42]

In 2012 she competed at the qualification event for the 2012 Olympic Games, she finished in 8th place and so did not qualify.[43] In April she was 25th overall at the World Cup in Pesaro.[44] A month later she ended in 14th place in Sofia.[45] At nationals she conquered four silver medals and one bronze.[46] She ended the year winning another club championship.[47]

At the 2013 World Cup in Bucharest she finished 13th overall.[48] A week later she was 20th in the All-Around and 9th with ribbon in Pesaro.[49] She was 15th at the stage in Minsk.[50] In June she competed at the European Championships in Vienna, where she took 9th place in teams along Veronica Bertolini.[51] In June she was again the runner up at the national championships.[52] In the summer Febbo competed in the Mediterranean Games, finishing 4th in the All-Around.[53] Participating in the Universiade she was 9th overall.[54] An injury prevented her from taking part in the World Championships.[55] In December she won her 6th national club championship.[56]

In 2014 Febbo won bronze in the All-Around and silver with hoop at nationals.[57][58] In November she helped Armonia win silver in serie a.[59] She retired at the end of the year.

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