Agnese Duranti

Agnese Duranti (born 18 December 2000) is an Italian group rhythmic gymnast. She was a member of the national squad from 2015 to 2024. She is a two-time (2020, 2024) Olympic Group All-around bronze medalist, a two-time (2018, 2021) World Group All-around silver medalist and four-time European (2018, 2021, 2022, 2024) Group All-around silver medalist.

Career She took up rhythmic gymnastics in 2009 at age nine at the Polisportiva La Fenice club in Spoleto, Italy.

Junior She first appeared in Italian National team in 2015, when she was a member of a junior group which competed at the 2015 European Junior Championships and placed 6th in Group All-around and 5th in 5 Balls Final.

Senior At the 2017 World Championships in Pesaro, Italy she became World champion in 5 Hoops, missing the podium with the Italian group in the Group All-around competition, finishing in 4th place, just 0.025 points behind Japan.

Together with Anna Basta, Martina Centofanti, Letizia Cicconcelli, Alessia Maurelli and Martina Santandrea she participated at the 2018 European Championships in Guadalajara, Spain, where they won a gold medal in 5 Hoops and two silver medals in the Group All-around and in 3 Balls + 2 Ropes final. Another notable performance followed at the 2018 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, with the title won in the mixed exercise with Balls and Ropes, in addition to the second place in the Group All-around, and finally the third place in 5 Hoops final. With placing in top 3 in Group All-around, they earned a spot for Italian team at the 2020 Olympic Games.

In 2019, they won bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan in 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs final. They finished 5th in Group All-around and 6th in 5 Balls final.

In 2021, the first official post-pandemic competition was World Cup Baku, about 18 months after the last competition, where they won three silver medals (Group All-around, 5 Balls, 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs). Subsequently, at the World Cup in Pesaro, they won 2 gold medals in both apparatus finals. In particular, the score obtained in the 5 Balls final, 46.950, is the highest score ever recorded in the history of rhythmic gymnastics up to that moment. At the European Championships in Varna, Bulgaria, she and her teammates won silver in the Group All-around behind the Russian team, earning the title of European vice-champion again. They also won bronze medal in 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs final. She took part in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan that year, together with her teammates Martina Centofanti, Alessia Maurelli, Martina Santandrea and Daniela Mogurean. They won a bronze medal, in Women's rhythmic Group All-around.

She won a bronze medal, in Women's rhythmic group all-around, at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. She is one of four Italian rhythmic gymnasts to participate at three editions of Olympic Games.

On December 19 that year, after winning bronze at Olympics, she announced her retirement from competitive sport on her Instagram profile.

Detailed Olympic results Year Competition Description Location Music Apparatus Rank Score-Final Rank Score-Qualifying 2020 Olympics Tokyo All-around 3rd 87.700 3rd 87.150 Butterfly-Ninja by Maxime Rodriguez 5 Balls 4th 44.850 3rd 44.600 Tree of Life Suite by R. Cacciapaglia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs 3rd 42.850 4th 42.550