Riccardo Villa

Riccardo Villa (born 5 January 2005) is an Italian artistic gymnast. He is the 2023 Junior World all-around bronze medalist.

Personal life Villa was born in Monza in 2005.

Gymnastics career Junior: 2022–2023 In late July of 2022 Villa competed at the European Youth Olympic Festival where he helped Italy win gold as a team. Individually Villa won silver in the all-around behind Radomyr Stelmakh. Additionally he and teammate Arianna Grillo won gold in the mixed pairs portion of the competition. In August Villa competed at the European Championships where he helped Italy win gold as a team. Individually he won gold on pommel horse and placed sixth in the all-around.

In March 2023 Villa competed at the second Junior World Championships alongside Manuel Berettera and Tommaso Brugnami. On the first day of competition he helped Italy win the bronze medal behind Japan and China. During the all-around final Villa won bronze, 0.001 points ahead of Tomoharu Tsunogai and behind Qin Guohuan of China and Ángel Barajas of Colombia. Additionally Villa won bronze on rings and placed fifth on horizontal bar.

Senior: 2025–present Villa made his senior international debut at the 2025 Koper World Challenge Cup where he placed fifth on rings and fourth on horizontal bar. He next competed at the 2025 World University Games alongside Lorenzo Bonicelli and Niccoló Vannucchi. They withdrew from the competition after Bonicelli suffered a serious neck injury when dismounting the rings.

Villa competed at the 2026 Koper World Challenge Cup where he won gold on horizontal bar.

Competitive history Year Event Team AAFXPHSRVTPBHB Junior 2019 International Junior Team Cup 6 2020 Mallorca Cup 5 2021 Italian Championships 18 2022 DTB Pokal Team Challenge 5 European Youth Olympic Festival 4 5 8 4 EYOF Mixed Pairs European Championships 6 7 Italian Championships 8 6 5 2023 Luxembourg Open Junior World Championships 5 Senior 2025 Koper World Challenge Cup 5 4 World University Games 2026 DTB Pokal Team Challenge 4 Koper World Challenge Cup Italian Championships 10 7 European Championships 4 15