Anna Piergentili
Anna Piergentili is an Italian rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2024 European ball junior silver medalist.
Career
Junior
In October 2023, she participated in the Aeon Cup in Japan with Sofia Raffaeli and Milena Baldassarri, representing their club Ginnastica Farbiano and finishing 4th. Piergentili took 8th place in junior category.Piergentili join the Italian National Team at the start of 2024. During the year, she participated in the International Sofia Cup in Sofia, Ritam Cup in Belgrade and the European Cup in Baku. In Baku, she placed 4th in the team competition.
Ultimately, she was selected to represent Italy at the 2024 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships in Budapest alongside Ludovica Platoni, Magherita Fucci and Carlotta Fulignati. With her only routine being with the ball, she qualified into the ball final in second place and placed fifth in the team competition. In the ball final, she won the silver medal behind Israeli Meital Maayam Sumkin. In September, Piergentili participated in the Aeon Cup in Japan, once again with Sofia Raffaeli and Milena Baldassarri. She placed sixth in the junior all-around competition, and she won the bronze medal in the team competition. On 10 November, she placed 3rd at the Italian Junior Gold National Championships in the Junior 3 category. She also won gold in ball, silver in ribbon and bronze in clubs.
Senior
Piergentili made her senior debut in late February by competing for her club Fabriano during the first stage of the Italian Serie A1 club championship, she competed with the ribbon in the first stage and they placed 7th. The second stage was held on March 15, where Piergentili performed her ball routine and helped her team Fabriano reach 3rd place. On 12 April, Team Fabriano competed at their home stage in Osimo; Piergentili performed her clubs routine, which helped the team win first place.On 14 June, she competed at the 2025 Italian National Championships and took 6th place in the all-around due to some mistakes in her ribbon routine. The day after, she won two bronze medals in the hoop and clubs finals just behind Sofia Raffaeli and Tara Dragas, and she also finished in 4th place in the ball final.
In January 2026, Piergentili went to a two-week camp in Novogorsk, Russia, along with teammates Raffaeli and Veronica Zappaterreni, to train with Russian specialists and to work on choreography with Irina Zenovka; the trip was endorsed by the Italian Gymnastics Federation. The choice to train there was controversial and drew criticism due to the ongoing Russian War in Ukraine.