Career
She began rhythmic gymnastics in 2005 at age 4 after previously being enrolled in swimming lessons by her parents and disliking the classes. She took gymnastics classes at the Polisportiva Pontevecchio club in Bologna, Italy.
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.
As a senior competitor, she earned international recognition as a member of the Italian group team, winning accolades as an All-Around silver medalist at the 2018 World Championships in Sofia and as a two-time All-Around silver medalist at the 2018 European Championships. By placing in the top 3 in Group All-around they also qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Her former senior club was CS Aeronautica Militare, where she is a member of the Italian Air Force.
In 2019, she and her group won the bronze medal in the 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs Final at the 2019 World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. She quit the national team later that year, following the development of an eating disorder and accusations of psychological abuse from coaches at the national rhythmic gymnastics training academy in Desio. She had previously spent 11 months out of the year training with the national team since she was 13 years old. An investigation of the national training staff was launched by the Italian Gymnastics Federation in 2022, following claims of abuse from Basta and several other former Italian rhythmic gymnasts.
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