Viola Sella

Viola Sella
Born (2006-07-18) 18 July 2006 (age 20)
Milan, Italy
Gymnastics career
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
Country represented
ClubForza e Corragio
Head coach
Daniela Vergani
Medal record
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Representing  Italy
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place2026 TarantoAll-around

Viola Sella (born 18 July 2006) is an Italian rhythmic gymnast. On the national level, she is a three-time (2023, 2024, 2026) Italian National all-around bronze medalist.

Personal life

Sella was brought up to rhythmic gymnastics by her mother, Daniela Vergani, who is also her coach. She has one younger brother, Leo.

Career

In both 2019 and 2020, Sella won the Italian Gold Championship title for her age category.

Junior

In 2020, she was selected as a junior individual for the European Championships, where she was to perform only her clubs routine. However, the Italian delegation withdrew shortly before departure to avoid the risks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2021, she was selected to be part of the Italian national junior group alongside Chiara Badii, Alice Capozucco, Lorjen D'Ambrogio, Martina Lamberti and Gaia Pozzi. They competed at the 2021 Junior European Championships in Varna, Bulgaria, and placed 4th in the group all-around and 7th in both the 5 balls and 5 ribbons finals.

Senior

Sella started competing as a senior in 2022.

In 2023, she competed at the 2023 Italian National Championships and won the bronze medal in the all-around competition. The next day, she won two bronze medals in the ball and ribbon finals. On July 21-23, she made her World Cup debut at Milano World Cup and took 31st place in the all-around.

The next season, she competed at Tashkent World Cup in April 2024 and took 22nd place in the all-around. On 8 June, she competed at the 2024 Italian National Championships and won the bronze medal in the all-around again. In July, she competed at the World Challenge Cup in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, where she took 18th place in the all-around. Her best result was with ball (13th place).

In 2025, Sella began her season in late February by competing for her club Forza e Corragio during the first stage of the Italian Serie A1 club championship. She performed with hoop and ribbon, and her team took 3rd place. On 4-6 April, she competed at the Sofia World Cup, where she took 25th place in the all-around and did not advance into any apparatus finals. On 25-27 April, she competed at the World Cup Tashkent, where she took 9th place in the all-around. She qualified to the clubs final, where she placed 5th. She was selected to compete at the 2025 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, alongside Sofia Raffaeli and Tara Dragas, but an injury forced her to withdraw and she was replaced by Alice Taglietti. She also missed the Serie A Final Six with her club and the Italian National Championships.

In 2026, Viola competed at Sofia World Cup and took 18th place in all-around. She qualified to ball final, ending on 8th place. In June, she competed at the 2026 Italian National Championships and won the bronze medal in the all-around. She also won silver medal in ribbon and bronze medals in hoop, ball and clubs finals. She competed at Cluj-Napoca World Challenge Cup and took 13th place in all-around. She qualified to ribbon final, finishing 5th. In August, she was selected to represent Italy alongside Margherita Fucci at the 2026 Mediterranean Games in Taranto, and won bronze medal in all-around behind Hatice Gokce Emir and Daniela Pico. In October, she competed in the first round of the Italian Serie A1 Club Championship her club Forza e Corragio and took second place. She competed with hoop (28.200) and ball (27.000).

Routine music information

Year Apparatus Music Title
2026 Hoop Say Something by A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera
Ball My Love by Kovacs
Clubs The Search by NF
Ribbon Fighter by Christian Reindl, Dream Harlowe and Power- Haus
2025 Hoop Below by Leprous
Ball The Captain by Wicked Cinema
Clubs Baiana by Barbatuques
Ribbon Nothing Else Matters (cover) by Marlisa
2024 Hoop Majesty by Apashe, Wasiu
Ball Beyond by Tommee Profitt
Clubs Johnny Got A Boom Boom by Imelda May
Ribbon King's Gambit by Paul Dinletir (ASCAP)/Jeffrey Emerson Gaiser (ASCAP)
2023 Hoop The 2nd Law: Unsustainable by Muse
Ball Breathe by Fleurie
Clubs The Duel (Live) by HAVASI
Ribbon I Love Rock 'N Roll by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

References

  1. ↑ "SELLA Viola - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
  2. ↑ "Intervista a Viola Sella: una nuova promessa pronta a esordire in World Cup" [Interview with Viola Sella: a new promise ready to debut in the World Cup] (in Italian). 21 June 2023. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
  3. ↑ "European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Junior Group All-Around Results" (PDF). Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Junior Group 5 Balls Final Results" (PDF). Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Junior Group 5 Ribbons Final Results" (PDF). Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Ginnastica ritmica, Campionato Assoluto 2023: Raffaeli trionfa a Folgaria e concede il bis". Sportface.it (in Italian). 2023-06-10.
  7. ↑ "Folgaria - FLASH NEWS: Raffaeli di un altro pianeta. Baldassarri, Dragas e Sella incantano nelle finali Assolute". Federginnastica.it (in Italian). 2023-06-10.
  8. ↑ "Milano - Raffaeli argento all around di tappa e regina del circuito 2023. Domani la rivincita di specialità in diretta su La7". Federginnastica.it (in Italian). 2023-07-22.
  9. ↑ Rebecca Alessi (2024-04-27). "World Cup Tashkent: niente finali per Viola Sella e Giorgia Galli" (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-04-21.
  10. ↑ "Ginnastica ritmica, Assoluti Folgaria 2024: Sofia Raffaeli concede il tris nel Concorso Generale". Sportface.it (in Italian). 2024-06-08.
  11. ↑ "Moov Leasing World Challenge Cup Cluj-Napoca Results". Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  12. ↑ "Motto Viareggio festeggia in A1 con l'oro olimpico Varfolomeev. Udinese e Forza e Coraggio inseguono" [Motto Viareggio celebrates in A1 with the Olympic gold medalist Varfolomeev. Udinese and Forza e Coraggio are the runners-up]. www.federginnastica.it. 22 February 2025. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
  13. ↑ "Sofia – Raffaeli fatica all'esordio stagionale. Viola Sella fa esperienza. Finali in diretta su La7d". Federginnastica.it (in Italian). 2025-04-05.
  14. ↑ "FIG RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CUP TASHKENT (UZB) 202" (in Russian). 2025-04-27. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
  15. ↑ "Non è mai facile accettare un infortunio, soprattutto quando ti costringe a fermarti e a rinunciare a competizioni per le quali ti stavi preparando con tutto te stesso". Instagram (in Italian). 2025-06-09.
  16. ↑ "Sofia - World Cup di Ritmica, tris Raffaeli e argento per le Farfalle. Rivivi le finali su SportfaceTv". federginnastica.it (in Italian). 30 March 2026. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  17. ↑ "CAMPIONATO NAZIONALE ASSOLUTO GR - FINALI". www.gymresult.it (in Italian). Retrieved 7 June 2026.
  18. ↑ "World Challenge Cup". ksis.eu. Retrieved 26 August 2026.
  19. ↑ "Taranto - Margherita e Viola, due fiori azzurri nella Top Ten del Mediterraneo" [Taranto - Margherita and Viola, two blue flowers in the Top Ten of the Mediterranean]. federginnastica.it (in Italian). 25 August 2026. Retrieved 26 August 2026.
  20. ↑ Alessi, Rebecca (26 August 2026). "#TA2026: VIOLA SELLA È MEDAGLIA DI BRONZO!" [#TA2026: VIOLA SELLA IS A BRONZE MEDAL!]. ginnasticaritmicaitaliana.it (in Italian). Retrieved 1 September 2026.
  21. ↑ "Terni - Serie A1, Udinese al top: il debutto del Campionato di Ritmica nel segno di Dragas" [Terni - Serie A1, Udinese at the top: the debut of the Rhythmic Championship in the sign of Dragas]. federginnastica.it (in Italian).