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2023 Men's Gymnastics Roster

Giovanni Gambatese

  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-6
  • Hometown Pewaukee, Wisc.
  • High School Arrowhead

Biography

Career Accolades:
• 2022 USAG Collegiate High Bar Champion
• 2021 ECAC High Bar Champion 
• All-ECAC (2020: HB-top6 ... 2021: HB-1st; VT-5th)
• Advanced to event finals at NCAA Championship on the high bar in 2021 and 2022
• ECAC Specialist of the Week (Feb. 2, 2021)
• ECAC Rookie of the Week (Jan. 22, 2020)

Career Highs:
SR: 13.55 (at All-Academy, 2020)
VT: 14.6 (at All-Academy, 2021)
PB: 13.4 (USAG Collegiate Championships - Day 1, 2022)
HB: 13.85 (at All-Academy, 2021)

2022 (Junior):

Meet FX PH SR V PB HB AA
at West Point Open --- --- --- --- 12.75
8th
13.55
2nd
---
at West Point Open
    Event Finals
--- --- --- --- 12.5
5th
13.45
2nd
---
Navy Open --- --- --- --- 12.7
8th
13.6
1st
---
William & Mary --- --- --- --- 13.2
3rd
11.85
5th
---
Army - Star Meet --- --- --- 14.15
t-3rd
13.05
t-3rd
13.2
3rd
---
at All-Academy --- --- --- 13.75
t-11th
12.5
10th
11.6
12th
---
at Air Force Quad Meet --- --- --- --- --- 12.2
14th
---
USAG Coll. Champs.
    Day 1 - Team/AA
--- --- --- --- 13.4
t-5th
12.65
t-6th
---
USAG Coll. Champs
    Event Finals
--- --- --- --- --- 13.6
1st
---
at ECAC Championship --- --- --- --- 12.55
18th
13.0
7th
---
at NCAA Qual. Meet
    Session 2
--- --- --- --- 13.033
t-22nd
13.366
13th
---
at NCAA Champs
    Event Finals
--- --- --- --- --- 13.766
t-13th
---

2021 (Sophomore):

Meet FX PH SR V PB HB AA
Ohio State - Virtual --- --- 12.4
12th
14.25
5th
13.15
t-2nd
10.55
11th
---
at All-Academy --- --- --- 14.6
2nd
12.5
7th
13.85
1st
---
Stanford - Virtual --- --- 12.85
t-5th
14.0
4th
12.9
t-6th
13.4
1st
---
at William & Mary --- --- 12.85
5th
--- --- 13.6
1st
---
Penn State - Virtual --- --- 13.05
t-6th
13.95
t-6th
12.55
8th
13.1
t-2nd
---
at ECAC Champ. --- --- --- 14.05
5th
12.9
t-8th
13.6
1st
---
at NCAA Qual. Meet
     Session 1
--- --- --- 14.23
14th
12.6
20th
13.57
5th
---
at NCAA Champ.
     Event Finals
--- --- --- --- --- 13.43
t-14th
---

2020 (Freshman):

Meet FX PH SR V PB HB AA
Navy Open --- --- 13.2
2nd
--- 12.95
5th
12.55
7th
---
William & Mary --- --- 13.05
4th
--- 12.50
10th
13.45
1st
---
Army - Star Meet --- --- 12.95
7th
--- --- 12.9
T-5th
---
at All-Academy --- --- 13.55
7th
--- --- 13.3
3rd
---
at California --- --- 13.15
9th
--- --- 13.4
8th
---

Prior to Navy:
• Participated in club gymnastics at the Salto Gymnastics Center; coached by Andrei Kan
• Teammate of current Midshipmen Cash Buske ('22) at Salto
• 2019 JO National Champion on the High Bar; sixth in the All-Around and eighth on the floor exercise and rings at the same meet (Level 10 - Age 18)
• Placed third on the rings and seventh on the vault at the 2018 JO National Championship (Level 10 - Age 17)
• At the 2016 JO National Championship (Level 9 - Age 14), he finished third on the high bar, fifth on the rings and sixth in the all-around.
• Competed with the U.S. Region 4 squad at the 2019 Elite Team Cup
• 2018 Region 4 Champion on the parallel bars; finished fifth in the all-around
• 2019 Wisconsin All-Around, FX, PH, VT, PB and HB State Champion
• Went to high school at Arrowhead High School
 
General:
• Son of Timothy and Tracey
• Enjoys outdoor activities in his free time

Historical Player Information

  • 2020Freshman

    All-Around
    5'6"
  • 2021Sophomore

    All-Around
    5'6"
  • 2022Junior

    All-Around
    5'6"
  • 2023Senior

    All-Around
    5'6"