Yuri Chechi is a gymnast who has competed for Italy. He competed at the 1988, 1996, and 2004 Summer Olympic Games.
Chechi was more notable for his dominant specialty during the 1990s, the rings; hence, he was nicknamed The Lord of the Rings. After finishing sixth in the men's rings final at Seoul 1988, Chechi was expected to become a top medal contender in his dominant specialty at Barcelona 1992 but withdrew shortly before the Games because of a tore Achilles tendon. He rebounded from his serious injury to successfully capture the men's rings title four years later in Atlanta. Following a historic triumph, Chechi became the first Italian gymnast to win an Olympic gold medal since Franco Menichelli topped the podium on the floor exercise at Tokyo 1964.
Shortly after his second Games, Chechi retired from competitive gymnastics in 1997 but returned to the sport two years later in an attempt to defend his men's rings title at the succeeding Olympics. Few months before Sydney 2000, he suffered a serious injury on the biceps that forced him to withdraw from the competition and miss a chance for his gold-medal defense on the rings.
Despite overcoming a spate of injuries throughout the quadrennial cycle, Chechi successfully enacted an attempted comeback for a spot on the Italian gymnastics team at his third and final Olympics in 2004, eight years after his previous feat. There, he secured a podium spot with a bronze in the men's rings, finishing behind the winner and crowd favorite Dimosthenis Tampakos and the runner-up Jordan Jovtchev of Bulgaria by five tenths of a marginal score. Chechi was also selected to carry the Italian flag during the opening ceremony.
Olympic Results[]
Year | Event | Result |
---|---|---|
1988 | Men's individual all-around | 17th |
Men's team | 8th | |
Men's floor | 15th | |
Men's vault | 33rd | |
Men's parallel bars | 18th | |
Men's horizontal bar | 66th | |
Men's rings | 6th | |
Men's pommel horse | 22nd | |
1996 | Men's individual all-around | 17th |
Men's team | 12th | |
Men's floor | 47th | |
Men's vault | 20th | |
Men's parallel bars | 87th | |
Men's horizontal bar | 65th | |
Men's rings | ||
Men's pommel horse | 39th | |
2004 | Men's individual all-around | 85th |
Men's team | 12th | |
Men's parallel bars | 30th | |
Men's rings | ||
Men's pommel horse | 54th |
1988[]
Discipline | Stage | Score |
---|---|---|
Individual all-around | Qualification | 116.550 |
Final | 117.275 | |
Team | Final | 579.000 (116.550) |
Floor | Qualification | 19.600 |
Final | Did not advance | |
Vault | Qualification | 19.300 |
Final | Did not advance | |
Parallel bars | Qualification | 19.600 |
Final | Did not advance | |
Horizontal bar | Qualification | 18.850 |
Final | Did not advance | |
Rings | Qualification | 19.700 |
Final | 19.800 | |
Pommel horse | Qualification | 19.500 |
Final | Did not advance |
1996[]
Discipline | Stage | Score |
---|---|---|
Individual all-around | Qualification | 112.186 |
Final | 57.124 | |
Team | Final | 564.142 (112.186) |
Floor | Qualification | 18.725 |
Final | Did not advance | |
Vault | Qualification | 19.200 |
Final | Did not advance | |
Parallel bars | Qualification | 17.437 |
Final | Did not advance | |
Horizontal bar | Qualification | 18.487 |
Final | Did not advance | |
Rings | Qualification | 19.512 |
Final | 9.887 | |
Pommel horse | Qualification | 18.825 |
Final | Did not advance |
2004[]
Discipline | Stage | Score |
---|---|---|
Individual all-around | Qualification | 28.499 |
Final | Did not advance | |
Team | Qualification | 221.431 (28.499) |
Final | Did not advance | |
Parallel bars | Qualification | 9.587 |
Final | Did not advance | |
Rings | Qualification | 9.762 |
Final | 9.812 | |
Pommel horse | Qualification | 9.150 |
Final | Did not advance |