Say cheese! Giorgia Villa goes viral over parmesan sponsorship deal after gymnastics silver medal
Giorgia Villa missed the Tokyo Olympics because of a sprained ankle. At the Paris Games, despite lingering back injuries, the 21-year-old gymnast made history.
With their silver medal behind the Simone Biles-led U.S. team’s gold, Angela Andreoli, Alice D’Amato, Manila Esposito, Elisa Iorio and Villa matched Italy’s best result in Olympic gymnastics, a feat the country achieved in 1928.
It was Italy’s first medal in 96 years in the women’s team final, and Villa contributed to that with a score of 13.766 on uneven bars.
But it wasn’t that solid performance that made her a social media sensation. It’s her prev …