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Martina Dominici
Dominici at the 2018 South American Games
Personal information
Nickname(s)Martu, Domi
Born (2002-01-03) 3 January 2002 (age 23)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Gymnastics career
Country
represented		 Argentina
(2018–2021)
ClubCirculo Gimnastico Norte
Head coach(es)Agustina Mignone
Medal record
Women's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Argentina
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Cochabamba All-around
Silver medal – second place 2018 Cochabamba Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Cochabamba Vault
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Cochabamba Uneven bars
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Cochabamba Balance beam
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Cochabamba Floor exercise
South American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Santiago Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Santiago Vault
Pan American Championships
Disqualified 2021 Rio de Janeiro Vault
Disqualified 2021 Rio de Janeiro All-around
Disqualified 2021 Rio de Janeiro Floor exercise
Disqualified 2021 Rio de Janeiro Uneven bars
Disqualified 2021 Rio de Janeiro Team

Martina Dominici (born 3 January 2002)[1] is an Argentine former artistic gymnast. As a junior, she won multiple Pan American and South American Championships medals and won the all-around title at the 2017 Top Gym Tournament. She moved up to the senior level in 2018 and won the all-around title at the South American Games. She competed at the at the 2018 and 2019 World Championships– where she qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics. However, after winning five medals at the 2021 Pan American Championships, she tested positive for multiple banned substances and received a three-year suspension, leading to her retirement.

Gymnastics career

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Dominici began gymnastics when she was six years old.[2]

Junior

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At the 2016 Pan American Championships, Dominici won a silver medal on the floor exercise behind Canada's Ana Padurariu, and she won the vault bronze medal.[3] She then won the all-around bronze medal at the 2016 South American Junior Championships. She also won silver medals in the team, vault, and floor exercise events and a bronze medal on the uneven bars.[4]

Dominici won the uneven bars gold medal at the 2017 South American Junior Championships. She won silver medals in the other three apparatus finals and with the Argentine team, and she won the all-around bronze medal.[5] She won the all-around title at the 2017 Top Gym Tournament, a prestigious junior competition in Belgium.[6]

Senior

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Dominici became age-eligible for senior competitions in 2018.[6] She made her senior debut at the 2018 International Gymnix and won the vault silver medal behind Canada's Shallon Olsen.[7] She won the all-around title at the 2018 South American Games, and she won bronze medals in all four event finals.[8] She helped Argentina finish 23rd in the team qualifications at the 2018 World Championships.[9]

Dominici helped Argentina win the team title at the 2019 South American Championships, and she won the vault title.[10] She represented Argentina at the 2019 Pan American Games and helped the team finish in fourth place. She qualified for the individual all-around final and finished fifth.[11] In the event finals, she finished sixth on the vault,[12] fifth on the uneven bars,[13] and sixth on the floor exercise.[14] She then competed at the 2019 World Championships and finished 31st in the all-around during the qualification round. With this result, she earned a berth for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[15]

Doping and suspension

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At the 2021 Pan American Championships, Dominici initially won five medals, including the vault gold medal and the all-around silver medal.[16][17] However, during in-competition doping testing on 5 June, she tested positive for both stanozolol and oxandrolone. The Argentinian National Anti-Doping Organization conducted an out-of-competition test on 16 June, where she once again tested positive for the two banned substances.[18] Dominici did not challenge the results and was thus suspended for three years, rather than four.[19] She was stripped of the medals she won at the 2021 Pan American Championships.[18]

As a result of the suspension, Dominici was unable to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics,[20] and she was replaced by teammate Abigail Magistrati.[21] The suspension ended on 21 June 2024, which effectively prevented her from qualifying to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[19] In an interview with Clarín, Dominici said she did not knowingly take prohibited substances.[22] She retired from the sport as a result of the suspension.[23]

References

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  1. ^ "Martina Dominici". The Gymternet. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Dominici Martina - FIG Athlete Profile". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  3. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (17 September 2016). "2016 Pan American Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  4. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (28 October 2016). "2016 South American Junior Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  5. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (23 September 2017). "2017 South American Junior Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Team Argentina flying high on Youth Olympic Games spirit". International Gymnastics Federation. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  7. ^ "Mission accomplie pour les gymnastes québécoises à l'International Gymnix" [Mission accomplished for Quebec gymnasts at the International Gymnix]. Gymnastique Québec (in French). 18 March 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  8. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (3 June 2018). "2018 South American Games Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  9. ^ "48th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Doha (QAT), 25 October - 3 November 2018 Women's Team Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  10. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (25 June 2019). "2019 South American Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  11. ^ Vidal, Ángeles (30 July 2019). "Martina Dominici entre las mejores de América" [Martina Dominici among the best in the Americas] (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  12. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics Women's Vault Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  13. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics Women's Uneven Bars Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  14. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics Women's Floor Exercise Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. July 31, 2019. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  15. ^ "Martina Dominici logra la clasificación a Tokyo 2020 en gimnasia artística" [Martina Dominici qualifies for Tokyo 2020 in artistic gymnastics]. MARCA Claro Argentina (in Spanish). 6 October 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  16. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (8 June 2021). "2021 Pan American Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  17. ^ "Andrade and Souza shine and claim Pan Am crowns". International Gymnastics Federation. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  18. ^ a b "Anti-doping – An Argentinian gymnast suspended for three years". International Gymnastics Federation (FIG). 2 September 2021.
  19. ^ a b Iveson, Ali (13 September 2021). "Argentina gymnast Dominici receives three-year doping ban". Inside the Games. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  20. ^ "Juegos Olímpicos: Antidoping positivo de Martina Dominici a un mes de Tokio 2020" [Olympic Games: Martina Dominici doping one month before Tokyo 2020]. TyC Sports (in Spanish). 23 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  21. ^ Vidal, Ángeles (16 July 2021). "El motivo de la clasificación de Abigail Magistrati" [The reason for the qualification of Abigail Magistrati]. Argentina Amateur Deporte (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  22. ^ Sartori, Hernan (7 September 2021). "Martina Dominici y su verdad sobre el dóping: "Jamás me drogaría y nunca vi un anabólico"" [Martina Dominici and her truth about doping: "I would never take drugs and I've never seen an anabolic steroid."]. Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  23. ^ Basile, Joaquín (20 May 2025). "Martina Dominici: "No quería saber más nada con la gimnasia"" [Martina Dominici: “I didn’t want to know anything more about gymnastics.”]. El Equipo Deportea (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 June 2025.
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