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2008 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships
The 2008 Pacific Rim Championships were held in San Jose, California, from March 28–30. Four disciplines of gymnastics were contested: women's artistic, men's artistic, rhythmic, and trampolining. Medal winners Men Women Detail results Team Seniors All-Around Vault Uneven Bars Balance Beam Floor Exercise Juniors All-Around Vault Uneven Bars Balance Beam Floor Exercise References {{2008 in artistic gymnastics 2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ... Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships Sports in San Jose, California Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships International gymnastics competitions hosted by the United States 2008 in American sports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artistic Gymnastics
Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of elite international competition. Within individual countries, gymnastics is regulated by national federations like British Gymnastics and USA Gymnastics. Artistic gymnastics is a popular spectator sport at many competitions, including the Summer Olympic Games. History The gymnastic system was mentioned in writings by ancient authors, including Homer, Aristotle, and Plato. It included many disciplines that later became independent sports, such as swimming, racing, wrestling, boxing, and horse riding. It was also used for military training. In its present form, gymnastics evolved in Bohemia and what is now known as Germany at the beginning of the 19th century. The term "artistic gymnastics" was introduced to distinguish fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genki Takeshita
Genki may refer to: *Genki (company), a Japanese video game company *Genki (era), a Japanese era name *Genki (given name) Genki (written: 元気, 元喜, 元基, 元規, 源気 or 源基) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese lawyer, bureaucrat and politician *, Japanese sumo wrestler * Genki Dean (born 1991), Japanese ..., a masculine Japanese given name *'' Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese'', a Japanese language textbook {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Myzdrikova
Anna Andreevna Myzdrikova (russian: Анна Андреевна Мыздрикова, born October 22, 1992) is a Russian artistic gymnast. She won two medals at the 2010 European Championships. Career In 2008, Myzdrikova competed in the Pacific Rim Championships. She won gold on the vault with a score of 14.400 and bronze on the floor with a score of 15.050. Myzdrikova competed at the 2009 World Championships. She qualified first into the floor final and third into the vault final. She finished fourth on floor and sixth on vault. At the 2010 European Championships, she won the gold medal with her team and the silver medal on the floor exercise. Myzdrikova was originally a member of the 2010 Russian women's gymnastics team that competed at the World Championships in Rotterdam. However, she was placed as an alternate during qualifications and the team finals. At the 2011 Summer Universiade, she placed third with her team, and she placed second on vault. At the 2013 Russian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daria Joura
Daria "Dasha" Joura (russian: Дарья Владимировна "Даша" Иoурa; born 2 May 1990) is a retired Australian gymnast. She is a triple Australian senior all-around champion and competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 2006 and 2007. Biography Personal life Daria Joura was born in Leninsk-Kuznetsky, the daughter of Vladimir and Irina Joura, both gymnastics coaches. The family moved to Australia in 1997 when Vladimir Joura accepted an offer to coach at the Western Australian Institute of Sport (WAIS). Career Joura began gymnastics at the age of 6 at the Olympic Academy in Russia, because she was "always at the gym" with her parents. After the family emigrated, she trained at WAIS with coaches Martine George and Nikolai Lapchine. Joura competed in her first Australian National Championships in 2001, winning the all-around title, two silver medals on the floor exercise and vault, and a bronze on the balance beam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jana Bieger
Jana Lyn Bieger (born November 12, 1989, in Kiel, West Germany) is an American former gymnast of German descent. She was raised in the U.S. and is a citizen, and competed only for the U.S. At the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, she won three silver medals. Bieger was an alternate on the 2008 Olympic team. Personal life Her parents are mother Andrea Bieger and father Wolfgang Heiden. Her mother and Wolfgang Heiden owned Bieger International Gymnastics, now closed. Andrea Bieger was a three-time Olympic gymnast for West Germany. Career Bieger competed at her first U.S. National Championships in 2003, placing third on the vault in the junior division. At the National Championships in 2004, she won a bronze medal in the all-around in the junior division and won the vault title, earning her first national team berth. The same year, she made her international debut, competing with the American junior team at the 2004 Pacific Alliance Championships and winning four med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nastia Liukin
Anastasia "Nastia" Liukin (; russian: Анастасия Валерьевна Люкина ; born October 30, 1989) is a Russian-born American former artistic gymnast. She is the 2008 Olympic All-Around champion, a five-time Olympic medalist, the 2005 and 2007 world champion on the balance beam, and the 2005 world champion on the uneven bars. She is also a four-time all-around U.S. national champion, winning twice as a junior and twice as a senior. With nine World Championships medals, seven of them individual, Liukin is tied with Shannon Miller for the third-highest tally of World Championship medals (among U.S. gymnasts). Liukin also tied Miller's record (later equaled by Simone Biles) as the American gymnast having won the most medals in a single non-boycotted Olympic Games. Liukin was a key member of the U.S. senior team. She represented the United States at three World Championships and one Olympic Games. In October 2011, Liukin announced that she was returning to gymnast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glen Ishino
A glen is a valley, typically one that is long and bounded by gently sloped concave sides, unlike a ravine, which is deep and bounded by steep slopes. Whittow defines it as a "Scottish term for a deep valley in the Highlands" that is "narrower than a strath".. The word is Goidelic in origin: ''gleann'' in Irish and Scottish Gaelic, ''glion'' in Manx. The designation "glen" also occurs often in place names. Etymology The word is Goidelic in origin: ''gleann'' in Irish and Scottish Gaelic, ''glion'' in Manx. In Manx, ''glan'' is also to be found meaning glen. It is cognate with Welsh ''glyn''. Examples in Northern England, such as Glenridding, Westmorland, or Glendue, near Haltwhistle, Northumberland, are thought to derive from the aforementioned Cumbric cognate, or another Brythonic equivalent. This likely underlies some examples in Southern Scotland. As the name of a river, it is thought to derive from the Irish word ''glan'' meaning clean, or the Welsh word ''gleindid'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fang Lixiang
A fang is a long, pointed tooth. In mammals, a fang is a modified maxillary tooth, used for biting and tearing flesh. In snakes, it is a specialized tooth that is associated with a venom gland (see snake venom). Spiders also have external fangs, which are part of the chelicerae. Fangs are most common in carnivores or omnivores, but some herbivores, such as fruit bats, have them as well. They are generally used to hold or swiftly kill prey, such as in large cats. Omnivorous animals, such as bears, use their fangs when hunting fish or other prey, but they are not needed for consuming fruit. Some apes also have fangs, which they use for threats and fighting. However, the relatively short canines of humans are not considered to be fangs. Fangs in religion, mythology and legend Certain mythological and legendary creatures such as dragons, gargoyles and yakshas are commonly depicted with prominent fangs. The fangs of vampires are one of their defining characteristics. The iconograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Xuezhang
Chen may refer to: People *Chen (surname) (陳 / 陈), a common Chinese surname * Chen (singer) (born 1992), member of the South Korean-Chinese boy band EXO * Chen Chen (born 1989), Chinese-American poet * (), a Hebrew first name or surname: **Hen Lippin (born 1965), former Israeli basketball player **Chen Reiss (born 1979), Israeli operatic soprano **Ronen Chen (born 1965), Israeli fashion designer Historical states *Chen (state) (c. 1045 BC–479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state in present-day Anhui and Henan *Chen (Thessaly), a city-state in ancient Thessaly, Greece *Chen Commandery, a commandery in China from Han dynasty to Sui dynasty * Chen dynasty (557–589), a Chinese southern dynasty during the Northern and Southern dynasties period Businesses and organizations * Council for Higher Education in Newark (CHEN) * Chen ( he, ח״ן), acronym in Hebrew for the Women's Army Corps (, ) a defunct organization in the Israeli Defence Force * Chen, a brand name used by Mexican fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shek Wai Hung
Shek Wai Hung (; born 10 October 1991) is an artistic gymnast from Hong Kong. He is the current Asian Games champion on vault. Gymnastics career Shek started gymnast training at the age of six. In 2008, Shek participated in the Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships, where he won a gold medal in the junior vault final. At the 2010 Asian Games, Shek placed eighth in the individual all-around, and sixth on vault. In 2011, Shek participated in the World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, where he qualified fourth with an average score of 16.237 into the vault final – the first time ever for a Hong Kong gymnast to qualify into an event final at World Championships level. He came seventh in the final, having taken a big step forward on his first vault, with an average score of 15.950. Shek qualified to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, the United Kingdom via the Olympic Test Event in January that year. There, he finished 12th in the all-around qualification with a score of 86.482. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Belyavskiy
David Sagitovich Belyavskiy ( rus, Давид Сагитович Белявский, , dɐˈvʲid bʲɪˈlʲafskʲɪɪ̯; born 23 February 1992) is a Russian artistic gymnast and three-time Olympian, representing Russia in 2012 and 2016 and ROC in 2020. He was part of the teams who won gold at the 2020 Olympic Games and 2019 World Championships and silver at the 2016 Olympic Games and 2018 World Championships. Individually Belyavskiy won an Olympic bronze medal on parallel bars in 2016 and a World silver and bronze medal on pommel horse and parallel bars, respectively, in 2017. Additionally he is the 2019 European Games champion, a five-time European Games medalist, seven-time European champion, and 18-time European medalist. Personal life Belyavskiy was born in Votkinsk, Udmurtia. His parents died early in his life and he was raised by his grandparents, growing up in a boarding school. He attended Ural State University. He married his fiancée, Maria, on October 30, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroyuki Imai (gymanst)
(born March 12, 1970) is a former Japanese cross-country skier who competed from 1992 to 2005. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he earned his best career finish of sixth in the 50 km event at Salt Lake City in 2002. Imai's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was ninth in the 50 km event at Val di Fiemme in 2003. His best World Cup finish was ninth in a 30 km event in Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ... in 2001. Imai earned six individual career victories in lesser events up to 30 km from 1996 to 2005. External links * Olympic 4 x 10 km relay results: 1936–2002 1970 births Living people Japanese male cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers for Japan Cross-country skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
