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2015 In Gymnastics
The following were the events of gymnastics for the year 2015 throughout the world. Artistic gymnastics * March 7 – September 20: 2015 Artistic Gymnastics World Cup, along with the World Challenge Cup * Note: The Tokyo World Cup is canceled for unknown reasons. ** March 7: AT&T American Cup at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas *** Men's all-around winner: Oleh Vernyayev *** Women's all-around winner: Simone Biles ** March 19 – 22: 39th Turnier der Meister World Challenge Cup 2015 in Cottbus *** Both and won 2 gold and 3 overall medals each. ** March 25 – 27: World Challenge Cup #1 in Doha *** and won 2 gold medals each. and Switzerland won 5 overall medals each. ** April 3 – 5: World Challenge Cup #2 in Ljubljana *** The won both the gold and overall medal tallies. ** May 1 – 3: World Challenge Cup #3 in São Paulo *** won the gold medal tally. won the overall medal tally. ** May 7 – 9: World Challenge Cup #4 in Varna *** won the gold medal tally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shoulders, back, chest, and abdominal muscle groups. Gymnastics evolved from exercises used by the ancient Greeks that included skills for mounting and dismounting a horse, and from circus performance skills. The most common form of competitive gymnastics is artistic gymnastics (AG), which consists of, for women (WAG), the events floor, vault, uneven bars, and beam; and for men (MAG), the events floor, vault, rings, pommel horse, parallel bars, and horizontal bar. The governing body for gymnastics throughout the world is the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG). Eight sports are governed by the FIG, which include gymnastics for all, men's and women's artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, trampolining (including double mini-t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Dalton
Jacob "Jake" Dalton (born August 19, 1991) is a retired American gymnast who was a member of the University of Oklahoma gymnastics team and the United States men's national gymnastics team. He represented the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Dalton grew up in Sparks, Nevada, and is the son of Tim and Denise Dalton. Early life Dalton attended Spanish Springs High School in Washoe County, Nevada while training at Gym Nevada under coach Andrew Pileggi. After graduating, he received an NCAA scholarship to compete for the University of Oklahoma in 2009 where he earned All-America honors and won the NCAA men's gymnastics floor and vault titles in 2011. Gymnastics career Dalton was the U.S. National vault champion in 2009 and 2011, the floor champion in 2011, and the All-Around Gold medalist of the Winter Cup Challenge in 2011. Dalton was a member of the USA team that won the bronze medal in the 2011 World Artistic Gymnas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilaria Käslin
Ilaria Marina Käslin (or Kaeslin; born 8 December 1997) is a retired Swiss artistic gymnast."Ilaria Kaeslin" fig.lx2.sportcentric.com. May 27, 2013. Retrieved October 3, 2013. She competed at the from 2013 to 2015 and in 2019. Junior career 2012 Ilaria Käslin began her international career at the 2012 Junior European Championships. She competed in the team final with the Swiss team, contributing scor ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyril Tommasone
Cyril Tommasone (born 4 July 1987 in Villeurbanne) is a French artistic gymnast. His strongest apparatus is the pommel horse and parallel bars. He is tall and weighs . Career He started gymnastics at age 7 and trains at the Convention Gymnique de Lyon with Yann Cucherat, under coach, Anatoly Vorontsov. He has been a member of the France team since 2000 where he finished first in the Espoir Championships (Championnats de France Espoir). At the French Elite Championships (Championnats de France Elite) in France in 2010 in Albertville, he finished first in the competition on parallel bars and floor. At the 2010 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Birmingham he won a bronze medal with the French team. The following year, he won a silver medal at the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo and silver medal at the 2011 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Berlin, both in the pommel horse. He competed for the national team at the 2012 Summer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varna, Bulgaria
Varna ( bg, Варна, ) is the third-largest List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, city in Bulgaria and the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and in the Northern Bulgaria region. Situated strategically in the Gulf of Varna, the city has been a major economic, social and cultural centre for almost three millennia. Historically known as ''Odessos'' ( grc, Ὀδησσός), Varna developed from a Thracian seaside settlement to a major seaport on the Black Sea. Varna is an important centre for business, transportation, education, tourism, entertainment and healthcare. The city is referred to as the maritime capital of Bulgaria and has the headquarters of the Bulgarian Navy and merchant marine. In 2008, Varna was designated as the seat of the Black Sea Euroregion by the Council of Europe. In 2014, Varna was awarded the title of European Youth Capital 2017. The oldest gold treasure in the world, belonging to the Varna culture, was discovered in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flávia Saraiva
Flávia Lopes Saraiva (born September 30, 1999) is a Brazilian artistic gymnast. She represented Brazil at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. She was part of the teams that won gold at the 2018 South American Games and bronze at the 2015 and 2019 Pan American Games. Individually she is the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic floor exercise champion and is a multi-medalist at the Pan American Games, South American Games, and Pan American Championships. Junior career 2013 Saraiva's first international competition was the Houston National Invitational, where she finished 10th in the all-around competition. In December, she competed at the 2013 Gymnasiade in her own country and won gold medals in floor exercise, balance beam and silver with her team and placed sixth on uneven bars. 2014 Saraiva started her 2014 season by competing at the WOGA Classic in Plano, Texas. She placed first on balance beam, second wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shang Chunsong
Shang Chunsong (; born 18 March 1996) is a senior elite Chinese artistic gymnast. She represented China at the 2013, 2014, and 2015 World Championships and was a member of the Chinese silver-medal-winning teams at the latter two events. Shang was the captain of the bronze-medal-winning team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she placed 4th in the individual all-around competition. Domestically, she is the 2015 and 2016 Chinese national all-around champion. Personal life Shang was born on 18 March 1996. She grew up in a very poor family, and she was malnourished as a child. Both of Shang's parents are construction workers in Changsha. She has a brother who has a visual impairment, and her biggest hope is to earn enough money to cure her brother's eyesight. She bought a house for her brother in Changsha after winning 163,425 USD from the 2013 Chinese National Games. Her brother, Shang Lei, said, “My sister said it’s for me when I get married. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deng Yalan
Deng Yalan (; born April 24 in Yunnan) is an elite Chinese gymnast. As of 2014, she represents the Guangxi province in domestic competition. Her best event is vault. Junior career In 2013, Deng won bronze on vault at the Chinese National Championships, and silver on vault at the Chinese National Games later that year. The following year, she repeated her silver on vault and placed tenth with her team. Competitive history References External links Deng Yalanat Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique The International Gymnastics Federation (French: Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique, FIG) is the body governing all disciplines of competitive gymnastics. Its headquarters is in Lausanne, Switzerland. It was founded on July 23, 1881, in ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Deng, Yalan 1999 births Chinese female artistic gymnasts Living people Gymnasts from Jiangxi Gymnasts from Yunnan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomás González (gymnast)
Enrique Tomás González Sepúlveda (born November 22, 1985 in Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean artistic gymnast, the first of his country to medal at World Cup events, and the first to qualify for a Summer Olympic Games. He specializes in vault and floor exercises. Career González has won nine medals (four golds, four silvers, and one bronze) at World Cup events, six medals (one gold, three silvers, and two bronzes) at Pan American Games, seven medals (two golds, two silvers, and three bronzes) at South American Games and one gold medal at the January 2012 London Olympics test event (where he qualified for the Olympics). He has participated in eight World Championships (2003, 2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ..., 2007, 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC as an alpha global city, São Paulo is the most populous city proper in the Americas, the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere, as well as the world's 4th largest city proper by population. Additionally, São Paulo is the largest Portuguese-speaking city in the world. It exerts strong international influences in commerce, finance, arts and entertainment. The city's name honors the Apostle, Saint Paul of Tarsus. The city's metropolitan area, the Greater São Paulo, ranks as the most populous in Brazil and the 12th most populous on Earth. The process of conurbation between the metropolitan areas around the Greater São Paulo (Campinas, Santos, Jundiaí, Sorocaba and São José dos Campos) created the São Paulo Macrometr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epke Zonderland
Epke Jan Zonderland (born 16 April 1986) is a Dutch artistic gymnast and the 2012 Olympic gold medallist on high bar. He is a 4-time Olympian (2008–20) and has also taken 3 World Championships golds on high bar at the 2013, 2014 and 2018 World Championships, the first man to secure this feat on that apparatus. He is nicknamed "The Flying Dutchman.” Early life Zonderland was born on 16 April 1986 in Lemmer, Netherlands. He started gymnastics at the age of four. He has two brothers (Herre and Johan) and one sister (Geeske) who are also international gymnasts. Zonderland enrolled to study medicine at the University of Groningen in 2006. He took 12 years to complete his degree in medicine as he was pursuing his career in gymnastics at the same time, and qualified as a medical doctor in 2018. Gymnastics career 2004 Zonderland reached his first international success as a junior in 2004. At the European Junior Championships in Ljubljana he was fourth in the all-around event and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ljubljana
Ljubljana (also known by other historical names) is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. It is the country's cultural, educational, economic, political and administrative center. During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the area. Ljubljana itself was first mentioned in the first half of the 12th century. Situated at the middle of a trade route between the northern Adriatic Sea and the Danube region, it was the historical capital of Carniola, one of the Slovene-inhabited parts of the Habsburg monarchy. It was under Habsburg rule from the Middle Ages until the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918. After World War II, Ljubljana became the capital of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia, part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The city retained this status until Slovenia became independent in 1991 and Ljubljana became the capital of the newly formed state. Name The origin of the name ''Ljubljana'' is unclear. In the Middle Ages, both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
