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Andreea Munteanu
Andreea Eugenia Munteanu (; born 29 May 1998) is a Romanian retired artistic gymnast. She is a two-time European champion, with a team title in 2014 and a balance beam gold in 2015. She competed at the 2014 World Championships. Career Munteanu began gymnastics when she was five years old. Junior 2012 Munteanu was named to the Romanian junior team for the Junior European Championships in Brussels alongside Miriam Aribășoiu, Ștefania Stănilă, Silvia Zarzu, and Paula Tudorache. She helped the Romanian team finish in third place behind Russia and Italy. She also took home three individual medals: bronze in the all-around with a score of 54.857, silver on the balance beam behind Maria Kharenkova, and bronze on the floor exercise, tied with Gabrielle Jupp of Great Britain). 2013 Munteanu began the season at the International Gymnix in Montreal and finished fourth in the all-around. In the vault final, she won the bronze medal behind Canadians Shallon Olsen and Ale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 6th European European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Men's and European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships was held from 15 to 19 April 2015 at the Park&Suites Arena in Montpellier, France. As usual in this format, no team competitions took place. Schedule All times are in Central European Time (UTC+01:00). ;Wednesday, 15 April 2015 *10:30 – 21:30 WAG Qualifying ;Thursday, 16 April 2015 *10:30 – 21:00 MAG Qualifying ;Friday, 17 April 2015 *13:00 – 14:00 WAG All-Around Final *14:30 – 17:00 MAG All-Around Final ;Saturday, 18 April 2015 *14:30 – 17:30 Apparatus Finals Day 1 ;Sunday, 19 April 2015 *14:30 – 17:30 Apparatus Finals Day 2 Venue The competition took place in the Park&Suites Arena. The training and warm up halls was in the same building. The arena hosted the 2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships. Participating Nations Each nation is allowed to send 6 men and 4 women. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvia Zarzu
Silvia Andreea Zarzu (born 16 December 1998) is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast. She was part of the Romanian team that won the gold medal in the team event at the 2014 European Championships and placed fourth at the 2014 World Championships. Junior career Zarzu competed with Andreea Munteanu, Miriam Aribășoiu, Ștefania Stănilă, and Paula Tudorache at the 2012 European Junior Championships, and they won the bronze medal. Individually, Zarzu won the silver medal on the floor exercise behind Maria Kharenkova from Russia. She competed with Andreea Iridon and Laura Jurca at the 2013 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival, and they won the team bronze medal behind Russia and Great Britain. Zarzu won the bronze medal on the floor exercise behind Kharenkova and Kim Janas. Senior career 2014 Zarzu competed in a friendly meet between Belgium, France, and Romania and helped the Romanian team win the gold medal. She competed at the 2014 European Championships alongs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USA Gymnastics
United States of America Gymnastics (USA Gymnastics or USAG) is the national governing body for gymnastics in the United States. Established in 1963 as the U.S. Gymnastics Federation (USGF), USA Gymnastics is responsible for selecting and training national teams for the Olympic Games and World Championships. The mission of USA Gymnastics is to encourage participation and the pursuit of excellence in all aspects of gymnastics. The programs governed by USAG are: * Women's artistic gymnastics (WAG) * Men's artistic gymnastics (MAG) * Rhythmic gymnastics * Trampoline & tumbling (T&T) * Acrobatic gymnastics * Aerobic gymnastics (designated as discipline of gymnastics by the international body, the FIG) * Group gymnastics / Gymnastics for All The Women's Artistic program—comprising the events vault, uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise—has become well known through holding several nationally televised competitions each year. Events in the Men's Artistic program include fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bailie Key
Bailie Jaye Key (born 16 March 1999) is a retired American artistic gymnast. She was a member of the gold-medal-winning team at the 2014 Pacific Rim Championships and was the 2013 U.S. Junior National Champion. Gymnastics career 2011-14: Junior international elite Key was born in Augusta, Georgia and trained at Texas Dreams Gymnastics under former gymnast and Olympic bronze medalist Kim Zmeskal and her husband, Chris Burdette. Her teammates included Peyton Ernst, Kennedy Baker and Veronica Hults. In July 2011, Key competed at the 2011 U.S. CoverGirl Classic in Chicago, Illinois. She placed seventh in the overall standings. Later that year, she competed in the Visa National Championships. She came in ninth overall with a two-day combined score of 109.550. Key competed at the 2012 City of Jesolo Trophy. She won a gold medal with the team. She scored 14.250 on the floor exercise, which was enough to give her a bronze medal, and she was third in the all-around. At the U.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleeza Yu
Aleeza Yu (born ) is a Canadian artistic gymnast. Biography She was born in Markham, Ontario Markham () is a city in the Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada. It is approximately northeast of Downtown Toronto. In the 2021 Census, Markham had a population of 338,503, which ranked it the largest in York Region, fourth largest .... In 2014 she finished second in all-round in the Elite Canada, with an all-around score of 55.650 points. In 2016 she was awarded a full athletic scholarship at Stanford University. In February 2017 she recorded the second highest score in Stanford's 195.775-195.200 victory over Arizona State. In January 2019 she scored the third highest vault score in the Cardinal's home opener against UCLA. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Yu, Aleeza 1998 births Living people Canadian female artistic gymnasts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shallon Olsen
Shallon Jade Olsen (born 10 July 2000) is a Canadian artistic gymnast. She is the 2018 World silver medalist and 2018 Commonwealth Games champion on vault. She is also the 2018 Commonwealth Games floor exercise bronze medalist and the 2019 Pan American Games vault bronze medalist. She was a member of the Canadian team that won the gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and the silver medal at the 2019 Pan American Games. She is also the 2016 Pacific Rim vault champion, team silver medalist, and floor exercise bronze medalist. She represented Canada at the 2016 Olympics where she was the youngest member of the Canadian Olympic team and at the 2020 Olympic Games. Additionally, she currently competes for the University of Alabama gymnastics team, and she helped the Crimson Tide win the 2021 SEC Championships. Early life Shallon Olsen was born on 10 July 2000 in Vancouver to parents Tony Olsen and Jayne Chow-Olsen, and she has an older brother named Chas. She began gymnastic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vault (gymnastics)
The vault is an artistic gymnastics apparatus which gymnasts perform on, as well as the skill performed using that apparatus. Vaulting is also the action of performing a vault. Both male and female gymnasts perform the vault. The English abbreviation for the event in gymnastics scoring is VT. The apparatus Early forms of the vault were invented by German Friedrich Ludwig Jahn. The apparatus itself originated as a "horse", much like the pommel horse but without the handles; it was sometimes known as the vaulting horse. The horse was set up with its long dimension perpendicular to the run for women, and parallel for men.What's With That Weird New Vault? an August 2004 "Explainer" article from '''' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as ''Fort Ville-Marie, Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill around which the early city of Ville-Marie is built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal, which obtained its name from the same origin as the city, and a few much smaller peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. As of 2021, the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a Census Metropolitan Area#Census metropolitan areas, metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest city, and List of cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Gymnix
The International Gymnix is a major international annual gymnastics competition. It is held in Montreal, Canada, with a senior and a junior tournaments. It was organized for the first time in 1991. It is the largest international gymnastics competition of Canada. The tournament brings together some of the best gymnasts in the world, including the Canadian elite. Many talents were launched in this competition, to which have taken part MyKayla Skinner, Ellie Black, Carly Patterson, Nina Derwael, Jordyn Wieber, Dominique Dawes, Aliya Mustafina, Oksana Chusovitina, Isabela Onyshko, Shawn Johnson East, Shawn Johnson, Bridget Sloan, Larisa Iordache, Lilia Podkopayeva, Lauren Mitchell, Angelina Melnikova, Sunisa Lee, among others. Past editions References {{reflist International gymnastics competitions hosted by Canada Sports competitions in Montreal Recurring sporting events established in 1991 1991 establishments in Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Gymnastics
European Gymnastics is one of five continental unions that represents the interests of Europe in the International Gymnastics Federation (french: Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique or ''FIG''). It was formed on 27 March 1982 as the European Union of Gymnastics (french: Union Européenne de Gymnastique or ''UEG'') and adopted its current name on 1 April 2020. Events European Gymnastics organises European Gymnastics Championships for each of the gymnastic disciplines. Current Defunct Member federations , European Gymnastics consists of 50 member federations Other As of June 2021, the president of European Gymnastics, Farid Gayibov, was being investigated for his close association with Kamran Ramazanov, the CEO of the Azeri IT company SmartScoring. In 2017, Gayibov signed a service contract on behalf of European Gymnastics with SmartScoring for providing live scoring and video streaming services for certain European gymnastics competitions amidst the protests ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Britain
Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It is dominated by a maritime climate with narrow temperature differences between seasons. The 60% smaller island of Ireland is to the west—these islands, along with over 1,000 smaller surrounding islands and named substantial rocks, form the British Isles archipelago. Connected to mainland Europe until 9,000 years ago by a landbridge now known as Doggerland, Great Britain has been inhabited by modern humans for around 30,000 years. In 2011, it had a population of about , making it the world's third-most-populous island after Java in Indonesia and Honshu in Japan. The term "Great Britain" is often used to refer to England, Scotland and Wales, including their component adjoining islands. Great Britain and Northern Ireland now constitute the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabrielle Jupp
Gabrielle 'Gabby' Jupp (born 12 June 1997) is a British former artistic gymnast. A successful junior gymnast, she was part of the Great Britain senior team that won silver in the team event at the 2016 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Bern. A series of serious knee injuries curtailed her elite level career, and she announced her retirement in 2019, aged 22. Personal life She trained at Sapphire School of Gymnastics Limited in Hemel Hempstead and is coached by Steve Price. Her best events are balance beam and floor exercise. Gabby Jupp was a torch bearer in the London 2012 Olympic torch relay where she ran with the Olympic flame through Harrow, London. She attended Dame Alice Owen's School in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire and has 3 sisters, Jessica, Olivia and Bethany and a twin brother Luke. Junior career Originally, Jupp trained at Hendon Gymnastics Club in North London. After a disappointing first year at the British Espoir Championships (2009) she change ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
