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Gymnastics At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's Uneven Bars
The women's uneven bars final at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held at the North Greenwich Arena on 6 August. Aliya Mustafina of Russia won the gold medal, He Kexin of China won silver, and Beth Tweddle of Great Britain won bronze. Format of competition The top eight competitors in the qualification phase (with a limit of two per country) advanced to the final. Qualification scores were then ignored, with only final-round scores counting. Qualification results * Huang Qiushuang (CHN), ranked 7th, did not qualify to the final, and |
The O2 Arena
The O2 Arena, commonly known as the O2 (stylised as The O2 arena), is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the centre of the O2 entertainment complex on the Greenwich Peninsula in southeast London. It opened in its present form in 2007. It has the second-highest seating capacity of any indoor venue in the United Kingdom, behind the Manchester Arena, and in 2008 was the world's busiest music arena. As of 2022, it is the ninth-largest building in the world by volume. The arena was built under the Millennium Dome, a large dome-shaped building built to house an exhibition celebrating the turn of the third millennium; as the structure still stands over the arena, ''The Dome'' remains a name in common usage for the venue. The arena, as well as the overall O2 complex, is named after its primary sponsor, the telecommunications company O2, a subsidiary of Virgin Media O2. History Following the closure of the Millennium Experience at the end of 2000, the Millennium Dome was leased to Merid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktoria Komova
Viktoria Aleksandrovna Komova (russian: Виктория Александровна Комова; born 30 January 1995) is a former Russian artistic gymnast. She is a two-time Olympic medalist, having won silver medals in the all-around and team events at the 2012 Olympics. She is also the 2011 world uneven bars champion and all-around silver medalist, and the 2015 co-world champion on uneven bars. At the junior level, she was the 2010 Youth Olympics all-around champion, uneven bars champion, vault champion, and floor exercise bronze medalist. Komova is known for her fluidity, form and old school Soviet style. Early life Komova was born in Voronezh, Russia, to Vera Kolesnikova and Alexander Komov. Her parents both competed successfully in gymnastics. Her mother has one gold from world championships and is the 1986 Goodwill Games all-around champion. She has an older brother, Alexander, who is nicknamed Sasha. Junior career Komova began gymnastics when she was five yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artistic Gymnastics At The Summer Olympics
Artistic gymnastics has been contested at the Summer Olympics since the first modern Olympic games in Athens. The Soviet Union leads the medal table. Events Men Women Medal table ''Updated after the 2020 Summer Olympics'' Sources:2016 medalists Men Women See also * Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics * Gymnastics at the Youth Olympic Games * |
Gymnastics At The 2012 Summer Olympics
Three gymnastics disciplines were contested at the 2012 Olympic Games in London: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampolining. The trampoline events were held at the North Greenwich Arena (normally called The O2 Arena) from 3 to 4 August; the artistic events were also held at the North Greenwich Arena, from 28 July to 7 August. The rhythmic gymnastics events took place at Wembley Arena from 9 to 12 August. A total of 54 medals were awarded across the three disciplines. The most successful nation was China, winning five gold medals and 12 in total. Brazil and South Korea won their first gold medal in the discipline in the history of the Summer Olympic Games. Yevgeniya Kanayeva of Russia marked history by becoming the first back-to-back Olympic champion at the individual all-around in rhythmic gymnastics. Qualification Qualification was based on the results of the 2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships held in Montpellier, France, from 19 to 25 September; th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Tunney
Rebecca Tunney (born 26 October 1996) is a retired British artistic gymnast who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Personal information Tunney took ballet from a young age but gave it up at five years old to focus on gymnastics. She moved to the City of Liverpool gymnastics club when she was ten years old to train with coach, Claire Duffy. Duffy said, "She was tiny, quite scruffy and overwhelmed by the environment, but keen and excited to get in there and give it a go. When she first won a medal, you could see how she loved to train to win. She'd had a taste of medals and that was exactly what she wanted to do: she wanted to be a champion." Tunney formerly attended Droylsden Academy Secondary School. She said, "I've not been to school for quite a long time but they know why I'm away and where I'm going, they're supportive about everything and I sometimes take work with me." After formerly living in Manchester, it was felt with the 2016 Summer Olympics in mind, she should ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordyn Wieber
Jordyn Marie Wieber (born July 12, 1995) is an American former artistic gymnast turned gymnastics coach. Since April 2019, she has been the head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks gymnastics team. Wieber was a member of the gold medal-winning U.S. Women's Gymnastics team, self-dubbed the " Fierce Five", at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She was also a member of the gold-winning American team at the 2011 World Championships, where she also won the individual all-around title and was the bronze medalist on the balance beam. Early life Wieber was born on July 12, 1995, in DeWitt, Michigan, the daughter of Rita (née Reifsnyder) Wieber, who is an emergency room nurse and exercise physiologist, and David Wieber, who is a director at a health-care subsidiary. She is the third oldest of four children, and her family attends the St. Jude Catholic Church in DeWitt. Her maternal grandmother is of Lebanese descent. Wieber started gymnastics at a young age. "I was probably two or three. My ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyla Ross
Kyla Briana Ross (born October 24, 1996) is a retired American artistic gymnast and current assistant coach for the Arkansas Razorbacks gymnastics team. She is the first female gymnast to win NCAA, World, and Olympic championship titles. Ross was an elite gymnast from 2009 to 2016. She was a member of the U.S. Women's Gymnastics team at the 2012 Summer Olympics; dubbed the Fierce Five, the squad won the gold medal in the team competition. Ross was the 2013 world all-around, uneven bars, and balance beam silver medalist. At the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, she was a member of the gold medal-winning U.S. team and the all-around bronze medalist. In February 2016, she retired from elite gymnastics to attend college. That fall, she enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and joined the university's NCAA gymnastics team. She was named eleven times as an All-American, earning first team regular season honors on bars and beam in 2017, first team h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Céline Van Gerner
Céline Henriette Bianca van Gerner (born 1 December 1994) is a retired Dutch elite artistic gymnast, two-time Olympian, and bronze medalist at the 2018 European Championships Early life Van Gerner was born in Zwolle, Netherlands, but grew up in Emmeloord. She took up gymnastics at age seven at a local club in Emmeloord, Netherlands, and later moved to Turncentrum Sportstad Heerenveen (TSH). She is a two-time Olympian, having competed in the London games in 2012 (where she finished 12th in the all-around and 9th on UB) and again at the Rio games in 2016 as part of the Dutch team; they are the first Dutch team to participate in the games since 1976 (team members Céline van Gerner, Sanne Wevers, Lieke Wevers, Vera van Pol, Eythora Thorsdottir) and finished in 7th place. Career Junior 2008 — 2009 Van Gerner competed at the 2008 EK Juniors Clermont Ferrand in France where the Netherlands placed 3rd in team competition. In 2009, she became the Dutch Junior Champion. She later c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koko Tsurumi
Koko or KOKO may refer to: Animals *Koko (gorilla) (1971–2018), a gorilla trained to communicate in American Sign Language *Koko (dog) (2005–2012), the Australian kelpie in the 2011 film ''Red Dog'' *Koko (horse), an Irish racehorse that won the 1926 Cheltenham Gold Cup *Ko'ko' or Guam rail, a flightless bird Plants *Central African name for ''Gnetum africanum'', an edible vegetable Places *Koko, Benin, a town and arrondissement in Benin *Koko, Bouaké, a neighbourhood of Bouaké, Ivory Coast *Koko, Savanes, a village in Ivory Coast *Koko, Delta, a town in Delta State, Nigeria *Koko, a town in Koko/Besse Local Government Area in Kebbi State, Nigeria *Koko Head, the headland that defines the eastern side of Maunalua Bay along the southeastern side of the Island of Oʻahu in Hawaiʻi * Koko River, Rusizi District, a river in southwestern Rwanda that is a tributary of the Ruhwa River * Koko River, Rutsiro District, a river in the Rutsiro District of western Rwanda that flows i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisabeth Seitz
Elisabeth Seitz (born 4 November 1993) is a German artistic gymnast. She is the 2022 European champion and the 2018 World bronze medalist on the uneven bars. She is one of the only female gymnasts in history to compete the Def (full-twisting Gienger) release, and her eponymous skill, a full-twisting Maloney. Seitz has also had success in the individual all-around event, where she is the 2011 European silver medalist and an eight-time German national champion (2010–13, 2015, 2017–18, 2021). She is a three-time Olympian, representing Germany at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where she led her team to a sixth-place finish and placed fourth in the uneven bars final, and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. In 2022, she was part of the first German team to ever win a European team medal. Career 2010 Seitz competed at the 2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, alongside Oksana Chusovitina, Lisa Katharina Hill, Joelin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huang Qiushuang
Huang Qiushuang (), born on 28 May 1992, is a Chinese gymnast. She is an individual all-arounder known for her clean form and artistry. She was a part of the Chinese team for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Gymnastics career Huang started gymnastics training at the age of 5. In junior competition during 2005 and 2006, Huang won championship titles at the Chinese national level in vault, uneven bars, balance beam, all-around, and with her team. Huang represented the province of Guangdong in national level competition. At the 2008 national championships, she obtained gold with the team. At the 2009 national championships, she obtained silver in the all-around, bronze on the floor, and bronze with the team. At the international level, Huang represented China at the 2009 Japan Cup in July 2009. She won gold in the individual all-around ahead of Russian soon-to be stars Aliya Mustafina and Tatiana Nabieva, and gold in the team event with teammates He Kexin, Xiao Sha and Zhang Jing. At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yao Jinnan
Yao Jinnan (born February 8, 1995) is a retired artistic gymnast who represented China at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She is the 2014 world champion on the uneven bars, and the 2011 world all-around bronze medalist and balance beam silver medalist. Yao is one of only a handful of gymnasts, all Chinese, to successfully perform the " Mo salto" on uneven bars. Gymnastics career 2011 Yao made her international debut at a World Cup event in Cottbus, Germany, where she won gold medals on the uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise. She then won gold on floor and bronze on bars at the Doha World Cup. At the 2011 Chinese National Championships, Yao received silver medals in the all-around and on uneven bars, and bronze on floor exercise. At the Japan Cup, she won the bronze medal in the all-around and gold in the team event with teammates Yang Yilin, Sui Lu and Huang Qiushuang. Yao was named to the Chinese women's team for the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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