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Gymnastics At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's Uneven Bars
The women's uneven bars competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held on 14 August at the HSBC Arena. The medals were presented by Alexander Zhukov, IOC member representing Russia, and Alejandro Peniche, FIG Executive Committee Member. Competition format The top 8 qualifiers in the qualification phase (limit two per NOC), based on combined score of each apparatus, advanced to the individual all-around final. The finalists performed on each apparatus again. Qualification scores were then ignored, with only final round scores counting. Qualification The gymnasts who ranked top eight qualified for final round. In case of there were more than two gymnasts in same NOC, the last ranked among them would not qualify to final round. The next best ranked gymnast would qualify instead. Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Women's uneven bars Women's uneven bars 2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HSBC Arena
Jeunesse Arena is an indoor multi-purpose arena, located in the region of Barra da Tijuca, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is named for the American cosmetics company Jeunesse Global through a naming rights deal closed in 2017. Before, the sponsor name was HSBC Arena. The arena was completed in July 2007 and was first known as Arena Olímpica do Rio ''(Rio Olympic Arena)'', which it was known as during the 2016 Summer Olympics. From December 2007 to March 2008, it was known as RioArena. The arena has a capacity of 15,430 people for sports and up to 18,768 for concerts. Sports The arena hosted the basketball and gymnastics events at the 2007 Pan American Games. In December 2007, it started being operated by GL events, who also operates the nearby Riocentro Convention Center and the Riocentro Sports Complex, and started hosting many concerts from a variety of artists. It has also hosted the telethon show, ''Criança Esperança'', after 2008, replacing Ginásio Ibirapuera as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabby Douglas
Gabrielle Christina Victoria Douglas (born December 31, 1995) is an American artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast. She is the Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Olympic all around champion and the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2015 World all-around silver medalist. She was a member of the gold-winning teams at both the 2012 and the 2016 Summer Olympics, dubbed the "Fierce Five" and the Final Five (gymnastics), "Final Five" by the media, respectively. She was also a member of the gold-winning American teams at the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2011 and the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2015 World Championships. Douglas is the first African American to become the Olympic individual all-around champion, and the first U.S. gymnast to win gold in both the individual all-around and team competitions at the same Olympics. She was also the 2016 AT&T American Cup all-around champion. As a public figure, Douglas' gymnastics succes ... [...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 2016 Summer Olympics
Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held in three categories: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampolining. All gymnastics events were staged at the Arena Olímpica do Rio from 6 to 21 August 2016. Qualification Qualification was based on the results of the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, held in Glasgow, Scotland, from 24 October to 1 November 2015; the 2015 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, held in Stuttgart, Germany, from 7 to 13 September 2015; the 2015 Trampoline World Championships, held in Odense, Denmark, from 25 to 28 November 2015; and the 2016 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event, Olympic Test Event, held on 16–22 April 2016 at Arena Olímpica do Rio. Schedule Participation Participating nations Brazil, as the host country, receives a guaranteed spot, in case it were not to earn one by the regular qualifying methods. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Derwael
Nina Derwael ( or ; born 26 March 2000) is a Belgians, Belgian artistic gymnast. She is the Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion (2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2018, 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2019), and a two-time European champion (2017 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2017, 2018 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2018) on the uneven bars. She is the 2019 European Games champion on the balance beam, as well as a two-time Belgian national Glossary of gymnastics terms#All-around, all-around champion (2015, 2018). She represented Belgium at the 2016 Summer Olympics and at the Belgium at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Olympics. At the 2020 Olympics, she led Belgium women's national artistic gymnastics team, the Belgian gymnastics team to their first-ever Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic team all-around, team final where they finished eighth. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seda Tutkhalyan
Seda Gurgenovna Tutkhalyan (russian: Седа Гургеновна Тутхалян, hy, Սեդա Գուրգենի Թութխալյան; born 15 July 1999) is a Russian artistic gymnast. She is the 2014 Youth Olympic Games Individual All-around champion and a 2016 Summer Olympics Team silver medalist. Personal life Tutkhalyan was born July 15, 1999 in Gyumri, Armenia, and moved to Moscow early in childhood. Her father, Gurgen Tutkhalyan, was a four-time world champion for the Soviet Union in sambo martial arts, and her older brother, Vaik, currently competes for Belarus in the same sport. Junior career 2013 was Tutkhalyan's breakout year. At the Russian Junior Championships, she won team, all-around, vault, and uneven bars gold, floor exercise bronze, and placed seventh on balance beam. Later, at the Olympic Hopes competition, she won gold with her team and on vault, and silver in the all-around and on floor exercise. Her international debut came that winter, at the Gymna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Becky Downie
Rebecca "Becky" Downie (born 24 January 1992 in Nottingham) is a British artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 and 2016 Summer Olympics. She is a double European champion (2014 and 2016) and 2014 Commonwealth Games champion on the uneven bars as well as the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2019 World silver medallist. Her younger sister, Ellie Downie, is also an Olympic gymnast. Junior career Representing England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Downie contributed an all-around score of 54.100 to the English team's second-place finish and placed eighth in the all-around final with a score of 53.700. In event finals, she placed fifth on uneven bars, scoring 14.000, and third on balance beam, scoring 14.075. Senior career 2008 At the 2008 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Clermont-Ferrand in early April, Downie contributed scores of 14.750 on Vault (gymnastics), vault, 15.375 on u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fan Yilin
Fan Yilin (; born 11 November 1999) is a Chinese artistic gymnast and uneven bars specialist. She is a two-time world champion on the uneven bars (2015, 2017) and the 2015 Asian champion on balance beam. At the 2015 World Championships, she was part of the first ever four-way tie along with Viktoria Komova, Daria Spiridonova, and Madison Kocian. Domestically, she is a four-time Chinese national uneven bars champion (2015, 2016, 2020, 2021). She was a member of the Chinese team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she won a bronze medal in the team competition, and competed at the 2020 Olympic Games. Early life Fan Yilin was born on 11 November 1999 in Taizhou, Zhejiang. Her father, Fan Bingzhu, is a former professional wrestler. Fan began gymnastics at the age of six in order to improve her health since she had been ill as a child. Junior career In 2013, Fan represented Zhejiang in the 1999-2000 Junior National Championships. The team won gold overall, and Fan placed fifth i ... [...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] |
Jessica López
Jessica Brizeida López Arocha (born January 22, 1986) is a Venezuelan artistic gymnast who competes for the Venezuela national team. She competed at the 2008, the 2012 and the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she qualified to the uneven bars final, becoming the first Venezuelan gymnast to qualify for an individual apparatus final, where she placed sixth. Career In NCAA gymnastics, Lopez competed for the University of Denver. She qualified to compete as an individual at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. In 2009, she competed at the 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. In March 2010, she won the bronze medal at the American Cup. At the end of March, she won the gold medal in the all around, uneven bars, and floor exercise at the South American Games. She won medals in Moscow, Porto, and Ghent, and at the Glasgow World Cup. In September, she went to compete at the Pre-Panamerican Games, where she won two silver medals (uneven bars and balance beam) and one bronze medal (all ar ... [...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] |
Daria Spiridonova
Daria Sergeyevna Nagornaya (née Spiridonova russian: Дарья Сергеевна Нагорная ; born 8 July 1998) is a Russian former artistic gymnast. Primarily an uneven bars specialist, she is the 2015 World Champion, the 2015 European Champion, the 2014 World bronze medalist, and a four-time Russian national (2014–17) champion on the apparatus. She represented Russia at the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in the team competition. She was also a member of the gold-medal-winning team at the 2016 European Championships, the silver-medal-winning teams at the 2018 and 2019 World Championships, and the bronze-medal-winning teams at the 2014 World and 2014 European championships. She is married to Russian gymnast Nikita Nagornyy. Junior career Spiridonova made her international debut at the 2012 Pre-Olympic Youth Cup in Bergisch-Gladbach, Germany, where she won the all-around gold medal. 2013 was Spiridonova's breakout year. She took gold with her t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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