Bettina Lili Czifra (born 20 April 2007) is a Hungarian artistic gymnast. She is a three-time World Challenge Cup medalist.

Early life

Bettina Lili Czifra was born in

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, Hungary on 20 April 2007.

Gymnastics career

2022

Czifra competed at the

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where she finished twelfth in the all-around. She next competed at the Junior European Championships where she once again placed twelfth in the all-around. Additionally she qualified to the balance beam where she finished seventh.

2023

Czifra became age-eligible for senior competition in 2023. She competed at the

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where she helped Hungary finish fourth as a team. She competed at the World Challenge Cups in Varna and Szombathely, winning gold on balance beam at the former and bronze and silver on uneven bars and floor exercise at the latter. Czifra competed at the

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alongside

Csenge Bácskay Csenge Mária Bácskay (born 4 April 2003) is a Hungarian artistic gymnast and the 2018 Youth Olympic silver medalist on vault. Additionally she was a member of the team who won bronze at the 2020 European Championships. Early life Csenge ...

, Gréta Mayer, Zója Székely, and Nikolett Szilágyi; they finished fifteenth as a team during qualifications. Individually Czifra was the third reserve for the all-around final. Although the Hungarian team did not qualify a full team to the

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, Czifra earned an individual berth as the highest placing Hungarian gymnast and sixth highest placing all-arounder not part of a qualified team.

Competitive history

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Czifra, Bettina Lili 2007 births Living people Hungarian female artistic gymnasts People from Dunaújváros 21st-century Hungarian women