Gabriela Weronika Janik (born 10 March 1993) is a Polish

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...

. She competed at the

2020 Olympic Games The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

and the 2019 World Championships.

Personal life

Gabriela Janik was born on 10 March 1993, in

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...

. She studied at the

University of Technology and Life Sciences in Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology ( pl, Politechnika Bydgoska im. Jana i Jędrzeja Śniadeckich) is a state-run institution of higher education in Bydgoszcz, Poland. According to international ranking by the ''Webometrics Ranking of ...

Career

Janik competed at the 2008 Junior European Championships and finished 7th in the vault final. She won the silver medal on vault behind Paula Plichta at the 2010 FIG World Cup in

Osijek Osijek () is the fourth-largest city in Croatia, with a population of 96,848 in 2021. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja ...

. She competed at the 2010 World Championships alongside Plichta,

Marta Pihan-Kulesza Marta Pihan-Kulesza (Polish pronunciation: ; born 23 July 1987) is a Polish artistic gymnast. She represented her country at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. She is an 11-time Polish all-around champion (2004-2005, 2007–2010, 2012–2014, 20 ...

, Katarzyna Jurkowska, Monika Frandofert, and Joanna Litewka, and they finished 17th in the team qualification round. At the 2011 FIG World Cup in Osijek, Janik won the bronze medal on vault behind

Valeria Maksyuta Valeria Vladimirovna Maksyuta (russian: Валерія Володимирівна Максюта russian: Валерия Владимировна Максюта, he, ולריה מקסיוטה) is a former artistic gymnast who represented Ukraine ...

and

Brittany Rogers Brittany Rogers (born June 8, 1993) is a Canadian artistic gymnast who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She attended the University of Georgia and competed for the Georgia Gym Dogs. Consequently, combining both elite and college gymnastics ...

. She competed at the 2011 European Championships and finished 29th in the qualification round, which made her the first reserve for the all-around final. She competed at the 2011 World Championships where she finished 72nd in the qualification round. Because Marta Pihan-Kulesza placed higher than her and Poland was only allowed one spot, Janik did not qualify for the

2012 Olympic Games The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. She competed at the 2012 FIG World Cup in

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and finished 7th in the vault final and 5th in the uneven bars final. She competed at the 2014 European Championships with Marta Pihan-Kulesza, Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska, Claudia Chmielowska, and

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, and the team finished 10th. She competed at the 2014 World Championships alongside Chmielowska, Pihan-Kulesza, Jurkowska-Kowalska, Kuc, and Paula Plichta, and the team finished 17th. In November of 2014, she had shoulder surgery and stopped training for six months to recover. Janik competed at the

2015 European Games The 2015 European Games, also known as Baku 2015 or Baku 2015 European Games ( az, Bakı 2015 Avropa Oyunları), were the inaugural edition of the European Games, an international multi-sport event for athletes representing the National Olympic ...

with Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska and Paula Plichta. The team finished in 11th in the team competition. Individually, Janik finished 12th in the all-around final with a total score of 51.532. She finished 4th in the vault final with a score of 13.966. She then competed at the 2015 World Championships with Claudia Chmielowska, Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska, Klara Kopeć, Alma Kuc, and Marta Pihan-Kulesza, and the team finished 19th. At the 2016 FIG World Challenge Cup in

Cottbus Cottbus (; Lower Sorbian: ''Chóśebuz'' ; Polish: Chociebuż) is a university city and the second-largest city in Brandenburg, Germany. Situated around southeast of Berlin, on the River Spree, Cottbus is also a major railway junction with exten ...

, she won the bronze medal on the uneven bars behind

Sophie Scheder Sophie Celina Scheder (born 7 January 1997) is a German artistic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympic bronze medalist on the uneven bars. Senior career 2013 Scheder competed at the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, where she finished 5th ...

and

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. She then competed at Olympic Test Event and finished 35th in the all-around. Because Poland was only allowed to qualify one spot and Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska placed higher than her, Janik did not qualify for the

2016 Olympic Games ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro d ...

. She competed at the 2016 European Championships alongside Jurkowska-Kowalska, Klara Kopeć, Alma Kuc, and Paula Plichta, and they finished 11th. Janik competed at the 2017 European Championships, and she was the second reserve for the vault event final. At the

FIG World Cup FIG World Cup refers to a number of events organized by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) across seven competitive gymnastics disciplines: 1) acrobatic gymnastics, 2) aerobic gymnastics, 3) men's artistic gymnastics, 4) women's artistic ...

in Osijek, she won the bronze medal on the uneven bars behind Anastasiia Iliankova and Zsófia Kovács. She then competed at the

2017 Summer Universiade The 2017 Summer Universiade (), officially known as the XXIX Summer Universiade ( zh, t=第二十九屆夏季世界大學運動會, p=Dì èrshíjiǔ jiè xiàjì shìjiè dàxué yùndònghuì) and commonly called Taipei 2017 ( zh, t=台北2 ...

, and she finished 7th in the all-around final with a total score of 52.050, and she finished 5th in the vault final. At the FIG World Cup in Cottbus, she finished 7th in the vault final. At the 2018 FIG World Cup in

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, she won the silver medal on vault behind

Yeo Seo-jeong Yeo Seo-jeong (Hangul: 여서정; born 20 February 2002) is a South Korean artistic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic bronze medalist, 2023 World bronze medalist, the 2018 Asian Games champion, and 2022 Asian champion on vault. She is the first ...

. She then competed at the

2018 European Championships The 2018 European Championships were the first edition of the European Championships. It was a multi-sport event which took place in Berlin, Germany, and Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (with Edinburgh hosting the diving events and Gleneagles ...

with Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska, Wiktoria Łopuszanska, and Marta Pihan-Kulesza, and the team finished 13th. The same team competed at the 2018 World Championships, and the finished 22nd. Janik competed at the 2019 European Championships, and she was the second reserve for the all-around final. She then competed at the

2019 European Games , translation: Time for bright victories! , nations participating = 50 , athletes participating = 4,082 , events = 200 in 15 sports , opening ceremony = 21 June , closing ceremony = 30 June , officially opened ...

, and she finished 13th in the all-around final with a total of 50.033. Additionally, she finished 4th in the vault final. At the 2019 World Championships, Janik finished 79th in the all-around, and she qualified an individual spot for the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Janik, Gabriela 1993 births Living people Polish female artistic gymnasts Sportspeople from Kraków Gymnasts at the 2015 European Games Gymnasts at the 2019 European Games European Games competitors for Poland Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Poland