The Rhythmic Gymnastics Junior European Championships are the European championships for junior gymnasts for the sport of

rhythmic gymnastics Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous and coord ...

. They were first held in 1987. Prior to 1993, they were held as a separate event. Since the 1993 edition in Bucharest, Romania, the Junior European Championships were integrated to the senior European Championships. The competition is organized by the

European Union of 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 Europe ...

Editions

Medalists

Teodora Alexandrova Teodora Alexandrova ( bg, Теодора Александрова; born September 24, 1981, in Sofia, Bulgaria) is a former Bulgarian individual rhythmic gymnast. She started rhythmic gymnastics in 1986. Trained at the Levski club by Neshka Rob ...

(Bulgaria), Dimitrinka Todorova (Bulgaria), Rosabel Espinosa (Spain), and

Yelena Shalamova Yelena Vladimirovna Shalamova (russian: Елена Владимировна Шаламова, born 4 July 1982 in Astrakhan) is a Russian rhythmic gymnast. She won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympi ...

(Russia) hold the record of most medals earned at the Junior European Championships, with six medals each. Shalamova, Polina Shmatko (Russia) and Elizabeth Koleva (Bulgaria) hold the record for most gold medals, with five each.

Team

''Junior Team event has been held since 2006 on two years. Teams consisted of 2-4 junior individual gymnasts. Since 2017, team competition is held every year and either consists of Junior individual gymnasts and Senior group or Senior individual gymnasts and Junior group.''

Junior Individual

Rope

Hoop

Ball

Clubs

Ribbon

Junior Groups

All-Around

''Junior Group All-Around has been held since 2011. It was not organized in 2017.''

Single apparatus

All-time medal table

1987–2020 * Last updated after the 2022 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championship

External links

European Union of Gymnastics
{{European Championships * Gymnastics Rhythmic Recurring sporting events established in 1987