The European Women's Gymnastics Championships are an artistic championships for female gymnasts from

European countries The list below includes all entities falling even partially under any of the regions of Europe, various common definitions of Europe, geographical or political. Fifty generally recognised sovereign states, Kosovo with limited, but substantial, ...

organised 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 ...

. They are held annually, though rotate between two different formats.

History

Originally held biannually in odd-numbered years, the championships moved to even-numbered years in 1990. In 2005 a second set of championships was introduced, titled the "individual championships". Although numbered as a separate event, winners in either event are considered European champions, and the championships as a result have in effect become an annual event, but in two formats: in even-numbered years, a stand-alone women's event incorporates the European Junior Artistic Gymnastics championships (an entirely separate men's competition is held in the same years, although occasionally at the same venue), while in odd-numbered years, the separately numbered 'individual championships' are held in conjunction with the men's competition of the same description, but without juniors, as a single event. As a result, there is no individual all-around title awarded in even-numbered years (except for juniors), and similarly no team all-around title awarded in odd-numbered years. Otherwise the apparatus and titles are identical. In effect, the juniors championships remain biannual. In 2022, as part of the multisport

2022 European Championships The 2022 European Championships were the second edition of the European Championships. It was a multi-sport event which took place in Munich, Germany from 11 to 21 August 2022. The tournament began three days after the conclusion of the 2022 Comm ...

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, an individual all-around title was introduced in an unusual format, combined with both team and apparatus qualification. A further event, the

European Games The European Games is a continental multi-sport event in the Olympic tradition contested by athletes from European nations and several transcontinental countries. The Games were envisioned and are governed by the European Olympic Committees ...

also holds a full set of championships for European artistic gymnasts in the year preceding the Summer Olympic Games, having begun in 2015. These, however, are organized by the

European Olympic Committees The European Olympic Committees is an organisation based in Rome, Italy, consisting of 50 National Olympic Committees from the continent of Europe.EOC members include transcontinental countries Turkey and the Russian Federation, as well as Israel, ...

and are not recognized as part of the continuity of the European Championships.winners are therefore described as European Games champions, not European Champions.

Championships

2018 and 2022 part of the European Championships (Multi-Sport). Juniors from 1978 to 1992 was held in other country and from 1994 along with seniors.

Juniors

Seniors and Juniors

Medal table

Seniors

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Juniors

Notes

Results

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References

{{European Championships Recurring sporting events established in 1957 Women's sports competitions in Europe

History

Championships

Juniors

Seniors and Juniors

Medal table

Seniors

Juniors

See also

Notes

Results

References