Jonna Eva-Maj Adlerteg (born 6 June 1995) is a

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. She won the bronze medal on bars at the

2010 Summer Youth Olympics The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics ( ta, 2010 கோடைக்கால இளையோர் ஒலிம்பிக் விளையாட்டுக்கள் ms, Sukan Olimpik Belia Musim Panas 2010), officially known as the I Summer ...

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. Adlerteg competed at the

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and the

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in Tokyo, becoming the second Swedish gymnast during the 21st century to qualify for the Olympics after Veronica Wagner. Adlerteg took Sweden's first medal in gymnastics in over 50 years when she won the silver medal on the uneven bars at the 2013 Europe Championships.

Career

2010

Adlerteg represented Sweden at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. Adlerteg finished 10th in the all-around final. She finished 8th on beam and 7th on floor. Adlerteg's best result was on the uneven bars, where she won bronze behind Viktoria Komova and Tan Sixin. Her bronze was one of five medals that Sweden won at the

2011

Adlerteg competed at the 2011 European Championships. As the youngest competitor, she finished 23rd in the all-around. At the Ghent World Cup, she finished 4th on bars and 6th on floor. Adlerteg finished 64th in the all-around qualification for the 2011 World Championships with a score of 51.966.

2012

Adlerteg placed 42nd at the Test Event, qualifying her a spot for the

2012 Summer Olympics 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, th ...

. She was the second Swedish gymnast during the 21st century to qualify for the Olympics after Veronica Wagner. Adlerteg finished 16th with the Swedish team at the 2012 European Championships. At the World Cup in

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, Adlerteg finished 4th on bars. Adlerteg represented Sweden at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She finished 39th in the all-around qualification with a score of 52.199.

2013

Adlerteg won a silver medal on the uneven bars at the 2013 European Championships behind

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. It was Sweden's first medal in gymnastics in over 50 years.

2014

Adlerteg competed at the

2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held in Nanning, China at the Guangxi Gymnasium from 3–12 October 2014. The competition was the fourth time a World Artistic Gymnastics Championships has been held in the continent of Asia. ...

2015

Jonna started the season at the 2015 Cottbus World Cup and won the bars final. At the

2015 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 6th European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships was held from 15 to 19 April 2015 at the Park&Suites Arena in Montpellier, France. As usual in this format, no team competitions took place. Schedule All times ar ...

, in April 2015, she qualified to the all-around final. She sustained an ACL injury on her first event, the floor, and she was forced to withdraw from the competition.

2016

In March 2016, news surfaced that Adlerteg had ruptured a meniscus, and would be out for the

2016 Olympics ) , 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 ...

References

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