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Gymnastics At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification
Qualification for gymnastics events at the 2012 Summer Olympics was based on the results of the three world gymnastics championships (rhythmic, artistic and trampoline) held in autumn 2011 and Olympic Test Events to be held in January 2012 at the North Greenwich Arena. In addition, the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique and the IOC Tripartite Commission for Gymnastics allocated places to ensure certain minimum levels of representation. Qualification timeline Qualification summary ''* Artistic gymnastics, NOCs with 5 entered athletes may also enter the team competition.'' Artistic Men * * NOC may choose any gymnast * ** NOC has choice between 2 gymnasts Women * * NOC may choose any gymnast * ** NOC has choice between 2 gymnasts Rhythmic Individual Group * Great Britain at the Olympics, Great Britain as host is entitled to send a team to compete in the Rhythmic Gymnastics Group event, British Gymnastics and the British Olympic Association (BOA) announced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Greenwich Arena
The O2 Arena, commonly known as The O2, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the centre of The O2 entertainment district on the Greenwich Peninsula in southeast London, England. It opened in its present form in 2007. It has the third-highest seating capacity of any indoor venue in the United Kingdom, behind Co-op Live and Manchester Arena, and in 2008 was the world's busiest music arena. As of 2022, it is the List of largest buildings#Largest usable volume, ninth-largest building in the world by volume with a diameter of 365 metres (399 yards) and a height of 52 metres (57 yards). The arena was built under the Millennium Dome (renamed The O2), a large dome-shaped building built to house an exhibition celebrating the turn of the third millennium; as the structure still stands over the arena, ''The Dome'' remains a name in common usage for the venue. The arena, as well as the overall complex, is named after its primary sponsor, the telecommunications company O2 (UK), O2, a subsidiar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syque Caesar
Quazi Syque Caesar (born August 22, 1990) is a Bangladeshi-American gymnastics coach. A retired artistic gymnast, he represented Bangladesh at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and was a captain of the Michigan Wolverines men's gymnastics team. He was an assistant coach for the Stanford Cardinal men's gymnastics team for over six years, was the head coach for the men's gymnastics athlete resident program at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center until its dissolution in 2022, and is currently coaching at EVO Gymnastics. Early life and education Caesar was born in Florida, the son of immigrants from Bangladesh. Raised in Port Saint Lucie, Florida, Caesar enrolled at the University of Michigan in 2008. He was a member of the Michigan Wolverines men's gymnastics team from 2009 to 2012. As a sophomore in 2010, he helped lead Michigan to the NCAA team championship. As a junior in 2011, he was elected co-captain of the Michigan men's gymnastic team and won the Big Ten C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rokas Guščinas
Rokas Guščinas (born 6 January 1991) is a Lithuanian Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast. He represented Lithuania at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Gymnastics career Guščinas began gymnastics when he was five years old. He competed at his first World Championships in 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2007 and finished 121st in the all-around during the qualification round. At the 2008 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2008 Junior European Championships, he qualified for the horizontal bar final and finished fifth. Guščinas finished 100th in the all-around qualifications at the 2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2010 World Championships. He competed at the 2012 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event, 2012 Olympic Test Event and finished 42nd in the all-around, earning a berth for the 2012 Summer Olympics. At the Olympic Games, he only competed on the pommel horse and finished 17th in the Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stepan Gorbachev
Stepan Gorbachev (born 2 October 1983) is a Kazakhstani gymnast. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the .... References External links * 1983 births Living people Kazakhstani male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Kazakhstan Gymnasts at the 2012 Summer Olympics Gymnasts from Almaty Gymnasts at the 2002 Asian Games Gymnasts at the 2006 Asian Games Gymnasts at the 2010 Asian Games Gymnasts at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Kazakhstan 21st-century Kazakhstani sportsmen {{Kazakhstan-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artur Davtyan
Artur Vahrami Davtyan (, born August 8, 1992) is an Armenian gymnast. He is the 2020 Olympic bronze medalist, 2024 Olympic silver medalist and the 2022 World Champion in vault. He is also the 2019 European Games vault champion and is an eight-time European Championships medalist. Early life Artur Davtyan was born on August 8, 1992, in Yerevan, Armenia. He started doing gymnastics at the age of 7 in 1998. Since 2008, he has been a member of the Armenian national gymnastics team. He is the brother of fellow national team member Vahagn Davtyan. Career Youth In 2009, at the Youth Olympic Festival in Tampere, Finland, Davtyan, along with fellow Armenians Vahan Vardanyan and Arthur Tovmasyan, secured 6th place in the team event among 23 teams. In the individual competition, Davtyan took the same place, 6th, in the all-around, 7th place in the vault, 6th place on the parallel bars and 9th place in the exercises on the rings. A year later, at the Junior European Championships in B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epke Zonderland
Epke Jan Zonderland (born 16 April 1986) is a Dutch artistic gymnast and the 2012 Olympic gold medallist on high bar. He is a 4-time Olympian (2008–20) and has also taken 3 World Championships golds on high bar at the 2013, 2014 and 2018 World Championships, the first man to secure this feat on that apparatus. He is nicknamed "The Flying Dutchman.” Early life Zonderland was born on 16 April 1986 in Lemmer, Netherlands. He started gymnastics at the age of four. He has two brothers (Herre and Johan) and one sister (Geeske) who are also international gymnasts. Zonderland enrolled to study medicine at the University of Groningen in 2006. He took 12 years to complete his degree in medicine as he was pursuing his career in gymnastics at the same time, and qualified as a medical doctor in 2018. Gymnastics career 2004 Zonderland reached his first international success as a junior in 2004. At the European Junior Championships in Ljubljana he was fourth in the all-around event a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Kulesza
Roman Kulesza (born 2 March 1983) is a Polish gymnast. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ..., where he finished 24th in the all around. References External links * 1983 births Living people Polish male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Poland Gymnasts at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Gdańsk European Games competitors for Poland Gymnasts at the 2015 European Games 21st-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabian Leimlehner
Fabian Leimlehner (born 17 September 1987) is an Austrian male artistic gymnast and part of the national team. He participated at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ... in London, United Kingdom. Leimlehner was part of the 2011 World Championships. In 2012 he competed at the European Artistic Gymnastics Team Championships. He also participated in the 2013, 2014, and 2015 World Championships. References External links * Living people Gymnasts at the 2012 Summer Olympics 1987 births Austrian male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Austria Sportspeople from Liestal European Games competitors for Austria Gymnasts at the 2015 European Games Swiss male artistic gymnasts Swiss emigrants to Austria Austrian people of Swiss descent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Piasecký
Samuel Piasecký (born 31 October 1984) is a Slovak gymnast. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the .... References External links * 1984 births Living people Slovak male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Slovakia Gymnasts at the 2012 Summer Olympics Gymnasts from Košice Competitors at the 2003 Summer Universiade 21st-century Slovak sportsmen {{Slovakia-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlasios Maras
Vlasios Maras (, born 31 March 1983 in Cholargos), Athens, is a Greek gymnast. In the 2004 Summer Olympics, he was a favorite in the horizontal bar competition but failed to qualify for the final after finishing 13th in the qualification round. He competed in the horizontal bar event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the America ... as well, but finished in 38th place in qualifying and did not advance to the final. Maras is a two-time world champion on horizontal bar and a five-time European champion. He was named the 2009 Greek Male Athlete of the Year. References External links * * * 1983 births Living people Gymnasts at the 2004 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 2008 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 2012 Summer Olym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filip Ude
Filip Ude (born 3 June 1986) is a Croatian gymnast. On 9 August 2008 he qualified for the Olympic final of the men's pommel horse at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ... by finishing third, and on 17 August he won a silver medal in the finals. His other notable highlights prior to the 2008 Olympics include obtaining 15.825 points on the pommel horse as well as 15.050 points on the parallel bars at the 2007/2008 World Cup, as well as obtaining 15.400 points on the floor exercise at the 2007 World Championships. References External links * * * 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Čakovec Croatian male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Croatia Gymnasts at the 2008 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 2012 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wai Hung Shek
Shek Wai Hung (; born 10 October 1991) is an artistic gymnast from Hong Kong. He is the current Asian Games champion on vault. Gymnastics career Shek started gymnast training at the age of six. In 2008, Shek participated in the Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships, where he won a gold medal in the junior vault final. At the 2010 Asian Games, Shek placed eighth in the individual all-around, and sixth on vault. In 2011, Shek participated in the World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, where he qualified fourth with an average score of 16.237 into the vault final – the first time ever for a Hong Kong gymnast to qualify into an event final at World Championships level. He came seventh in the final, having taken a big step forward on his first vault, with an average score of 15.950. Shek qualified to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, the United Kingdom via the Olympic Test Event in January that year. There, he finished 12th in the all-around qualification with a score of 86.482. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
