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2014 Sofia European Championships
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City

Sofia, Bulgaria

Team Gold Medalist

Senior: Romania

Junior: Russia

Junior All-Around Gold Medalist

Angelina Melnikova (RUS)

Vault Gold Medalist

Senior: Giulia Steingruber (SUI)
Junior: Ellie Downie (GBR)

Uneven Bars Gold Medalist

Senior: Becky Downie (GBR)
Junior: Daria Skrypnik (RUS)

Balance Beam Gold Medalist

Senior: Maria Kharenkova (RUS)
Junior: Angelina Melnikova (RUS)

Floor Exercise Gold Medalist

Senior: Larisa Iordache (ROU)
---------Vanessa Ferrari (ITA)
Junior: Catherine Lyons (GBR)

Preceded by

2013 Moscow European Championships

Succeeded by

2015 Montpellier European Championships

The 31st European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held from May 12-18 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The all-around was not contested for the seniors. The junior division served as one of the qualifying events for the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China, and the competition as a whole served as qualifications into next year's inaugural European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Format of Competition[]

The competition was split into junior and senior divisions. For the seniors, all participating gymnasts, including those who were not part of a team, participated in a qualification round. The results of this competition determined which teams and individuals participated in the remaining competitions, which included:

  • The team competition, in which the eight highest scoring teams from qualifications competed. Each team of five gymnasts could only have three gymnasts perform on each apparatus, and all three scores counted toward the team total.
  • The event finals, in which the eight highest scoring individuals on each apparatus competed. Each country was limited to two gymnasts in each apparatus final.

For the juniors, the qualification round also served as the team final. Each team of six gymnasts could only have three gymnasts perform on each apparatus, and all three scores counted toward the team total. The results of this competition determined which teams and individuals participated in the remaining competitions, which included:

  • The all-around competition, in which only the twenty-four highest scoring individuals in the all-around competed. Each country was limited to only two gymnasts in the all-around final.
  • The event finals, in which the eight highest scoring individuals on each apparatus competed. Each country was limited to two gymnasts in each apparatus final.

Competition Schedule[]

May 14 Junior Qualifications
May 15 Senior Qualifications
May 16 Junior All-Around
May 17 Senior Team Final
May 18 Senior Event Finals
Junior Event Finals

Results[]

Seniors[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team 600px-Flag of Romania Romania

Diana Bulimar
Larisa Iordache
Andreea Munteanu
Ştefania Stănilă
Silvia Zarzu

800px-Flag of the United Kingdom Great Britain

Becky Downie
Claudia Fragapane
Ruby Harrold
Rebecca Tunney
Hannah Whelan

800px-Flag of Russia Russia

Maria Kharenkova
Aliya Mustafina
Anna Rodionova
Alla Sosnitskaya
Daria Spiridonova

Vault 320px-Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Giulia Steingruber
Switzerland (SUI)
800px-Flag of Azerbaijan Anna Pavlova
Azerbaijan (AZE)
600px-Flag of Romania Larisa Iordache
Romania (ROU)
Uneven Bars 800px-Flag of the United Kingdom Becky Downie
Great Britain (GBR)
800px-Flag of Russia Aliya Mustafina
Russia (RUS)
800px-Flag of Russia Daria Spiridonova
Russia (RUS)
Balance Beam 800px-Flag of Russia Maria Kharenkova
Russia (RUS)
600px-Flag of Romania Larisa Iordache
Romania (ROU)
800px-Flag of Russia Aliya Mustafina
Russia (RUS)
Floor Exercise 600px-Flag of Romania Larisa Iordache
Romania (ROU)

800px-Flag of Italy Vanessa Ferrari
Italy (ITA)

N/A 320px-Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Giulia Steingruber
Switzerland (SUI)

Juniors[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team 800px-Flag of Russia Russia

Maria Bondareva
Anastasia Dmitrieva
Angelina Melnikova
Daria Skrypnik
Seda Tutkhalyan

800px-Flag of the United Kingdom Great Britain

Ellie Downie
Teal Grindle
Rhyannon Jones
Catherine Lyons
Amy Tinkler

600px-Flag of Romania Romania

Andreea Iridon
Laura Jurca
Daniela Ciurusniuc
Anda Butuc
Andra Stoica

All-Around 800px-Flag of Russia Angelina Melnikova
Russia (RUS)
600px-Flag of Romania Laura Jurca
Romania (ROU)
800px-Flag of the United Kingdom Ellie Downie
Great Britain (GBR)
Vault 800px-Flag of the United Kingdom Ellie Downie
Great Britain (GBR)
600px-Flag of Romania Laura Jurca
Romania (ROU)
800px-Flag of the United Kingdom Amy Tinkler
Great Britain (GBR)
Uneven Bars 800px-Flag of Russia Daria Skrypnik
Russia (RUS)
800px-Flag of Russia Angelina Melnikova
Russia (RUS)
800px-Flag of Germany Maike Enderle
Germany (GER)
Balance Beam 800px-Flag of Russia Angelina Melnikova
Russia (RUS)
600px-Flag of Romania Andreea Iridon
Romania (ROU)
800px-Flag of Germany Tabea Alt
Germany (GER)
Floor Exercise 800px-Flag of the United Kingdom Catherine Lyons
Great Britain (GBR)
800px-Flag of the United Kingdom Amy Tinkler
Great Britain (GBR)

600px-Flag of Romania Andreea Iridon
Romania (ROU)

N/A

Qualified to the Youth Olympics[]

  • Russia
  • Romania
  • Great Britain
  • Germany
  • France
  • Belgium
  • Italy
  • Ireland
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Netherlands
  • Hungary
  • Czech Republic
  • Ukraine
  • Spain
  • Turkey
  • Greece
  • Belarus
  • Poland

Notable Moments[]

  • Great Britain won their first junior team medal.
  • Ellie Downie won Great Britain their first European medal in the all-around and on vault. Catherine Lyons won their first European medal on floor exercise.
  • Anna Pavlova won Azerbaijan their first European medal.
  • Giulia Steingruber won Switzerland their first European medal on floor exercise.

Medal Count[]

Rank Country Gold-medal Silver-medal Bronze-medal Total
1 800px-Flag of Russia Russia 5 2 3 10
2 600px-Flag of Romania Romania 2 5 2 9
3 800px-Flag of the United Kingdom Great Britain 3 3 2 8
4 320px-Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland 1 0 1 2
5 800px-Flag of Germany Germany 0 0 2 2
6 800px-Flag of Italy Italy 1 0 0 1
7 800px-Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 0 1 0 1

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