The 30th European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held from 12 to 18 May 2014 at the Arena Armeec in Sofia, Bulgaria. They were held in conjunction with the 2014 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, which began 19 May in the same arena. It was the fourth time the senior and junior women's and men's European championships had been held in one location, which posed logistical difficulties for the organizers; there were also issues with installing the podiums and apparatuses.
288 gymnasts from 37 nations competed. The event functioned as a qualification for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics and for the 2015 European Games. For the team event, teams consisted of up to five gymnasts, of whom four could compete on any apparatus, with the top three scores counting. A team could count fewer scores if necessary; for example, the senior Bulgarian team finished last after one gymnast, Valentina Rashkova, broke her leg performing her vault and they only had two gymnasts perform on the uneven bars.
The junior team from Great Britain won the first British junior team medal, a silver, behind Russia. Angelina Melnikova won the junior all-around as well as the balance beam final and silver on the uneven bars.
In the senior event, Romania won their second consecutive team title. In the apparatus finals, Giulia Steingruber won her second consecutive vault gold, while Anna Pavlova won the first European medal (silver) by a gymnast representing Azerbaijan. On the floor exercise, Vanessa Ferrari and Larisa Iordache tied for gold. On the uneven bars, Becky Downie won her first European title, while Maria Kharenkova, in her first year of senior eligibility, won the balance beam final. Iordache won the most medals overall, with her Romanian team medal and three event final medals, followed by Aliya Mustafina, with her Russian team medal and two individual event final medals, and Steingruber, who won bronze on the floor exercise in addition to her vault title.
Schedule The competition schedule is as follows (all times are local, EEST, UTC+03:00).
Wednesday, 14 May 2014 10:00 – 19:30 Junior team final and individual qualifying competition
Thursday, 15 May 2014 10:00 – 19:30 Senior qualifying competition
Friday, 16 May 2014 15:00 – 17:00 Junior all-around final
Saturday, 17 May 2014 15:00 – 16:40 Senior team final
Sunday, 18 May 2014 09:30 – 11:50 Junior individual event finals 14:00 – 16:20 Senior individual event finals
Medalists Seniors Larisa IordacheDiana BulimarAndreea MunteanuȘtefania StănilăSilvia Zarzu Rebecca DownieRuby HarroldClaudia FragapaneRebecca TunneyHannah Whelan Maria KharenkovaAliya MustafinaDaria SpiridonovaAlla SosnitskayaAnna Rodionova Giulia Steingruber Anna Pavlova Larisa Iordache Rebecca Downie Aliya Mustafina Daria Spiridonova Maria Kharenkova Larisa Iordache Aliya Mustafina Vanessa Ferrari Larisa Iordache none awarded Giulia Steingruber Juniors Angelina MelnikovaSeda TutkhalyanMaria BondarevaAnastasia DmitrievaDaria Skrypnik Ellie DownieCatherine LyonsRhyannon JonesAmy TinklerTeal Grindle Laura JurcăAndreea IridonAnda ButucAndra StoicaAndreea Ciurusniuc Angelina Melnikova Laura Jurcă Ellie Downie Ellie Downie Laura Jurcă Amy Tinkler Daria Skrypnik Angelina Melnikova Maike Enderle Angelina Melnikova Andreea Iridon Tabea Alt Catherine Lyons Amy Tinkler Andreea Iridon none awarded
Senior Results The Great Britain team lead during the qualification round. In the final, the British team performed very well on the uneven bars but counted a fall on the floor event and several balance issues on the balance beam and came in second behind the Romanian team, which won their second consecutive European title.
Team competition Senior Name Country Date of birth Age Youngest Silvia Zarzu Romania 16/12/98 15 years Oldest Kim Bùi Germany 20/01/89 25 years 44.165 (1) 41.599 (4) 44.166 (1) 42.824 (1) 172.754 Larisa Iordache 14.866 13.966 14.700 14.466 Diana Bulimar 14.133 14.533 14.225 Andreea Munteanu 14.933 14.133 Ștefania Stănilă 14.666 13.500 Silvia Zarzu 14.633 43.733 (2) 44.332 (1) 41.333 (3) 41.265 (3) 170.663 Rebecca Downie 14.700 14.833 14.133 Ruby Harrold 14.733 13.300 12.866 Rebecca Tunney 14.533 14.766 Claudia Fragapane 14.500 14.766 Hannah Whelan 13.900 13.633 43.366 (3) 43.665 (3) 41.666 (2) 40.632 (4) 169.329 Aliya Mustafina 14.700 15.166 14.800 Maria Kharenkova 13.933 14.566 13.766 Daria Spiridonova 15.066 12.300 13.100 Alla Sosnitskaya 14.733 13.766 Anna Rodionova 13.433 4 42.899 (4) 43.899 (2) 41.099 (4) 38.899 (8) 166.796 Kim Bùi 14.033 14.766 13.300 Pauline Schäfer 13.900 14.033 12.233 Çağla Akyol 13.533 13.366 Janine Berger 14.966 14.133 Sophie Scheder 15.000 13.533 5 42.899 (4) 36.599 (8) 39.666 (5) 42.324 (2) 161.488 Elisa Meneghini 14.066 12.366 13.933 14.000 Giorgia Campana 13.833 12.500 Erika Fasana 14.433 13.833 Vanessa Ferrari 13.233 14.491 Martina Rizzelli 14.400 10.400 6 41.965 (7) 41.166 (6) 37.633 (8) 40.157 (5) 160.921 Claudia Colom 13.666 13.400 12.000 12.891 Roxana Popa 14.466 14.166 12.600 14.200 Cintia Rodríguez 13.600 13.033 13.066 Ana Perez 13.833 Laura Gamell 7 41.366 (8) 41.365 (5) 38.365 (6) 39.632 (6) 160.728 Gaelle Mys 13.800 13.233 12.766 13.100 Lisa Verschueren 13.800 13.866 12.533 13.166 Laura Waem 13.766 14.266 13.066 13.366 Dorien Motten Lin Versonnen 8 42.299 (6) 40.833 (7) 37.999 (7) 39.266 (7) 160.397 Giulia Steingruber 15.100 14.133 12.833 13.000 Ilaria Käslin 13.200 14.100 13.100 Nadia Mülhauser 13.533 13.500 Laura Schulte 13.666 13.166 Stefanie Siegenthaler 11.066
Vault Senior Name Country Date of birth Age Youngest Noémi Makra Hungary 18/11/97 16 years Oldest Anna Pavlova Azerbaijan 06/09/87 26 years
6.200 9.000 15.200 5.000 9.133 14.133 14.666 5.800 8.966 14.766 5.600 8.800 14.400 14.583 5.800 9.066 14.866 5.200 9.000 14.200 14.533 4 5.800 8.966 14.766 5.600 8.833 -0.3 14.133 14.449 5 6.200 8.666 -0.1 14.766 5.200 8.833 13.966 14.366 6 5.800 8.633 14.433 5.600 8.633 14.233 14.333 7 5.400 8.666 14.066 5.000 8.766 13.766 13.899 8 5.000 8.958 13.958 4.000 8.766 12.766 13.362
Uneven Bars Senior Name Country Date of birth Age Youngest Daria Spiridonova Russia 08/07/98 15 years Oldest Kim Bùi Germany 20/01/89 25 years
6.600 8.900 15.500 6.300 8.966 15.266 6.400 8.566 14.966 4 6.600 8.333 14.933 5 6.400 8.333 14.733 6 6.000 8.533 14.533 7 6.000 8.400 14.400 8 6.200 8.066 14.266
Balance Beam Senior Name Country Date of birth Age Youngest Maria Kharenkova Russia 29/10/98 15 years Oldest Marta Pihan-Kulesza Poland 23/07/87 26 years
6.400 8.533 14.933 6.400 8.400 14.800 6.000 8.733 14.733 4 5.900 8.466 14.366 5 5.700 8.433 14.133 6 5.900 7.833 13.733 7 5.800 7.566 13.366 8 5.900 7.300 13.200
Floor Senior Name Country Date of birth Age Youngest Claudia Fragapane United Kingdom 24/10/97 16 years Oldest Marta Pihan-Kulesza Poland 23/07/87 26 years
6.100 8.700 14.800 6.300 8.500 14.800 6.100 8.400 14.500 4 5.800 8.600 14.400 4 6.000 8.400 14.400 6 5.700 8.566 14.266 7 5.800 8.391 14.191 8 6.000 8.133 14.133
Junior Results
Team competition The junior team competition served as qualification to the all-around and individual event finals. The results of the top 8 teams are below. The other competing teams were Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine and Turkey.
Oldest and youngest competitors Name Country Date of birth Age Youngest Carina Kröll 29 December 2000 Oldest Anastasia Dmitrieva 21 January 1999
42.966 (2) 43.032 (1) 41.332 (2) 40.932 (3) 168.262 Angelina Melnikova 14.200 14.633 14.400 13.466 Seda Tutkhalyan 14.700 14.166 13.566 13.900 Maria Bondareva 14.033 13.966 12.800 13.400 Anastasia Dmitrieva 14.066 13.566 Daria Skrypnik 14.233 13.366 43.532 (1) 40.199 (3) 40.108 (3) 41.166 (1) 165.005 Ellie Downie 14.800 13.600 12.908 13.633 Catherine Lyons 14.066 13.366 13.700 13.800 Rhyannon Jones 13.533 13.233 12.433 13.600 Amy Tinkler 14.666 13.733 Teal Grindle 12.533 13.500 42.233 (3) 40.066 (4) 41.574 (1) 41.099 (2) 164.972 Laura Jurcă 14.633 13.500 13.575 13.933 Andreea Iridon 12.666 13.400 13.933 13.966 Anda Butuc 12.900 14.066 13.200 Andra Stoica 13.900 12.933 12.700 Andreea Ciurusniuc 13.700 13.166 4 41.533 (6) 41.166 (2) 38.032 (5) 39.566 (8) 161.297 Tabea Alt 13.900 14.166 13.500 13.300 Maike Enderle 13.900 14.200 12.266 12.333 Pauline Tratz 13.733 12.466 11.333 13.300 Rebecca Matzon 13.000 13.800 Carina Kröll 12.266 12.966 5 41.932 (5) 39.732 (6) 37.873 (6) 40.499 (4) 160.036 Sofia Busato 13.966 13.233 12.641 13.366 Pilar Rubagotti 13.633 13.266 12.666 13.533 Iosra Abdelaziz 13.933 12.300 12.466 13.233 Chiara Imeraj 13.233 12.566 13.600 Desirée Carofiglio 14.033 6 40.699 (8) 39.666 (7) 39.365 (4) 40.299 (5) 160.029 Axelle Klinckaert 13.666 13.166 13.266 13.633 Rune Hermans 13.600 13.100 13.033 13.233 Nina Derwael 13.000 13.400 13.066 13.433 Jelle Beullens 13.433 12.066 12.833 Cindy Vandenhole 12.400 7 41.499 (7) 39.499 (8) 37.824 (7) 40.066 (6) 158.888 Loan His 14.033 14.033 13.033 13.400 Marine Boyer 13.433 12.566 11.866 13.333 Camille Bahl 13.433 11.100 12.925 13.333 Océane Pause 14.033 12.900 11.433 Juliette Bossu 12.800 8 40.432 (9) 39.740 (5) 36.166 (8) 39.165 (9) 155.503 Giada Grisetti 13.500 13.508 11.833 13.133 Anja Schwarz 12.866 13.666 12.133 12.666 Thea Brogli 13.166 12.566 12.200 12.966 Gaia Nesurini 13.766 12.000 11.433 13.066 Rebekka Schuster
Individual All-Around Oldest and youngest competitors Name Country Date of birth Age Youngest Maike Enderle 15 September 2000 Oldest Veronika Cenková 11 February 1999 14.500 14.566 14.175 13.866 57.107 14.733 12.933 14.066 13.966 55.698 14.800 13.366 13.333 13.833 55.332 4 13.766 13.266 14.166 14.033 55.231 5 13.933 14.333 13.066 13.166 54.498 6 13.400 13.400 13.200 13.933 53.933 7 14.333 12.900 12.833 13.866 53.932 8 13.966 13.033 13.133 13.766 53.898 9 13.333 13.266 13.433 13.733 53.765 10 13.533 13.400 13.050 13.400 53.383 11 13.366 13.400 12.966 13.066 52.798 12 13.433 12.833 13.400 12.800 52.466 13 13.633 12.900 12.533 13.233 52.299 14 13.733 14.300 11.733 12.133 51.899 15 13.433 12.366 12.800 13.200 51.799 16 13.533 13.133 12.166 12.900 51.732 17 12.833 12.766 12.066 13.266 50.931 18 13.066 13.266 11.733 12.600 50.665 19 12.775 12.366 12.833 12.566 50.540 20 13.000 12.400 11.933 13.033 50.366 21 12.866 11.700 12.533 12.866 49.965 22 13.341 11.966 12.266 12.333 49.906 23 13.700 11.866 12.000 12.333 49.899 24 9.833 12.400 13.766 13.633 49.632
Vault Oldest and youngest competitors Name Country Date of birth Age Youngest Sofia Busato 4 September 2000 Oldest Isa Maassen 4 March 1999 5.800 9.133 14.933 5.200 9.133 14.333 14.633 5.800 8.966 14.766 5.000 9.000 14.000 14.383 5.800 8.933 14.733 5.000 8.966 13.966 14.349 4 5.800 8.666 -0.1 14.366 5.200 8.966 14.166 14.266 5 5.300 9.066 14.366 5.000 9.133 14.133 14.249 6 5.000 9.000 -0.1 13.900 5.800 8.800 -0.1 14.500 14.200 7 5.300 8.966 14.266 5.000 8.941 13.941 14.103 8 5.800 7.700 -0.3 12.700 4.400 8.766 13.166 12.933
Uneven Bars Oldest and youngest competitors Name Country Date of birth Age Youngest Daria Skrypnik 4 October 2000 Oldest Loan His 10 April 1999 6.300 8.533 14.833 6.100 8.666 14.633 6.100 8.400 14.500 4 5.900 8.166 14.066 5 5.300 8.500 13.800 6 5.200 8.533 13.733 7 5.300 8.133 13.433 8 5.500 7.866 13.366
Balance Beam Oldest and youngest competitors Name Country Date of birth Age Youngest Catherine Lyons 30 August 2000 Oldest Seda Tutkhalyan 15 July 1999 6.100 8.475 14.575 5.800 8.633 14.433 5.700 8.500 14.200 4 5.600 8.133 13.733 5 5.300 8.366 13.666 6 5.600 7.733 13.333 7 5.200 7.900 13.100 8 5.100 7.833 12.933
Floor Oldest and youngest competitors Name Country Date of birth Age Youngest Catherine Lyons 30 August 2000 Oldest Anastasia Dmitrieva 21 January 1999