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Andreas Toba
Andreas Toba (born 7 October 1990 in Hanover) is a German former artistic gymnast. He is a four-time Olympian, having represented Germany at the 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024 Olympic Games. Personal life Toba is the son of former Romanian-German gymnast Marius Tobă, who competed at three Olympic Games from 1988 to 2000. Gymnastics career 2008–2012 At the 2008 Junior European Championships in Lausanne, Toba won the bronze medal with the German team. Individually he placed seventh on the high bar and ninth in the all-around respectively. Toba joined the German senior national team in 2009. At the 2009 German Championships, he placed sixth in the all-around; the next year he placed seventh. In 2011 he won bronze on the high bar and placed fourth on the parallel bars and on the pommel horse. He was selected to represent Germany at the 2012 Olympic Games alongside Philipp Boy, Fabian Hambüchen, Sebastian Krimmer, and Marcel Nguyen. Together they finished seventh as a team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanover
Hanover ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Lower Saxony. Its population of 535,932 (2021) makes it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest in northern Germany after Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen. Hanover's urban area comprises the towns of Garbsen, Langenhagen and Laatzen and has a population of about 791,000 (2018). The Hanover Region has approximately 1.16 million inhabitants (2019) and is the largest in the Hannover–Braunschweig–Göttingen–Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region, Hanover–Braunschweig–Göttingen–Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region, the List of EU metropolitan areas by GDP, 17th biggest metropolitan area by GDP in the European Union. Before it became the capital of Lower Saxony in 1946, Hanover was the capital of the Principality of Calenberg (1636–1692), the Electorate of Hanover (1692–1814), the Kingdom of Hanover (1814–1866), the Province of Hannove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philipp Boy
Philipp Boy (born 23 July 1987 in Schwedt, East Germany) is a former Germany, German gymnast. He was a member of the 2007 and 2010 World bronze medal winning teams. In addition, he won back-to-back silver medals in the World All Around competition (2010 and 2011). He is the 2011 European All Around Champion. In the 2011 World Championships, Boy won the silver all-around because of his high bar routine. He received a score of 16.066, the highest score on high bar by far. 2007 The German men's team won bronze at the World Championships. Boy finished 18th in the individual all-around final. 2008 The German team placed second at the European Championships. Boy was part of the German Olympic team. He placed 13th in individual all-around finals. 2009 Boy placed fourth in the individual all-around finals at the European Championships. 2010 Boy was part of the team that finished first in the team all-around at the European Championships. He also tied for the bronze medal on high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics At The 2015 European Games
Gymnastics competitions at the 2015 European Games were held in the National Gymnastics Arena, Baku between 15–21 June 2015. In all, five different gymnastics disciplines were contested. In addition to the existing Olympic programme, additional events were held in both the rhythmic gymnastics and trampolining disciplines. In addition, events in two non-Olympic disciplines, aerobic gymnastics and acrobatic gymnastics were included. Qualification A total of 425 athletes qualified for the gymnastics competitions. Qualification was based on the results from the World or European Championships in each discipline. Medal summary Acrobatic Women's groups Mixed pairs Aerobic Artistic gymnastics Men's events Women's events Rhythmic gymnastics Individual Group Trampoline Medal table References External linksResults Book – Gymnastics Acrobatic [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Gymnastics Federation
The International Gymnastics Federation ( French: ''Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique'', abbr. FIG) is the body governing competition in all disciplines of gymnastics. Its headquarters is in Lausanne, Switzerland. It was founded on 23 July 1881 in Liège, Belgium, making it the world's oldest existing international sports organisation. Originally called the European Federation of Gymnastics, it had three member countries—Belgium, France and the Netherlands—until 1921, when non-European countries were admitted and it received its current name. The federation sets the rules, known as the Code of Points, that regulate how gymnasts' performances are evaluated. Seven gymnastics disciplines are governed by the FIG: artistic gymnastics, further classified as men's artistic gymnastics and women's artistic gymnastics; rhythmic gymnastics; aerobic gymnastics; acrobatic gymnastics; trampolining; double mini trampoline, tumbling and parkour. Additionally, the federation is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Hongtao
Zhang Hongtao (; born 9 April 1986), is a Chinese gymnast. He is a specialist on the pommel horse. Gymnastics career In Chinese national level competition, Zhang has made many achievements for the Shanghai team. He earned a bronze medal on pommel horse at the 10th Chinese national games and was selected a national team member since then. He also won gold in the 2007 national championships, and a silver on the same apparatus at the 11th Chinese national games in 2009, behind multiple world pommel horse champion Xiao Qin. Zhang's first international competition was the 2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. He qualified 3rd into the pommel horse event final with a score of 9.712. In the event final, he scored 9.475 and finished 6th on pommel horse. In 2009, Zhang became the world champion on pommel horse in the 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 41st World Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held at The O2 Arena in London from 12 to 18 October 2009. Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xiao Ruoteng
Xiao Ruoteng (, born 30 January 1996) is a Chinese artistic gymnast. He competed at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games, winning five medals. He is the 2017 World all-around champion and the 2018 World pommel horse champion. As a member of the Chinese team, he is a 2018 World champion and a two-time Asian Games champion (2018, 2022). He is also the 2017 Asian all-around and pommel horse champion. Early life Xiao was born on 30 January 1996 in Beijing. His parents signed him up for gymnastics at age five because he was an active child. Career 2015–16 Xiao won gold medals on the pommel horse and the horizontal bar at the 2015 São Paulo World Cup. He then competed at the Asian Championships in Hiroshima and helped the Chinese team win silver behind Japan. Individually, he won a silver medal on the pommel horse behind Kazuma Kaya. He was then selected to compete at the World Championships in Glasgow alongside Deng Shudi, Lin Chaopan, Liu Yang, You Hao, and Zhang Chengl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Series
The 2015 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series was a series of stages where events in men's and women's artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different types of apparatus. The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique, Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), ... were contested. World Cup stages Medalists Men Women See also * 2015 FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup series References {{Artistic gymnastics world cup series Artistic Gymnastics World Cup 2015 in gymnastics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. Competition schedule All times are Chinese Standard Time, CST (UTC+8). Venues Main Arena The main arena where the competition was held was the Guangxi Gymnasium, which opened in 2012. Training Gymnasium The training facility for the competition was held at the Li Ning Sports Park. As per any International Gymnastics Federation competition format, there was a podium training session where the gymnast trains on the podium in the arena to get a feel for the competition equipment on a raised surface. Mascots In April 2013, the mascots Nannan (male) and Ningning (female) were unveiled as the official mascots of the event. Medalists Medal table Men Women Men's results Team competition Individual all-around In the men's all-aroun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 31st European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held from 19 to 25 May 2014 at the Arena Armeec in Sofia, Bulgaria. They were held in conjunction with the 2014 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, which ended 18 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. For team events, five gymnasts were on each team; for seniors, three gymnasts competed on each apparatus, and all three scores counted toward the team total, while for juniors, four gymnasts could compete on each apparatus, with the top three scores counting. 327 gymnasts, 177 senior and 150 junior, from 39 countries competed at the event. The event functioned as a qualification for the Gymnastics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, 2014 Summer Youth Olympics and for the 2015 Europea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Antwerp, Belgium, from 30 September to 6 October 2013 at Antwerp's Sports Palace. Kōhei Uchimura won the men's individual all-around gold medal, and finished the competition with four total medals. Simone Biles won the women's individual all-around title, and also finished the competition with four medals. Competition schedule All times are Central European Summer Time, CEST (UTC+2). Medalists Men's results Individual all-around The final was held on 3 October. Kōhei Uchimura won his fourth consecutive individual all-around world championship crown, outscoring silver medalist Ryohei Kato by 1.958 points. Uchimura became the first male gymnast to win four world individual all-around titles. He posted the highest score on three of the six apparatuses. Floor The final was held on 5 October. Japan's Kenzo Shirai became the first gymnast to successfully perform a backward quadruple-twisting layout somersault (the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 5th Individual European Artistic Gymnastics Championships for both men and women were held at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, from 17 to 21 April 2013. Medal winners Men's results Individual all-around Floor exercise Pommel horse Still rings Vault Parallel bars Horizontal bar Women's results Qualification Individual all-around Vault Uneven bars Balance beam Floor exercise Medal count Combined Men Women References {{DEFAULTSORT:Artistic Gymnastics European Championships, 2013 2013 in gymnastics 2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ... Sports competitions in Moscow International gymnastics competitions hosted by Russia 2013 in Russian sport 2013 in European sport April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; , CIO) is the international, non-governmental, sports governing body of the modern Olympic Games. Founded in 1894 by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas, it is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. The IOC is the authority responsible for organizing the Summer, Winter, and Youth Olympics. The IOC is also the governing body of the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and the worldwide Olympic Movement, which includes all entities and individuals involved in the Olympic Games. , 206 NOCs officially were recognized by the IOC. Since 2013, the IOC president has been Thomas Bach; he will be succeeded by Kirsty Coventry in June 2025. Mission Its stated mission is to promote Olympism throughout the world and to lead the Olympic Movement: *To encourage and support the promotion of ethics and good governance in sport; *To support the education of youth through sport; *To ensure that the spirit of fair play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
