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Gymnastics At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification
This article describes the qualifying phase for gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Qualification was based on the results of the three world gymnastics championships (rhythmic, artistic and trampoline) held in autumn 2015, and Olympic Test Events held in early 2016 at the HSBC Arena. In addition, the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique and the IOC Tripartite Commission for Gymnastics allocated places to ensure certain minimum levels of representation. Summary Sports men and women of the states in the table below qualified for the Olympics * Artistic gymnastics, NOCs with 5 entered athletes may also enter the team competition. Timeline Artistic Men's events * NOC chose any team gymnast ** NOC chose between 2 gymnasts Women's events * NOC chose any team gymnast ** NOC chose between 2 gymnasts Rhythmic Individual all-around Group all-around Trampoline Men's event Women's event References External linksArtistic Gymnastics World Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics At The 2016 Summer Olympics
Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held in three categories: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampolining. All gymnastics events were staged at the Arena Olímpica do Rio from 6 to 21 August 2016. Qualification Qualification was based on the results of the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, held in Glasgow, Scotland, from 24 October to 1 November 2015; the 2015 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, held in Stuttgart, Germany, from 7 to 13 September 2015; the 2015 Trampoline World Championships, held in Odense, Denmark, from 25 to 28 November 2015; and the Olympic Test Event, held on 16–22 April 2016 at Arena Olímpica do Rio. Schedule Participation Participating nations Brazil, as the host country, receives a guaranteed spot, in case it were not to earn one by the regular qualifying methods. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rayderley Zapata
Miguel Rayderley Zapata Santana (born 26 May 1993) is a Spanish- Domincan artistic gymnast. He is the 2020 Olympic silver medalist on the floor exercise. He is also the 2015 World bronze medalist and the 2015 European Games champion on the floor exercise. He also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics and at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where he finished seventh on the floor exercise. Early life Born in the Dominican Republic, his family moved to the Spanish island of Lanzarote when he was a child. Later, in 2010, he moved to Barcelona to receive further training with Gervasio Deferr and Víctor Cano. Career 2014–15 At the 2014 Cottbus World Cup, Zapata won his first FIG World Cup medal- a bronze on the vault. He finished eighth on the floor exercise at the 2014 World Championships. After the World Championships, he competed at the Mexican Open and placed tenth in the all-around. At the 2015 European Championships, Zapata initially placed sixth in the floor exercis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jossimar Calvo
Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno (born 22 July 1994) is a Colombian artistic gymnast, part of the national team. At the 2015 Pan American Games he won three individual gold medals, becoming in the first Colombian to do so. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ... in Rio de Janeiro. He was the first Colombian gymnast to qualify for an Olympic final, ranking tenth in the All-around event. References External links Jossimar Calvo Morenoat the FIG website. 1994 births Living people Colombian male artistic gymnasts Place of birth missing (living people) Gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Colombia Pan American Games silver medalists in gymnastics Pan American Games gold medalists in gymnastics Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Morgan (gymnast)
Scott Morgan (born 20 June 1989) is an elite level Canadian artistic gymnast who represented Canada in the 2014 Commonwealth Games, winning two gold medals, and represented Canada in the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro. Morgan is coached by Vali Stan and a member of the Flicka gymnastics club. Morgan is considered one of the best male gymnasts in Canada. Career Morgan began gymnastics when he was four years old at the Flicka gymnastics club. His parents were the first to get him involved. However, while at high school he quit gymnastics for four years. In 2007, he returned to the sport, saying: "Pretty much within the first week back I was like, 'man, why did I ever leave?' It was just so much fun." At the 2011 Puerto Rico cup, Morgan won silver in the Vault, and bronze on Floor. Next Morgan attended the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Morgan came eighth on Floor and nineteenth on Rings. During the 2014 Commonwealth Games Morgan contributed a score of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Goossens
Dennis Goossens (born 16 December 1993) is a Belgian male artistic gymnast, representing his nation in international competitions. He participated in two editions of the World Championships (2013 in Antwerp, and 2015 in Glasgow, Scotland), and qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i .... References External links * 1993 births Living people Belgian male artistic gymnasts Sportspeople from Lokeren Gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Belgium 21st-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Néstor Abad
Néstor Abad Sanjuan (born 29 March 1993) is a Spanish male artistic gymnast. He represented Spain at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Spain at the 2016, Spain at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2020, and Spain at the 2024 Summer Olympics, 2024 Olympics Games. Additionally he competed at the Gymnastics at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, inaugural Youth Olympic Games in 2010 where he won three medals. Early and personal life Abad was born in Alcoy in 1993. In 2013 he moved to Madrid for further training. He and his wife Sonia have two children together; a son Eiden and a daughter Lis, who was born while Abad was competing at the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2019 World Championships. Gymnastics career Junior career Abad competed at the 2010 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2010 Junior European Championships where he won gold on rings. Abad competed at the Gymnastics at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, inaugural Youth Olympic Games in 2010. While the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrei Muntean
Andrei Vasile Muntean (born 30 January 1993) is a Romanian artistic gymnast. He represented Romania at the 2016 Summer Olympics and placed sixth on the Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's parallel bars, parallel bars. He is the Gymnastics at the 2017 Summer Universiade, 2017 World University Games vault bronze medalist. He has competed at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, World Championships eight times, and he will represent Romania at the 2024 Summer Olympics. At the junior level, Muntean is the 2010 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2010 European parallel bars champion. He won the gold medal on the Gymnastics at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics – Men's rings, rings at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, becoming Romania's first-ever Youth Olympic Games champion. He also won a silver medal on the Gymnastics at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics – Men's parallel bars, parallel bars. Junior career Muntean joined the junior national team when h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed Bourguieg
Mohamed Abdeldjalil Bourguieg (born 31 August 1996) is an Algerian male artistic gymnast, He participated in two editions of the World Championships (2014 in Nanjing, China, and 2015 in Glasgow, Scotland), and qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics, securing one of the spots available at the Olympic Test Event 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 .... References External links * 1996 births Living people Algerian male artistic gymnasts People from Boufarik Sportspeople from Blida Province Gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Algeria African Games gold medalists for Algeria African Games medalists in gymnastics African Games silver medalists for Algeria Gymnasts at the 2015 African Games Gymnasts at the 2019 African ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Crovetto
Kévin Florient Edmond Jean Crovetto (born 10 June 1992) is a Monegasque male artistic gymnast. He represented Monaco at the 2016 Summer Olympics, becoming the country's first Olympic gymnast since 1920. Career Crovetto competed at his first World Championships in 2011 and finished 159th in the all-around qualification round. At the 2013 European Championships, he finished 40th in the all-around during the qualification round. He then competed at the 2013 Games of the Small States of Europe and won a gold medal with the Monegasque team. Additionally, he won a bronze medal on the vault. At the 2014 European Championships, he finished 35th in the all-around. He then finished 133rd in the all-around qualifications at the 2014 World Championships. Crovetto finished 181st in the all-around qualification round at the 2015 World Championships. He received a berth from the Tripartite Commission to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He became the first gymnast to represent Monaco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manrique Larduet
Manrique Larduet Bicet (born 10 July 1996) is a Cuban artistic gymnast. At the 2015 World Championships, he won the silver medal in the all-around- becoming Cuba's first World all-around medalist. He is also the 2015 World horizontal bar bronze medalist, and he represented Cuba at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He is the 2015 Pan American Games vault champion and all-around silver medalist. He is the 2018 Pan American all-around champion and a two-time Pan American champion on the parallel bars (2013, 2018) At the 2014 Pan American Sports Festival he won medals in every event, including the all-around gold. He withdrew from the 2020 Summer Olympics due to a dispute with the Cuban Gymnastics Federation, and he now lives and trains in Italy. Career Larduet began gymnastics when he was five years old. He moved away from his family to Havana at age nine to train at the National Gymnastics School. 2013-14 At the 2013 Pan American Championships, Larduet won gold on vault and paralle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleg Stepko
Oleg Stepko (, born 25 March 1994 in Zaporizhzhya) is a Ukrainian (until 2014), Azerbaijani (2014–2018) and Russian (since March 2018) gymnast. Career Oleg competed for the national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's artistic team all-around. His teammates for the event were Mykola Kuksenkov, Igor Radivilov, Vitalii Nakonechnyi and Oleg Verniaiev. Stepko also participated in floor exercises, horizontal bar, rings He won gold in Parallel Bars at the 2013 European Championships. At the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Stepko along with the Ukrainian team ( Oleg Vernyayev, Igor Radivilov, Petro Pakhnyuk and Maksym Semiankiv) led to a second-place finish in the team final. He won the bronze medal in Pommel horse final. See also * Nationality changes in gymnastics Nationality changing in the sport of gymnastics is when a gymnast opts to represent a new country in international competitions. Gymnasts may request a nationality change through their federations, prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleftherios Petrounias
Eleftherios "Lefteris" Petrounias (, ; born 30 November 1990) is a Greek artistic gymnast. He is the 2016 Olympic champion, 2020 and 2024 Olympic bronze medalist, three-time World champion (2015, 2017, 2018) and a ten-time (2011, 2015–18, 2021–25) European medalist on the still rings (eight gold and two bronze). He was named the Greek Male Athlete of the Year, for the years 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. Early life and education Petrounias has a degree in communications and marketing from the Athens University of Economics and Business. Besides gymnastics, he practices parkour. He takes part in anti-bullying campaigns, as he was bullied himself when he was child due to his small size. Career 2011–2012 Petrounias' debut major international medal came when he competed at the 2011 European Championships in Berlin, at the age of 20. During the competition Petrounias won the bronze medal on the rings. He scored 15.675 during the final, behind Konstantin Pluzhnikov (15.850 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
