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Marcela Torres
Marcela Soledad Torres (born 4 October 1988) is an Argentine-born Swedish artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different types of apparatus. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which assigns the '' Code of Points'' used .... Personal life Marcela Torres was born on 4 October 1988 in Argentina, and she moved to Sweden in 2012. She became eligible to represent Sweden in 2015. Career Torres competed on vault at the 2015 European Championships, and she was the third reserve for the event final. She won the all-around title at the 2015 Swedish Championships. At the Anadia World Cup, she finished 5th in the vault event final. At the 2015 Belgium-Sweden-Austria Friendly, the Swedish team finished 2nd. She then competed at the 2015 World Championships with Ece Ayan, Stina Lovisa Estberg, Emma Larsson, Veronica Wagner, and Kim Singmuang, and the team finished ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaco Province
Chaco (; Wichi languages, Wichi: ''To-kós-wet''), officially the Province of Chaco ( ) is one of the 23 provinces of Argentina, provinces of Argentina. Its capital and largest city is Resistencia, Chaco, Resistencia. It is located in the north-east of the country. It is bordered by Salta Province, Salta and Santiago del Estero Province, Santiago del Estero to the west, Formosa Province, Formosa to the north, Corrientes Province, Corrientes to the east, and Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe to the south. It also has an international border with the Paraguayan Departments of Paraguay, department of Ñeembucú. With an area of and a population of 1,142,963 as of 2022, it is the twelfth most extensive, and the eleventh most populated, of Argentina's provinces. In 2010, Chaco became the second province in Argentina to adopt more than one official language. These are the Toba Qom language, Kom, Mocoví language, Moqoit and Wichí languages, Wichí languages, spoken by the Toba people, Tob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veronica Wagner
Isabella Minna Veronica Wagner, better known as Veronica (born July 7, 1987), is a gymnast who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics as a member of the Swedish Olympic team. She is coached by Staffan Söderberg. Wagner was born in Stockholm, and started gymnastics at the age of 5. She progressed quickly through the sport's levels, qualifying as an international elite at the age of 12. She is Sweden's most successful gymnast, having won the national title 7 times (2002, 2004–2008 and 2011) and represented her country at the Olympics, World Championships and European Championships. She has also been a finalist at several World Cup events and in the 2009 Worlds all-around competition. Wagner is a powerful and innovative gymnast, particularly on the floor exercise. She pioneered the double piked front, which she successfully competed at the 2006 European Championships. She performed well at these championships, with a score that would have been good enough to place her 13th if an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Female Artistic Gymnasts
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1988 Births
1988 was a crucial year in the early history of the Internet—it was the year of the first well-known computer virus, the 1988 Internet worm. The first permanent intercontinental Internet link was made between the United States (National Science Foundation Network) and Europe (Nordunet) as well as the first Internet-based chat protocol, Internet Relay Chat. The concept of the World Wide Web was first discussed at CERN in 1988. The Soviet Union began its major deconstructing towards a mixed economy at the beginning of 1988 and began its gradual dissolution. The Iron Curtain began to disintegrate in 1988 as Hungary began allowing freer travel to the Western world. The first extrasolar planet, Gamma Cephei Ab (confirmed in 2003), was detected this year and the World Health Organization began its mission to eradicate polio. Global warming also began to emerge as a more significant concern, with climate scientist James Hansen testifying before the U.S. Senate on the is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 2018 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships was the 48th edition of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships. The competition was held from October 25 – November 3, 2018, at the Aspire Academy Dome in Doha, Qatar. It was the first time that the competition was held in the Middle East. Simone Biles became the first American to medal on every event at a single World Championships and the first woman to do so in 31 years. The last person to complete this feat was Russian Yelena Shushunova in 1987. Competition schedule Medal summary Medalists Medal standings Overall Men Women Men's results Team The top 3 teams from the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Oldest and youngest competitors Individual all-around Defending champion Xiao Ruoteng of China lost the title on a tiebreaker to Russia's Artur Dalaloyan. The tie-breaking procedure in this situation is dropping of the lowest-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Castles
Jessica Castles (born 16 July 2002) is a British-born Swedish artistic gymnast who represented Sweden in international competitions. She is the 2019 European Games floor exercise bronze medalist and the 2018 Swedish national champion. She competed in collegiate gymnastics at the University of Arizona from 2021 to 2024. Early life Castles was born in West Surrey, England in 2002 to a Northern Irish father and a Swedish mother. She has two younger brothers. She grew up in Qatar, having lived there for nine years before moving back to England at age 14 in order to get better gymnastics training and coaching. Junior gymnastics career Castles trained gymnastics recreationally before she was scouted by the Qatari national team when she was twelve years old. She trained with them for two years before continuing her training in England with Heathrow Gymnastics Club. 2016–17 Castles competed at the 2016 English Championships where she placed 35th in the all-around. In 2017 Cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 31st European Championships in Women's Artistic Gymnastics Seniors and Juniors was held from 1 to 5 June 2016, at the PostFinance-Arena in Bern, Switzerland. It was the first time the city had hosted a major female international competition (it hosted the 1975 Men's European Gymnastics Championships), and was the first time Switzerland hosted the competition in the country. Venue The competition was held at the PostFinance-Arena. Formerly the Bern Arena, it houses the home games of National League A ice hockey team SC Bern. Built in 1967, the arena has a capacity of just over 17,000 spectators – this makes it one of the largest arenas to host the competition. Schedule Television broadcasters * Europe – European Union of Gymnastics, UEG * Switzerland – SRG SSR * United Kingdom – BBC Medal summary Medalists Medal table Combined Seniors Juniors Results Seniors Team Oldest and youngest competitors Vault Oldest and youngest compe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Series
The 2016 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 * 2016 FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup series References {{Artistic gymnastics world cup series Artistic Gymnastics World Cup 2016 in gymnastics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Singmuang
Kim Chuthathip Singmuang (born 7 April 1998) is a Thai-born Swedish artistic gymnast. Career Junior Singmuang competed at the 2011 Northern European Championships, and the Swedish team won the gold medal. Individually, Singmuang won the gold medal on the vault and the silver medal in the all-around. She competed at the 2012 Junior European Championships and helped the Swedish team finish 9th. At the 2013 Nordic Junior Championships, she won the silver medal in the all-around behind Emma Larsson. She competed at the 2013 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival alongside Larsson and Ece Ayan, and they finished 6th as a team. Individually, she finished 12th in the all-around final. Senior Singmuang won the bronze medal on the uneven bars at the 2014 Osijek World Cup behind Yong Mi Kang and Noémi Makra. She competed at the 2014 European Championships with Emma Larsson, Jonna Adlerteg, Stina Lovisa Estberg, and Nicole Vanstroem, and the team finished 12th. The same team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Larsson
Emma Maud Valborg Larsson (born 15 November 1998) is a Swedish former artistic gymnast. Larsson participated at the 2014 and 2015 World Championships and eventually qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics, where she placed 35th all-around in the qualifying stage of the competition. Career Larsson qualified for the all-around final at the 2012 Junior European Championships and finished 16th. At the 2013 European Youth Olympic Festival, the Swedish team of Larsson, Kim Singmuang, and Ece Ayan placed sixth. Individually, Larsson placed fifth in the vault and floor exercise finals and eighth in the all-around and uneven bars finals. Larsson became age-eligible for senior international competitions in 2014. At the 2014 European Championships, Larsson and the Swedish team placed 12th in the qualification round. Then at the 2014 World Championships, the Swedish team finished 21st in the qualification round. Individually, Larsson finished 43rd in the all-around, scoring 52.832. Larss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the List of countries and dependencies by area, eighth-largest country in the world. Argentina shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a Federation, federal state subdivided into twenty-three Provinces of Argentina, provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and List of cities in Argentina by population, largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a Federalism, federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
