2014 Sofia European Championships

2014 Japanese National Championships

2014 Sofia European Championships

2014 Australian National Championships

2014 Sofia European Championships
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City	Sofia, Bulgaria
Team Gold Medalist	Senior: Romania Diana Bulimar Larisa Iordache Andreea Munteanu Ştefania Stănilă Silvia Zarzu Junior: Russia Maria Bondareva Anastasia Dmitrieva Angelina Melnikova Daria Skrypnik Seda Tutkhalyan
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	Romania Diana Bulimar Larisa Iordache Andreea Munteanu Ştefania Stănilă Silvia Zarzu	Great Britain Becky Downie Claudia Fragapane Ruby Harrold Rebecca Tunney Hannah Whelan	Russia Maria Kharenkova Aliya Mustafina Anna Rodionova Alla Sosnitskaya Daria Spiridonova
Vault	Giulia Steingruber Switzerland (SUI)	Anna Pavlova Azerbaijan (AZE)	Larisa Iordache Romania (ROU)
Uneven Bars	Becky Downie Great Britain (GBR)	Aliya Mustafina Russia (RUS)	Daria Spiridonova Russia (RUS)
Balance Beam	Maria Kharenkova Russia (RUS)	Larisa Iordache Romania (ROU)	Aliya Mustafina Russia (RUS)
Floor Exercise	Larisa Iordache Romania (ROU) Vanessa Ferrari Italy (ITA)	N/A	Giulia Steingruber Switzerland (SUI)

Juniors

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	Russia Maria Bondareva Anastasia Dmitrieva Angelina Melnikova Daria Skrypnik Seda Tutkhalyan	Great Britain Ellie Downie Teal Grindle Rhyannon Jones Catherine Lyons Amy Tinkler	Romania Andreea Iridon Laura Jurca Daniela Ciurusniuc Anda Butuc Andra Stoica
All-Around	Angelina Melnikova Russia (RUS)	Laura Jurca Romania (ROU)	Ellie Downie Great Britain (GBR)
Vault	Ellie Downie Great Britain (GBR)	Laura Jurca Romania (ROU)	Amy Tinkler Great Britain (GBR)
Uneven Bars	Daria Skrypnik Russia (RUS)	Angelina Melnikova Russia (RUS)	Maike Enderle Germany (GER)
Balance Beam	Angelina Melnikova Russia (RUS)	Andreea Iridon Romania (ROU)	Tabea Alt Germany (GER)
Floor Exercise	Catherine Lyons Great Britain (GBR)	Amy Tinkler Great Britain (GBR) 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				Total
1	Russia	5	2	3	10
2	Romania	2	5	2	9
3	Great Britain	3	3	2	8
4	Switzerland	1	0	1	2
5	Germany	0	0	2	2
6	Italy	1	0	0	1
7	Azerbaijan	0	1	0	1

Gallery

• The Arena Armeec during the competition
• Senior Team Medalists (from left): Great Britain, Romania, Russia
• Senior Vault Medalists (from left): Anna Pavlova (AZE), Giulia Steingruber (SUI), Larisa Iordache (ROU)
• Senior Uneven Bars Medalists (from left): Aliya Mustafina (RUS), Becky Downie (GBR), Daria Spiridonova (RUS)
• Senior Balance Beam Medalists (from left): Larisa Iordache (ROU), Maria Kharenkova (RUS), Aliya Mustafina (RUS)
• Senior Floor Exercise Medalists (from left): Vanessa Ferrari (ITA), Larisa Iordache (ROU), Giulia Steingruber (SUI)
• Junior Team Medalists (from left): Great Britain, Russia, Romania
• Junior All-Around Medalists (from left): Laura Jurca (ROU), Angelina Melnikova (RUS), Ellie Downie (GBR)
• Junior Vault Medalists (from left): Laura Jurca (ROU), Ellie Downie (GBR), Amy Tinkler (GBR)
• Junior Uneven Bars Medalists (from left): Angelina Melnikova (RUS), Daria Skrypnik (RUS), Maike Enderle (GER)
• Junior Balance Beam Medalists (from left): Andreea Iridon (ROU), Angelina Melnikova (RUS), Tabea Alt (GER)
• Junior Floor Exercise Medalists (from left): Amy Tinkler (GBR), Catherine Lyons (GBR), Andreea Iridon (ROU)

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External Links

• Official results