2020 Mersin European Championships

2020 Japanese National Championships

2020 Mersin European Championships

2020 Voronin Cup

2020 Mersin European Championships
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City	Mersin, Turkey
Team Gold Medalist	Senior: Ukraine Anastasiia Bachynska Yelyzaveta Hubareva Anastasia Motak Angelina Radivilova Diana Varinska Junior: Romania Ana Maria Bărbosu Maria Ceplinschi Luiza Popa Andreea Preda Iuliana Trestianu
Junior All-Around Gold Medalist	Ana Maria Bărbosu (ROU)
Vault Gold Medalist	Senior: Zsófia Kovács (HUN) Junior: Ana Maria Bărbosu (ROU)
Uneven Bars Gold Medalist	Senior: Zsófia Kovács (HUN) Junior: Ana Maria Bărbosu (ROU)
Balance Beam Gold Medalist	Senior: Larisa Iordache (ROU) Junior: Ana Maria Bărbosu (ROU)
Floor Exercise Gold Medalist	Senior: Larisa Iordache (ROU) Junior: Ana Maria Bărbosu (ROU)
Preceded by	2019 Szczecin European Championships
Succeeded by	2021 Basel European Championships

The 38th European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships will be held from December 17-20 in Mersin, Turkey. They were originally set for late April and early May in Paris, France, but the event was canceled during the coronavirus pandemic. It was ultimately rescheduled to take place after the men's artistic European Championships in December of 2020. The event was originally moved to Baku, Azerbaijan in June, but then moved again to Mersin, Turkey in October. The all-around was not contested for the seniors. Due to the pandemic, the event was held without spectators.

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 six 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

December 17	Senior Qualifications
December 18	Junior Qualifications
	Junior Team Final
	Junior All-Around
December 19	Senior Team Final
December 20	Senior Event Finals
	Junior Event Finals

Results

Senior Competition

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	Ukraine Anastasiia Bachynska Yelyzaveta Hubareva Anastasia Motak Angelina Radivilova Diana Varinska	Romania Antonia Duta Larisa Iordache Silviana Sfiringu Ioana Stanciulescu Daniela Trica	Hungary Csenge Bácskay Dorina Böczögő Zsofia Kovacs Mirtill Makovits Zoja Szekely
Vault	Zsófia Kovács Hungary (HUN)	Larisa Iordache Romania (ROU)	Anastasia Motak Ukraine (UKR)
Uneven Bars	Zsófia Kovács Hungary (HUN)	Zoja Szekely Hungary (HUN)	Barbora Mokošová Slovakia (SVK)
Balance Beam	Larisa Iordache Romania (ROU)	Silviana Sfiringu Romania (ROU)	Anastasia Motak Ukraine (UKR)
Floor Exercise	Larisa Iordache Romania (ROU)	Göksu Üçtaş Şanlı Turkey (TUR)	Lihie Raz Israel (ISR)

Junior Competition

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	Romania Ana Maria Bărbosu Maria Ceplinschi Luiza Popa Andreea Preda Iuliana Trestianu	Ukraine Daniela Batrona Viktoriia Ivanenko Yuliia Kasianenko Daria Lyska	Hungary Kira Balazs Emma Horvath Greta Mayer Nora Peresztegi Anna Szmirnov
All-Around	Ana Maria Bărbosu Romania (ROU)	Maria Ceplinschi Romania (ROU)	Daniela Batrona Ukraine (UKR)
Vault	Ana Maria Bărbosu Romania (ROU)	Valentina Georgieva Bulgaria (BUL)	Daria Lyska Ukraine (UKR)
Uneven Bars	Ana Maria Bărbosu Romania (ROU)	Sara Sulekic Croatia (CRO)	Derin Tanriaysukur Turkey (TUR)
Balance Beam	Ana Maria Bărbosu Romania (ROU)	Greta Mayer Hungary (HUN)	Andreea Preda Romania (ROU)
Floor Exercise	Ana Maria Bărbosu Romania (ROU)	Maria Ceplinschi Romania (ROU)	Greta Mayer Hungary (HUN)

Notable Moments

• Ukraine won their first team gold medal.
• Barbora Mokošová, Göksu Üçtaş Şanlı, and Lihie Raz each earned a first European medal for Slovakia, Turkey, and Israel, respectively.
• Romania's Ana Maria Bărbosu became the fifth gymnast to sweep all five individual events in a single European Championships (after Larisa Latynina, Věra Čáslavská, Ludmilla Tourischeva, and Svetlana Boginskaya), and the first to do so at junior level.
• SmartScoring introduced the Shooting Star Award, which was given to Croatia's Ana Đerek.

Missing Teams

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries withdrew their athletes from the competition for safety.

• Great Britain - withdrew on October 1
• Germany - withdrew on October 12
• Netherlands - withdrew on October 17
• Spain - withdrew on October 20
• Russia - withdrew on October 29
• Switzerland - withdrew on November 2
• Italy - withdrew on November 3
• France - withdrew on November 6
• Greece - withdrew on November 9

Due to these countries withdrawing their athletes, these European Championships could no longer be used as part of the Olympic qualification process to Tokyo.

Medal Count

Rank	Country				Total
1	Romania	8	5	1	14
2	Hungary	2	2	3	7
3	Ukraine	1	1	4	6
4	Turkey	0	1	1	2
5	Bulgaria	0	1	0	1
6	Croatia	0	1	0	1
7	Slovakia	0	0	1	1
8	Israel	0	0	1	1

Gallery

• Senior Team Medalists (from left): Romania, Ukraine, Hungary
• Senior Vault Medalists (from left): Larisa Iordache (ROU), Zsófia Kovács (HUN), Anastasia Motak (UKR)
• Senior Uneven Bars Medalists (from left): Zoja Szekely (HUN), Zsófia Kovács (HUN), Barbora Mokošová (SVK)
• Senior Balance Beam Medalists (from left): Silviana Sfiringu (ROU), Larisa Iordache (ROU), Anastasia Motak (UKR)
• Senior Floor Exercise Medalists (from left): Göksu Üçtaş Şanlı (TUR), Larisa Iordache (ROU), Lihie Raz (ISR)
• Junior Team Medalists (from left): Ukraine, Romania, Hungary
• Junior All-Around Medalists (from left): Maria Ceplinschi (ROU), Ana Maria Bărbosu (ROU), Daniela Batrona (UKR)
• Junior Vault Medalists (from left): Valentina Georgieva (BUL), Ana Maria Bărbosu (ROU), Daria Lyska (UKR)
• Junior Uneven Bars Medalists (from left): Sara Sulekic (CRO), Ana Maria Bărbosu (ROU), Derin Tanriaysukur (TUR)
• Junior Balance Beam Medalists (from left): Greta Mayer (HUN), Ana Maria Bărbosu (ROU), Andreea Preda (ROU)
• Junior Floor Exercise Medalists (from left): Maria Ceplinschi (ROU), Ana Maria Barbosu (ROU), Greta Mayer (HUN)

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External links

• Official results - seniors
• Official results - juniors