| Charlize Moerz | |
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 Moerz at the 2024 Olympic Games | |
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Country represented |
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Born |
October 10 2005 |
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Years on National Team |
2017-present |
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Club |
Kunstturnen Mattersburg |
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Coach(es) |
Gabi Frehse |
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Current status |
Active |
Charlize Moerz (born October 10 in Eisenstadt, Burgenland) is an elite Austrian gymnast and 2024 Olympian. She has been a member of the National Team since 2017, and has represented Austria at the 2021, 2022, and 2023 World Championships. In 2024, she became the first Austrian woman to win gold at an FIG World Cup, and earned an individual spot for the Olympics in Paris.
Junior Career[]
2017-18[]
Moerz made her international debut at the Elek Matolay Memorial where she finished seventh in the all-around and sixth in the balance beam final. Then at the Austrian Championships, she finished sixth in the all-around. In the event finals, she placed fifth on the vault and floor exercise and fourth on the uneven bars. A year later, at the Zelena Jama Open, Moerz won the silver medal in the all-around behind Czech gymnast Nela Kaplanova. She one again placed sixth in the all-around at the Austrian Championships. In the event finals, she won a silver medal on the balance beam and a bronze medal on the floor exercise. She also placed fourth in the vault final.
2019-20[]
Moerz began her season at the Elek Matolay Memorial where she finished 20th in the all-around. She then placed seventh in the all-around at the Pre-Olympic Youth Cup held in Essen, Germany. She placed eighth in the all-around at the Züri-Oberland Cup. She represented Austria at the European Youth Olympic Festival and helped the team place 20th. At the Austrian Championships, she finished fourth in the all-around. Then in the event finals, she won silver medals on the vault and floor exercise and a bronze medal on the uneven bars.
Moerz won the all-around title at the 2020 Austrian Championships. She also won the vault title and won the bronze medal on the uneven bars, and she placed fifth on the floor exercise. This was her only competition in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Senior Career[]
2021[]
Moerz became age-eligible for senior competitions in 2021. She made her senior debut at the Austrian Championships, placing ninth in the all-around. Then in the event finals, she won bronze medals on both the vault and floor exercise. She then made her senior international debut at the Osijek World Challenge Cup and placed eighth in the vault final. She was selected for the 2021 World Championships team to make her World Championships debut. She competed on the vault, balance beam, and floor exercise, but she did not advance into any finals.
2022[]
Moerz began the season at the Austrian Championships and won the silver medal in the all-around behind Carina Kröll. She won the event title on floor exercise, and she placed fourth on both the vault and balance beam. She then helped Austria place fifth at the Austrian Team Challenge. She competed at the European Championships. There, she became the first gymnast to perform a hop with a full turn in passé position. However, the element was not deemed difficult enough for it to be named after Moerz, but the skill is now included in the Code of Points. She helped the Austrian team place 11th in the qualification round. She then competed with the Austrian team that placed 19th at the World Championships.
2023[]
Moerz began the season at the Magglingen Friendly and placed seventh in the all-around. She then helped the Austrian team place 12th in the qualification round at the European Championships. At the Cairo World Cup, she placed sixth in the floor exercise final. Then at the Austrian Championships, she won the silver medal in the all-around, and she won gold on floor exercise, silver on vault, and bronze on balance beam. She then helped Austria win the team competition at the Linz Family, and she placed second in the all-around. She qualified for the floor exercise final at the Paris World Challenge Cup, placing eighth. Then at the World Championships in Antwerp, she helped Austria finish 20th in the qualification round.
2024[]
Moerz began the year at the Cairo World Cup, the first event in the 2024 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series. She advanced to the floor exercise final in first place with a score of 13.200. This marked the first time an Austrian gymnast qualified for an FIG World Cup final in first place. In the final, she placed fourth with a score of 12.633. This was the same score as bronze medalist Laura Casabuena of Spain, but Moerz was demoted due to tie break procedures. She won 20 points for Olympic qualification. A week later, Moerz attended the second FIG World Cup event in Cottbus, Germany. She placed third in the floor exercise final behind China's Zhou Yaqin and Chen Xinyi, scoring 13.100. As the highest-placing eligible gymnast, she earned 30 points towards Olympic qualification.
Moerz won the gold medal on the floor exercise at the Baku World Cup with a score of 13.566. This marked the first time an Austrian female gymnast won a gold medal on the FIG World Cup series. She won another 30 points towards Olympic qualification and mathematically secured an Olympic berth. At the Doha World Cup, she placed seventh on floor exercise. She later competed at the European Championships in Italy, but didn't make the individual finals.
Paris Olympics[]
Moerz competed in the fourth subdivision, placing fifty-seventh in qualifications. She did not advance to the all-around or event finals.
Medal Count[]
| Year | Event | TF | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 2017 | Elek Matolay Memorial | 7 | 6 | ||||
| Austrian Championships | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 2018 | Zelena Jama Open | 2nd | |||||
| Austrian Championships | 6 | 4 | 2nd | 3rd | |||
| 2019 | Elek Matolay Memorial | 20 | |||||
| Pre-Olympic Youth Cup | 7 | ||||||
| Zuri-Oberland Cup | 8 | ||||||
| Baku European Youth Olympic Festival | 20 | ||||||
| Austrian Championships | 4 | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | |||
| 2020 | Austrian Championships | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 5 | ||
| 2021 | Austrian Championships | 9 | 3rd | 3rd | |||
| Osijek World Cup | 8 | ||||||
| 2022 | Austrian Championships | 2nd | 4 | 4 | 1st | ||
| Austrian Team Challenge | 5 | ||||||
| 2023 | Magglingen Friendly | 7 | |||||
| Cairo World Cup | 6 | ||||||
| Austrian Championships | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | |||
| Linz Friendly | 1st | 2nd | |||||
| Paris World Cup | 8 | ||||||
| 2024 | Cairo World Cup | 4 | |||||
| Cottbus World Cup | 3rd | ||||||
| Baku World Cup | 1st | ||||||
| Doha World Cup | 7 |