2021 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships

2021 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
VenuePalace of Culture and Sports
LocationBulgaria Varna, Bulgaria
Start date9 June 2021
End date13 June 2021

The 2021 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships was the 37th edition of the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships, which took place on 9–13 June 2021 at the Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna, Bulgaria.[1] This was the first year that Bulgaria hosted the European Championships.[2]

The event was the last chance for European gymnasts to qualify a quota to compete at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics, with one individual quota and one group quota available. It also, for the first time, served as a qualification event for country quotas at the 2021 World Championships.[2] The Olympic quotas were won by Fanni Pigniczki and the group representing Ukraine.[3]

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, all persons involved in the event were required to undergo tests for Covid, and the arena was restricted to 50 percent of its total capacity.[4]

Russian gymnasts dominated the event, winning over a third of the available medals and nine of the twelve titles. Arina Averina won the all-around, her second European title after the 2018 European Championships, and was joined on the podium by her twin sister, Dina Averina, who won bronze and also won three of the apparatus finals. The silver medalist, Boryana Kaleyn, won Bulgaria's first European all-around medal in more than twenty years, since Maria Petrova won the 1994 European Championships. The previous year's European champion, Linoy Ashram, was in fourth place in the all-around but won the clubs final, the first time since the 2011 European Championships that a non-Russian gymnast won a European apparatus final.[3]

Rachel Stoyanov, representing North Macedonia, won the "Shooting Star" award.[3]

Entrants and event format

Each member nation of European Gymnastics could send either two or three individual gymnasts, who could perform a maximum of eight routines between them in the qualification round; a gymnast's three highest scores were used to determine qualification to the all-around final. The eight gymnasts (maximum two per country) with the highest scores per apparatus in the qualification round advanced to the apparatus final. Each member nation could also send a senior and a junior group. Each country's senior entrants formed a team, with the scores of all individual and group routines in the qualification round being added to determine team rankings.[5]

37 countries entered 321 gymnasts in the competition.[5] The countries participating in the competition were:[6]

Competition schedule

  • Wednesday June 9
    • 10:00–11:40 Junior groups qualification & AA ranking (5 Balls, 5 Ribbons – SET A 1-12)
    • 11:55–13:35 Junior groups qualification & AA ranking (5 Balls, 5 Ribbons – SET B 13-24)
    • 18:30–19:00 Opening Ceremony
    • 19:00–19:40 Junior groups 5 Balls Final
    • 19:55–20:35 Junior groups 5 Ribbons Final
    • 20:35–20:50 Award ceremony Junior groups All-Around
    • 20:50–21:05 Award ceremony Junior groups Apparatus Final
  • Thursday June 10
    • 10:00–12:00 Set A Senior Individuals qualifications (hoop & ball)
    • 12:15–14:15 Set B Senior Individuals qualifications (hoop & ball)
    • 15:15–17:15 Set C Senior Individuals qualifications (hoop & ball)
    • 17:30–19:30 Set D Senior Individuals qualifications (hoop & ball)
  • Friday June 11
    • 10:00–12:00 Set C Senior Individuals qualifications (clubs & ribbon)
    • 12:15–14:15 Set D Senior Individuals qualifications (clubs & ribbon)
    • 15:15-17:15 Set A Senior Individuals qualifications (clubs & ribbon)
    • 17:30–19:30 Set B Senior Individuals qualifications (clubs & ribbon)
  • Saturday June 12
    • 10:00–12:25 Senior Individuals AA Final (hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon – SET A)
    • 12:40–15:05 Senior Individuals AA Final (hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon –SET B)
    • 15:05–15:20 Award Ceremony AA Seniors Individuals
    • 16:30-18:00 Senior Groups (5 balls and 3 hoops & 2 pairs of clubs – SET A)
    • 18:15–19:40 Senior Groups (5 balls and 3 hoops & 2 pairs of clubs – SET B)
    • 19:40–19:55 Award Ceremony AA Senior Groups
    • 19:55–20:10 Award Ceremony Team (Senior Individuals and Senior Groups)
  • Sunday June 13
    • 10:00–11:05 Senior Individuals Hoop & Ball Finals
    • 11:10–12:15 Senior Individuals Clubs & Ribbon Finals
    • 12:15-12:30 Award Ceremony Senior Individual Apparatus finals
    • 13:00–13:40 Senior Groups 5 Balls Final
    • 13:45–14:25 Senior Groups 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs Final
    • 14:25–15:00 Award Ceremony Senior Groups Apparatus finals

Source:[7]

Medal winners

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team
Team
 Russia
Senior Individual
Dina Averina
Arina Averina
Lala Kramarenko
Senior Group
Anastasia Bliznyuk
Anastasiia Maksimova
Angelina Shkatova
Anastasiia Tatareva
Karina Metelkova
Olga Karaseva
 Belarus
Senior Individual
Alina Harnasko
Anastasiia Salos
Senior Group
Arina Tsitsilina
Hanna Haidukevich
Anastasiya Malakanava
Anastasiya Rybakova
Hanna Shvaiba
Karyna Yarmolenka
 Israel
Senior Individual
Linoy Ashram
Nicol Zelikman
Senior Group
Karin Vexman
Yuliana Telegina
Yana Kramarenko
Ofir Dayan
Natalie Raits
Senior Individual Finals
All-Around
Arina Averina
 Russia
Boryana Kaleyn
 Bulgaria
Dina Averina
 Russia
Hoop
Dina Averina
 Russia
Linoy Ashram
 Israel
Anastasiia Salos
 Belarus
Ball
Dina Averina
 Russia
Linoy Ashram
 Israel
Alina Harnasko
 Belarus
Clubs
Linoy Ashram
 Israel
Dina Averina
 Russia
Anastasiia Salos
 Belarus
Ribbon
Dina Averina
 Russia
Alina Harnasko
 Belarus
Arina Averina
 Russia
Senior Group Finals
All-Around
 Russia
Anastasia Bliznyuk
Olga Karaseva
Anastasiia Maksimova
Angelina Shkatova
Anastasiia Tatareva
Karina Metelkova
 Italy
Alessia Maurelli
Martina Centofanti
Agnese Duranti
Martina Santandrea
Daniela Mogurean
 Israel
Yana Kramarenko
Yuliana Telegina
Karin Vexman
Ofir Dayan
Natalie Raits
5 Balls
 Bulgaria
Simona Dyankova
Laura Traets
Madlen Radukanova
Stefani Kiryakova
Erika Zafirova
 Russia
Anastasia Bliznyuk
Olga Karaseva
Anastasiia Maksimova
Angelina Shkatova
Anastasiia Tatareva
Karina Metelkova
 Israel
Yana Kramarenko
Yuliana Telegina
Karin Vexman
Ofir Dayan
Natalie Raits
3 Hoops + 4 Clubs
 Israel
Yana Kramarenko
Yuliana Telegina
Karin Vexman
Ofir Dayan
Natalie Raits
 Bulgaria
Simona Dyankova
Laura Traets
Madlen Radukanova
Stefani Kiryakova
Erika Zafirova
 Italy
Alessia Maurelli
Martina Centofanti
Agnese Duranti
Martina Santandrea
Daniela Mogurean
Junior Group Finals
All-Around
 Russia
Milena An
Mariia Fedorovtseva
Anna Grosh
Sofiia Iakovleva
Nonna Nianina
Elizaveta Tataeva
 Bulgaria
Kristiana Doycheva
Kamelia Petrova
Suzan Pouladian
Maria Stamenova
Gergana Trendafilova
Aleksandra Vasileva
 Israel
Shani Bakanov
Eliza Banchuk
Alona Hillel
Emili Malka
Simona Rudnik
5 Balls
 Russia
Milena An
Mariia Fedorovtseva
Anna Grosh
Sofiia Iakovleva
Nonna Nianina
Elizaveta Tataeva
 Bulgaria
Kristiana Doycheva
Kamelia Petrova
Suzan Pouladian
Maria Stamenova
Gergana Trendafilova
Aleksandra Vasileva
 Belarus
Palina Aliaksandrava
Antanina Katulina
Palina Slancheuskaya
Kseniya Svirskaya
Varvara Yushko
Daria Vyshnikova
5 Ribbons
 Russia
Milena An
Mariia Fedorovtseva
Anna Grosh
Sofiia Iakovleva
Nonna Nianina
Elizaveta Tataeva
 Bulgaria
Kristiana Doycheva
Kamelia Petrova
Suzan Pouladian
Maria Stamenova
Gergana Trendafilova
Aleksandra Vasileva
 Israel
Shani Bakanov
Eliza Banchuk
Alona Hillel
Emili Malka
Simona Rudnik

Results

Team

Rank Nation 5 3 ,

2

Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Russia55.60056.97554.10048.25046.25044.000305.675
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Belarus52.40053.65054.30043.67546.10040.450290.575
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Israel47.30053.90052.10045.95045.55041.850286.650
4  Bulgaria49.85052.65051.35043.20046.00040.200283.250
5  Ukraine47.90047.50048.05041.20045.10039.450269.200
6  Italy43.90045.55051.10038.20045.10042.350266.200
7  Azerbaijan46.05044.20049.25041.10041.75040.475262.825
8  Spain45.20048.20047.40032.65040.55040.300254.300
9  Hungary45.05046.05046.30038.35036.90036.950249.600
10  Greece43.32546.50043.45040.50038.65036.350248.775
11  France42.40045.30044.75040.65033.80036.850243.750
12  Estonia41.00045.30043.45039.40036.00036.750241.900
13  Germany42.47543.60042.80036.32534.10038.250237.550
14  Turkey40.20039.42542.60028.75033.80038.400223.175
15  Finland35.25040.45038.20033.55034.35037.925219.725
16  Austria40.25040.30038.05029.32528.25027.950204.125
17  Great Britain36.85032.70040.35038.55021.55027.950187.950

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Senior Individual

All-Around

Rank Gymnast Nation Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Arina Averina Russia26.200 (6)29.200 (1)28.400 (2)25.300 (1)109.100
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Boryana Kaleyn Bulgaria27.775 (2)27.400 (4)27.950 (3)24.500 (3)107.625
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dina Averina Russia28.000 (1)29.150 (2)27.500 (4)22.675 (7)107.325
4 Linoy Ashram Israel27.450 (3)28.300 (3)28.450 (1)22.600 (8)106.800
5 Anastasiia Salos Belarus26.900 (5)25.900 (6)27.150 (5)24.525 (2)104.475
6 Alina Harnasko Belarus27.100 (4)25.500 (10)26.500 (6)23.700 (4)102.800
7 Katrin Taseva Bulgaria24.800 (9)25.900 (6)25.700 (9)22.45098.850
8 Sofia Raffaeli Italy22.95026.400 (5)26.400 (7)23.000 (5)98.750
9 Nicol Zelikman Israel25.150 (7)25.775 (8)25.850 (8)21.60098.375
10 Fanni Pigniczki Hungary24.55025.00025.40022.30097.250
11 Viktoriia Onopriienko Ukraine25.150 (7)25.550 (9)24.80021.40096.900
12 Ekaterina Vedeneeva Slovenia24.65024.40025.650 (10)22.05096.750
13 Vlada Nikolchenko Ukraine24.725 (10)24.00023.70022.900 (6)95.325
14 Andreea Verdes Romania24.60024.50025.40019.90094.400
15 Polina Berezina Spain23.55024.65022.50022.550 (10)93.250
16 Zohra Aghamirova Azerbaijan23.55024.65022.50022.550 (10)93.250
17 Arzu Jalilova Azerbaijan23.75023.95024.10020.70092.500
18 Eleni Kelaiditi Greece21.30024.92523.95022.05092.225
19 Natalia Garcia Spain23.60024.40023.55019.65091.200
20 Salome Pazhava Georgia23.10021.07525.15021.40090.725
21 Kseniya Moustafaeva France23.35023.30023.70019.37589.725
22 Viktoria Bogdanova Estonia23.30022.10021.65021.30088.350
23 Rachel Stoyanov North Macedonia24.45020.95022.05020.30087.750
24 Margarita Kolosov Germany20.90023.32523.30019.60087.125

[9]

Hoop

Rank Gymnast Nation D Score E Score Pen. Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dina Averina Russia19.19.25028.350
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Linoy Ashram Israel18.69.25027.850
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anastasiia Salos Belarus18.59.15027.650
4 Alina Harnasko Belarus18.19.00027.100
5 Lala Kramarenko Russia17.59.30026.800
6 Katrin Taseva Bulgaria17.78.90026.600
7 Boryana Kaleyn Bulgaria17.88.80026.600
8 Viktoriia Onopriienko Ukraine15.58.65024.150

[10]

Ball

Rank Gymnast Nation D Score E Score Pen. Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dina Averina Russia19.69.25028.850
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Linoy Ashram Israel19.29.40028.600
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alina Harnasko Belarus19.29.30028.500
4 Arina Averina Russia19.09.20028.200
5 Nicol Zelikman Israel17.88.97526.775
6 Boryana Kaleyn Bulgaria18.08.35026.350
7 Katrin Taseva Bulgaria17.18.95026.050
8 Anastasiia Salos Belarus17.07.95024.950

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Clubs

Rank Gymnast Nation D Score E Score Pen. Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Linoy Ashram Israel19.39.20028.500
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dina Averina Russia19.09.20028.200
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anastasiia Salos Belarus18.89.00027.800
4 Boryana Kaleyn Bulgaria18.88.97527.775
5 Katrin Taseva Bulgaria19.18.40027.500
6 Alina Harnasko Belarus18.28.30026.500
7 Viktoriia Onopriienko Ukraine17.88.40026.200
8 Sofia Raffaeli Italy16.28.10024.300

[12]

Ribbon

Rank Gymnast Nation D Score E Score Pen. Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dina Averina Russia15.49.30024.700
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alina Harnasko Belarus14.38.90023.200
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Arina Averina Russia14.87.80022.600
4 Linoy Ashram Israel14.18.47522.575
5 Katrin Taseva Bulgaria14.47.70022.100
6 Khrystyna Pohranychna Ukraine13.58.50022.000
7 Anastasiia Salos Belarus13.87.50021.300
8 Nicol Zelikman Israel12.57.50020.000

[13]

Junior Group

All-Around

Rank Nation 5 5 Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Russia40.50027.30067.800
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Bulgaria38.25027.20065.450
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Israel37.00026.17563.175
4  Italy35.65027.10062.750
5  Belarus38.30022.57560.875
6  Ukraine34.95023.75058.700
7  Hungary31.62523.85055.475
8  Poland31.65023.55055.200
9  Spain32.60021.95054.550
10  Estonia32.65020.70053.350
11  Greece30.65022.50053.150
12  Romania27.90021.05048.950
13  Germany31.40016.60048.000
14  Slovakia30.85017.05047.900
15  Austria27.10018.72545.825
16  Switzerland26.70018.50045.200
17  Georgia28.55016.35044.900
18  Czech Republic25.65015.50041.150
19  Finland24.57511.45036.025
20  Norway19.65010.85030.500

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5 Balls

Rank Nation D Score E Score Pen. Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Russia31.68.8000.00040.400
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Bulgaria30.38.7500.05039.000
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Belarus29.77.8500.00037.550
4  Israel28.18.1000.05036.150
5  Ukraine27.47.6000.00035.000
6  Estonia26.16.9500.00033.050
7  Italy26.76.6000.30033.000
8  Spain24.16.2000.05030.250

[15]

5 Ribbons

Rank Nation D Score E Score Pen. Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Russia21.78.3000.00030.000
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Bulgaria20.48.4000.00028.800
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Israel20.48.2500.00028.650
4  Belarus19.76.8000.00026.500
5  Ukraine19.36.3000.00025.600
6  Hungary17.66.6500.00024.250
7  Italy17.35.8000.00023.100
8  Poland17.26.1000.30023.000

[16]

Senior Group

All-Around

Rank Nation 5 3 ,

2

Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Russia46.25044.00090.250
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Italy45.10042.35087.450
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Israel45.55041.85087.400
4  Belarus46.10040.45086.550
5  Bulgaria46.00040.20086.200
6  Ukraine45.10039.45084.550
7 Azerbaijan41.75040.47582.225
8  Spain40.55040.30080.850
9  Greece38.65036.35075.000
10  Hungary36.90036.95073.850
11  Estonia36.00036.75072.750
12  Germany34.10038.25072.350
13  Finland34.35037.92572.275
14 Turkey33.80038.40072.200
15 France33.80036.85070.650
16  Austria28.25027.95056.200
17 Great Britain21.55027.95049.500
18  Slovakia23.60024.15047.750

[17]


5 Balls

Rank Nation D Score E Score Pen. Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Bulgaria38.68.9000.00047.500
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Russia38.58.7750.00047.275
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Israel37.68.5500.00046.150
4  Belarus36.37.8250.00044.125
5  Italy36.47.7000.00044.100
6 Azerbaijan35.58.2000.00043.700
7  Ukraine36.07.5000.05043.450
8  Spain33.97.7500.00041.650

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3 Hoops + 4 Clubs

Rank Nation D Score E Score Pen. Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Israel37.38.8500.00046.150
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Bulgaria36.99.0500.00045.950
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Italy34.88.5750.00043.375
4 Azerbaijan33.58.2500.00041.750
5  Russia33.47.4500.30040.550
6  Ukraine32.47.6000.00040.000
7  Spain31.76.3500.00038.050
8  Belarus31.56.8000.30038.000

[19]

Medal count

  *   Host nation (Bulgaria)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia92213
2 Israel2259
3 Bulgaria*1506
4 Belarus0246
5 Italy0112
Totals (5 entries)12121236

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