2024 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships

2024 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
VenuePapp László Sportaréna
LocationHungary Budapest, Hungary
Start date22 May 2024
End date26 May 2024

The 2024 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships is the 40th edition of the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships. The competition took place on 22-26 May 2024 at the Papp László Sportaréna in Budapest, Hungary.[1][2][3] It was the final qualifying event for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[4] The individual Olympic quota from the competition went to Vera Tugolukova and the group quota to Azerbaijan, although these results were disputed by the Polish Gymnastics Federation.[5][6]

For 2024, the event also doubles as the Oceania Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, with the gymnasts from Australia and New Zealand being ranked and qualifying for the Olympics separately from the European competitors.[1][4] The individual Oceania berth went to Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva from Australia, who had narrowly missed the 2021 Oceania Olympic spot amidst controversy with the competition procedures.[7] The group Oceania berth went to Australia as well.[8]

Fanni Pigniczki of Hungary became the first Hungarian rhythmic gymnast in the history of the European Championships to win a medal of any color in the individual event when she won a silver medal in the ball apparatus final.[9] Liliana Lewińska won Poland's first European medal at the senior level with her silver medal in clubs, having previously won the first European medals for Poland at the 2022 Junior European Championships.[10]

The SmartScoring Shooting Star Award was presented to California native Emily Beznos, representing Moldova. Beznos was accepted to the University of California at Los Angeles at age 14 in 2020. She graduated at age 16 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Cognitive Science, becoming one of the youngest graduates in the university’s history in 2022.[11]

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  3. ^ "FIG - Event Detail - 17276". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
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  5. ^ "List of the Rhythmic Gymnastics 2024 Olympic Qualifiers" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation. 4 June 2024.
  6. ^ Szutenberg, Aleksandra (2024-06-04). "To już oficjalne! Polskie gimnastyczki ograbione z olimpijskich kwalifikacji!" [It's official now! Polish gymnasts robbed of Olympic qualifiers!]. www.polsatsport.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  7. ^ Marosi, Gergely (2024-05-24). "Pigniczki Fanni és Wiesner Hanna is összetett döntős az rg Eb-n" [Pigniczki Fanni and Wiesner Hanna are both all-around finalists at the European Championship]. 24.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2024-05-24.
  8. ^ Nalwala, Ali Asgar (27 May 2024). "Australia secure three Paris 2024 Olympic gymnastics quotas from Oceania Continental Championships". olympics.com.
  9. ^ "Great variety of apparatus medallists decided on closing day of #Budapest2024". European Gymnastics. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  10. ^ "Historyczny medal dla Polski! Liliana Lewińska wicemistrzynią Europy!" [A historic medal for Poland! Liliana Lewińska is the silver medalist of Europe!]. www.polsatsport.pl (in Polish). 2024-05-26. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  11. ^ "The Shooting star award goes to … Emily Beznos (MDA)". European Gymnastics. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-27.