Top Teams for 2012 European Championships

Top Teams for 2012 European Championships

Apr 25, 2012 by Anne Phillips
Top Teams for 2012 European Championships


Teams are taking shape for the 2012 European Championships in Brussels from May 9th to 13th. A total of 36 countries (34 for seniors and 29 for juniors) with 252 gymnasts (138 seniors and 114 juniors) will compete in these European Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Championships. 

As last big international event before the Olympic Games in London next August, this competition will allow the best European gymnasts’ to measure themselves.

As the runner up to Team USA at the most recent World Championships, Team Russia will be the likely favorites for the team title. They're welcoming back 2010 World Champion Aliya Mustafina who suffered her season-ending knee injury at this very competition one year ago. 

The Russian roster currently shows reigning World floor Champion Ksenia Afanasyeva who will miss the Championships will a bad case of tonsillitis according to national team coach Alexander Alexandrov. I suspect reigning European all around Champion Anna Dementyeva may fill her spot. 

The Russians will face stiff competition from Romania who has overcome their lack of depth with a few big routines on key events, and the fact that Larisa Iordache is at last senior age-eligible. 

Below are the nominative entries for top teams women's at the 2012 European Gymnastics Championships. Each of the below teams has advanced a full squad to the 2012 London Olympic Games. You can also find their world team ranking based on the order in which they qualified to the Olympic Games (for senior teams only). Remember that these teams are nominative entries only - team members can be changed from now through the start of competition. 
 
 
RUSSIA (No. 2)
Seniors
Aliya Mustafina 
Viktoria Komova 
Anastasia Grishina 
Anastasia Sidorova
Ksenia Afanasyeva 
 
Juniors  
Evgeniya Shelgunova 
Maria Kharenkova 
Yulia Tipaeva 
Ekaterina Baturina 
Viktoria Kuzmina  
 
 
ROMANIA (No. 4)
Seniors
Sandra Izbasa
Catalina Ponor
Larisa Iordache
Diana Maria Chelaru
Diana Bulimar
 
Juniors
Maria Rauta
Christina Tudorache
Alina Stanila
Paula Ciobanu
Silvia Zarzu

 
GREAT BRITAIN (No. 5)
Seniors
Hannah Whelan
Jennifer Pinches
Danusia Francis
Imogen Cairns
Rebecca Tunney
(Beth Tweddle is out, replaced by first year senior Tunney. More on that here.)
 
Juniors
Gabrielle Jupp
Charlie Fellows
Angel Romaeo
Raer Theaker
Georgina Hockenhull


 
GERMANY (No. 6)
Seniors
Kim Bui
Oksana Chusovitina
Lisa Hill
Nadine Jarosch
Elisabeth Seitz
 
Juniors
Alina Ehret
Nicole Ster
Pauline Schaefer
Sophie Scheder
Nadia Schulze
 
 
ITALY (No. 9)
Seniors
Vanessa Ferrari
Erika Fasana
Francesca Deagostini
Giorgia Campana
Carlotta Ferlito
 
Juniors
Elisa Meneghini
Enus Mariani
Lara Mori
Tea Ugrin
Martina Rizzeli
 
 
FRANCE (No. 12)
Seniors
Mira Boumejmajen
Youna Dufournet
Anne Kuhm
Valentine Sabatou
Sophia Serseri
 
Juniors
Clara Chambellant
Claire Martin
Valentine Pikul
Maelys Plessis
Louise Vanhille
 
via ueg.org
 

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