Europe’s biggest gymnastics stars competing at #Rimini2024

As the deadline for nominative registration passed, we’re delighted to give you an overview of which female gymnasts to expect in Rimini!

The 39 participating national federations will be represented by 157 seniors and 128 juniors. And the line-up is impressive!

Host Italy are sending their A-team: European Champions Alice and Asia D’Amato, Manila Esposito, Elisa Iorio and Giorgia Villa. Their main competition for team glory will come from 2023 World bronze medallists France (Morgane Osyssek-Reimer, Coline Devillard, Lorette Charpy, Marine Boyer and Ming Van Eijken), defending European Champions, World and Olympic medallists Great Britain Ondine Achampong, Alice Kinsella, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Becky Downie and Ruby Evans), and the other Olympic qualifiers Netherlands (Vera Van Pol, Elisabeth Geurts, Tisha Volleman, Floor Slooff and Casey-Jane Meuleman) and Romania (Ana Barbosu, Lilia Cosman, Amalia Ghigoarta, Sabrina Maneca-Voinea and Andreea Preda).

Furthermore, Olympic Champion on uneven bars Nina Derwael returns to a Europeans for the first time since 2018, and after injuring her shoulder just before her home Worlds last year. The  Belgian superstar has already mathematically secured her ticket to Paris Olympics on beam at the World Cup series while 2 other Rimini participants, Austria’s Charlize Moerz  and Bulgaria’s Valentina Georgieva, are in great positions to take one of the Olympic tickets, on floor and vault respectively.

Another name to watch is former junior standout Helen Kevric, the 2022 junior European all-around and 2022 and 2023 EYOF Champion, as the German talent makes her senior Europeans debut, as our Denmark’s Camille Rasmussen, Spain’s Laura Casabuena and Alba Petisco, Poland’s 11 time national all-around champion Marta Pihan-Kulesza, Portuguese icon Filipa Martins, Slovenian vault legends Teja Belak and Tjasa Kysselef, Slovakia’s Barbora Mokosova, Ukrainian 2022 junior European beam Champion Anna Lashchevska, and many, many more…

Aside from continental glory, 1 Olympic quota place remains to be earned. This will go to the highest eligible all-arounder on the senior qualification day.

Check out the full list!

This event will take place in the Italian coastal resort Rimini from 2 to 5 May 2024 and marks the last big test before this summer’s Olympic Games. Get your tickets now!