Sofia Raffaeli (ITA), Boryana Kaleyn (BUL) and Farfalle clinch two titles each on closing day of #ECtlv2022

On the last day of these 38th European Championships in Rhythmic Gymnastics, the battle for apparatus glory took centre stage.

Italy’s Sofia Raffaeli redeemed herself after a difficult day in the all-around final by excelling today, winning both hoop and clubs gold medals and taking silver with ball, writing her name in the history books as the first individual European Champion from Italy. The other two individual titles went to Bulgarian star Boryana Kaleyn who collected an impressive total of 5 medals thus becoming the event’s most decorated athlete! The new European all-around Champion Daria Atamanov (ISR) clinched three silver medals, cementing her status as Israeli queen of rhythmic gymnastics, following in the footsteps of the great Linoy Ashram. And she’s not the only Israeli hopeful. Adi Asya Katz earned bronze in the ribbon final as well. Germany’s Darja Varfolomeev qualified in third place to two finals and lived up to the expectations, winning bronze with ball and clubs. The 15-year-old certainly has a bright future ahead.

The Italian Butterflies were on fire today, cruising to victory in both finals. Forever the fan favourites, the crowd loved their brilliant performances. Israel took silver with 5 hoops, with Spain second with 3 ribbons and 2 balls. Azerbaijan earned two bronze medals.

Congratulations to all medallists!

 

Individuals

Hoop

GOLD Sofia Raffaeli (ITA) 36.000

SILVER Daria Atamanov (ISR) 34.900

BRONZE Boryana Kaleyn (BUL) 33.900

 

Ball

GOLD Boryana Kaleyn (BUL) 35.350

SILVER Sofia Raffaeli (ITA) 34.250

BRONZE Darja Varfolomeev (GER) 33.750

 

Clubs

GOLD Sofia Raffaeli (ITA) 34.550

SILVER Daria Atamanov (ISR) 34.250

BRONZE Darja Varfolomeev (GER) 33.150

 

Ribbon

GOLD Boryana Kaleyn (BUL) 34.050

SILVER Daria Atamanov (ISR) 33.750

BRONZE Adi Asya Katz (ISR) 32.600

 

Groups

5 hoops

GOLD Martina Centofanti, Agnese Duranti, Alessai Maurelli, Daniela Mogurean & Laura Paris (ITA) 36.650

SILVER Shani Bakanov, Adar Friedmann, Amit Hedvat, Romi Paritzki & Diana Svertsov (ISR) 36.450

BRONZE Gullu Aghalarzade, Laman Alimuradova, Kamilla Aliyeva, Zeynab Hummatova & Yelyzaveta Luzan (AZE) 34.750

 

3 ribbons & 2 balls

GOLD Martina Centofanti, Agnese Duranti, Alessia Maurelli, Daniela Mogurean & Martina Santandrea (ITA) 34.250

SILVER Ana Arnau Camarena, Ines Bergua Navales, Valeria Marquez, Mireia Martinez & Salma Solaun (ESP) 31.950

BRONZE Gullu Aghalarzade, Laman Alimuradova, Zeynab Hummatova, Yelyzaveta Luzan & Darya Sorokina (AZE) 31.900

 

The full results are available on our website: 2022 European Championships in Rhythmic Gymnastics | European Gymnastics

As the curtain falls on these 38th Rhythmic Europeans, we’d like to thank the Local Organising Committee and the Israel Gymnastics Federation for the excellent organisation!  A huge shoutout also to all the gymnasts who put on an wonderful display of elite sports.