Seitz and Malewski light up the Olympiahalle for the host nation

On the last day of the Women’s Artistic Gymnastics European Championships in Munich (GER), the host nation truly lit up the iconic Olympiahalle.

Supported by the 6500 sell-out crowd, Eli Seitz performed last on uneven bars and swung brilliantly. Scoring 14.433, Seitz overtook Alice D’Amato to take her first major title ever, at the tender age of 28. On a high after this success, 18-year-old Emma Malewski aced her beam routine. As she was first up, she had a nerve-wrecking wait. 8^th up in the final, Great Britain’s Ondine Achampong, the 2019 EYOF beam champion, put up a great battle, settling for silver just 0.066 behind Malewski.

Marked by 2 injuries, the vault gold went to Zsofia Kovacs. The Hungarian regains her European title she first won in 2020 in Mersin (TUR). Asia D’Amato finished second but sustained an ankle injury along the way. France’s Aline Friess narrowly edged Belgium’s Lisa Vaelen for the bronze medal. Team France added two more bronze medals to their tally, for Lorette Charpy on bars and Carolann Heduit on beam.

Last but certainly not least, the floor final saw top qualifier Martina Maggio (ITA) set the standard with 13.933 as the first gymnast to compete. Teammate Angela Andreoli got the crowd on her hand with a delightful exercise to end just behind Maggio. Last up, defending European Champion Jessica Gadirova gave it her all. Impressive tumbling combined with a spellbinding choreography, Gadirova squeezed past Maggio by a tiny margin to win her second consecutive European floor title.

 

Congratulations to all medallists

Vault

GOLD Zsofia KOVACS (HUN) 13.933

SILVER Asia D'AMATO (ITA) 13.716

BRONZE Aline FRIESS (FRA) 13.599

Bars

GOLD Elisabeth SEITZ (GER) 14.433

SILVER Alice D'AMATO (ITA) 14.400

BRONZE Lorette CHARPY (FRA) 14.166

Beam

GOLD Emma MALEWSKI (GER) 13.466

SILVER Ondine ACHAMPONG (GBR) 13.400

BRONZE Carolann HEDUIT (FRA) 13.400

Floor

GOLD Jessica GADIROVA (GBR) 14.000

SILVER Martina MAGGIO (ITA) 13.933

BRONZE Angela ANDREOLI (ITA) 13.866

Find the full results on our event website: 2022 European Championships in Artistic Gymnastics | European Gymnastics

This concludes the European Championships for the junior and senior women. We continue on Thursday with the men.