Marie Skammelsen (born 22 February 2001) is a retired Danish artistic gymnast.[2][3][4] A Danish national team member since 2010, joining at an unprecedented age of nine, she has amassed several medals at the Northern European Gymnastics Championships as a junior,[5] including her all-around title at the 2016 event.[6][7] In June 2016, she finished fourth in the vault final at the 2016 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Bern, Switzerland.[8]
| Marie Skammelsen | |
|---|---|
| Country represented |  Denmark |
| Born | 22 February 2001 Rudersdal Municipality, Denmark[1] |
| Residence | Hoersholm, Denmark |
| Training location | Kastrup, Denmark |
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics |
| Level | Senior International Elite |
| Years on national team | 2010–2017 |
| Club | Kastrup Gymnastikforening af 1966 (KG66) |
| Head coach(es) | Bernadett "Ditti" Balazs |
| Assistant coach(es) | Milan Udvaracz |
| Retired | October 2017 |
Career
edit2014–16: Junior career
edit2014
editIn September, Skammelsen competed at the 2014 Northern European Gymnastics Championships, which were held in Greve, Denmark.[9] With her team, she took a silver medal, and an eleventh place finish in the all-around standings.[10] She advanced to the vault event final and finished in second place position.[11]
2015
editSkammelsen participated in the 2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in the summer of 2015, where she travelled to Tbilisi, Georgia.[12] In the qualification round, she finished thirty-sixth which didn't advance her through to the all-around final; she did make the vault final though. In the vault final, she finished fifth.[13]
Later in the year, in mid-September, Skammelsen participated in the 2015 Northern European Gymnastics Championships in Limerick, Ireland.[14] She took an eighth place finish in the all-around standings, in addition to three event finals.[15] In the event finals, Skammelsen took home two bronze medals; one on vault and one on balance beam, as well as a fourth place finish on floor.
2016
editSkammelsen became the Danish Junior Champion in the all-around in April.[16] She claimed additional titles on the vault and floor too.
In May, she travelled to Reykjavik, Iceland for the 2016 Nordic Championships.[17] At the championships, she was crowned the junior Nordic all-around champion.[18] She also captured Junior Nordic titles on vault and floor, in addition to medals on the remaining two events.
A month later, in June, she journeyed to Bern for the 2016 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships. The qualification round saw Skammelsen advance to the all-around final in one of the final qualification spots.[19] She also qualified to the vault event final, taking the seventh place in the quota.[20] In the all-around final, Skammelsen finished twentieth in the field of twenty-four.[21] Soon after, she participated in the vault final where she over-performed to a finish of fourth place.[22]
2017–present: Senior career
editAs of October 2017, she now longer practises gymnastics.[23]
References
edit- ^ "Skammelsen Marie". International Gymnastics Federation (FIG).
- ^ "15-årige Marie skal stoppe 40 års dansk OL-fravær: - Hun har alt". TV2. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "15-year-old Danish gymnastic talent wins three gold medals". 24 October 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "The girl on the boom". DR. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "Marie Skammelsen". 18 October 2016.
- ^ "Looking back on Bern with … Marie Skammelsen (DEN)". European Union of Gymnastics. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "Resultater - Alle grener - Gym og turn".
- ^ "European Gymnastics" (PDF).
- ^ "2014 Northern European Championships". 21 September 2014.
- ^ "Northern European Championships 2014 Greve (DEN) 2014 Sep 12-14".
- ^ "Northern European Championships 2014 Greve (DEN) 2014 Sep 12-14".
- ^ "2015 European Youth Olympic Festival". 31 July 2015.
- ^ "2015 European Youth Olympic Festival Results". 30 July 2015.
- ^ "2015 Northern European Championships". 20 September 2015.
- ^ "2015 Northern European Championships Results". 20 September 2015.
- ^ "2016 Danish Championships Results". 20 May 2016.
- ^ "2016 Nordic Championships". 6 May 2016.
- ^ "2016 Nordic Championships Results". 7 May 2016.
- ^ "European Gymnastics" (PDF).
- ^ "European Gymnastics" (PDF).
- ^ "European Gymnastics" (PDF).
- ^ "2016 European Championships Results". 7 June 2016.
- ^ "Google Translate".
External links
edit- Marie Skammelsen at GymDanmark.dk at the Wayback Machine (archived October 7, 2017) (in Danish)
- Marie Skammelsen at the International Gymnastics Federation