Eythora Thorsdottir
| Eythora Thorsdottir | |
|---|---|
| — Gymnast ♀ — | |
| Full name | Eythora Elisabet Thorsdottir[1] |
| Country represented |
 Netherlands |
| Born |
August 10, 1998 Rotterdam |
| Hometown | Poortugaal |
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[2] |
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics |
| Level | Senior international elite |
| Club | SV Pax - Haarlemmermeer |
| Head coach(es) | Patrick Kiens |
Eythora Elisabet Thorsdottir (Icelandic: Eyþóra Elísabet Þórsdóttir; born 10 August 1998 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch gymnast with Icelandic parents.[3] In 2015, she competed at the European Championships and the World Championships. She then competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Junior career
2012
Eythora competed at the 2012 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Brussels and placed 10th in the all-around with a score of 52.731,[4] 8th on balance beam with a 11.166,[5] and 6th with the Dutch team with a total combined score of 157.361.[6] Later in the year, she competed at the Dutch national championships in Rotterdam and placed 2nd in the all-around, 2nd on beam, and 1st on floor.[7]
2013
Eythora competed at the 2013 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival along with teammates Mara Titarsolej and Dana de Groot. They placed 9th as a team,[8] and individually, she placed 9th in the all-around[9] and 2nd on beam.[10] Later that year, she became Dutch national champion on every event but floor.
Senior career
2014
Eythora's international senior debut came late in the year, in a small meet in Hamburg, where she placed 1st in the all-around and 2nd with her team. She had been out most of the year due to a back injury.
2015
At the beginning of the year, Eythora was among the gymnasts vying for a spot on the European Championships team. She competed at two qualifier meets and won both,[11] thus earning a spot on the team. In preparation for the championships, she competed at the Ljubljana World Cup, placing 1st on floor.[12] At the European Championships, she placed 12th in the all-around[13] but did not make any event finals.
She later qualified to compete at the World Championships in Glasgow. There, she helped the Dutch team qualify for the 2016 Olympics by finishing 8th in the team competition.[14] During the qualifications, she placed 28th in the all-around and was the first alternate for the finals. She qualified for the balance beam event final, but fell in the final and placed 8th.[15]
2016
Eythora was chosen to represent the Netherlands at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where she helped the Dutch team qualify to the team final. They finished in 7th place. She also qualified into the individual all-around final where she finished in 9th place with a score of 57.632.[16]
Competitive history
| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Dutch National Championships |  | 5 |  |  | ||
| 2012 | Junior European Championships | 6 | 10 | 8 | |||
| Dutch National Championships | | 5 | | 6 | | ||
| 2013 | Dutch National Championships | | | | | ||
| European Youth Olympic Festival | 9 | 9 | | ||||
| 2014 | Hamburg Gymnastics Meet | | | ||||
| Wase Cup | | | | | | ||
| Élite Gym Massilia - Open | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | | ||
| Dutch Team Championships | | ||||||
| 2015 | Sidijk Gymnastics Tournament | | |||||
| Ljubljana World Cup | 7 | | |||||
| European Championships | 12 | ||||||
| World Championships | 8 | 8 | |||||
| 2016 | International Gymnix | | 4 | ||||
| IAG SportEvent | | | | 5 | | ||
| Dutch National Championships | | ||||||
| Olympic Games | 7 | 9 |
References
- ↑ "THORSDOTTIR Eythora". FIG-Gymnastics.com. International Federation of Gymnastics. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ↑ "THORSDOTTIR Eythora". Rio 2016. Rio 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ↑ "Eythora Thorsdottir | KNGU.nl". kngu.nl. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
- ↑ http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/euro/2012/wag/junaaf.pdf
- ↑ http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/euro/2012/wag/junef3bb.pdf
- ↑ http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/euro/2012/wag/junteams.pdf
- ↑ http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/2012/eu/ned/champ/wagaa.pdf
- ↑ http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/2013/eu/ned/eyof/wagteamsdetail.pdf
- ↑ http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/2013/eu/ned/eyof/wagaafinal.pdf
- ↑ http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/2013/eu/ned/eyof/wagef3bb.pdf
- ↑ "2015 Sidijk Tournament Results | The Gymternet". thegymter.net. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
- ↑ http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/2015/eu/slo/wcup/wagaf4fx.pdf
- ↑ http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/euro/2015/wag/aafinal.pdf
- ↑ Armour, Nancy (2015-10-24). "Brazil women 9th at gymnastics worlds, just miss qualifying for Rio". USA Today. Retrieved 2016-07-04.
- ↑ Crumlish, John. "Thorsdottir: 'I Do It With All My Heart'". International Gymnast Magazine Online. Retrieved 2016-07-04.
- ↑ http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/publicdir/live_results/6405/ART/fin/fin_wag_aa.php