Rhythmic Gymnastics Junior European Championships

The Rhythmic Gymnastics Junior European Championships are the European championships for junior gymnasts for the sport of rhythmic gymnastics. They were first held in 1987. Prior to 1993, they were held as a separate event. Since the 1993 edition in Bucharest, Romania, the Junior European Championships were integrated to the senior European Championships. The competition is organized by the European Union of Gymnastics.

Editions

Year	Edition	Host city	Country
1987	1	Athens	Greece
1989	2	Tenerife	Spain
1991	3	Lisbon	Portugal
1993	4	Bucharest	Romania
1994	5	Thessalonika	Greece
1995	6	Prague	Czech Republic
1996	7	Asker	Norway
1997	8	Patras	Greece
1999	9	Budapest	Hungary
2001	10	Geneva	Switzerland
2003	11	Riesa	Germany
2005	12	Moscow	Russia
2006	13	Moscow	Russia
2007	14	Baku	Azerbaijan
2008	15	Turin	Italy
2009	16	Baku	Azerbaijan
2010	17	Bremen	Germany
2011	18	Minsk	Belarus
2012	19	Nizhny Novgorod	Russia
2013	20	Vienna	Austria
2014	21	Baku	Azerbaijan
2015	22	Minsk	Belarus
2016	23	Holon	Israel
2017	24	Budapest	Hungary
2018	25	Guadalajara	Spain
2019	26	Baku	Azerbaijan
2020	27	Kyiv	Ukraine
2021	28	Varna	Bulgaria
2022	29	Tel Aviv	Israel
2023	30	Baku	Azerbaijan
2024	31	Budapest	Hungary
2025	32	Tallinn	Estonia
2026	33	Varna	Bulgaria

Medalists

Teodora Alexandrova (Bulgaria), Dimitrinka Todorova (Bulgaria), Rosabel Espinosa (Spain), Yelena Shalamova (Russia) and Amalia Lica (Romania), hold the record of most medals earned at the Junior European Championships, with six medals each. Shalamova, Lica, Polina Shmatko (Russia) and Elizabeth Koleva (Bulgaria) hold the record for most gold medals, with five each.

Team

Junior Team event has been held since 2006 on two years. Teams consisted of 2-4 junior individual gymnasts. Since 2017, team competition is held every year and either consists of Junior individual gymnasts and Senior group or Senior individual gymnasts and Junior group.

Team All-Around Medalists
Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2006	Moscow, Russia	Russia	Belarus	Bulgaria
2008	Turin, Italy	Russia	Belarus	Ukraine
2010	Bremen, Germany	Russia	Belarus	Germany
2012	Nizhny Novgorod, Russia	Russia	Belarus	Georgia
2014	Baku, Azerbaijan	Russia	Belarus	Azerbaijan
2016	Holon, Israel	Russia	Belarus	Italy
2017	Budapest, Hungary	Russia	Belarus	Bulgaria
2018	Guadalajara, Spain	Russia	Ukraine	Bulgaria
2019	Baku, Azerbaijan	Russia	Belarus	Bulgaria
2020	Kyiv, Ukraine	Ukraine	Israel	Azerbaijan
2022	Tel Aviv, Israel	Israel	Romania	Bulgaria
2024	Budapest, Hungary	Romania	Israel	Azerbaijan
2026	Varna, Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Ukraine	Israel

Junior Individual

Rope

Rope Medalists
Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2006	Moscow, Russia	Aleksandra Ermakova	Anastasia Ivankova	Filipa Siderova
2008	Turin, Italy	Daria Andronova	Melitina Staniouta	Tsvetelina Stoyanova
2010	Bremen, Germany	Alexandra Merkulova	Arina Charopa	Viktoriia Shynkarenko
2016	Holon, Israel	Alina Ermolova	Julia Evchik	Alexandra Agiurgiuculese
2020	Kyiv, Ukraine	Dina Agisheva	Daria Atamanov	Eva Brezalieva

Hoop

Hoop Medalists
Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2006	Moscow, Russia	Ekaterina Donich	Filipa Siderova	Valeriya Shurkhal
2008	Turin, Italy	Aliaksandra Narkevich	Diana Botsieva	Gabriela Kirova
2010	Bremen, Germany	Valeria Tkachenko	Nataliya Leshchyk	Jana Berezko-Marggrander
2012	Nizhny Novgorod, Russia	Diana Borisova	Elena Bolotina	Nilufar Niftaliyeva
2014	Baku, Azerbaijan	Yulia Bravikova	Zhala Piriyeva	Anastasiya Rybakova
2016	Holon, Israel	Maria Sergeeva	Alina Harnasko Nicol Zelikman	N/a
2018	Guadalajara, Spain	Polina Shmatko	Tatyana Volozhanina	Khrystyna Pohranychna
2022	Tel Aviv, Israel	Elvira Krasnobaeva	Liliana Lewinska	Alona Tal Franco
2024	Budapest, Hungary	Amalia Lică	Alona Tal Franco	Olivia Maslov
2026	Varna, Bulgaria	Siyana Alenkova	Kseniia Savinova	Flavia Cassano

Ball

Ball Medalists
Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2008	Turin, Italy	Yana Lukonina	Boyanka Angelova	Hanna Rabtsava
2010	Bremen, Germany	Alexandra Merkulova	Lala Yusifova	Jana Berezko-Marggrander
2012	Nizhny Novgorod, Russia	Yana Kudryavtseva	Katsiaryna Halkina	Anastasiia Mulmina
2014	Baku, Azerbaijan	Irina Annenkova	Mariya Trubach	Boryana Kaleyn
2016	Holon, Israel	Polina Shmatko	Alexandra Agiurgiuculese	Nicol Zelikman
2018	Guadalajara, Spain	Lala Kramarenko	Khrystyna Pohranychna	Arzu Jalilova
2020	Kyiv, Ukraine	Polina Karika	Stiliana Nikolova	Yelyzaveta Zorkina
2022	Tel Aviv, Israel	Michelle Munits	Elvira Krasnobaeva	Christina Dragan
2024	Budapest, Hungary	Meital Maayam Sumkin	Anna Piergentili	Magdalena Valkova
2026	Varna, Bulgaria

Clubs

Clubs Medalists
Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2006	Moscow, Russia	Natalia Pichuzhkina	Maria Yushkevich	Darya Kushnerova
2012	Nizhny Novgorod, Russia	Julia Sinitsyna	Maria Kadobina	Gabriela Khvedelidze
2014	Baku, Azerbaijan	Olesya Petrova	Mariya Trubach	Linoy Ashram
2016	Holon, Israel	Polina Shmatko	Alexandra Agiurgiuculese	Yuliya Isachanka
2018	Guadalajara, Spain	Daria Trubnikova	Anna Kamenshchikova	Valeria Sotskova
2020	Kyiv, Ukraine	Daria Atamanov	Yelyzaveta Zorkina	Evelin Viktoria Kocsis
2022	Tel Aviv, Israel	Amalia Lică	Liliana Lewinska	Kamila Gafarova
2024	Budapest, Hungary	Amalia Lică	Alja Ponikvar	Alona Tal Franco
2026	Varna, Bulgaria

Ribbon

Ribbon Medalists
Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2006	Moscow, Russia	Daria Kondakova	Bilyana Prodanova	Darya Kushnerova
2008	Turin, Italy	Daria Dmitrieva	Melitina Staniouta	Federica Febbo
2010	Bremen, Germany	Valeria Tkachenko	Arina Charopa	Oleksandra Gridasova
2012	Nizhny Novgorod, Russia	Aleksandra Soldatova	Katsiaryna Halkina	Gulsum Shafizada
2014	Baku, Azerbaijan	Irina Annenkova	Valeriya Khanina	Linoy Ashram
2018	Guadalajara, Spain	Lala Kramarenko	Khrystyna Pohranychna	Talisa Torretti
2020	Kyiv, Ukraine	Stiliana Nikolova	Karina Sydorak	Daria Atamanov
2022	Tel Aviv, Israel	Daniela Munits	Tara Dragas	Liliana Lewinska
2024	Budapest, Hungary	Amalia Lică	Dara Malinova	Barbare Kajaia
2026	Varna, Bulgaria

Junior Groups

All-Around

Junior Group All-Around has been held since 2011. It was not organized in 2017.

Group All-Around Medalists
Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2011	Minsk, Belarus	Belarus	Russia	Israel
2013	Vienna, Austria	Russia	Belarus	Bulgaria
2015	Minsk, Belarus	Russia	Belarus	Israel
2019	Baku, Azerbaijan	Russia	Israel	Belarus
2021	Varna, Bulgaria	Russia	Bulgaria	Israel
2023	Baku, Azerbaijan	Israel	Bulgaria	Azerbaijan
2025	Tallinn, Estonia	Ukraine	Spain	Italy

Single apparatus

since 2019 there are two competitions with two different single apparatus

Group Single Apparatus Medalists
Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1996	Asker, Norway	Russia	Belarus	Italy
1997	Patras, Greece	Greece	Belarus	Russia
1999	Budapest, Hungary	Russia	Bulgaria	Greece
2001	Geneva, Switzerland	Russia	Greece	Belarus
2003	Riesa, Germany	Russia	Greece	Bulgaria
2005	Moscow, Russia	Belarus	Russia	Greece
2007	Baku, Azerbaijan	Russia	Bulgaria	Belarus
2009	Baku, Azerbaijan	Russia	Azerbaijan	Belarus
2011	Minsk, Belarus	Russia	Belarus	Azerbaijan
2013	Vienna, Austria	Russia	Azerbaijan	Belarus
2015	Minsk, Belarus	Belarus	Russia	Bulgaria
2017	Budapest, Hungary	Russia	Italy	Israel
2019	Baku, Azerbaijan	Russia Russia	Ukraine Israel	Belarus Belarus
2021	Varna, Bulgaria	Russia Russia	Bulgaria Bulgaria	Belarus Israel
2023	Baku, Azerbaijan	Bulgaria Bulgaria	Israel Israel	Italy Azerbaijan
2025	Tallinn, Estonia	Italy Ukraine	Poland Israel	Israel Bulgaria

All-time medal table

1987–2025

Last updated after the 2026 European Championships (clubs final)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	58	8	6	72
2	Bulgaria (BUL)	29	25	19	73
3	Belarus (BLR)	10	32	14	56
4	Israel (ISR)	6	10	15	31
5	Soviet Union (Soviet Union)	6	6	6	18
6	Romania (ROU)	5	2	1	8
7	Ukraine (UKR)	4	7	13	24
8	Greece (GRE)	2	2	3	7
9	Italy (ITA)	1	6	8	15
10	Spain (ESP)	1	5	6	12
11	Georgia (GEO)	1	0	3	4
12	Azerbaijan (AZE)	0	4	10	14
13	Poland (POL)	0	3	3	6
14	Germany (GER)	0	1	3	4
15	Slovenia (SLO)	0	1	0	1
16	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 entries)		123	112	111	346