Fanni Pigniczki

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Fanni Pigniczki (born 23 January 2000) is a Hungarian rhythmic gymnast. She competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Personal life

Pigniczki was born on 23 January 2000 in Budapest. Her mother is a psychologist and her father was a table tennis player who represented Hungary at international competitions.{{cite web |title=Chengdu University gymnasts win gold at their home gym |url=https://www.fisu.net/news/summer-fisu-world-university-games/chengdu-university-gymnasts-win-gold-at-their-home-gym |website=International University Sports Federation |date=30 July 2023 |access-date=23 August 2023}} Her grandfather is László Pigniczki, a World silver medalist in table tennis.{{Cite web |last=András |first=Király |date=2022-08-10 |title=Pigniczki Fanni életében kiemelt helyet foglal el a versenysport és a tanulás |url=https://unisport.hu/pigniczki-fanni-eleteben-kiemelt-helyet-foglal-el-a-versenysport-es-a-tanulas/ |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=UNISPORT |language=hu}} She began rhythmic gymnastics when she was five years old.{{cite web |title=PIGNICZKI Fanni |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/athletes/bio_detail.php?id=37656 |access-date=15 April 2021 |website=FIG}} She graduated with a master's degree in rhythmic gymnastics coaching from the Hungarian University of Sports Science in 2023 and has been studying for a psychology degree at Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary since 2022.{{cite web |url=https://hungarytoday.hu/aspiring-rhythmic-gymnast-sets-unprecedented-national-records/|format=PDF |website=hungarytoday |title=Aspiring Rhythmic Gymnast Sets Unprecedented National Records |date=14 August 2023 |access-date=23 August 2023}} She resides in Budapest.

Career

Pigniczki joined the Hungarian national team when she was twelve.{{Cite web |date=20 May 2023 |title=The Shooting star award goes to … Fanni Pigniczki (HUN) |url=https://www.europeangymnastics.com/news/shooting-star-award-goes-fanni-pigniczki-hun |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=European Gymnastics |language=en}}

Pigniczki competed at the 2017 World Championships, where she finished 32nd in the qualification round with a total score of 55.950.{{cite web |url=http://www.gymmedia.com/RG/WCh17-Pesaro/aa-qu.pdf |website=gymmedia |title=All-around qualification results |access-date=31 August 2017}}

In 2018, she finished 16th in the all-around at the European Championships with a score of 64.220.{{cite web|title=Senior Individual All-Around Results|url=http://www.ueg.org/data/result/921/SENIORS%20-%20Individual%20-%20All-around%20Final%20AllAroundResultsRg.pdf|website=ueg.org|publisher=UEG|access-date=7 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712174456/http://www.ueg.org/data/result/921/SENIORS%20-%20Individual%20-%20All-around%20Final%20AllAroundResultsRg.pdf|archive-date=12 July 2018|url-status=dead}} She also competed at the 2018 World Championships and finished 58th in the qualification round.{{cite web |title=2018 Rhythmic World Championships Recaps, Results and Photos |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=22562 |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=15 April 2021 |date=15 September 2018}}

She competed for Hungary at the 2019 European Games and came in 12th in the all-around final.{{cite web |title=2019 EUROPEAN GAMES - Rhythmic Gymnastics |url=https://www.gymmedia.com/Rhythmic-Gymnastics/2019-EUROPEAN-GAMES-Rhythmic-Gymnastics-0 |website=GYMmedia |access-date=15 April 2021 |date=23 June 2019}} At the 2019 World Championships, she competed alongside Blanka Boldizsar, Anna Juhasz, and Emma Juhasz, and they finished 20th as a team.{{cite web |title=37th FIG RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Baku (AZE), 16-22 September 2019 Team Ranking |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2019/r_19worlds_team.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=7 April 2021 |date=17 September 2019 |archive-date=25 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525061348/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2019/r_19worlds_team.pdf |url-status=dead }} Pigniczki qualified for the all-around final, where she finished 23rd with a score of 75.500.{{cite web |title=37th FIG RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Baku (AZE), 16-22 September 2019 Individual All-Around Final |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2019/r_19worlds_aa.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=7 April 2021 |date=20 September 2019 |archive-date=18 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318205215/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2019/r_19worlds_aa.pdf |url-status=dead }}

She competed at the 2020 European Championships and ended in 11th place in the all-around.{{cite web|title=Senior Individual All-Around Results|url=https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/SENIORS%20-%20Individual%20-%20All-around%20Final%20AllAroundResultsRg_0.pdf|website=ueg.org|publisher=UEG|access-date=15 April 2021}}

At the 2021 European Championships, Pigniczki qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics,{{cite web|url=https://www.origo.hu/sport/egyeni/20210612-ritmikus-gimnasztika-pigniczki-fanni.html|title= ÓRIÁSI BRAVÚR: MAGYAR OLIMPIAI KVÓTA RITMIKUS GIMNASZTIKÁBAN|website=Origo|language=Hungarian|date=June 12, 2021}} becoming the first Hungarian rhythmic gymnast to qualify to an Olympic Games since Viktória Fráter in 2000.{{cite web|url= https://index.hu/sport/2021/06/12/ritmikus-gimnasztika-pigniczki-fanni-tokio-2020-kvota/|title= Újabb magyar sportoló szerzett kvótát az olimpiára|website=Index|language=Hungarian|date=June 12, 2021}} At the Olympics, she finished twentieth in the qualification round for the individual all-around.{{cite web |title=Rhythmic Gymnastics — Individual All-Around — Qualification — Results |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/GRY/OG2020-_GRY_C73A_GRYW1AA---------------QUAL--------.pdf |website=2020 Summer Olympics |access-date=6 August 2021 |archive-date=8 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808040024/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/GRY/OG2020-_GRY_C73A_GRYW1AA---------------QUAL--------.pdf |url-status=dead }}

In early 2022, she broke her leg when she stepped on her ball during training and had to take six weeks off from training.{{Cite web |date=2022-02-19 |title=Edzés közben tört el Pigniczki Fanni lába |trans-title=Pigniczki Fanni broke her leg in training |url=https://24.hu/sport/2022/02/19/edzes-kozben-tort-el-pigniczki-fanni-laba/ |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=24.hu |language=hu}} In June, she competed at the European Championships in Tel Aviv despite not having much time to train beforehand due to her injury. In the qualifying round, she was 19th, and she rose to 14th in the all-around final, which she said was due to being much less nervous during the final.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-18 |title=Magyar 14. ás 18. helyezés egyéni összetettben a ritmikus gimnasztika Eb-n |trans-title=Hungarians place 14th, 18th in the individual all-around at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships |url=https://m4sport.hu/torna/cikk/2022/06/18/magyar-14-as-18-helyezes-egyeni-osszetettben-ritmikus-gimnasztika-eb-n/ |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=M4 Sport |language=hu}} On August 28, 2022, Picniczki became the first Hungarian gymnast to win a World Cup medal by winning bronze with ribbon in Cluj-Napoca.{{Cite web |title=ksis |url=http://rgform.eu/ |access-date=2022-08-28 |website=rgform.eu}}

The next month, at the World Championships, she qualified to the all-around final and ended in 9th place. With this placement, she tied for best placement by a Hungarian gymnast at the World Championships; Andrea Sinkó had previously also placed 9th at the 1987 World Championships.{{Cite web |date=18 September 2022 |title=Világbajnoki kilencedik lett egyéni összetettben Pigniczki Fanni |trans-title=Fanni Pigniczki finished ninth in the individual all-around at the World Championship |url=https://www.magyarhirlap.hu/sport/20220918-vilagbajnoki-kilencedik-lett-egyeni-osszetettben-pigniczki-fanni |website=Magyar Hirlap |language=hu}} She also qualified for the ribbon final, making her the first Hungarian gymnast to qualify for an apparatus final in 25 years after Viktória Fráter did so in 1997. However, she came in 8th place in the final after she had a knot in her ribbon and had to take the spare apparatus.{{Cite web |date=16 September 2022 |title=A világ élmezőnyébe került Pigniczki Fanni |trans-title=Pigniczki Fanni is at the forefront of the world |url=https://www.magyarhirlap.hu/sport/20220916-a-vilag-elmezonyebe-kerult-pigniczki-fanni |website=Magyar Hírlap |language=hu}}

File:Fanni Pigniczki 2024 Sofia World Cup Hoop QF 2.jpg

The 2023 European Championships were Picniczki's tenth. She came in 16th in the all-around final.{{Cite web |date=20 May 2023 |title=2023 European Championships Individual All-Around |url=https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/SENIORS%20-%20Individual%20-%20All-around%20Final%20AllAroundResultsRg_3.pdf |website=European Gymnastics }} In the apparatus finals, she was 5th with ball and 7th with hoop.{{Cite web |last= |date=21 May 2023 |title=Rg: Pigniczki Fanni karikával ötödik, labdával hetedik az Eb-n |trans-title=RG: Pigniczki Fanni fifth with hoop, seventh with ball at the European Championships |url=https://mtk.hu/hirek/rg-pigniczki-fanni-karikaval-otodik-labdaval-hetedik-az-eb-n |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=MTK.hu |language=hu}} She was also awarded the Shooting Star award for her continuous improvement over her years of competing.

In August, she competed at the Summer Universiade in Chengdu. She won gold in the all-around and with hoop, making her the first rhythmic gymnast from her country to win gold at that competition.{{Cite web |title=Chengdu 2021 - "31st World UNIVERSITY GAMES 2023 - Rhythmic Gymnastics {{!}} GYMmedia.com |url=https://www.gymmedia.com/Rhythmic-Gymnastics/Chengdu-2021-31st-World-UNIVERSITY-GAMES-2023-Rhythmic-Gymnastics |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=www.gymmedia.com}} In August of the same year she won bronze with hoop at the World Championships in Valencia, the first medal for Hungary since Maria Patocska in 1973.{{Cite web |title=2023 World Championships Result Book |url=https://gym.longinestiming.com/File/0000150001FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF05 |website=gym.longinestiming.com |format=PDF}}{{Cite web |date=2023-08-23 |title=Pigniczki Fanni bronzérmes karikával az rg vb-n |url=https://m4sport.hu/cikk/2023/08/23/pigniczki-fanni-vb-bronzermes-karikaval-az-rg-vb-n/ |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=M4 Sport |language=hu}} Pignickzi also placed high enough in the qualification round to win a berth for Hungary at the 2024 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web |last=Marosi |first=Gergely |date=2023-08-24 |title=Millió spanyol sikoly, egy magyar kvóta: Pigniczki Fanni megváltotta a jegyet az olimpiára |trans-title=A Million Spanish Screams, a Hungarian Quota: Pigniczki Fanni earned the ticket for the Olympics |url=https://24.hu/sport/2023/08/24/ritmikus-sportgimnastika-vb-pigniczki-fanni-olimpiai-kvota/ |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=24.hu |language=hu}}

In 2024, Pigniczki competed at the World Cup in Sofia, where she placed 20th.{{Cite web |title=Results for FIG World Cup 2024 Sofia |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/events/results.php?idEvent=16838 |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=International Gymnastics Federation}} She next competed at the World Cup in Tashkent. There she was 5th in the all-around and qualified to three event finals: ball and ribbon, both of which she placed 6th in, and hoop, where she was 4th.{{Cite web |date=28 April 2024 |title=Result Book For FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup Tashkent |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/asset.php?id=fidb_16153 |website=International Gymnastics Federation}} At the European Championships, she placed 8th, her best-ever placement at that competition.{{Cite web |last=Marosi |first=Gergely |date=2024-05-25 |title=Pigniczki Fanni 8., Wiesner Hanna 12. az rg Eb-n; bolgár varázslat az aranyért |trans-title=Pigniczki Fanni 8th, Wiesner Hanna 12th at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships; Bulgarian magic for gold |url=https://24.hu/sport/2024/05/25/ritmikus-sportgimnasztika-eb-budapest-donto-pigniczki-fanni-wiesner-hanna-sztilina-nikolova/ |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=24.hu |language=hu}} In the ball final, she won a silver medal with a personal best score. It was the first time a gymnast representing Hungary had won an individual medal at the European Championships.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-27 |title=Fanni Pigniczki Wins Historic Rhythmic Gymnastics Silver Medal in Budapest |url=https://hungarytoday.hu/fanni-pigniczki-wins-historic-rhythmic-gymnastics-silver-medal-in-budapest/ |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=Hungary Today |language=en}}

In August, she competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics. In the qualification round, she came in twelfth and did not advance to the final. It was the best result for a Hungarian rhythmic gymnast since the 1988 Summer Olympics. She said that she was overall satisfied with her performance and that she was glad to have qualified for two Olympics.{{Cite web |last=Marosi |first=Gergely |date=2024-08-08 |title=Pigniczki Fanni 1988 óta a legjobb magyar helyezést érte el rg-ben, közel volt a döntőhöz |trans-title=Fanni Pigniczki has achieved the best Hungarian place in rhythmic gymnastics since 1988, she was close to the final |url=https://24.hu/sport/2024/08/08/olimpia-2024-ritmikus-gimnasztika-pigniczki-fanni-egyeni-osszetett-selejtezo/ |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=24.hu |language=hu}}

Achievements

First Hungarian rhythmic gymnast to win a medal in an individual apparatus final at the FIG World Cup series.
First Hungarian rhythmic gymnast to win a silver medal in an individual apparatus final at the FIG World Cup series.
First Hungarian rhythmic gymnast to win a medal in an individual apparatus final at the World Games.
First Hungarian rhythmic gymnast to win a medal in an individual apparatus final at the Summer University Games.
First Hungarian rhythmic gymnast to win a medal at the World Championships since 1973.
First Hungarian rhythmic gymnast to win a medal at the European Championships.

Routine music information

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rowspan="4" \|2016 \|Hoop \|Hallelujah by Rob Landes
Ball \|Carnavalera by Havana Delirio
Clubs \|Codigo de Barra by Bajofondo
Ribbon \|The Cello Song by The Piano Guys
rowspan="4" \|2017 \|Hoop \|Hallelujah by Rob Landes
Ball \|Out in the Cold by Asaf Avidan & The Mojos
Clubs \|NEW DORP. NEW YORK by SBTRKT feat. Ezra Koenig
Ribbon \|The Cello Song by The Piano Guys
rowspan="4" \|2018 \|Hoop \|Coming Home by HAVASI
Ball \|Out in the Cold by Asaf Avidan & The Mojos
Clubs \|NEW DORP. NEW YORK by SBTRKT feat. Ezra Koenig
Ribbon \|The Cello Song by The Piano Guys
rowspan="4" \|2019 \|Hoop \|Coming Home by Havasi Balazs
Ball \|Say You Won't Let Go by James Arthur
Clubs \|Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit by Gina G
Ribbon \|Ameksa (District 78 Remix) by Taalbi Brothers
rowspan="4" \|2020 \|Hoop \|Ninja by Maxime Rodriguez
Ball \|One Moment in Time by Whitney Houston
Clubs \|Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit by Gina G
Ribbon \|Ameksa (District 78 Remix) by Taalbi Brothers
rowspan="4" \|2021 \|Hoop \|Ninja by Maxime Rodriguez
Ball \|One Moment in Time by Whitney Houston
Clubs \|Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit by Gina G.
Ribbon \|Ameksa (District 78 Remix) by Taalbi Brothers
rowspan="4" \|2022 \|Hoop \|Hypnotic Tango (VIZE Edit) by Alex Christensen & The Berlin Orchestra
Ball \|Uccen (DWTS Remix) by Taalbi Brothers
Clubs \|Street Of Sorrow by HAVASI
Ribbon \|Scat by Club des Belugas & Iain Mackenzie
rowspan="4" \|2023 \|Hoop \|On Then And Now by Woodkid (feat. Jennifer Connelly)
Ball \|Uccen (DWTS Remix) by Taalbi Brothers
Clubs \|Insomnia by Symphoniacs
Ribbon \|Scat by Club des Belugas & Iain Mackenzie
rowspan="4" \|2024 \|Hoop \|On Then And Now by Woodkid (feat. Jennifer Connelly)
Ball \|Hit the Road Jack
Clubs \|Grace Kelly by Mika
Ribbon \|Higher by Michael Bublé

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rowspan="4" |2016

|Hoop

|Hallelujah by Rob Landes

Ball

|Carnavalera by Havana Delirio

Clubs

|Codigo de Barra by Bajofondo

Ribbon