Rhythmic Gymnastics Grand Prix#2024 circuit

{{Short description|Competition for rhythmic gymnastics}}

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The Rhythmic Gymnastics Grand Prix circuit is an annual series of tournaments in rhythmic gymnastics open to gymnasts from all over the globe. The series consists of a number of stages in different countries in Europe and is the most important series of competitions outside of those organized by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) or European Gymnastics, and the competitors include the world's top gymnasts.{{cite web archived |url=http://grandprix-innsbruck.com/index.php/event |title=Grand Prix der Rhythmischen Gymnastik Innsbruck 2014 - Event |access-date=2023-04-21 |archive-date=2016-03-11}}

Each Grand Prix stage is held as an all-around qualification competition, followed by four apparatus finals with hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon.{{Cite web |title=Regulations for Grand Prix Events in Rhythmic Gymnastics in 2020 |url=https://www.csmg.cz/files/csmg/komise-pro-mezinarodni-vztahy-a-reprezentaci/2020-gp-reg-englisch-2020.pdf |website=www.csmg.cz |format=PDF}} The final event in the circuit is commonly referred to as the Grand Prix Final. The focus in each stage is on individual performances, though groups have also been allowed to compete in some stages since, at least, 1995.{{cite web|url=http://www.rsg.net/cgi-bin/show?ereignisse/1995/dtb_karlsruhe_95_g.html |title=DTB-Pokal / Grand Prix in Karlsruhe, Deutschland (29.-30. April 1995) |access-date=April 9, 2023 |language=German}}

The Grand Prix circuit should not be confused with the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup series, which is a competition officially organized by the FIG, whereas the Grand Prix is neither organized nor promoted by the FIG.{{cite web |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_1.1%20-%20Technical%20Regulations%202023.pdf |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |title=Technical Regulations 2023 |access-date=2023-06-14}}

History

The Grand Prix circuit was established in 1994. The then vice-president of the International Gymnastics Federation, Hans-Jürgen Zacharias, and Robert Baur, came up with the idea of a series of events held in different cities, and the rules were drafted in the course of many meetings with European Gymnastics. The objective was to bring together and rank the elite of international rhythmic gymnastics.{{cite web|url=http://www.grandprixthiais.fr/pages/histoire-du-grand-prix.html |title=Histoire du Grand Prix |access-date=April 9, 2023 |language=French}} Prize money was also provided, which was a first for rhythmic gymnastics competitions.{{cite web archived|url=http://www.rhythmic-grandprix.com/history_e.htm |title=GRAND PRIX of Rhythmic Gymnastics, History |access-date=2023-04-21 |archive-date=2008-04-12}} Nations which have hosted Grand Prix stages include Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Israel, Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Russia, and Ukraine.

Grand Prix circuit

File:Гран-при Москвы — 2019 03.jpg

Each year, a number of stages that go from a minimum of three to a maximum of twelve, are staged across different countries in Europe. Individual gymnasts perform in an all-around competition that also serves as qualification for apparatus finals. In the early editions of the Grand Prix, a separate all-around final was also staged. The closing event of the circuit is commonly referred to as Grand Prix Final. Until 2005, gymnasts earned points in each stage, and only the highest ranked gymnasts were allowed to compete in the Grand Prix Final.

Grand Prix events are invitational events. Although the competition is not officially organized by the FIG, all gymnasts must have valid FIG licenses and be age-eligible for senior competition.

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! Year !! Number of stages !! Grand Prix Final !! Location

1994

| align=center| 4 || Vienna Grand Prix || {{flagicon|AUT}} Vienna

1995

| align=center| 4 || Alfred Vogel Grand Prix || {{flagicon|NED}} Deventer

1996

| align=center| 5 || Vienna Grand Prix || {{flagicon|AUT}} Vienna

1997

| align=center| 6 || Alfred Vogel Grand Prix || {{flagicon|NED}} Deventer

1998

| align=center| 6 || Grand Prix Linz || {{flagicon|AUT}} Linz

1999

| align=center| 7 || Grand Prix Korneuburg || {{flagicon|AUT}} Korneuburg

2000

| align=center| 5 || Alfred Vogel Grand Prix || {{flagicon|NED}} Deventer

2001

| align=center| 6 || Alfred Vogel Grand Prix || {{flagicon|NED}} Deventer

2002

| align=center| 8 || Grand Prix Innsbruck || {{flagicon|AUT}} Innsbruck

2003

| align=center| 9 || Grand Prix Innsbruck || {{flagicon|AUT}} Innsbruck

2004

| align=center| 7 || Alfred Vogel Grand Prix || {{flagicon|NED}} Deventer

2005

| align=center| 8 || Berlin Masters || {{flagicon|GER}} Berlin

2006

| align=center| 9 || Berlin Masters || {{flagicon|GER}} Berlin

2007

| align=center| 10 || Grand Prix Innsbruck || {{flagicon|AUT}} Innsbruck

2008

| align=center| 8 || Grand Prix Slovakia || {{flagicon|SVK}} Bratislava

2009

| align=center| 8 || Berlin Masters || {{flagicon|GER}} Berlin

2010

| align=center| 8 || Berlin Masters || {{flagicon|GER}} Berlin

2011

| align=center| 5 || Brno Grand Prix || {{flagicon|CZE}} Brno

2012

| align=center| 5 || Brno Grand Prix || {{flagicon|CZE}} Brno

2013

| align=center| 5 || Berlin Masters || {{flagicon|GER}} Berlin

2014

| align=center| 6 || Grand Prix Innsbruck || {{flagicon|AUT}} Innsbruck

2015

| align=center| 5 || Brno Grand Prix || {{flagicon|CZE}} Brno

2016

| align=center| 5 || Grand Prix Eilat || {{flagicon|ISR}} Eilat

2017

| align=center| 7 || Grand Prix Eilat || {{flagicon|ISR}} Eilat

2018

| align=center| 6 || Grand Prix Marbella || {{flagicon|ESP}} Marbella

2019

| align=center| 6 || Brno Grand Prix || {{flagicon|CZE}} Brno

2020

| align=center| 4 || Deriugina Grand Prix || {{flagicon|UKR}} Kyiv

2021

| align=center| 3 || Grand Prix Marbella || {{flagicon|ESP}} Marbella

2022

| align=center| 4 || Grand Prix Brno Tart Cup || {{flagicon|CZE}} Brno

2023

| align=center| 4 || Grand Prix Brno Tart Cup || {{flagicon|CZE}} Brno

2024

| align=center| 4 || Grand Prix Brno Tart Cup || {{flagicon|CZE}} Brno

2025

| align=center| 4 || Grand Prix Brno Tart Cup || {{flagicon|CZE}} Brno

All-time medal table

File:Yana Kudryavtseva Grand Prix Moscow 2015.jpg at the 2015 Moscow Grand Prix]]

What follows is a table containing the total number of medals earned by individual gymnasts representing their nations in every stage of the Rhythmic Gymnastics Grand Prix circuit from 1994 to 2023. The results accounted for include only senior medalists in the regular stages of the circuit, as well as the Grand Prix Final. Group events, either at official Grand Prix competitions or international tournaments held alongside Grand Prix stages, are not included.

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| gold_AUT = 0 | silver_AUT = 0 | bronze_AUT = 4

| gold_AZE = 2 | silver_AZE = 14 | bronze_AZE = 41

| gold_BLR = 54 | silver_BLR = 141 | bronze_BLR = 188

| gold_BRA = 1 | silver_BRA = 0 | bronze_BRA = 0

| gold_BUL = 29 | silver_BUL = 65 | bronze_BUL = 75

| gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 1 | bronze_CAN = 7

| gold_CZE = 0 | silver_CZE = 1 | bronze_CZE = 2

| gold_EST = 0 | silver_EST = 1 | bronze_EST = 0

| gold_FRA = 2 | silver_FRA = 6 | bronze_FRA = 15

| gold_GEO = 3 | silver_GEO = 3 | bronze_GEO = 6

| gold_GER = 3 | silver_GER = 4 | bronze_GER = 8

| gold_GRE = 1 | silver_GRE = 1 | bronze_GRE = 2

| gold_HUN = 1 | silver_HUN = 2 | bronze_HUN = 3

| gold_ISR = 13 | silver_ISR = 35 | bronze_ISR = 73

| gold_ITA = 6 | silver_ITA = 6 | bronze_ITA = 8

| gold_JPN = 0 | silver_JPN = 0 | bronze_JPN = 1

| gold_KAZ = 3 | silver_KAZ = 15 | bronze_KAZ = 30

| gold_LAT = 0 | silver_LAT = 0 | bronze_LAT = 3

| gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 1 | bronze_POL = 3

| gold_RUS = 623 | silver_RUS = 423 | bronze_RUS = 218

| gold_SLO = 7 | silver_SLO = 3 | bronze_SLO = 6

| gold_KOR = 0 | silver_KOR = 2 | bronze_KOR = 7

| gold_ESP = 2 | silver_ESP = 1 | bronze_ESP = 4

| gold_UKR = 174 | silver_UKR = 171 | bronze_UKR = 186

| gold_USA = 1 | silver_USA = 3 | bronze_USA = 8

| gold_UZB = 2 | silver_UZB = 7 | bronze_UZB = 6

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Group events

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Organizers of Grand Prix events are also allowed to hold extra events for groups in the same venue. In the early editions, the group competitions were staged as parallel events (usually in the form of international tournaments) that were intertwined with individual performances during the Grand Prix competitions. In 2003, an official Grand Prix event especially for groups was held in Sofia, Bulgaria.{{Cite web |title=Grand Prix Group: Sieg für Bulgarie |url=https://www.gymmedia.de/Rhythmische-Gymnastik/Grand-Prix-Gruppe-Sieg-fuer-Bulgarien |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=gymmedia.de |language=German}} Since 2016, organizers can also organize a group competition, although they are not required to do so. Nations which have earned at least one group medal on senior level, either in international tournaments or official Grand Prix stages, since 1995, include:

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  • {{AZE}}{{Cite web |title=Internationaux de Thiais Résultats - Results |url=http://www.grandprixthiais.fr/medias/files/thiais-2017-resultats-delegations-bd.pdf |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=grandprixthiais.fr |language=French}}
  • {{BLR}}{{cite web archived |url=http://213.179.68.150/gymmedia/prioNOlang_en.asp?id=1017&sp=2&rt=RG |title=GYMmedia.com |access-date=2023-04-21 |archive-date=2005-12-18 |website=gymmedia.com}}
  • {{BRA}}
  • {{BUL}}{{Cite web |title=Grand Prix Marbella 2023 - Results |url=https://morgoth.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-2435.html |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=morgoth.blog.fc2.com |language=Japanese}}
  • {{CAN}}{{Cite web |title=Miss Valentine Grand Prix Tartu 2020 – Results |url=https://morgoth.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-1886.html |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=morgoth.blog.fc2.com |language=Japanese}}
  • {{CHN}}
  • {{CZE}}{{Cite web| title=Résultats édition 2025 |url=http://www.grandprixthiais.fr/pages/resultats.html |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=grandprixthiais.fr |language=French}}
  • {{EGY}}{{Cite web |title=Moscow GP 2017 - Results |url=https://morgoth.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-1325.html |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=morgoth.blog.fc2.com |date=17 February 2017 |language=Japanese}}
  • {{EST}}{{Cite web |title=Thiais GP 2019 – Results |url=https://morgoth.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-1687.html |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=morgoth.blog.fc2.com |language=Japanese}}
  • {{FIN}}{{Cite web |title=Ukrainian gymnasts dominated 2004 Grand Prix series |url=https://www.gymmedia.de/node/11402 |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=gymmedia.de}}
  • {{FRA}}{{Cite web |title=Grand Prix Thiais 2023 - Results |url=https://morgoth.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-2451.html |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=morgoth.blog.fc2.com |language=Japanese}}
  • {{GEO}}{{Cite web |title=Holon GP 2008 - Results |url=https://morgoth.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-238.html |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=morgoth.blog.fc2.com |language=Japanese}}
  • {{GER}}
  • {{GRE}}{{Cite web |title=10. DTB-Pokal / Grand Prix in Bochum, Deutschland (17.-18. April 1998) |url=http://rsg.net/cgi-bin/show?events/1998/dtb_bochum_98_g.html |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=rsg.net}}
  • {{HUN}}{{Cite web |title=Kiev GP 2017 - Results |url=https://morgoth.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-1334.html |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=morgoth.blog.fc2.com |date=17 March 2017 |language=Japanese}}
  • {{ISR}}
  • {{ITA}}
  • {{JPN}}{{Cite web |title=Moscow GP 2011 - Results |url=https://morgoth.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-561.html |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=morgoth.blog.fc2.com |language=Japanese}}
  • {{LAT}}
  • {{LTU}}{{Cite web |title=Alfred Vogel Cup / Grand Prix in Deventer, Netherlands (13.-15. September 1996) |url=http://rsg.net/cgi-bin/show?events/1996/avc_deventer_96_g.html |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=rsg.net |language=German}}
  • {{MEX}}{{Cite tweet |user=gymwikipedian |number=1774452025595437512 |title=2024 Grand Prix Thiais}}
  • {{MDA}}
  • {{NED}}
  • {{NOR}}
  • {{POL}}
  • {{POR}}
  • {{RUS}}
  • {{ESP}}
  • {{SWE}}{{Cite web |title=Berlin GP 2009 - Results |url=https://morgoth.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-423.html |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=morgoth.blog.fc2.com |language=Japanese}}
  • {{SUI}}{{Cite web |title=Thiais GP 2011 - Results |url=https://morgoth.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-571.html |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=morgoth.blog.fc2.com |language=Japanese}}
  • {{TUR}}
  • {{UKR}}
  • {{USA}}
  • {{UZB}}

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See also

References

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Grand Prix

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