Longines Prize for Elegance

Longines Prize for Elegance
Awarded for "...emotional appeal, beauty, charm as well as grace and harmony of movement."
Country International
Presented by Longines
International Gymnastics Federation
First awarded 1997
Currently held by Giulia Steingruber
Kōhei Uchimura
Yana Kudryavtseva

The Longines Prize for Elegance is an award given by Longines to a male and female at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and at the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships. The winners receive a trophy, a cheque and a Longines watch.[1] The prize has been awarded since 1997, and is aimed at honoring the most elegant and charismatic gymnasts. The criteria used by the jury is based on grace, harmonious movement, and emotion during the performances.[2]

Recipients

Women's Artistic Gymnastics

Rie Tanaka at the 2010 World Championships the year she won.
Year Winner Country Reference
1999 Khorkina, SvetlanaSvetlana Khorkina  Russia
2001 Zamolodchikova, ElenaElena Zamolodchikova  Russia
2003 Patterson, CarlyCarly Patterson  United States [3]
2005 Russo, MonetteMonette Russo  Australia [4]
2006 Fei, ChengCheng Fei  China [5]
2007 Johnson, ShawnShawn Johnson  United States [6]
2009 Garcia, ElsaElsa Garcia  Mexico [7]
2010 Tanaka, RieRie Tanaka  Japan [8]
2011 Porgras, AnaAna Porgras  Romania [9]
2013 Ross, KylaKyla Ross  United States [10]
2014 Jinnan, YaoYao Jinnan  China [2]
2015 Steingruber, GiuliaGiulia Steingruber   Switzerland [11]

Men's Artistic Gymnastics

Philipp Boy (left; 2010) and Kohei Uchimura (center; 2011, 2013, 2014) with medals from the 2010 World Championships
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Year Winner Country Reference
2003 Wei, YangYang Wei  China [3]
2005 Rivero, LuisLuis Rivero  Puerto Rico [4]
2006 Ivankov, IvanIvan Ivankov  Belarus [5]
2007 Tomita, HiroyukiHiroyuki Tomita  Japan [6]
2009 Keatings, DanielDaniel Keatings  United Kingdom [7]
2010 Boy, PhilippPhilipp Boy  Germany [8]
2011 Uchimura, KoheiKohei Uchimura  Japan [9]
2013 Uchimura, KoheiKohei Uchimura  Japan [10]
2014 Uchimura, KoheiKohei Uchimura  Japan [2]
2015 Whitlock, MaxMax Whitlock  United Kingdom [11]

Rhythmic Gymnastics

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Year Winner Country Reference
2007 Bessonova, AnnaAnna Bessonova  Ukraine [12]
2009 Bessonova, AnnaAnna Bessonova  Ukraine [12]
2011 Ledoux, DelphineDelphine Ledoux  France [13]
2013 Rizatdinova, GannaGanna Rizatdinova  Ukraine [12]
2014 Kudryavtseva, YanaYana Kudryavtseva  Russia [14]

References

  1. ↑ "Gymnastics". Longines. Longines Watch Co. Francillon Ltd. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Artistic World Championships Nanning (Nanning, China)". Longines. Longines Watch Co. Francillon Ltd. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  3. 1 2 "37th World Championships Artistic Gymnastcs". gymmedia.com. Gym Media.com. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  4. 1 2 "World Gymnastics Championships - Day 5". gettyimages.com. Getty Images. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  5. 1 2 "[名將之約]體操女皇程菲是怎樣誕生的". Youtube.com. chinesegym1. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Johnson receives Longines Prize for Elegance". USA Gymnastics. USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Worlds London 2009: Longines Prize de Elegance". FIG. Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  8. 1 2 "Rie Tanaka and Philipp Boy win the Longines Prize". Longines. Longines Watch Co. Francillon Ltd. 22 October 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  9. 1 2 "43rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships (Tokyo, Japan)". Longines. Longines Watch Co. Francillon Ltd. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  10. 1 2 "44th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships (Antwerp, Belgium)". Longines. Longines Watch Co. Francillon Ltd. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  11. 1 2 "Giulia Steingruber, Max Whitlock awarded Longines Prizes for Elegance at Artistic Gymnastics World Championships". FIG. Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  12. 1 2 3 "32nd FIG Rhytmic Gymnastics World Championships (Kiev, Ukraine)". Longines. Longines Watch Co. Francillon Ltd. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  13. ↑ "31st Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships (Montpellier, France)". Longines. Longines Watch Co. Francillon Ltd. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  14. ↑ "The Longines Prize for Elegance awarded to Yana Kudryavtseva at the 33rd Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships (Izmir, Turkey)". Longines. Longines Watch Co. Francillon Ltd. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
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