Rhythmic Gymnastics Grand Prix Series

The Rhythmic Gymnastics Grand Prix Series is an annual competition of tournaments for rhythmic gymnastics, open to athletes from all over the globe. The series is comprised of a number of stages, culminating in the final event, usually referred to as Grand Prix Final. The final event has become one of the most important rhythmic gymnastics events in the history of the sport, usually gathering some of the best gymnasts on the planet.[1]

History

The person responsible for the creation of the Grand Prix Series was the then vice-president of the International Gymnastics Federation, Hans-Jürgen Zacharias, in 1993.[2] The rules were drafted in the course of many meetings with the UEG, and in 1994 the first Grand Prix Series was organised in the Netherlands, Ukraine, France, Germany and Austria, with the Grand Prix Final event being held in Innsbruck.[3] As of 2016, gymnasts from countries in Europe and Asia, including Russia, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, have won medals at the Grand Prix Final. Gymnasts from countries in the Americas, like Brazil, have won medals at the Grand Prix stages.[4]

Grand Prix Final

The final stage of the event, also commonly referred to as Grand Prix Final, is considered a prestigious event in which usually only the best ranked gymnasts from previous stages are allowed to compete.

Year Event Location
1994 Vienna Grand Prix Austria Vienna [5]
1995 Alfred Vogel Grand Prix Netherlands Deventer [6]
1996 Vienna Grand Prix Austria Vienna [7]
1997 Alfred Vogel Grand Prix Netherlands Deventer [8]
1998 Grand Prix Linz Austria Linz [9]
1999 Grand Prix Korneuburg Austria Korneuburg [10]
2000 Alfred Vogel Grand Prix Netherlands Deventer [11]
2001 Alfred Vogel Grand Prix Netherlands Deventer [12]
2002 Grand Prix Innsbruck Austria Innsbruck [13]
2003 Grand Prix Innsbruck Austria Innsbruck [14]
2004 Alfred Vogel Grand Prix Netherlands Deventer [15]
2005 Berlin Masters Germany Berlin [16]
2006 Berlin Masters Germany Berlin [17]
2007 Grand Prix Innsbruck Austria Innsbruck [18]
2008 Grand Prix Slovakia Czech Republic Bratislava [19]
2009 Berlin Masters Germany Berlin [20]
2010 Berlin Masters Germany Berlin [21]
2011 Brno Grand Prix Czech Republic Brno [22]
2012 Brno Grand Prix Czech Republic Brno [23]
2013 Berlin Masters Germany Berlin [24]
2014 Grand Prix Innsbruck Austria Innsbruck [25]
2015 Brno Grand Prix Czech Republic Brno [26]
2016 Grand Prix Eilat Israel Eilat [27]

Grand Prix Series

2003
Date Event Location Category
March 6–7 Gazprom Grand Prix Moscow Individuals & Groups
March 14–15 Kiev Grand Prix Kiev Individuals
June 13–14 Holon Grand Prix Holon Individuals & Groups
June 14–15 Lievin Grand Prix Lievin Individuals & Groups
June 27–28 Grand Prix Berlin Masters Berlin Individuals
August 29–30 Deventer Grand Prix Deventer Individuals
September 6–7 Mtel Grand Prix Sofia Individuals & Groups
October 18–19 Minsk Grand Prix Minsk Individuals & Groups
November 8–10 Holon Grand Prix Holon Individuals & Groups
November 22–23 Grand Prix Final: Grand Prix Innsbruck Innsbruck Individuals
2004
Date Event Location Category
February 28-29 Gazprom Grand Prix Moscow Individuals & Groups
March 12-13 Kiev Grand Prix Kiev Individuals
March 27-29 Thiais Grand Prix Thiais Individuals & Groups
April 29-30 Minsk Grand Prix Minsk Individuals & Groups
June 17-19 Holon Grand Prix Holon Individuals & Groups
October 15-16 Grand Prix Berlin Masters Berlin Individuals
October 29-30 Grand Prix Final: Alfred Vogel Grand Prix Deventer Individuals & Groups
2005
Date Event Location Category
March 5-6 Gazprom Grand Prix Moscow Individuals & Groups
March 12-13 Kiev Grand Prix Kiev Individuals
March 26-28 Thiais Grand Prix Thiais Individuals & Groups
April 23-24 Minsk Grand Prix Minsk Individuals & Groups
May 19-21 Holon Grand Prix Holon Individuals & Groups
May 30-31 Bourgas Grand Prix Bourgas Individuals
September 2-3 Deventer Grand Prix Deventer Individuals & Groups
September 16-17 Grand Prix Final: Berlin Masters Berlin Individuals & Groups
2006
Date Event Location Category
March 3-4 Gazprom Grand Prix Moscow Individuals & Groups
March 16-17 Kiev Grand Prix Kiev Individuals
March 24-25 Thiais Grand Prix Thiais Individuals & Groups
May 4-5 Bourgas Grand Prix Bourgas Individuals
May 19-20 Minsk Grand Prix Minsk Individuals & Groups
May 26-27 Brno Grand Prix Brno Individuals
June 8-10 Holon Grand Prix Holon Individuals & Groups
September 2-3 Deventer Grand Prix Deventer Individuals & Groups
April 20-21 Marbella Grand Prix Marbella Individuals & Groups
August 31-September 2 Deventer Grand Prix Deventer Individuals & Groups
October 20-21 Grand Prix Final: Berlin Masters Berlin Individuals & Groups
2007
Date Event Location Category
March 2-3 Gazprom Grand Prix Moscow Individuals & Groups
March 23-25 Thiais Grand Prix Thiais Individuals & Groups
April 20-21 Marbella Grand Prix Marbella Individuals & Groups
May 4-5 Bourgas Grand Prix Bourgas Individuals
May 17-18 Minsk Grand Prix Minsk Individuals & Groups
May 25-26 Brno Grand Prix Brno Individuals
June 7-9 Holon Grand Prix Holon Individuals & Groups
August 31-September 2 Deventer Grand Prix Deventer Individuals & Groups
October 13-14 Grand Prix Berlin Masters Berlin Individuals
November 16-17 Grand Prix Final: Grand Prix Innsbruck Innsbruck Individuals
2008
Date Event Location Category
February 28-29 Gazprom Grand Prix Moscow Individuals & Groups
March 28-30 Thiais Grand Prix Thiais Individuals & Groups
April 5-6 Brno Grand Prix Brno Individuals
April 25-26 Marbella Grand Prix Marbella Individuals & Groups
May 2-3 Bourgas Grand Prix Bourgas Individuals & Groups
April 23-25 Holon Grand Prix Holon Individuals & Groups
October 11-12 Grand Prix Berlin Masters Berlin Individuals
November 7-8 Grand Prix Final: Grand Prix Slovakia Bratislava Individuals
2009
Date Event Location Category
February 26-27 Gazprom Grand Prix Moscow Individuals & Groups
March 13-14 Brno Grand Prix Brno Individuals
March 26-28 Thiais Grand Prix Thiais Individuals & Groups
April 9-10 Grand Prix Kiev Kiev Individuals & Groups
April 23-25 Holon Grand Prix Holon Individuals & Groups
May 1-2 Bourgas Grand Prix Bourgas Individuals & Groups
May 28-29 Marbella Grand Prix Marbella Individuals & Groups
November 27-28 Grand Prix Final: Berlin Masters Berlin Individuals & Groups
2010
Date Event Location Category
February 18-20 Gazprom Grand Prix Moscow Individuals & Groups
March 18-19 Grand Prix Kiev Kiev Individuals & Groups
March 25-27 Thiais Grand Prix Thiais Individuals & Groups
May 14-15 Marbella Grand Prix Marbella Individuals & Groups
June 11-12 Grand Prix Innsbruck Innsbruck Individuals & Groups
September 2-4 Holon Grand Prix Holon Individuals & Groups
October 14-15 Brno Grand Prix Brno Individuals
October 28-29 Grand Prix Final: Berlin Masters Berlin Individuals
2011
Date Event Location Category
February 25-26 Gazprom Grand Prix Moscow Individuals & Groups
March 4-5 Holon Grand Prix Holon Individuals & Groups
April 8-10 Thiais Grand Prix Thiais Individuals & Groups
August 27-28 Grand Prix Berlin Masters Berlin Individuals
October 14-15 Grand Prix Final: Brno Grand Prix Brno Individuals
2012
Date Event Location Category
February 23-25 Gazprom Grand Prix Moscow Individuals & Groups
March 23-24 Holon Grand Prix Holon Individuals & Groups
March 30-April 1 Thiais Grand Prix Thiais Individuals & Groups
October 5-7 Marbella Grand Prix Marbella Individuals
October 19-20 Grand Prix Berlin Masters Berlin Individuals
November 2-3 Grand Prix Final: Brno Grand Prix Brno Individuals
2013
Date Event Location Category
March 1-3 Gazprom Grand Prix Moscow Individuals & Groups
March 8-9 Holon Grand Prix Holon Individuals & Groups
March 28-April 1 27th Thiais Grand Prix Thiais Individuals & Groups
October 4-5 Brno Grand Prix Brno Individuals
October 19-20 Grand Prix Final: Berlin Masters Berlin Individuals
2014
Date Event Location Category
February 28-March 2 Gazprom Grand Prix Moscow Individuals & Groups
March 8-10 Thiais Grand Prix Thiais Individuals & Groups
March 28-30 Holon Grand Prix Holon Individuals & Groups
October 16-17 Grand Prix Berlin Berlin Individuals
October 31-November 2 Grand Prix Brno Brno Individuals
November 14-15 Grand Prix Final: Grand Prix Innsbruck Innsbruck Individuals
2015
Date Event Location Category
February 20-22 Gazprom Grand Prix Moscow Individuals & Groups
March 20-23 Thiais Grand Prix Thiais Individuals & Groups
May 15-16 Holon Grand Prix Holon Individuals & Groups
May 29-30 Grand Prix Berlin Berlin Individuals & Groups
October 15-19 Grand Prix Final: Brno Grand Prix Brno Individuals
2016
Date Event Location Category
February 17-22 Gazprom Grand Prix Moscow Individuals & Groups
March 24-27 Thiais Grand Prix Thiais Individuals & Groups
May 05-08 Grand Prix Brno Brno Individuals & Groups
May 13-15 Grand Prix Bucharest Bucharest Individuals & Groups
September Grand Prix Final: Grand Prix Eilat Eilat Individuals

Grand Prix Final medalists

Individual all-around
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze
1994[28] Austria Vienna, Austria Ukraine Kateryna Serebrianska Ukraine Olena Vitrychenko Russia Amina Zaripova
1995[29] Netherlands Deventer, Netherlands Ukraine Kateryna Serebrianska Ukraine Olena Vitrychenko Russia Yana Batyrshina
Belarus Olga Gontar
1996[30] Austria Vienna, Austria Russia Yana Batyrshina
Ukraine Kateryna Serebrianska		 N/A Belarus Tatiana Ogrizko
1997[31] Netherlands Deventer, Netherlands Russia Natalia Lipkovskaya Belarus Valeria Vatkina Germany Edita Schaufler
1998[32] Austria Linz, Austria Russia Alina Kabaeva Ukraine Olena Vitrychenko Belarus Yulia Raskina
1999 Austria Korneuburg, Austria Belarus Yulia Raskina Russia Alina Kabaeva Russia Yulia Barsukova
2000 Netherlands Deventer, Netherlands Russia Yulia Barsukova Russia Irina Tchachina Ukraine Tamara Yerofeeva
2001 [33] Netherlands Deventer, Netherlands Russia Alina Kabaeva Russia Laysan Utiasheva Belarus Elena Tkachenko
2002 Austria Innsbruck, Austria Ukraine Tamara Yerofeeva Ukraine Anna Bessonova Russia Laysan Utiasheva
2003 Austria Innsbruck, Austria Ukraine Anna Bessonova Russia Vera Sessina Ukraine Natalia Godunko
2004 [34] Netherlands Deventer, Netherlands Ukraine Natalia Godunko Russia Olga Kapranova Ukraine Anna Bessonova
2005 [35] Germany Berlin, Germany Russia Vera Sessina Russia Olga Kapranova Ukraine Natalia Godunko
2006 Germany Berlin, Germany Russia Vera Sessina Russia Olga Kapranova Belarus Inna Zhukova
2007 Austria Innsbruck, Austria Russia Olga Kapranova Russia Vera Sessina Azerbaijan Aliya Garayeva
2008 Slovakia Bratislava, Slovakia Russia Olga Kapranova Russia Vera Sessina Israel Irina Risenzon
2009 Germany Berlin, Germany Russia Evgenia Kanaeva Russia Daria Kondakova Belarus Melitina Staniouta
2010 Germany Berlin, Germany Russia Evgenia Kanaeva Russia Daria Kondakova Russia Daria Dmitrieva
2011 Czech Republic Brno, Czech Republic Russia Evgenia Kanaeva Russia Daria Dmitrieva Azerbaijan Aliya Garayeva
2012 Czech Republic Brno, Czech Republic Russia Daria Dmitrieva Belarus Arina Charopa Czech Republic Monika Mickova
2013 Germany Berlin, Germany Russia Margarita Mamun Russia Maria Titova Bulgaria Sylvia Miteva
2014 Austria Innsbruck, Austria Russia Margarita Mamun Israel Neta Rivkin Bulgaria Neviana Vladinova
2015 Czech Republic Brno, Czech Republic Russia Margarita Mamun Israel Linoy Ashram Belarus Elena Bolotina
2016 Israel Eilat, Israel Future event

Overall winners

After the Grand Prix Final event, points are added up and overall winners of the Grand Prix circuit are decided. From 1994 to 1997, the gymnasts who gathered the biggest number of points in the all-around competitions was declared the winner. Starting in 1998, winners of each of the four apparatus were declared.[36][37][38][39]

Year Event Winner
1994 All-Around Ukraine Kateryna Serebrianska
1995 All-Around Ukraine Kateryna Serebrianska
1996 All-Around Belarus Tatiana Ogrizko
1997 All-Around Ukraine Olena Vitrychenko
1998 Rope Ukraine Olena Vitrychenko
Hoop Ukraine Olena Vitrychenko
Clubs Ukraine Olena Vitrychenko
Ribbon Ukraine Olena Vitrychenko
1999 Rope Ukraine Olena Vitrychenko
Hoop Ukraine Olena Vitrychenko
Ribbon Ukraine Olena Vitrychenko
Ball Russia Alina Kabaeva
2000 Rope Ukraine Olena Vitrychenko
Hoop Ukraine Olena Vitrychenko
Ribbon Ukraine Olena Vitrychenko
Ball Russia Alina Kabaeva
2001 Rope Russia Alina Kabaeva
Hoop Russia Alina Kabaeva
Clubs Russia Alina Kabaeva
Ball Russia Alina Kabaeva
2002 Rope Bulgaria Simona Peycheva
Hoop Russia Zarina Gizikova
Ball Russia Zarina Gizikova
Clubs Ukraine Tamara Yerofeeva
2003 Hoop Ukraine Anna Bessonova
Clubs Ukraine Anna Bessonova
Ball Ukraine Anna Bessonova
Ribbon Russia Vera Sessina
2004 Hoop Ukraine Anna Bessonova
Clubs Ukraine Anna Bessonova
Ball Belarus Inna Zhukova
Ribbon Ukraine Natalia Godunko
2005 Rope Ukraine Anna Bessonova
Hoop Ukraine Anna Bessonova
Russia Vera Sessina
Ball Russia Olga Kapranova
Ribbon Ukraine Natalia Godunko

All-time medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Russia985018166
2  Ukraine21272270
3  Bulgaria43916
4  Belarus3242754
5  Spain3036
6  Israel171119
7  Uzbekistan1225
8  Poland03710
9  Germany0314
10  Azerbaijan021214
11  Czech Republic0123
12  Austria0033
 Sweden0033
14  Finland0022
15  France0011
 Kazakhstan0011
 Moldova0011
 Netherlands0011
Total 131 122 128 381

References

  1. ↑ GP Innsbruck
  2. ↑ GP Moscow
  3. ↑ "GRAND PRIX of Rhythmic Gymnastics, History". Archived from the original on March 3, 2008. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  4. ↑ UOL Esporte (Portuguese)
  5. ↑ Alexander Kochann. "1. Grand Prix ranking list 1994". R-gymnast.bplaced.net. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
  6. ↑ "2. Grand Prix ranking list 1995". R-gymnast.bplaced.net. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
  7. ↑ "GPF 1996". Rg-em2013.com. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
  8. ↑ "GPF 1997". geocities.ws.
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  10. ↑ "Results". Archived from the original on January 9, 2008. Retrieved May 11, 2013.
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  12. ↑ "GYMmedia Event Calendar 1999". Archived from the original on July 7, 2002. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  13. ↑ "GP 02". Rsgroutines.tripod.com. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
  14. ↑ "GP03". Gymmedia.com. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
  15. ↑ "GP04". Gymmedia.com. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
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  17. ↑ "GP06". Gymmedia.com. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
  18. ↑ "GP 07". Gymmedia.com. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
  19. ↑ "GP 08". Gymmedia.com. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
  20. ↑ "GP 09". Gymmedia.com. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
  21. ↑ "GP 10". Gymmedia.com. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
  22. ↑ "GP 11". Gymmedia.com. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
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  24. ↑ "GP13". Gymmedia.com. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
  25. ↑ "GP14". Gymmedia.com. Retrieved 2014-01-12.
  26. ↑ "GP15". Gymmedia.com. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
  27. ↑ "GP16". Grandprixthiais.fr. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
  28. ↑ 1994
  29. ↑ "GYMN-L Digest - 27 Aug 1995 to 28 Aug 1995". Gymn-forum.net/. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
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  31. ↑ "GPF 1997". geocities.ws.
  32. ↑ GPF Linz 98
  33. ↑ "Córdoba Cup 2000". 213.179.68.150. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
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  37. ↑ GymMedia 2003
  38. ↑ GymMedia 2004
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