Laura Švilpaitė

Laura Švilpaitė
Švilpaitė in 2015
Personal information
Born (1994-01-07) 7 January 1994
Vilnius, Lithuania
Height154 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		 Lithuania
Head coach(es)Vasilij Gavrin
Assistant coach(es)Irina Katinienė

Laura Švilpaitė (born 7 January 1994) is a Lithuanian artistic gymnast. She represented Lithuania at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Career

Švilpaitė competed at the 2008 Junior European Championships and finished 29th in the all-around.[1] She won the junior all-around competition at the 2009 WOGA Classic by 0.050 points ahead of Grace McLaughlin.[2] At the 2009 European Youth Olympic Festival, she finished eighth in the all-around final.[3] She also qualified for the uneven bars and balance beam finals, finishing seventh and fourth, respectively.[4][5]

Švilpaitė competed at her first World Championships in 2010 and finished 44th in the all-around during the qualification round.[6] In 2011, she missed a month of training due to an illness and withdrew from the 2011 European Championships.[7] She then only finished 125th in the all-around qualifications at the 2011 World Championships.[8]

Švilpaitė competed at the 2012 Olympic Test Event and finished 56th in the all-around, earning a berth for the 2012 Summer Olympics.[9] She then competed at the 2012 Osijek World Challenge Cup but did not advance into any of the event finals.[10] At the 2012 European Championships, she finished 34th in the all-around.[11] Then at the Olympic Games, she finished 50th in the all-around during the qualification round with a total score of 50.299.[12]

Švilpaitė only competed on the uneven bars and the balance beam at the 2013 European Championships and did not advance to either final.[13] Then at the 2013 Scherbo Cup, she won a bronze medal on the balance beam.[14] She competed on the vault, balance beam, and floor exercise at the 2013 World Championships and did not advance into any of the event finals.[15]

Švilpaitė won the all-around title at the 2014 Salamunov Memorial in Ruše, Slovenia.[16]

References

  1. ^ "27th European Championships women's artistic gymnastics Clermont-Ferrand (FRA) 2008 April 3-6 Qualification AA Women Juniors". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  2. ^ "2009 WOGA Classic Artistic Gymnastics Women Frisco, TX (USA). 2009 Feb 14-15 Elite Juniors Women". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  3. ^ "EYOF 2009 Tampere WAG C II - All-Around" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 23 July 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  4. ^ "EYOF 2009 Tampere WAG C III Uneven Bars" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 24 July 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  5. ^ "EYOF 2009 Tampere WAG C III Beam" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 24 July 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  6. ^ "40th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2007 Results Women's Qualifications" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 2 September 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  7. ^ "Gimnastas R.Guščinas Europos čempionate užėmė 31 vietą" [Gymnast R. Guščinas took 31st place at the European Championships]. Lrytas.lt (in Lithuanian). 8 April 2011. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  8. ^ "43rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Tokyo (JPN) 7-16 October 2011 All-Around Results Women's Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 7 October 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Lietuvos gimnastų triumfas – bilietai į Londono olimpiadą" [Lithuanian gymnasts' triumph - tickets to the London Olympics]. Alkas.lt (in Lithuanian). 13 January 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  10. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (29 April 2012). "2012 Osijek Challenge Cup Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  11. ^ "2012 Brussels All-Around Results" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 10 May 2012. p. 93. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  12. ^ "Gimnastė L.Švilpaitė olimpiados daugiakovės varžybose užėmė 50-ą vietą" [Gymnast L.Švilpaitė took 50th place in the Olympic all-around competition]. Delfi.lt (in Lithuanian). 30 July 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  13. ^ "2013 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships Results Book" (PDF). European Gymnastics. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  14. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (24 August 2013). "2013 Scherbo Cup Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  15. ^ "44thArtistic Gymnastics World Championships in Antwerp (BEL) Women's Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. International Gymnastics Federation. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  16. ^ "Slovenia, Slovakia, Lithuania golden at Salamunov Memorial". International Gymnastics Federation. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Laura Švilpaitė.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.