The 2013 Mediterranean Games will be taking place from the 18th to the 30th of June in Mersin, Turkey. Over the ten days, competitors from 24 different nations will be competing in 27 different sports. In terms of Gymnastics - competition in Rhythmic Gymnastics and Artistic Gymnastics will be held. Artistic Gymnastics will be seen from the 19th to the 22nd with Rhythmic Gymnastics on the 29th and 30th. Participants can be found below as they are announced.
According to the DEFINITIVE REGISTRATIONS:
According to the DEFINITIVE REGISTRATIONS:
- WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS: 37 Gymnasts from 11 Nations. Of these Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Slovenia and Turkey are expected to field full teams, whilst Individual Gymnasts from Albania, Cyprus, Lebanon, Macedonia and Spain are on the Definitive Roster.
- MEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS: 56 Gymnasts from 16 Countries. Of these Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Slovenia, Spain and Turkey are expected to field full teams. Whilst Individual Gymnasts from Albania, Algeria, Croatia, Lebanon, Libya, Monaco, Syria and Tunisia are scheduled to compete.
- RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS: 27 Gymnasts from 10 Nations are expected to participate. (Andorra, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey)
2013 MEDITERRANEAN GAMES - PARTICIPANTS:
WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:
RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS:
LOOKING BACK TO 2009:
WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:
- FRANCE: - Make up 5 Gymnasts and 1 Reserve to be finalised after final control.
- Valentine Sabatou
- Mira Boumejmajen
- Maelys Plessis
- Manon Cormoreche
- Johanna Cano
- Amelie Pauffert
RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS:
LOOKING BACK TO 2009:
WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:
- The team from France (Marine Petit, Rose Eliandre Bellemare, Youna Dufournet, Aurelie Malaussena, Pauline Morel) defeated Italy (Elisabetta Preziosa, Andrea La Spada, Paola Galante, Emily Armi) and Greece (Vasiliki Millousi, Evgenia Zafeiraki, Andriana Syrigou, Viktoria Tsakalidou, Paschalina Mitrakou).
- Dufournet took out the All Around honors over Preziosa and Morel.
- Dufournet also won the Vault and Uneven Bars titles.
- Preziosa won the Floor Exercise title.
- Vasiliki Millousi won the Balance Beam honors.
MEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:
- Italy (Enrico Pozzo, Paolo Ottavi, Alberto Busnari, Matteo Morandi, Andrea Cingolani) won the Team Title over France (Pierre-Yves Beny, Thomas Bouhail, Benoit Caranobe, Danny Pinheiro-Rodrigues, Hamilton Sabot) and Spain (Javier Gomez, Sergio Munoz, Rafael Martinez, Fabian Gonzalez, Manuel Carballo)
- Benoit Caranobe (FRA) won the All Around title over Enrico Pozzo (ITA) and Hamilton Sabot (FRA)
- Greece's Eleftherios Kosmidis won the Floor Exercise title.
- Frenchmen Pinheiro-Rodrigues and Bouhail won the Still Rings and Vault titles respectively.
- Italians Busnari and Pozzo won the Pommel Horse and Horizontal Bar honors respectively.
- Spain's Manuel Carballo won the title on the Parallel Bars.
RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS:
- Italian Julieta Cantaluppi won the Individual All Around over France's Delphine Ledoux and Spain's Carolina Rodriguez.