Axelle Klinckaert

Axelle Klinckaert
Klinckaert in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Axelle Klinckaert
Born	(2000-05-28) 28 May 2000 (age 25) Dendermonde, Belgium
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Belgium
Club	GymMAX vzw
Head coach(es)	Yves Kieffer
Medal record Representing   Belgium European Championships 2018 Glasgow Floor exercise FIG World Cup Event 1st 2nd 3rd Apparatus World Cup 1 0 0

Axelle Klinckaert (born 28 May 2000) is a Belgian former artistic gymnast. She is the 2018 European floor exercise bronze medalist. She was selected to represent Belgium at the 2016 Summer Olympics but had to withdraw due to a knee injury. As a junior gymnast, she won the all-around silver medal and the balance beam and floor exercise gold medals at the 2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival.

Gymnastics career

Junior

Klinckaert competed at the 2014 International Gymnix in Montreal and helped the Belgian team finish fourth, and she finished fourth on the floor exercise. ^[1] She won the junior all-around title at the 2014 Belgian Championships. ^[2] She was selected to compete at the Junior European Championships alongside Nina Derwael, Rune Hermans, Jelle Beullens, and Cindy Vandenhole, and they finished sixth in the team competition. ^[3] Individually, she qualified for the all-around final and finished 24th. ^[4] She won a gold medal on the floor exercise at the 2014 Elite Gym Massilia. ^[5]

Klinckaert competed at the 2015 European Youth Olympic Festival alongside Julie Meyers and Nina Derwael, and they won a silver medal in the team event behind Russia. She also won the silver medal in the individual all-around behind Russia's Daria Skrypnik. ^[6] In the event finals, she won the gold medals on both the balance beam and floor exercise. ^[7] She won the all-around title at the 2015 Top Gym Tournament, where she also won gold medals on the vault and floor exercise. ^[8]

Senior

Klinckaert became age-eligible for senior competitions in 2016. She made her senior debut at the International Gymnix and won the all-around silver medal behind Canada's Isabela Onyshko. She won gold medals on the floor exercise and in the team event. ^[9] At the Olympic Test Event, she helped Belgium finish third and qualify as a full team for the Olympic Games for the first time since 1948. She was selected for Belgium's 2016 Olympic team. ^[10] However, she had to withdraw from the team due to a knee injury and was replaced by Rune Hermans. ^[11]

Klinckaert only competed on the uneven bars at the 2017 Belgian Championships and won the gold medal. ^[12] She won a gold medal on the floor exercise at the 2018 Doha World Cup in a three-way tie with Kim Su-jong and Elisa Meneghini. ^[13] She won the all-around silver medal behind Nina Derwael at the 2018 Belgian Championships. ^[14] At the 2018 European Championships, the Belgium team qualified in third place to the team final but withdrew to prevent injuries to any team members. ^[15] She won the bronze medal in the floor exercise final behind Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos and Denisa Golgotă. ^[16] She advanced into the all-around final at the 2018 World Championships and finished 18th. ^[17]

Competitive history

Competitive history of Axelle Klinckaert at the junior level ^[18]

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
2014	International Gymnix		13	8			4
	Belgian Championships
	Beaumont en Véron Friendly		10
	European Championships	6	24			8	7
	Elite Gym Massilia		8
2015	Flanders International Team Challenge		57
	European Youth Summer Olympic Festival
	Elite Gym Massilia	4	11
	Top Gym					11

Competitive history of Axelle Klinckaert at the senior level ^[18]

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
2016	International Gymnix
	Olympic Test Event
	Dutch Championships					6
2017	Belgian Championships
	Elite Gym Massilia		10				6
	Top 12 Series 1
2018	Top 12 Series 3
	DTB Pokal Team Challenge
	Doha World Cup
	Belgian Championships
	Heerenveen Friendly	4	8
	European Championships
	Varsenare Friendly
	World Championships		18

References

1. Hopkins, Lauren (9 March 2014). "2014 International Gymnix Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
2. Hopkins, Lauren (6 April 2014). "2014 Belgian Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
3. "30th European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Team Championships Juniors Team Competition & Qualifications for CII & CIII" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. European Gymnastics. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
4. "30th European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Team Championships Juniors All-Around Final" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. European Gymnastics. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
5. "Comebacks, champions made at Elite Gym Massilia in Marseille". International Gymnastics Federation . 18 November 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
6. "Axelle Klinckaert verovert tweemaal zilver" [Axelle Klinckaert wins silver twice]. Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 30 July 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
7. Pavitt, Michael (1 August 2015). "European Youth Olympic Festival in Tbilisi draws to a close after packed final day of action". Inside the Games . Retrieved 4 December 2015.
8. "Happy Wednesday! Headlines of the week in Gymnastics". International Gymnastics Federation . 2 December 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
9. Hopkins, Lauren (5 March 2016). "2016 International Gymnix Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
10. "Deze vijf turnsters zullen België vertegenwoordigen in Rio" [These five gymnasts will represent Belgium in Rio]. Sporza (in Dutch). 29 June 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
11. Johnson, Rebecca (14 July 2016). "Belgium's Axelle Klinckaert Injured, Will Miss Rio". FloGymnastics. FloSports . Retrieved 26 June 2025.
12. Hopkins, Lauren (28 May 2017). "2017 Belgian Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
13. Butler, Nick (24 March 2018). "Three-way tie for floor honours at FIG World Cup in Doha". Inside the Games . Retrieved 9 June 2025.
14. Hopkins, Lauren (3 June 2018). "2018 Belgian Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
15. Gosseye, Daphne (3 August 2018). "Team BELGYM weerhoudt zich van teamfinale" [Team BELGYM refrains from team final]. Gymfed (in Dutch). Belgian Gymfed. Archived from the original on 3 August 2018.
16. "Championnats d'Europe : Mélanie De Jesus Dos Santos en or au sol" [European Championships: Mélanie De Jesus Dos Santos wins gold on floor]. L'Équipe (in French). 5 August 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
17. "48th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Doha (QAT), 25 October - 3 November 2018 Women's All-Around Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
18. "Axelle Klinckaert". The Gymternet. Retrieved 26 June 2025.

External links

• Axelle Klinckaert at the International Gymnastics Federation
• Axelle Klinckaert at Team Belgium (in Dutch)