Bettina Lili Czifra

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Bettina Lili Czifra
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Personal information
Full nameBettina Lili Czifra
Nickname(s)Lili
Born (2007-04-20) 20 April 2007 (age 18)
Budapest, Hungary
Gymnastics career
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
(2021–present)
ClubDKSE
Head coach(es)Janos Trenka (club)
Imre Draskoczy (national team)
Medal record
Artistic gymnastics
Representing Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Leipzig Uneven bars
FIG World Cup
Event1st2nd3rd
World Challenge Cup111
Total111

Bettina Lili Czifra (born 20 April 2007) [1] is a Hungarian artistic gymnast. She is the 2025 European silver medalist on the uneven bars and is the 2023 Hungarian all-around champion. She represented Hungary at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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Early life

Bettina Lili Czifra was born in Budapest, Hungary, on 20 April 2007. [2] [1] She began gymnastics when she was nine years old. [3]

Junior gymnastics career

2021

Czifra began the 2021 season at the Hungarian Super Team Championships, helping her club win the gold medal. [4] Then at the Junior Hungarian Event Championships, she won silver on uneven bars and bronze on balance beam. [5] She then won the all-around bronze medal at the Junior Hungarian Championships where she also won the uneven bars title. [6] She made her international debut at the Gym Festival Trnava, winning the all-around silver medal behind Slovakia's Lucia Dobrocka. In the event finals, she won gold on floor exercise, silver on balance beam, and bronze on uneven bars. [7] Then at the Olympic Hopes Cup held in Liberec, Czech Republic, she won the all-around bronze medal and helped the Hungarian team win the gold medal. [8]

2022

Czifra began the season at the Elek Matolay Memorial where she won the all-around gold medal. [9] She then won the all-around silver medal at the Tata Junior Friendly behind Romania's Gabriela Vănoagă. [10] She won the all-around, uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise titles at the Junior Hungarian Championships. [11] She also won the all-around gold medal at the Salamunov Memorial, helping the Hungarian team win the gold medal. [12]

Czifra competed at the European Youth Olympic Festival where she finished twelfth in the all-around. [13] She next competed at the Junior European Championships where she once again placed twelfth in the all-around. [14] Additionally, she qualified for the balance beam where she finished seventh. [15] At the Vera Caslavska Grand Prix, she helped the Hungarian team win the bronze medal, and she won silver on uneven bars and bronze on floor exercise. [16] She finished the season at the Hungarian Masters Championships, where she won the all-around silver medal behind Gréta Mayer. [17] In the event finals, she won the gold medal on floor exercise and the bronze medal on uneven bars. [18]

Senior gymnastics career

2023

Czifra became age-eligible for senior competition in 2023. At the Hungarian Team Championships, she helped her club finish second, and she finished third in the all-around. [19] Then at the Elek Matolay Memorial, she won the all-around silver medal behind teammate Gréta Mayer. [20] She competed at the European Championships where she helped Hungary finish fourth as a team. [21] At the Varna World Challenge Cup, she won her first FIG World Cup medal- a gold on balance beam. [22] [23] Then at the Szombathely World Challenge Cup, she won silver on floor exercise and bronze on uneven bars. [24] She won the all-around, balance beam, and floor exercise titles at the Hungarian Championships. [25]

Czifra competed at the World Championships alongside Csenge Bácskay, Gréta Mayer, Zója Székely, and Nikolett Szilágyi; they finished fifteenth as a team during qualifications. Individually, Czifra was the third reserve for the all-around final. Although the Hungarian team did not qualify a full team to the 2024 Olympic Games, Czifra earned an individual berth as the highest placing Hungarian gymnast and sixth highest placing all-arounder not part of a qualified team. [26] [27] She finished her season at the Hungarian Masters Championships, where she won gold medals on balance beam and floor exercise. [28]

2024

Czifra competed at the 2024 Olympic Games. She qualified to the individual all-around final where she ultimately finished twenty-first. [29]

Competitive history

Czifra (second from the right) with the Hungarian team at the 2022 Junior European Championships European Championships 2022-08-12 Junior Women All-around competition (Norman Seibert) - DSC 2718.jpg
Czifra (second from the right) with the Hungarian team at the 2022 Junior European Championships
YearEventTeamAA VT UB BB FX
Junior
2020 Hungarian Championships5Silver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
2021 Hungarian Super Team ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svg9
Hungarian Event ChampionshipsSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg4
Hungarian Junior ChampionshipsBronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg6Silver medal icon.svg
Gym Festival TrnavaSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
Olympic Hopes CupGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
2022 Elek Matolay MemorialGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
Tata Junior FriendlySilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
Hungarian Junior ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svg8Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
Salamunov MemorialGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
European Youth Olympic Festival 1012
European Championships 9127
Věra Čáslavská Grand PrixBronze medal icon.svg5Silver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
Hungarian Masters ChampionshipsSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg6Gold medal icon.svg
Senior
2023 Hungarian Team ChampionshipsSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg9
Elek Matolay MemorialSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
European Championships 4
Varna World Challenge Cup Gold medal icon.svg
Szombathely World Challenge Cup Bronze medal icon.svg8Silver medal icon.svg
Hungarian ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
World Championships 15R3
Hungarian Masters Championships4Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
2024 RomGym Trophy945
Olympic Games 21
2025
European Championships 8Silver medal icon.svg

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References

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  3. "Czifra Bettina Lili élete legnagyobb versenyére készül" [Czifra Bettina Lili is preparing for the biggest competition of her life]. Dunajvaros Online (in Hungarian). 31 January 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
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  12. Hopkins, Lauren (6 June 2022). "2022 Salamunov Memorial Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
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  17. "Czifra Bettina Lili ezüstérmes összetettben a Mesterfokú bajnokságon" [Czifra Bettina Lili won the silver medal overall at the Master's Championship]. Utanpotlas Sport (in Hungarian). 27 November 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  18. "Molnár Botond négy, Czifra Bettina Lili két érmet nyert a Mesterfokú bajnokság szerenkénti döntőiben" [Molnár Botond won four medals and Czifra Bettina Lili two medals in the individual finals of the Masters Championship]. Utanpotlas Sport (in Hungarian). 28 November 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
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