Elze Geurts

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Elze Geurts
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Elze Geurts, 2023
Personal information
Full nameElisabeth Geurts
Nickname(s)Elze
Country representedFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Born (1995-04-26) 26 April 1995 (age 29)
Raalte, Netherlands [1]
Hometown Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) [2]
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
ClubTurnz Amsterdam
Head coach(es) Aimee Boorman

Elisabeth "Elze" Geurts (born 26 April 1995) is a Dutch artistic gymnast. She represented her country at the 2021 World Championships, as well as at the 2015, 2017 and 2019 Summer Universiade, and was named an alternate to the Dutch gymnastics team for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

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Personal life

As of 2021, Geurts was studying medicine and philosophy at the University of Amsterdam. [3] [4]

Career

Geurts has had an unusual career trajectory for an elite gymnast, as she did not make the national team until her twenties. Although she was considered a top prospect as a child, she plateaued as an adolescent and was written off as too tall to be competitive. Her progress had also been hindered by two Achilles tendon ruptures. [5]

Geurts represented the Netherlands at the 2015, 2017 and 2019 Summer Universiade. [6] She qualified to the vault final at both the 2017 and 2019 Universiade, finishing eighth and sixth respectively. [7] [8]

In 2021, Geurts won the all-around at the 1st Dutch Olympic Trial, where she also picked up the gold on vault, silver on floor exercise and bronze on the uneven bars. She was named an alternate to the Dutch team for the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics after placing eighth in the all-around at the 2nd Olympic Trial. [9] [10] [11]

Following the Tokyo Olympics, Geurts placed first on vault at the 1st Dutch Worlds Trial, [12] and was selected to compete at the 2021 World Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan, making her World championship debut at the age of 26. [5] In the qualification round of the World championships, Geurts qualified to the vault final in second place behind reigning Olympic vault champion Rebeca Andrade. [13] She also placed thirteenth on floor exercise, and was the third reserve for the floor final. [14] However, during the vault final, Geurts fell on her second vault and placed eighth with a total score of 13.349. [15]

In February 2022, Geurts suffered a torn ACL in her right knee while training. [16]

Selected competitive skills

ApparatusNameDescriptionDifficulty [lower-alpha 1] Performed
Vault Baitova Yurchenko entry, laid out salto backwards with two twists5.02021
Uneven BarsPiked jaegerReverse grip swing to piked salto forwards to catch high barD2021
Floor Exercise Podkopayeva IDouble salto forward tuckedE2021
Tarasevich Salto forward stretched with double (2/1) twistD2021
  1. Valid for the 2022–2024 Code of Points [17]

Competitive history

YearEventTeamAA VT UB BB FX
2015 Summer Universiade 18
2016 Wase Gymcup8Bronze medal icon.svg
Dutch Team Championships711Bronze medal icon.svg
Bundesliga SemifinalsSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
2017 1st Bundesliga6Bronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
IAG SportEvent4
Dutch Championships7654
Summer Universiade 58
Dutch Women's Invitational6Silver medal icon.svg67
2nd Bundesliga6Silver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
Wase GymcupSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg4
3rd Bundesliga89Gold medal icon.svg
Dutch Team ChampionshipsSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
2018 1st BundesligaGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
2nd BundesligaSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
3rd BundesligaBronze medal icon.svg5Gold medal icon.svg
Klaverblad ChampionshipsBronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
Dutch Championships11Bronze medal icon.svg
Heerenveen FriendlySilver medal icon.svg168
Varsenare FriendlySilver medal icon.svg10Bronze medal icon.svg
4th BundesligaSilver medal icon.svg10Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
2019 2nd Bundesliga715Silver medal icon.svg
FIT Challenge25
Dutch Championships944
Summer Universiade 96
3rd Bundesliga85Silver medal icon.svg
Dutch Team Championships45Bronze medal icon.svg
2020 1st BundesligaBronze medal icon.svg4Gold medal icon.svg
2021 Heerenveen FriendlyBronze medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
1st Dutch Olympic TrialGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
2nd Dutch Olympic Trial8Gold medal icon.svg
1st Dutch Worlds Trial4Gold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
2nd Dutch Worlds Trial4
World Championships 8R3

Source: [6]

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