Helen Kevric

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Helen Kevric
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Personal information
Full nameHelen Kevric
Born (2008-03-21) 21 March 2008 (age 16)
Ruit, district of Ostfildern, Baden-Württemberg
Residence Ostfildern
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2021–present (GER)
ClubMTV Stuttgart
GymKunst-Turn-Forum Stuttgart
Head coach(es)Giacomo Camiciotti
Assistant coach(es)Marie-Luise May (formerly Probst-Hindermann)
Former coach(es)Janina Schumbera
Choreographer Elena Dolgopolova
Medal record
Artistic gymnastics
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Junior World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Antalya Uneven bars

Helen Kevric (born 21 March 2008) is a German artistic gymnast. [1] She represented Germany at the 2024 Summer Olympics. At the junior level she is the winner of the all-around and several individual titles at the 2022 and 2023 European Youth Olympic Festivals, as well as the European all-around champion at the 2022 European Junior Championships. Additionally she is the silver medalist on the uneven bars at the 2023 Junior World Championships.

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Early life

Kevric is the daughter of a German mother and father Adnan Kevrić, a former Bosnian professional footballer. [2] Her talent was recognized at the age of four at her home club TV Nellingen (division SV Ostfildern). [3] With increased support and training demands, she moved to MTV Stuttgart, [4] the training itself currently takes place at the Kunst-Turn-Forum Stuttgart. [5]

Junior gymnastics career

2020–21

In 2020 Kevric competed at the Pre-Olympic Youth Cup where she placed first in the espoir division. She next competed at the German National Championships where she placed first in the junior-2008 division. Additionally she placed first on all four apparatuses. [6]

At the 2021 German National Championships Kevric repeated her results from the year prior, winning the all-around and all four apparatuses titles in the junior-2008 division. [7] [8] Kevric next competed at the Swiss Cup Juniors where she placed first in the all-around and helped the German team place first. She ended the year winning gold at the Tournoi International. Additionally she helped Germany place second as a team and won three additional apparatus medals. [9]

2022

Kevric competed at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge where she recorded the highest all-around score. She helped Germany place fourth as a team and individually she won silver on uneven bars behind Miella Brown of Australia. She next competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy where she placed seventh in the all-around but won gold on uneven bars and bronze on floor exercise. [10] At the German National Championships Kevric won the all-around in the junior-2008 division for the third consecutive year. She next competed at the European Youth Olympic Festival where she helped Germany win silver behind Romania. Individually she won gold in the all-around and on vault and won silver on uneven bars and floor exercise. [11] Additionally she competed in the mixed pairs competition alongside Jukka Nissinen. They won silver behind the Italian pair of Riccardo Villa and Arianna Grillo. [12]

At the 2022 European Championships in Munich, Kevric became the European junior all-around champion, and helped the German junior team win the bronze medal behind Italy and Romania. [13] She also won the silver medal on the uneven bars; [14] on the other three apparatuses, for which she was also qualified, she did not compete in order to save herself for the upcoming World Championships.

2023

Kevric competed at the 2023 Junior World Championships alongside Marlene Gotthardt and Silja Stöhr; they placed seventh as a team. Despite a foot injury sustained in training, Kevric still qualified for the final on uneven bars, where she won the silver medal behind Caterina Gaddi of Italy. [15] At the German Championships Kevric won gold in the all-around and on uneven bars and floor exercise. [16]

In July Kevric was selected to compete at the European Youth Olympic Festival alongside Gotthardt and Lisa Wötzel. [17] During the team and all-around final Kevric helped Germany place second as a team and individually she defended her all-around title from the previous year. [18] During the mixed pairs event she was teamed with Mert Öztürk; they finished second behind the Italian pair of Sara Caputo and Tommaso Brugnami. On vault Kevric won silver with a minimal gap of 0.016 points behind Italy's Sara Caputo; this was preceded by a questionable scoring to the disadvantage of Kevric (a protest note was waived), which even led the Italian team to apologize personally to the Germans. [19] Kevric then performed to first place on each of the other three individual apparatuses — first on the uneven bars with competition top score, [20] and the following day on the balance beam as well as the floor. [21] With four gold and three silver medals, [22] she advanced to the most successful multi-medal winner of the entire festival. [23] [24]

In October 2023 has been named the Junior Athlete of the year by the German Sports Aid Foundation (Sporthilfe). She received that award at Areal Böhler in Düsseldorf.

Senior gymnastics career

2024

Kevric became age-eligible for senior level competition in 2024. She made her senior international debut at the European Championships in May. During the qualification round she only competed on the uneven bars and helped Germany qualify to the team final and individually she qualified to the uneven bars final where she ultimately finished fourth. [25] In June Kevric competed at her first senior-level national championships. She won the all-around with a score of 55.500, just under four points ahead of second-place finisher Sarah Voss. [26] During event finals Kevric won silver on uneven bars and balance beam behind Elisabeth Seitz and Voss respectively, and won gold on floor exercise. [27] Later that month Kevric competed at the final Olympic qualification event; she won the all-around and upgraded her uneven bars routine to finish ahead of Seitz. At the conclusion of the event Kevric was awarded the non-nominative Olympic berth. [28]

At the 2024 Olympic Games Kevric qualified to the all-around and uneven bars finals. During the all-around final Kevric finished eighth overall. [29] In doing so she became the highest placing reunified-German gymnast in an Olympic all-around final, surpassing Oksana Chusovitina and Seitz's 9th-place finishes in 2008 and 2020 respectively. During the uneven bars final Kevric placed sixth. [30]

Competitive history

YearEventTeamAA VT UB BB FX
Espoir
2020 Pre-Olympic Youth CupGold medal icon.svg
German ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
Junior
2021 German Junior MeetGold medal icon.svg
German ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
Swiss Cup JuniorsGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
Tournoi InternationalSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg6
2022 DTB Pokal Team Challenge 4Silver medal icon.svg
City of Jesolo Trophy 57Gold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
German ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
European Youth Olympic Festival Silver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
European Championships Bronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgWDSilver medal icon.svgWDWD
2023 DTB Pokal Team Challenge Gold medal icon.svg
Junior World Championships 7Silver medal icon.svg
German ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
Épernay FriendlyGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
European Youth Olympic Festival Silver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
Senior
2024
European Championships 64
German Championships Gold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
Olympic Games 86

Mixed events

Mixed events are not typically held at Artistic Gymnastics competitions. Some competitions, such as the European Youth Olympic Festival, have started including this event in addition to the other contested events.

YearEventTeammate(s)Result
Junior
2022 European Youth Olympic Festival Mixed Pairs Jukka Ole Nissinen Silver medal icon.svg
2023 European Youth Olympic Festival Mixed Pairs Mert Öztürk Silver medal icon.svg

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