Julie Erichsen

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Julie Erichsen
Full nameJulie Dicko Erichsen
Born (2001-08-15) 15 August 2001 (age 23)
Bergen, Vestland, Norway
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in) [1]
Gymnastics career
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Country representedFlag of Norway.svg  Norway
ClubLaksevåg Turn og IL
Head coach(es)Anatol Ashurkov, Birgit Vallestrand, Laurens van der Hout
Medal record
Representing Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Northern European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Tórshavn Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Jyväskylä Uneven bars
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Jyväskylä Team

Julie Dicko Erichsen (born 15 August 2001) [1] is a Norwegian artistic gymnast. She competed at the 2020 Olympic Games and the 2019 World Championships. She was the first Norwegian female gymnast to compete at the Olympic Games since 1992. She is the 2022 Northern European uneven bars champion.

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Early life

Julie Erichsen was born on 15 August 2001, in Bergen. She was born to a Malian father and Norwegian mother. [2] Her mother, Kari Erichsen, was also a gymnast and a Norwegian national champion. [3] She began gymnastics when she was nine years old. [4] She trains in Bergen for around 25 hours each week. [5]

Career

Junior

Erichsen competed at the junior level of the 2016 European Championships with Sara Davidsen, Edel Fosse, Julie Soederstroem, and Juliane Toessebro, and the team finished 16th. [6] She then competed at the 2016 Olympic Hopes Cup in Liberec, Czech Republic. She finished 25th in the all-around, and the Norwegian team finished sixth. [7]

Senior

Erichsen made her senior international debut at the 2017 Northern European Championships in Tórshavn alongside Ingrid Hafenbrädl, Julie Madsø, Thea Nygaard, and Martine Skregelid where they won the team gold medal. [8]

At the 2018 Unni & Haralds Trophy in Oslo, Erichsen finished sixth in the all-around, and she won the uneven bars silver medal. She then competed at the 2018 European Championships with Sara Davidsen, Edel Fosse, Thea Nygaard, and Julie Soederstroem, and they finished 21st in the team qualification round. [9] At the Norwegian Championships, Erichsen finished fourth in the all-around and won the gold medal on vault and the silver medal on uneven bars. [10] She then competed at the FIG World Cup in Paris, but she did not qualify for any event finals. [11] She competed at the 2018 World Championships with Davidsen, Fosse, Nygaard, and Soederstroem, and they finished 34th in the team qualification round which meant they did not qualify as a team for the 2019 World Championships. [12] Her final competition of the 2018 season was the 2018 Voronin Cup in Moscow where she won the bronze medal on vault behind Yeo Seo-jeong and Elina Vihrova. [13]

Erichsen finished fourth on the uneven bars at the 2019 Unni & Haralds Trophy. [14] Her first international event of the 2019 season was the FIG World Cup in Osijek where she finished eighth in the vault final. [15] She then helped the Norwegian team finish eighth at the FIT Challenge in Ghent. [16] At the Norwegian Championships, she defended her vault title, and she finished fourth on the balance beam and fifth in the floor exercise. [17] Then at the Heerenveen Friendly against Italy and the Netherlands, the Norwegian team finished third. [18] She competed at the World Cup in Paris where she finished fifth in the vault event final. At the 2019 World Championships she finished 83rd in the all-around with a score of 48.599. [19] She qualified for an individual spot at the 2020 Olympic Games, becoming the first Norwegian female gymnast to do so since Anita Tomulevski in 1992. [20] [3]

Erichsen did not compete in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She tore her Achilles tendon in April 2021. [21] Despite the injury, she still competed at the postponed 2020 Olympic Games but only on the uneven bars. Prior to the Olympics, she competed on the uneven bars at the FIT challenge and helped the Norwegian team finish tenth. [22] At the Olympic Games, she scored 11.566 on the uneven bars and finished 75th. [23] After the Olympics, she won the silver medal on the uneven bars at the Norwegian Championships. [24]

Erichsen won the gold medal on the uneven bars at the 2022 Unni & Haralds Trophy. [25] Then at the 2022 Northern European Championships, she helped the Norwegian team win the bronze medal behind Wales and England. Individually, Erichsen won the gold medal on the uneven bars and placed seventh on the vault. [26]

Erichsen made her 2023 debut at the Cottbus World Cup and finished sixth on the uneven bars. [27] She then competed with the Norwegian team at the European Championships, and they finished 15th in the qualification round. [28] She then competed at the Cairo World Cup, but she did not advance into any event finals. [29]

Competitive history

YearEventTeamAA VT UB BB FX
Junior
2016
Junior European Championships 16
Olympic Hopes Cup625
Senior
2017 Northern European Championships Gold medal icon.svg
2018 Unni & Haralds Trophy66Silver medal icon.svg6
European Championships 21
Norwegian Championships4Gold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg4
World Championships 34
Voronin Cup 15Bronze medal icon.svg
2019 Unni & Haralds Trophy4
Osijek World Challenge Cup 8
FIT Challenge837
Norwegian Championships8Gold medal icon.svg45
Heerenveen FriendlyBronze medal icon.svg16
Paris World Challenge Cup 5
World Championships 83
2021 FIT Challenge10
Olympic Games 75
Norwegian ChampionshipsSilver medal icon.svg
2022 Unni & Haralds TrophyGold medal icon.svg
Northern European Championships Bronze medal icon.svg7Gold medal icon.svg
2023 Cottbus World Cup 6
European Championships 15

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