Longines Prize for Elegance
Appearance
Longines Prize for Elegance | |
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Awarded for | "...emotional appeal, beauty, charm as well as grace and harmony of movement." |
Country | International |
Presented by | Longines International Gymnastics Federation |
First awarded | 1997 |
Currently held by | Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos Sam Mikulak Laura Zeng |
The Longines Prize for Elegance is an award given by Longines to a male and female currently at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships. The winners receive a trophy, a cheque, and a Longines watch.[1] The prize has been awarded since 1997 and is aimed at honoring the most elegant and charismatic gymnasts. The criteria used by the jury is based on grace, harmonious movement, and emotion during the performances.[2]
Recipients
[edit]World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
[edit]Women
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Men
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World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
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Other events
[edit]Svetlana Khorkina, 1998 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships[4]
Viktoria Frater, 1999 European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships[4]
Esther Dominguez, 2000 European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships[4]
Cho Eun-jung, 2002 Asian Games[4]
Rebecca Downie, 2016 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships
David Belyavskiy, 2016 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships[26]
References
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- ^ a b "[名將之約]體操女皇程菲是怎樣誕生的". Youtube.com. chinesegym1. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Johnson receives Longines Prize for Elegance". USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Worlds London 2009: Longines Prize de Elegance". FIG. Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Rie Tanaka and Philipp Boy win the Longines Prize". Longines. Longines Watch Co. Francillon Ltd. 22 October 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ^ a b "43rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships (Tokyo, Japan)". Longines. Longines Watch Co. Francillon Ltd. Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
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- ^ a b "Giulia Steingruber, Max Whitlock awarded Longines Prizes for Elegance at Artistic Gymnastics World Championships". FIG. Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
- ^ a b "Canadas's Brooklyn Moors and Japan's Kenzo Shirai presented with the Longines Prize for Elegance at the 47th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Montréal". Longines. Longines Watch Co. Francillon Ltd. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Russia's Artur Dalaloyan and Angelina Melnikova win 2018 Longines Prize for Elegance in Artistic Gymnastics". International Gymnastics Federation. November 1, 2018.
- ^ a b "Mikulak, de Jesus dos Santos win 2019 Longines Prize for Elegance". International Gymnastics Federation. October 11, 2019.
- ^ Japan Gymnastics
- ^ "27th RG-Worlds: Olga Kapranowa World Champion in the all-round competition as well". gymmedia. Retrieved 8 October 2005.
- ^ a b c "32nd FIG Rhytmic Gymnastics World Championships (Kiev, Ukraine)". Longines. Longines Watch Co. Francillon Ltd. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ^ "Ingeborga Dapkunaite gives the Longines Prize for Elegance to Daria Kondakova". Longines. Longines Watch Co. Francillon Ltd. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
- ^ "31st Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships (Montpellier, France)". Longines. Longines Watch Co. Francillon Ltd. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ^ "The Longines Prize for Elegance awarded to Yana Kudryavtseva at the 33rd Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships (Izmir, Turkey)". Longines. Longines Watch Co. Francillon Ltd. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ^ "Margarita Mamun awarded with the Longines Prize for Elegance at the 34th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships 2015". Longines. Longines Watch Co. Francillon Ltd. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ "Italy's Alexandra Agiurgiuculese presented with the Longines Prize for Elegance at the 35th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships 2017 in Pesaro". Longines. Longines Watch Co. Francillon Ltd. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ "37TH RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019". Longines. Longines Watch Co. Francillon Ltd. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ "Longines® Watches Official e-shop in the United States | Longines®".