Csenge Bácskay

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Csenge Bácskay
2018-10-13 Gymnastics at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' Artistic Gymnastics – Apparatus finals – Vault – Victory ceremony (Martin Rulsch) 12.jpg
Bácskay at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games
Personal information
Full nameCsenge Maria Bácskay
Born (2003-04-14) 14 April 2003 (age 18)
Budapest, Hungary
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2014–present (HUN)
ClubPostás SE (2018–)
College teamNebraska Cornhuskers (verbal commit)
Head coach(es)Imre Draskoczy
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Medal record
Artistic gymnastics
Representing  Hungary
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Mersin Team
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Buenos Aires Vault
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Challenge Cup 2 1 2
Total 2 1 2

Csenge Maria Bácskay (born 14 April 2003) is a Hungarian artistic gymnast and the 2018 Youth Olympic silver medalist on vault. Additionally she was a member of the team who won bronze at the 2020 European Championships.

Early life[]

Csenge Bácskay was born in Budapest, Hungary on 4 April 2003.[1]

Gymnastics career[]

Junior[]

2014–2016[]

In 2014 Bácskay competed at the Gym Festival Trnava where she help Hungary finish fourth in the Youth Team final and individually she finished eighth in the all-around.[2] In 2016 Bácskay competed at the Olympic Hopes Cup where she finished nineteenth in the all-around and eighth in the balance beam finals.[3] Later that year she competed at the Eva Kanyo Cup where she finished fourth among the Espoirs in the all-around and won silver on the vault, gold on uneven bars, and bronze on balance beam and floor exercise.[4] She also competed at the Győr Trophy where she placed seventh in the all-around and second on floor exercise.[5]

2017[]

In April 2017 Bácskay competed at the Elek Matolay Memorial where she placed first in the all-around, on balance beam, and on floor exercise and she placed second on vault.[6] In May she represented Hungary at International GymSport where she placed fourth in the all-around but won gold on vault.[7] In June she competed at Gym Festival Trnava where she placed sixth in the all-around, second on vault, and third on floor exercise.[8] Later in the summer Bácskay competed at the Slovakian Junior Friendly where Hungary won the gold in the team event.[9] In July she competed at the 2017 European Youth Olympic Festival where Hungary placed fourth in the team final and individually Bácskay placed eighth on vault and fourth on floor.[10] In November she competed at the Olympic Hopes Cup where she placed eighteenth. She ended the year competing at the Hungarian Master Championships where she placed eleventh in the all-around, second on vault, and sixth on floor.[11]

2018[]

Bácskay started the 2018 season competing at Gymnasiade where she finished seventh in the all-around, second on vault behind Anastasia Bachynska of the Ukraine, and seventh on uneven bars and balance beam.[12] In August Bácskay represented Hungary at the 2018 European Championships. She qualified to the vault final and finished in sixth place.[13] In October Bácskay represented Hungary at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games. She qualified to the all-around and vault finals. In the all-around final she placed 14th.[14] In the vault final Bácskay won the silver medal behind Giorgia Villa of Italy and ahead of Emma Spence of Canada.[15]

Vault qualifications
Vault Final
All-Around Final
Training
Básckay at the 2018 Youth Olympics

Senior[]

2019[]

Bácskay turned senior in 2019. She competed at the Hungarian National League Championships in March where she placed first on vault, fourth on uneven bars and floor exercise, and ninth on balance beam.[16] Bácskay made her international debut at the Doha World Cup where she finished 20th in vault qualification, 12th in balance beam qualification, and 23rd in floor exercise qualification.[17] In April Bácskay competed at the 2019 European Championships. During qualifications she placed tenth on vault, becoming the second reserve for the final.[18] She finished thirty-first on balance beam.[19]

In September Bácskay competed at the Szombathely World Cup where she qualified to the vault final. During event finals she placed seventh on vault.[20]

2020[]

While most competitions were canceled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Szombathely Challenge Cup was held in October which Bácskay competed at. She qualified to the vault, uneven bars, and balance beam finals. She finished sixth in the vault event final, eighth on uneven bars, and fourth on balance beam.[21]

In December Bácskay competed at the European Championships. During qualifications she helped Hungary qualify third to the team final and individually she qualified to the vault final. During the team final Hungary won the bronze medal behind the Ukraine and Romania.[22] During the vault event final she finished in fourth place.

2021[]

In April Bácskay competed at the European Championships where she qualified to the all-around and vault finals.[23] She finished 17th in the all-around final and sixth on vault. The following week Bácskay announced that she had verbally committed to compete for the Nebraska Cornhuskers gymnastics team.[24]

Bácskay competed at the Cairo World Challenge Cup where she won the bronze medal on vault behind Nancy Taman and . Additionally she finished fourth on the uneven bars and sixth on balance beam.[25] Bácskay next competed at the Osijek World Challenge Cup where she successfully competed her Yurchenko 1.5 twist and Tsukahara layout full to win the vault title.[26] At the Koper Challenge Cup she won silver on vault and at the Mersin Challenge Cup she won gold on vault and bronze on balance beam. Counting two wins and one second place finish, Bácskay won the 2020–21 World Challenge Cup series title on vault, finishing five points ahead of Tjaša Kysselef.[27]

Competitive history[]

Junior[]

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2014 Gym Festival Trnava 4 8
2016 Olympic Hopes Cup 19 8
Eva Kanyo Cup 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Győr Trophy 8 7 6 7
2017 Elek Matolay Memorial 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
International GymSport 5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Gym Festival Trnava 6 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Slovakian Junior Friendly 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Youth Olympic Festival 4 8 4
Olympic Hopes Cup 18
Hungarian Master Championships 11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6
2018 Gymnasiade 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 7
Youth Olympic Qualifier 8
Budapest Friendly 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4
Hungarian Event Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Championships 9 24 6
Youth Olympic Games 14 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Győr Friendly 4
Hungarian Masters Championships 6 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4

Senior[]

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2019 HUN National League Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 9 4
Elek Matolay Memorial 4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4
European Championships R2
Szombathely World Cup 7
2020 Szombathely World Cup 6 8 4
Hungarian Championships 5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 5
Hungarian Master Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 6
European Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4
2021 Super Team Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6
Hungarian Event Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 6
European Championships 17 6
Cairo Challenge Cup 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 6
Osijek Challenge Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s)
FIT Challenge 9 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Koper Challenge Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mersin Challenge Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References[]

  1. ^ "Bácskay Csenge Maria (Profile)". Hungarian Olympic Committee. February 10, 2018.
  2. ^ "2014 Gym Festival Trnava". The Gymternet. June 8, 2014.
  3. ^ "2016 Olympic Hopes Cup Results". The Gymternet. November 4, 2016.
  4. ^ "2016 Eva Kanyo Cup Results". The Gymternet. October 30, 2016.
  5. ^ "2016 Győr Trophy Results". The Gymternet. November 29, 2016.
  6. ^ "2017 Elek Matolay Memorial Results". The Gymternet. April 9, 2017.
  7. ^ "2017 International GymSport Results". The Gymternet. May 23, 2017.
  8. ^ "2017 Gym Festival Trnava Results". The Gymternet. June 4, 2017.
  9. ^ "2017 Slovakian Junior Friendly Results". The Gymternet. July 8, 2017.
  10. ^ "2017 European Youth Olympic Festival Results". The Gymternet. July 27, 2017.
  11. ^ "2017 Hungarian Master Championships Results". The Gymternet. December 2, 2017.
  12. ^ "2018 Gymnasiade Results". The Gymternet. May 6, 2018.
  13. ^ "2018 European Championships Results". The Gymternet. August 6, 2018.
  14. ^ "Ifjúsági olimpia: a tornász Bácskay 14. lett összetettben". Memzeti Sport (in Hungarian). October 16, 2018.
  15. ^ "Villa, Kitazono, And Naidin Add To Gymnastic Medal Hauls". International Olympic Committee. October 13, 2018.
  16. ^ "2019 Hungarian National League Championships Results". The Gymternet. March 26, 2019.
  17. ^ "12th FIG Artistic Gymnastics Individual Apparatus World Cup Doha (QAT) Qualification Women Vault" (PDF). Sportlicht Ltd. March 20, 2019.
  18. ^ "Results By Apparatus (Vault)" (PDF). European Union of Gymnastics. April 11, 2019.
  19. ^ "Results By Apparatus (Balance Beam)" (PDF). European Union of Gymnastics. April 11, 2019.
  20. ^ "2019 Szombathely Challenge Cup Results". The Gymternet. September 11, 2019.
  21. ^ "2020 Szombathely Challenge Cup Results". The Gymternet. October 4, 2020.
  22. ^ @UEGymnastics (December 19, 2020). "Ukraine Flag of Ukraine wins the 2020 European team title! #Mersin2020" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  23. ^ "Iordache secures Olympic ticket as Melnikova shines at qualifications at #Basel2021". European Gymnastics. April 21, 2021.
  24. ^ "I am very excited to announce that I have verbally committed to the University of Nebraska on a full-ride". Instagram. April 27, 2021.
  25. ^ "2021 Cairo Challenge Cup Results". The Gymternet. June 9, 2021.
  26. ^ "Double gold for Derwael in her re-emergence at Osijek World Challenge Cup". FIG. June 14, 2021.
  27. ^ "Kovtun and Derek triumph with World Challenge Cup Series titles". International Gymnastics Federation. September 15, 2021.

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