rios Kosmidis GRE 15.60; 3. Kristian Thomas GBR
15. 35; 4. Vadim Kuvakin UKR 15. 10; 5. Filip Ude CRO
15.00; 6. Samuel Piasecky SVK 14.75; 7. Dmitry
Gogotov RUS 14.725; 8. Jeffrey Wammes NED
14.075.
PH: 1. Daniel Popescu ROM 15.60; 2. Louis Smith
GBR 15.425; 3. Saso Bertoncelj SLO 15. 30; 4. Vid
Hidvegi HUN 15. 20; 5. Lu Bin CHN 15. 10; 6. Krisztian
Berki HUN 15.00; 7. Cosmin Popescu ROM 14.95; 8.
Ude 14.275.
SR: 1. Yuri van Gelder NED 16. 40; 2. Lu 16.175; 3.
Alexander Balandin RUS 15.90; 4. Irodotos Georgallas CYP 15.70; 5. Konstantin Pluzhnikov RUS 15. 35;
6. Danny Rodrigues FRA 15. 10; 7. Georgios Spanos
CYP 14.775; 8. Robert Stanescu ROM 14.60.
VT: 1. Du Wei CHN 16.237; 2. Popescu 15.937; 3.
Kosmidis 15.80; 4. Wammes 15.762; 5. Raphael
Wignanitz FRA 15.725; 6. Tomas Sepulveda CHI
15.512; 7. Tomi Tuuha FIN 15.50; 8. Yevgeny Sapronenko LAT 15.362.
PB:1. Mitja Petkovsek SLO 16. 25; 2. Feng Zhe CHN
15.80; 3. Piasecky 15.65; 4. Takehito Mori JPN 15.60;
5. Epke Zonderland NED 15. 20; 6. Dmitry Gogotov
RUS 14.875; 6. Johan Mounard FRA 14.875; 8.
Sergei Khorokhordin RUS 14.60.
HB: 1. Zonderland 15.675; 2. Robert Weber GER
15.325; 3. Brian Gladow GER 15. 25; 4. Gogotov
15.00; 5. Eiichi Sekiguchi JPN 14.925; 6. Piasecky
14.625; 7. Mori 14.50; 8. Aljaz Pegan SLO 14.175.
VETERANS RULE ARTHUR GANDER
Ukraine’s Alina Kozich and Bulgaria’s 34-year-
old Jordan Jovtchev won the women’s and
men’s all-around titles, respectively, at the 24th
annual Arthur Gander Memorial, held Oct. 31 in
BORN IN DECEMBER
Stoyan Deltchev BUL...............12/3/59
Alicia Sacramone USA.............12/3/87
Hollie Vise USA .....................12/6/87
Vladimir Artemov RUS.............12/7/64
Vered Finkel ISR....................12/7/89
Rafael Martinez ESP..............12/10/83
Ivana Hong USA ...................12/11/92
Cathy Rigby USA ..................12/12/52
Zoltan Magyar HUN ...............12/13/53
Espen Jansen NOR................12/13/68
Lais Souza BRA....................12/13/88
Irodotos Georgallas CYP .........12/14/77
Yulia Lozhechko RUS.............12/14/89
Samantha Peszek USA ...........12/14/91
Alina Kozich UKR..................12/16/87
Gael Mackie CAN..................12/16/88
Valery Liukin KAZ .................12/17/66
Marian Dragulescu ROM.........12/18/80
Chen Yibing CHN ..................12/19/84
Brandon O’Neill CAN .............12/21/84
Mitsuo Tsukahara JPN............12/22/47
Dmitry Bilozerchev RUS..........12/22/66
Cerasela Patrascu ROM..........12/23/92
Larisa Latynina UKR..............12/27/34
David Kikuchi CAN ................12/27/79
Verona van de Leur NED .........12/28/90
Kristina Pravdina RUS............12/28/90
Erick Lopez CUB ...................12/29/72
Jonathan Horton USA.............12/31/85
Emilie Le Pennec FRA............12/31/87
Morges, Switzerland. Jovtchev placed second in
the 2006 competition, which is held in honor of
the former FIG president and Swiss native.
Women’s AA (any 3 events): 1. Alina Kozich UKR
42.65; 2. Ariella Käslin SUI 42. 20; 3. Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs CAN 41.75; 4. Daniele Hypolito BRA 41. 45; 5.
Svetlana Klyukina RUS 40. 45; 6. Valentina Muollo ITA
40.05; 7. Katja Abel GER 39.80; 8. Verona van de Leur
NED 38.75; 9. Hyun Joo Jo KOR 34.65.
Men’s AA (any 4 events): 1. Jordan Jovtchev BUL
61.85; 2. Dmitry Karbanenko FRA 61.05; 3. Claudio
Capelli SUI 60.15; 4. Diego Hypolito BRA 59.90; 5.
Flavius Koczi ROM 59.65; 6. Sergei Khorokhordin
RUS 59.65; 7. Enrico Pozzo ITA 59.50; 8. Nathan
Gafuik CAN 59.30; 9. Epke Zonderland NED 59.25;
10. Eugen Spiridonov GER 58.95.
GREAT SCOTS
Scotland’s Emma White and Daniel Keatings
won the women’s and men’s all-around titles,
respectively, at the Northern European championships that took place Oct. 4-8 in Dublin.
Born March 19, 1990, in Peterborough,
White competed for Great Britain at the ’06
worlds. She placed first on vault and eighth all-around at the ’06 British championships; and
seventh all-around at the ’07 British championships. White is coached by Gheorghe Blaj
and Monica Desalermos.
Lizzie Beddoe of Wales took the all-around
silver medal, continuing a streak of excellent
results this year. Earlier in ’07, she placed first all-around at the Wales vs. Hungary dual meet for
juniors, the Celtic Cup in Northern Ireland and
the Welsh Open.
Norway’s Hansson twins, Kathrine and
Julie, finished third and 11th all-around. Born
Feb. 1, 1984, in Kristiansand, they competed at
the ’06 and ’07 worlds. The Hanssons are
coached by Octavian Ionasiu, who competed
for Romania at the ’81 and ’83 worlds.
Keatings, 17, easily won the men’s title. Earlier this year he placed second on pommel horse
and 13th all-around at Europeans; and seventh
on pommel horse at worlds.
Second to Keatings in Dublin was Denmark’s
Helge Vammen. Born July 21, 1986, in
Aarhus, Vammen was the top Danish all-arounder at the ’06 worlds (held in his hometown) and ’07 worlds.
Veterans held their own in the Dublin all-around. Finland’s Jani Tanskanen, who turned
32 on Nov. 28, won the bronze medal. His 31-
year-old teammate, Riku Koivunen, placed
fourth. Seventh was Norway’s Espen Jansen,
who turns 39 on Dec. 13.
Women’s AA: 1. Emma White SCO 52.30; 2. Lizzie
Beddoe WAL 51.20; 3. Kathrine Hansson NOR
50.575; 4. Linn Nilsson SWE 48.70; 5. Bethan Mercer
WAL 48.65; 6. Thelma Rut Hermannsdottir ISL
48.35; 7. Annika Urvikko FIN 47.80; 8. Sandra Ostad
NOR 47.775; 9. Michelle Wanstrom SWE 47.75; 10.
Caroline Sandov NOR 47.70; 11. Julie Hansson NOR
47.55; 12. Grainne Johnston IRL 47.20.
Team: 1. NOR 147.35; 2. WAL 147.10; 3. SCO
146.45.
Men’s AA: 1. Daniel Keatings SCO 87.40; 2. Helge
Vammen DEN 83.30; 3. Jani Tanskanen FIN 82.85; 4.
All Around the World
Riku Koivunen FIN 82.40; 5. Adam Cox SCO 82.00; 6.
Joachim Hanche-Olsen NOR 81.95; 7. Espen Jansen
NOR 81.80; 8. Matthew Cosgrave NIR 80.95; 9. Florin
Purge DEN 79.10; 10. Viktor Kristmannsson ISL
78.95; 11. Robert Kristmannsson ISL 78.00; 12.
Gwylim Hoosen WAL 77.20.
Team: 1. FIN 249.45; 2. SCO 244.45; 3. NOR 241.40.
BOCZOGO LEVELS LEVERKUSEN
2006 runner-up Dorina Boczogo of Hungary
won the all-around title at the 32nd annual Leverkusen Cup, held Oct. 13-14 in Germany. Born
Feb. 15, 1992, Boczogo placed 51st all-around
and 16th on vault in preliminaries at the world
championships held in Stuttgart in September.
Italy’s Andrea La Spada finished second,
over 2007 Romanian junior all-around champion Diana Trenca. Earlier this year, La Spada
placed fourth all-around at the Zelena Jama
Open in Ljubljana. Zelena Jama Open silver
medalist Raluca Haidu of Romania was sixth in
Leverkusen, and second to Trenca at the ’07
Romanian junior championships.
Winner of the inaugural Leverkusen Cup, held
in 1976, was Germany’s Andrea Bieger. She
is the mother of 2006 world all-around silver
medalist Jana Bieger of the U.S. Recent all-around champions include Germany’s Yvonne
Musik (2003), Italy’s Ilaria Colombo (2004),
Germany’s Daria Bijak (2005) and Belgium’s
Marieke Herteleer (2006). Musik, a 2004
Olympian, competed on three events this year
and scored 35.95.
AA: 1. Dorina Boczogo HUN 54.55; 2. Andrea La
Spada ITA 53.90; 3. Diana Trenca ROM 53.65; 4. Elis-abetta Preziosa ITA 53.20; 5. Loredana Sabau ROM
52.90; 6. Raluca Haidu ROM 52.75; 7. Julie Crocket
BEL 52.65; 8(t). Andrea Foti ITA, Adela Sajn SLO
52.55; 10. Emily Armi ITA 52.35; 11. Renate Mass-chelin BEL 51.35; 12. Carlotta Ferlito ITA 51.05.
BRITISH HIGHEST “HOPES”
Reiss Beckford won the men’s all-around title
and led his British team to victory at the Olympic
Hopes competition for juniors, held Oct. 20 in
Liberec, Czech Republic. The British women
also won as a team, led by all-around silver
medalist Jennifer Pinches.
Beckford, the 2006 U.K. School Games
champion, resides in Enfield and trains at the
South Essex club. His favorite event is high bar,
and his favorite gymnast is ’00 Olympic all-around champion Alexei Nemov.
Women’s AA: 1. Natalia Kononenko UKR 54.65; 2.
Jennifer Pinches GBR 54.40; 2. Gabriela Janik POL
54.15; 4. Niamh Rippin GBR 53.90; 5. Dorina Boczogo HUN 53.05; 6. Renata Toth HUN 52.95; 7. Yulia
Tsyuro UKR 52.55; 8. Lisa Ecker AUT 51.75; 9. Ruby
Straw GBR 51.45; 10. Ganna Kalashnik UKR 50.95;
11(t). Simona Terova CZE, Anna Stubbs GBR 50.35.
Team: 1. GBR 212.65; 2. UKR 210.25; 3. HUN
204.65.
Men’s AA: 1. Reiss Beckford GBR 86.30; 2. Georgy
Petrosian UKR 83.00; 4. Reece Pearson GBR 82.80;
4. Bartosz Rediniak POL 82.70; 5. Nandor Szabo
HUN 82.55; 6. Oleg Shakirov UKR 81.70; 7. Ashley
