Swiss Cup (gymnastics)

The Swiss Cup or Swiss Cup Zürich is an annual artistic gymnastics competition held in Zürich, Switzerland. The first iteration was held in 1982.

Unlike most artistic gymnastics competitions, the Swiss Cup is a mixed pairs event and features an elimination system. Each team consists of a male and a female gymnast from the same country. Both of them compete on all events of their gender (so the women on vault, beam, uneven bars and floor, and the men on floor, pommel horse, rings, vault, parallel bars and high bar), and their scores are added together.[1]


Past champions

Swiss Cup results[2]
Year Gold Silver Bronze
1982  Soviet Union
Natalia Solovei
Dmitry Bilozerchev
 Switzerland
Romi Kessler
Marco Piatti
 United States
Michelle Dusserre
Phil Cahoy
1983 Not held
1984  Romania /  Switzerland
Simona Păucă
Daniel Wunderlin
1985  China
Yang Yanli
Li Ning
1986  Romania
Ecaterina Szabo
Marian Rizan
1987  Romania
Daniela Silivaș
Nicusor Pascu
1988  Romania
Gabriela Potorac
Marius Tobă
1989  United States
Kim Zmeskal
Lance Ringnald
1990  Soviet Union
Natalia Lashchenova
Valery Belenky
1991  United States
Shannon Miller
Scott Keswick
1992  Belarus
Svetlana Boginskaya
Vitaly Scherbo
1993  Belarus
Elena Piskun
Vitaly Scherbo
1994–1999 not held
2000  Russia
Elena Zamolodchikova
Alexei Bondarenko
2001  Romania
Silvia Stroescu
Marian Drăgulescu
2002  Romania /  Australia
Monica Roșu
Philippe Rizzo
2003  Romania
Oana Ban
Marian Drăgulescu
2004  Romania
Cătălina Ponor
Marius Urzică
2005  China
Han Bing
Teng Haibin
 Romania
Sandra Izbașa
Răzvan Șelariu
 France
Émilie Le Pennec
Yann Cucherat
2006  Germany /  Bulgaria
Oksana Chusovitina
Yordan Yovchev
 Romania
Steliana Nistor
Marian Drăgulescu
 Switzerland
Ariella Käslin
Niki Böschenstein
2007  Romania
Steliana Nistor
Flavius Koczi
 Germany
Oksana Chusovitina
Evgenij Spiridonov
 Russia
Svetlana Klyukina
Sergei Korokordin
2008  China
Ning He
Bo Lu
 Romania
Sandra Izbașa
Flavius Koczi
 Russia
Ksenia Afanasyeva
Maksim Devyatovskiy
2009  Germany
Kim Bui
Matthias Fahrig
 Germany
Elisabeth Seitz
Thomas Taranu
 Switzerland
Ariella Käslin
Niki Böschenstein
2010  Germany
Elisabeth Seitz
Fabian Hambüchen
 Italy
Vanessa Ferrari
Matteo Morandi
 Switzerland
Ariella Käslin
Claudio Capelli
2011  Switzerland
Giulia Steingruber
Claudio Capelli
 Germany
Elisabeth Seitz
Fabian Hambüchen
 Russia
Anna Dementyeva
Nikita Ignatyev
2012  Germany
Elisabeth Seitz
Fabian Hambüchen
 Switzerland
Giulia Steingruber
Claudio Capelli
 Germany
Kim Bui
Marcel Nguyen
2013  Romania
Larisa Iordache
Andrei Muntean
 Germany
Elisabeth Seitz
Fabian Hambüchen
 Switzerland
Giulia Steingruber
Claudio Capelli
2014  Russia
Daria Spiridonova
Nikita Ignatyev
 Ukraine
Angelina Kysla
Oleg Verniaiev
 Germany
Elisabeth Seitz
Fabian Hambüchen
2015  Ukraine
Angelina Kysla
Oleg Verniaiev
 Romania
Larisa Iordache
Marius Berbecar
 Germany
Pauline Schäfer
Andreas Bretschneider
2016  Ukraine
Angelina Kysla
Oleg Verniaiev
 Germany
Kim Bui
Marcel Nguyen
 Russia
Angelina Melnikova
Nikita Ignatyev
2017  Switzerland
Giulia Steingruber
Pablo Brägger
 Japan
Hitomi Hatakeda
Wataru Tanigawa
 Switzerland
Ilaria Käslin
Oliver Hegi
2018  Germany
Elisabeth Seitz
Marcel Nguyen
 Russia
Angelina Melnikova
Nikita Nagornyy
BrazilCanada Pan-America
Jade Barbosa
Cory Paterson
2019  United States[3]
Jade Carey
Allan Bower
 Ukraine
Diana Varinska
Oleg Verniaiev
 Switzerland
Giulia Steingruber
Oliver Hegi
2020 Not held
2021  Russia[4]
Angelina Melnikova
Nikita Nagornyy
 Ukraine
Yelyzaveta Hubareva
Illia Kovtun
 Italy
Alice D'Amato
Stefano Patron
2022  United States[5][6]
Addison Fatta
Yul Moldauer
 Italy
Martina Maggio
Nicola Bartolini
 Turkey
Bilge Tarhan
Adem Asil
2023  United States
Jade Carey
Yul Moldauer
 Japan
Chiaki Hatakeda
Kazuma Kaya
 Brazil
Júlia Soares
Patrick Sampaio
2024

References

  1. ^ https://www.swiss-cup.ch/en/swiss-cup-zuerich/competition-mode/
  2. ^ "Swiss Cup Hall of Fame". Swiss Cup.
  3. ^ https://www.swiss-cup.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/swisscupch/Swiss_Cup_2019/Rangliste_SCZ19.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ "Angelina Melnikova and Nikita Nagornyy lead Russian Federation to Swiss Cup win in Zurich". International Olympic Committee. November 7, 2021.
  5. ^ "2022 Swiss Cup results" (PDF). Swiss Cup. 27 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Schweizer Teams enttäuschen bei US-Sieg am Swiss Cup". SRF (in German). 27 November 2022.