Bianka Schermann (born 26 June 2003)[1] is a Hungarian artistic gymnast and a member of the Hungary women's national gymnastics team. She competed at the 2019 World Championships and the 2019 European Games, and took the silver medal on vault at the 2021 Cairo World Challenge Cup.
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| Country represented |  Hungary | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 June 2003 Budapest, Hungary | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2017–present (HUN) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | MTK Budapest | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Mariann Botyanszky | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life
editSchermann was born on 26 June 2003 in Budapest.[2] She is the older sister of figure skater Regina Schermann.[3] Bianka speaks English and Mandarin in addition to Hungarian.[4]
Career
editJunior
editIn June 2017, Schermann placed fourth in the all-around at the Gym Festival Trnava in Slovakia, where she also took the bronze medal in the junior uneven bars final.[5] In July, Schermann was selected to the Hungarian team for the 2017 European Youth Olympic Festival alongside Csenge Bácskay and Nóra Fehér. The team finished fourth behind Russia, Italy and Germany.[6] Individually, Schermann placed ninth in the all-around and seventh on floor exercise.[7] Later that year, Schermann competed at the Olympic Hopes Cup, placing ninth in the all-around and sixth on vault.[8] At the Hungarian Master Championships, Schermann won the all-around, also taking the gold on vault and floor, silver on beam and bronze on the uneven bars.[9]
In May 2018, Schermann competed at the 2018 Gymnasiade in Morocco, where the Hungarian team of Schermann, Nóra Fehér, Csenge Bácskay, Sára Péter and Zója Székely won the gold medal. Schermann also tied for the bronze medal on the floor exercise.[10] Schermann represented Hungary at the 2018 European Championships, where she finished sixteenth in the junior all-around competition.[4]
Senior
editSchermann made her international senior debut at the 2019 DTB Team Challenge in Germany, where she finished thirteenth in the all-around and seventh with the Hungarian team.[11] In June 2019, Schermann was selected to compete at the 2019 European Games in Minsk. She qualified to the all-around final where she placed ninth.[12][13] In September, Schermann competed at the Szombathely World Challenge Cup, finishing sixth in both the uneven bars and floor exercise finals.[4] Schermann was selected to the Hungarian team for the 2019 World Championships alongside Dorina Böczögő, Zsófia Kovács, Noémi Makra and Sára Péter.[14] The team finished eighteenth in qualifications. Individuallly, Schermann placed 44th in the all-around and did not advance to the finals.[15]
Schermann missed the 2020 European Championships due to injury.[16]
In May 2021, Schermann competed at the Varna World Challenge Cup in Bulgaria, where she finished sixth in the vault final. In June, she competed at the Cairo World Challenge Cup in Egypt, where she took the silver medal in the vault final behind Nancy Taman.[17] She also qualified to the floor exercise final, where she placed eighth.[18] At the Flanders International Team Challenge (FIT Challenge), Schermann contributed to the Hungarian team’s ninth place finish.[19]
Competitive history
edit| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 2017 | Elek Matolay Memorial |  |
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| Zelena Jama Open | 5 |
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| Gym Festival Trnava | 4 | |
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| European Youth Olympic Festival | 4 | 9 | 7 | ||||
| Olympic Hopes Cup | 9 | 6 | |||||
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| 2018 | Gymnasiade | |
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| Elek Matolay Memorial | |
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| Youth Olympic Games Qualifier | 9 | ||||||
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| European Championships | 9 | 16 | |||||
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| Hungarian Master Championships | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | |||
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| 2019 | Hungarian National League Championships | 7 | |
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| DTB Team Challenge | 7 | 13 | |||||
| Elek Matolay Memorial | |
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| International GymSport | 10 | |
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| European Games | 9 | ||||||
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4 | 5 | |||
| Szombathely World Challenge Cup | 6 | 6 | |||||
| 2nd Heerenveen Friendly | 4 | 10 | |||||
| World Championships | 18 | 44 | |||||
| Hungarian Master Championships | 7 | |
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| 2020 | Hungarian Championships | 6 | 6 | 5 | |||
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| 2021 | Hungarian Team Championships | |
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| Hungarian Event Championships | 8 | ||||||
| Varna World Challenge Cup | 6 | ||||||
| Cairo World Challenge Cup | |
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| FIT Challenge | 9 | ||||||
| 2022 | Doha World Cup | 6 | 5 | ||||
| Baku World Cup | 7 | 7 | |||||
References
edit- ^ "Bianka Schermann - Gymternet Profile". The Gymternet. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ "Schermann Bianka". Hungarian Olympic Committee (in Hungarian). Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ "Schermann Regina". Hungarian Olympic Committee (in Hungarian). Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ a b c "Bianka Schermann - FIG Athlete Profile". International Gymnastics Federation (FIG). Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ "2017 Gym Festival Trnava Results". The Gymternet. 4 June 2017.
- ^ "Torna:Történelmi csapatsiker az EYOF-on" [Gymnastics:Historical Team Success at the EYOF]. Hungarian Gymnastics Federation (in Hungarian). 26 July 2017.
- ^ "2017 European Youth Olympic Festival Results Book" (PDF). European Gymnastics. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ "2017 Olympic Hopes Cup Results". The Gymternet. 3 November 2017.
- ^ "2017 Hungarian Master Championships Results". The Gymternet. 2 December 2017.
- ^ "2018 Gymnasiade Results". The Gymternet. 6 May 2018.
- ^ "2019 DTB Team Challenge Results". The Gymternet. 18 March 2019.
- ^ "Minsk 2019 2nd European Games - Artistic Gymnastics Result Book" (PDF). European Gymnastics. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ "Európai Játékok: Schermann 9., Székely 17. egyéni összetettben" [European Games:Schermann 9th, Székely 17th in the individual all-around]. Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 29 June 2019.
- ^ "The World Championships Women's Master Team List". The Gymternet. 10 September 2019.
- ^ "49th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships". GymnasticsResults. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ "Drámai Csere a Hajrában:Bianka helyett Dorina megy az EB-re" [Dramatic last-minute change:Bianka replaced by Dorina at the European Championships]. MTK Sportegyesület (in Hungarian). 11 December 2020.
- ^ "Torna:Schermann Bianka ezüstérmes a kairói világkupán" [Gymnastics:Bianka Schermann Silver Medalist at the Cairo World Cup]. MTK Sportegyesület (in Hungarian). 5 June 2021.
- ^ "Torna:Három magyar érem a kairói világkupán" [Gymnastics:Three Hungarian Medals at the Cairo World Cup]. Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 5 June 2021.
- ^ "2021 FIT Challenge Results". FITChallenge2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021.