Gienger
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The Gienger is a gymnastics
skill performed on the uneven bars for women and the high bar for men. It is named after German
gymnast
Eberhard Gienger
. The release move looks like a half-turn layout "flyaway" above the bar.
The skill typically begins from a handstand followed by a swing forward and release after 3/4 of a revolution around the bar. The skill begins as a backward salto with the gymnast completing a 1/2 twist (180°) before regrasp on the same bar that was released. The Gienger can be done with either a piked (traditional) or stretched body form.
Gienger saltos are technically similar to Deltchev saltos, with the latter initiating the 1/2 twist before initiating the salto (which is also usually straddled rather than piked or stretched).
Some of the female gymnasts that perform the Gienger are Nastia Liukin
, Katie Dailey, Eugenia Popa
, and Shawn Johnson
.
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
skill performed on the uneven bars for women and the high bar for men. It is named after German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
gymnast
Gymnast
Gymnasts are people who participate in the sports of either artistic gymnastics, trampolining, or rhythmic gymnastics.See gymnasium for the origin of the word gymnast from gymnastikos.-Female artistic:Australia...
Eberhard Gienger
Eberhard Gienger
Eberhard Gienger is a German politician and former gymnast. The Gienger salto is named after him. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.- Weblinks :...
. The release move looks like a half-turn layout "flyaway" above the bar.
The skill typically begins from a handstand followed by a swing forward and release after 3/4 of a revolution around the bar. The skill begins as a backward salto with the gymnast completing a 1/2 twist (180°) before regrasp on the same bar that was released. The Gienger can be done with either a piked (traditional) or stretched body form.
Gienger saltos are technically similar to Deltchev saltos, with the latter initiating the 1/2 twist before initiating the salto (which is also usually straddled rather than piked or stretched).
Some of the female gymnasts that perform the Gienger are Nastia Liukin
Nastia Liukin
Anastasia Valeryevna "Nastia" Liukin is a Russian-American artistic gymnast. She was the 2008 Olympic individual all-around Champion, the 2005 and 2007 World Champion on the balance beam, and the 2005 World Champion on the uneven bars...
, Katie Dailey, Eugenia Popa
Eugenia Popa
Eugenia Popa is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast. She won two world championships medals with the team: a silver medal in 1989 and a bronze medal in 1991. She was an alternate to the 1992 silver winning Romanian Olympic team. After retirement she became a coach of artistic gymnastics...
, and Shawn Johnson
Shawn Johnson
Shawn Machel Johnson is an American artistic gymnast. She was the 2008 Olympic balance beam gold medalist and all-around, and floor exercise silver medalist, the 2007 all-around World Champion, and the 2007 and 2008 U.S. all-around champion...
.