Csenge Bácskay
Bácskay at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games
Personal information
Full nameCsenge Maria Bácskay
Born (2003-04-04) 4 April 2003
Budapest, Hungary
Height5 ft 2 in (157 cm)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2014–present (HUN)
ClubPostás SE
College teamNebraska Cornhuskers (2023–26)
Head coach(es)Imre Draskoczy
Medal record
Artistic gymnastics
Representing  Hungary
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2020 MersinTeam
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2018 Buenos AiresVault
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Apparatus World Cup 0 2 0
World Challenge Cup 2 3 2
Total 2 5 2

Csenge Mária Bácskay (born 4 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 to Zsolt Bácskay and Barbara Bácskayné Abonyi. She has two younger siblings.[1]

Gymnastics career

Junior

2014–2016

In 2014 Bácskay competed at the Gym Festival Trnava where she helped 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]

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 Bianka Schermann. 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]

In October Bácskay competed at the 2021 World Championships. She qualified to the vault final and was initially the first reserve for the all-around final; she was called-up to compete after Hitomi Hatakeda withdrew due to injury. During the all-around final she finished in 21st place and during the vault final she placed fifth. In November Bácskay signed her National Letter of Intent to compete for the Nebraska Cornhuskers.[28]

2022

Bácskay started her season at the Doha World Cup, where she won the silver medal on vault behind Oksana Chusovitina and placed eighth on the balance beam.[29] She also took the silver on vault behind Chusovitina at the Baku World Cup.[30]

At the European Championships in Munich, Bácskay helped Hungary qualify to the team final, where they finished seventh.[31] She was also the first reserve for the vault final.[32]

2023

Bácskay competed at the World Challenge Cups in Tel-Aviv and Osijek, winning silver on vault at each. In October she competed at the World Championships where she helped the Hungarian team finish fifteenth in qualifications. Individually Bácskay was originally the second reserve for the vault final. She was called-up to compete once original qualifiers Joscelyn Roberson and Jessica Gadirova withdrew. During the final she placed eighth.[33] In being the top placed vault finalist not part of a qualified team or already qualified as an individual, Bácskay earned an individual berth to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.[34][35]

Competitive history

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
Junior
2014Gym Festival Trnava48
2016Olympic Hopes Cup198
Eva Kanyo Cup42nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Győr Trophy8767
2017Elek Matolay Memorial1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)41st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
International GymSport51st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Gym Festival Trnava62nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Slovakian Junior Friendly1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Youth Olympic Festival484
Olympic Hopes Cup18
Hungarian Master Championships112nd place, silver medalist(s)6
2018Gymnasiade1st place, gold medalist(s)72nd place, silver medalist(s)77
Youth Olympic Qualifier8
Budapest Friendly1st place, gold medalist(s)4
Hungarian Event Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Championships9246
Youth Olympic Games142nd place, silver medalist(s)
Győr Friendly4
Hungarian Masters Championships63rd place, bronze medalist(s)4
Senior
2019HUN National League Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)494
Elek Matolay Memorial43rd place, bronze medalist(s)63rd place, bronze medalist(s)4
European ChampionshipsR2
Szombathely World Cup7
2020Szombathely World Cup684
Hungarian Championships52nd place, silver medalist(s)55
Hungarian Master Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)61st place, gold medalist(s)66
European Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)4
2021Super Team Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)6
Hungarian Event Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)66
European Championships176
Cairo Challenge Cup3rd place, bronze medalist(s)46
Osijek Challenge Cup1st place, gold medalist(s)
FIT Challenge91st place, gold medalist(s)
Koper Challenge Cup2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mersin Challenge Cup1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World Championships215
2022Doha World Cup2nd place, silver medalist(s)8
Cairo World Cup6
Baku World Cup2nd place, silver medalist(s)
European Championships7R1
World Championships14
2023Tel Aviv Challenge Cup2nd place, silver medalist(s)7
Osijek Challenge Cup2nd place, silver medalist(s)6
World Championships158

References

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  2. "2014 Gym Festival Trnava". The Gymternet. 8 June 2014.
  3. "2016 Olympic Hopes Cup Results". The Gymternet. 4 November 2016.
  4. "2016 Eva Kanyo Cup Results". The Gymternet. 30 October 2016.
  5. "2016 Győr Trophy Results". The Gymternet. 29 November 2016.
  6. "2017 Elek Matolay Memorial Results". The Gymternet. 9 April 2017.
  7. "2017 International GymSport Results". The Gymternet. 23 May 2017.
  8. "2017 Gym Festival Trnava Results". The Gymternet. 4 June 2017.
  9. "2017 Slovakian Junior Friendly Results". The Gymternet. 8 July 2017.
  10. "2017 European Youth Olympic Festival Results". The Gymternet. 27 July 2017.
  11. "2017 Hungarian Master Championships Results". The Gymternet. 2 December 2017.
  12. "2018 Gymnasiade Results". The Gymternet. 6 May 2018.
  13. "2018 European Championships Results". The Gymternet. 6 August 2018.
  14. "Ifjúsági olimpia: a tornász Bácskay 14. lett összetettben". Memzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 16 October 2018.
  15. "Villa, Kitazono, And Naidin Add To Gymnastic Medal Hauls". International Olympic Committee. 13 October 2018.
  16. "2019 Hungarian National League Championships Results". The Gymternet. 26 March 2019.
  17. "12th FIG Artistic Gymnastics Individual Apparatus World Cup Doha (QAT) Qualification Women Vault" (PDF). Sportlicht Ltd. 20 March 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  18. "Results By Apparatus (Vault)" (PDF). European Union of Gymnastics. 11 April 2019.
  19. "Results By Apparatus (Balance Beam)" (PDF). European Union of Gymnastics. 11 April 2019.
  20. "2019 Szombathely Challenge Cup Results". The Gymternet. 11 September 2019.
  21. "2020 Szombathely Challenge Cup Results". The Gymternet. 4 October 2020.
  22. @UEGymnastics (19 December 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. 21 April 2021.
  24. "I am very excited to announce that I have verbally committed to the University of Nebraska on a full-ride". Instagram. 27 April 2021. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021.
  25. "2021 Cairo Challenge Cup Results". The Gymternet. 9 June 2021.
  26. "Double gold for Derwael in her re-emergence at Osijek World Challenge Cup". FIG. 14 June 2021.
  27. "Kovtun and Derek triumph with World Challenge Cup Series titles". International Gymnastics Federation. 15 September 2021.
  28. "Brink Welcomes Three Gymnast Signees". Nebraska Cornhuskers. 10 November 2021.
  29. "2022 Doha World Cup results". The Gymternet. 5 March 2022.
  30. "2022 Baku World Cup results". The Gymternet. 4 April 2022.
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  32. "2022 European Championships results". European Gymnastics. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  33. "Bácskay finishes eighth in vault finals". Nebraska Cornhuskers. 7 October 2023.
  34. "Nebraska gymnast Csenge Bácskay qualifies for 2024 Paris Olympics". KLKN. 9 October 2023.
  35. "Calm amidst a storm of attention, Biles sails smoothly to two more World golds". International Gymnastics Federation. 8 October 2023.
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