Thelma Aðalsteinsdóttir (born 1 December 2000) is an Icelandic artistic gymnast. She is the 2022 and 2023 Icelandic national champion and is a five-time Northern European champion (2023, 2024).
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| Full name | Thelma Aðalsteinsdóttir | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 December 2000 Reykjavík, Iceland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2014–present (ISL) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Gerpla Sports Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Ferenc Kovats | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
editThelma Aðalsteinsdóttir was born in Reykjavík in 2000. She studied pharmacology at the University of Iceland.[1]
Gymnastics career
edit2017
editThelma competed at the 2017 Northern European Championships in Tórshavn where she helped Iceland place second as a team. Individually she won silver on the uneven bars behind Helmi Murto of Finland.[2]
2018
editThelma competed at the Nordic Championships where she helped Iceland place fourth as a team. Individually she placed tenth in the all-around and sixth on the uneven bars.[3] Thelma next competed at the European Championships where she helped Iceland place 22nd as a team during qualifications.[4] In October Thelma made her World Championships debut; she helped Iceland finish 36th during qualifications.[5]
2022
editThelma won her first national championships title in 2022.[1] She later competed at the Nordic Championships, winning gold on balance beam and helping Iceland place third as a team.[6] In August Thelma competed at the European Championships where she placed 33rd in the all-around, which qualified her as an individual to compete at the upcoming World Championships.[7] At the World Championships Thelma finished 81st overall during qualifications.[8]
2023
editThelma began the 2023 season retaining her national all-around title. She next competed at the European Championships where she placed 48th in the all-around during qualifications. Although she did not advance to the final, she qualified as an individual to compete at the upcoming World Championships. In September Thelma competed at the Szombathely Challenge Cup where she qualified to the vault event final; she finished seventh.[9]
At the World Championships Thelma finished 66th overall during qualifications, earning a personal best ranking.[10] Thelma ended the year competing at the Northern European Championships where she won gold on the uneven bars.[11]
Eponymous skill
edit| Apparatus | Name | Description | Difficulty[a] | Added to the Code of Points |
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| Uneven bars | Aðalsteinsdóttir | Clear hip circle forward into salto forward straddled to hang on high bar | E | 2024 European Championships[12] |
- ^ Valid for the 2022–2024 Code of Points
Competitive history
edit| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 2014 | |||||||
| European Championships | 24 | ||||||
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| 2016 | Icelandic Championships | 7 |  |
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| GK Championships | 7 | ||||||
| TM Tournament | |
5 | |
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| Iceland Fall Cup | 7 | ||||||
| 2017 | Icelandic Team Championships |  |
11 | ||||
| Danish Championships (guest) | 5 | ||||||
| Icelandic Championships | 8 | ||||||
| GK Championships | 6 | ||||||
| Northern European Championships | |
16 | |
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| 2018 | Reykjavik International Games | 4 | |||||
| Welsh Championships (guest) | |
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| Icelandic Team Championships |  |
7 | |||||
| Icelandic Championships | |
5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||
| GK Championships | 4 | ||||||
| Nordic Championships | 4 | 10 | 6 | ||||
| European Championships | 22 | ||||||
| World Championships | 36 | 105 | |||||
| Icelandic Fall Championships | 5 | ||||||
| 2019 | Icelandic Team Championships | |
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4 | 4 | |||
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| 2020 | Icelandic Team Championships | |
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| 2021 | Icelandic Championships | |
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| 2022 | GK Championships | 5 | |||||
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| Nordic Championships | |
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| European Championships | 23 | 33 | |||||
| World Championships | 81 | ||||||
| 2023 | Icelandic Championships | |
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| European Championships | 20 | 48 | |||||
| Szombathely Challenge Cup | 7 | ||||||
| World Championships | 66 | ||||||
| Northern European Championships | 4 | 9 | |
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| 2024 | Nordic Championships | |
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5 | 6 |
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| European Championships | 22 | 34 | |||||
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References
edit- ^ a b Crumlish, John (September 1, 2023). "Iceland's Thelma Adalsteinsdottir keeps cool perspective on Paris 2024". International Gymnast Media.
- ^ "2017 Northern European Championships Results". The Gymternet. October 21, 2017.
- ^ "2018 Nordic Championships Results". The Gymternet. July 6, 2018.
- ^ "2018 European Championships in Women's Artistic Gymnastics". European Gymnastics.
- ^ "2018 World Championships Results". The Gymternet. November 6, 2018.
- ^ "Uppskeruhátíð Gerplu vegna ársins 2022" [Gerpla's harvest festival for the year 2022]. Gerpla (in Icelandic). January 10, 2023.
- ^ "Asia D'Amato claims women's all-around title as world qualifiers decided at 2022 European Gymnastics Championships". International Olympic Committee. August 11, 2022.
- ^ "2022 World Championships Results". The Gymternet. November 8, 2022.
- ^ "A new Hungarian generation rises in Szombathely". International Gymnastics Federation. September 11, 2023.
- ^ "Thelma með sinn besta árangur í fjölþraut" [Thelma with her best result in the all-around]. Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). October 3, 2023.
- ^ "Thelma best allra í Norður Evrópu á tvíslá" [Thelma is the best of all in Northern Europe on uneven bars]. Vísir.is (in Icelandic). November 27, 2023.
- ^ "New in the women's Code of Points: meet the Adalsteinsdottir, Heron, Petrova, and Sayer elements". International Gymnastics Federation. September 20, 2024.