Bettina_Lili_Czifra

Bettina Lili Czifra

Bettina Lili Czifra

Hungarian artistic gymnast

The native form of this personal name is Czifra Bettina Lili. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Bettina Lili Czifra (born 20 April 2007)[1] is a Hungarian artistic gymnast. She is a three-time World Challenge Cup medalist and the 2023 Hungarian all-around champion. She will represent Hungary at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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Early life

Bettina Lili Czifra was born in Dunaujvaros, Hungary, on 20 April 2007.[2][1] She began gymnastics when she was nine years old.[3]

Junior gymnastics career

2021

Czifra began the 2021 season at the Hungarian Super Team Championships, helping her club win the gold medal.[4] Then at the Junior Hungarian Event Championships, she won silver on uneven bars and bronze on balance beam.[5] She then won the all-around bronze medal at the Junior Hungarian Championships where she also won the uneven bars title.[6] She made her international debut at the Gym Festival Trnava, winning the all-around silver medal behind Slovakia's Lucia Dobrocka. In the event finals, she won gold on floor exercise, silver on balance beam, and bronze on uneven bars.[7] Then at the Olympic Hopes Cup held in Liberec, Czech Republic, she won the all-around bronze medal and helped the Hungarian team win the gold medal.[8]

2022

Czifra began the season at the Elek Matolay Memorial where she won the all-around gold medal.[9] She then won the all-around silver medal at the Tata Junior Friendly behind Romania's Gabriela Vănoagă.[10] She won the all-around, uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise titles at the Junior Hungarian Championships.[11] She also won the all-around gold medal at the Salamunov Memorial, helping the Hungarian team win the gold medal.[12]

Czifra competed at the European Youth Olympic Festival where she finished twelfth in the all-around.[13] She next competed at the Junior European Championships where she once again placed twelfth in the all-around.[14] Additionally, she qualified for the balance beam where she finished seventh.[15] At the Vera Caslavska Grand Prix, she helped the Hungarian team win the bronze medal, and she won silver on uneven bars and bronze on floor exercise.[16] She finished the season at the Hungarian Masters Championships, where she won the all-around silver medal behind Gréta Mayer.[17] In the event finals, she won the gold medal on floor exercise and the bronze medal on uneven bars.[18]

Senior gymnastics career

2023

Czifra became age-eligible for senior competition in 2023. At the Hungarian Team Championships, she helped her club finish second, and she finished third in the all-around.[19] Then at the Elek Matolay Memorial, she won the all-around silver medal behind teammate Gréta Mayer.[20] She competed at the European Championships where she helped Hungary finish fourth as a team.[21] At the Varna World Challenge Cup, she won her first FIG World Cup medal- a gold on balance beam.[22][23] Then at the Szombathely World Challenge Cup, she won silver on floor exercise and bronze on uneven bars.[24] She won the all-around, balance beam, and floor exercise titles at the Hungarian Championships.[25]

Czifra competed at the World Championships alongside Csenge Bácskay, Gréta Mayer, Zója Székely, and Nikolett Szilágyi; they finished fifteenth as a team during qualifications. Individually, Czifra was the third reserve for the all-around final. Although the Hungarian team did not qualify a full team to the 2024 Olympic Games, Czifra earned an individual berth as the highest placing Hungarian gymnast and sixth highest placing all-arounder not part of a qualified team.[26][27] She finished her season at the Hungarian Masters Championships, where she won gold medals on balance beam and floor exercise.[28]

Competitive history

Czifra (second from the right) with the Hungarian team at the 2022 Junior European Championships
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References

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    "FIG Profile: Bettina Lili Czifra". International Gymnastics Federation.
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    "Czifra Bettina Lili ezüstérmes összetettben a Mesterfokú bajnokságon" [Czifra Bettina Lili won the silver medal overall at the Master's Championship]. Utanpotlas Sport (in Hungarian). 27 November 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
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    "Molnár Botond négy, Czifra Bettina Lili két érmet nyert a Mesterfokú bajnokság szerenkénti döntőiben" [Molnár Botond won four medals and Czifra Bettina Lili two medals in the individual finals of the Masters Championship]. Utanpotlas Sport (in Hungarian). 28 November 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
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