2021 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
| 2021 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Palace of Culture and Sports |
| Location | Varna, Bulgaria |
| Start date | 9 June 2021 |
| End date | 13 June 2021 |
The 2021 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships was the 37th edition of the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships, which took place on 9–13 June 2021 at the Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna, Bulgaria. This was the first year that Bulgaria hosted the European Championships.
The event was the last chance for European gymnasts to qualify a quota to compete at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics, with one individual quota and one group quota available. It also, for the first time, served as a qualification event for country quotas at the 2021 World Championships. The Olympic quotas were won by Fanni Pigniczki and the group representing Ukraine.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, all persons involved in the event were required to undergo tests for Covid, and the arena was restricted to 50 percent of its total capacity.
Russian gymnasts dominated the event, winning over a third of the available medals and nine of the twelve titles. Arina Averina won the all-around, her second European title after the 2018 European Championships, and was joined on the podium by her twin sister, Dina Averina, who won bronze and also won three of the apparatus finals. The silver medalist, Boryana Kaleyn, won Bulgaria's first European all-around medal in more than twenty years, since Maria Petrova won the 1994 European Championships. The previous year's European champion, Linoy Ashram, was in fourth place in the all-around but won the clubs final, the first time since the 2011 European Championships that a non-Russian gymnast won a European apparatus final.
Rachel Stoyanov, representing North Macedonia, won the "Shooting Star" award.