The Austrian federation has released the list of participants set to compete at the Austrian Team Open, to be held February 28 in Linz.
The event will feature both senior and junior MAG and WAG athletes from all over the country in addition to participants from Belgium, China, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States.
2014 Austrian champion Lisa Ecker will lead the team from Upper Austria. All of her 2014 World Championships teammates will also compete, with the exception of Simone Penker, currently a standout on the University of Alaska’s NCAA team. Elisa Hämmerle and Olivia Jochum will represent Vorarlberg, while Jasmin Mader, Hanna Grosch, and Jessica Stabinger will represent Tirol.
Four members from the Austrian men’s team will also compete, including Fabian Leimlehner and Severin and Lukas Kranzlmüller for Upper Austria, as well as Michael Fussenegger for Vorarlberg.
The most notable international guest is Giulia Steingruber of Switzerland. The Austrian Team Open marks her return to competition after injuring her ankle on vault at the Swiss Cup last November, which forced her to withdraw from several galas and World Cup events at the end of 2014.
Steingruber will be joined by Worlds teammates Ilaria Käslin, Nicole Hitz, and Jessica Diacci in addition to new senior Gaia Nesurini, who competed at the Youth Olympic Games last August. We’ll also see MAG Worlds team members Christian Baumann and Pascal Bucher compete.
Germany has also sent their YOG athlete Antonia Alicke, who will represent the Schwäbischer Turnerbund along with fellow new senior Kim Janas in addition to top junior talent Tabea Alt, Carina Kröll, and Julia Plattenhardt.
Finally, China will send four junior women who will become seniors in 2016, including Gong Kangyi, Fu Yuyao, Zhang Jin, and Zhou Linlin.
The full list of competitors is below. We’ll post more information about the competition as it becomes available!
WAG Competitors
| AUSTRIA Lower Austria |
Linda Hamersak Felicia Kain Selina Kickinger Jasmin Lejsek Marlies Männersdorfer Klara Reisel Hannah Schmidt Alina Schmoll Isabel Wöckl |
| AUSTRIA Tirol |
Mara Glabonjat Hanna Grosch Jasmin Mader Christina Meixner Ronja Reuss Jessica Stabinger |
| AUSTRIA Upper Austria |
Lisa Ecker Michaela Eidenberger Tamara Graf Katharina Kern Katharina Puffer |
| AUSTRIA Vienna |
Lisa Born Sascha Huppmann Kathrin Pappenscheller Xenia Samstag Beatrice Stritzl Olivia Wasik |
| AUSTRIA Vorarlberg |
Celine Brunner Elisa Hämmerle Olivia Jochum Lara König Fabienne Kostelac Erja Metzler Johanna Schwärzler Ceyda Sirbu Tamara Stadelmann Selina Tomasini |
| CHINA | Gong Kangyi Fu Yuyao Zhang Jin Zhou Linlin |
| GERMANY Swabian Gymnastics |
Antonia Alicke Tabea Alt Kim Janas Carina Kröll Julia Plattenhardt |
| GERMANY Tittmoning |
Sonja Fischer Jana Hager Leonie Reichenbach Alessa Wirth |
| HUNGARY | Nora Feher Kitti Honti Barbara Katona Monika Szabo Dorka Szujo |
| MALTA | Claire Rose Azzopardi Suzanne Buttigieg Kirsty Caruana Peppijna Dalli Sana Grillo |
| SLOVENIA | Ana Cikac |
| SWITZERLAND | Jessica Diacci Nicole Hitz Ilaria Käslin Gaia Nesurini Giulia Steingruber |
| UNITED STATES Silvia’s Gymnastics |
Paige Apperson Jessica Hutchinson Stephanie Tripodi |
MAG Competitors
| AUSTRIA Lower Austria |
Valentin Legerer Yannik Lehner Patrick Praska Florian Vecera |
| AUSTRIA Styria |
Alexander Benda Maximilian Chanterie Vinzenz Höck Claus Reithofer Markus Schreiber Nikolaus Vertacnik |
| AUSTRIA Tirol |
Manuel Arnold Matthias Decker Daniel Kopeinik Johannes Mairoser Askhab Matiev Daniel Zander |
| AUSTRIA Upper Austria |
Tim Kirchmayr Lukas Kranzlmüller Severin Kranzlmüller Fabian Leimlehner Ricardo Rudy Tamerlan Tschutschaew |
| AUSTRIA Vienna |
Richard Palicka |
| AUSTRIA Vorarlberg |
Marco Baldauf Alexander Burtscher Michael Fussenegger David Kathan Dirk Kathan Lukas Konzett Johannes Schwab |
| BELGIUM | Aaron Blomme Ward Claeys Wouter De Langhe Jonas Delvael Thiemen Valcke Luka Van den Keybus |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | Jiri Bomer Ondrej Janeczko David Jessen Daniel Radovesnicky Jakub Samsa Svjatoslav Soloviev |
| HUNGARY | Adam Babos Zoltan Kallai David Schweigert (reserve) Bence Talas Ákos Vadaszfi Levente Vagner David Vecsernyes |
| ITALY | Edoardo De Rosa Lay Giannini Niccolo Mozzato Stefano Patron Axel John Piva |
| SLOVAKIA | Slavomir Michnak Jakub Vasko |
| SLOVENIA | Alen Dimic Primoz Mauric |
| SWEDEN | Karl Idesjö Pontus Kallanvaara Christopher Soòs Michael Trane |
| SWITZERLAND | Christian Baumann Pablo Braegger Pascal Bucher Michael Meier Marco Rizzo Marco Walter |
Article by Lauren Hopkins
The Gymternet 
what does it entail for a gym to send athletes abroad, as is the case here with Silvia’s Gymnastics? Do the girls need FIG licenses or approval from USAG?
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Because it’s not an FIG competition, gyms can send their athletes without the permission from USAG or without getting FIG licenses…you’ll see that a lot with the smaller international meets like this one, Gymnix in Canada, Top Gym in Belgium…and even the WOGA Classic, actually. I know WOGA sometimes sends girls to international meets (Samantha Ogden went to Gymnix last year I believe) and there’s a U.S. gymnast trying to qualify elite now who is competing at Gymnix this year.
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Aside from Steingruber, I’m definitely most looking forward to Kim Janas.
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