Julie Erichsen

Julie Dicko Erichsen[1] (born 15 August 2001) is a Norwegian artistic gymnast. She competed at the 2020 Olympic Games and the 2019 World Championships.[2] She was the first Norwegian female gymnast to qualify for the Olympic Games since 1992.[3][1]

Julie Erichsen
Full nameJulie Dicko Erichsen
Country represented Norway
Born (2001-08-15) 15 August 2001
Bergen, Vestland, Norway
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
ClubLaksevåg Turn og IL
Head coach(es)Anatol Ashurkov, Birgit Vallestrand, Laurens van der Hout
Medal record
Representing  Norway
Northern European Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 TórshavnTeam
Gold medal – first place2022 JyväskyläUneven Bars
Bronze medal – third place2022 JyväskyläTeam

Personal life

Julie Erichsen was born on 15 August 2001, in Bergen. She was born to a Malian father and Norwegian mother.[4] Her mother, Kari Erichsen, was also a gymnast and a Norwegian national champion.[1][5] She began gymnastics when she was nine years old.[5] She trains in Bergen for around 25 hours each week.[6]

Career

Erichsen competed at the junior level of the 2016 European Championships with Sara Davidsen, Edel Fosse, Julie Soederstroem, and Juliane Toessebro, and the team finished 16th.[7] She made her senior international debut at the 2017 Northern European Championships alongside Ingrid Hafenbrädl, Julie Madsø, Thea Nygaard, and Martine Skregelid where they won the team gold medal.[8]

She competed at the 2018 European Championships with Sara Davidsen, Edel Fosse, Thea Nygaard, and Julie Soederstroem, and they finished 21st in the team qualification round.[9] At the Norwegian Championships, Erichsen finished 4th in the all-around and won the gold medal on vault and the silver medal on uneven bars.[10] She competed at the FIG World Cup in Paris, but she did not qualify for any event finals.[11] She competed at the 2018 World Championships with Davidsen, Fosse, Nygaard, and Soederstroem, and they finished 34th in the team qualification round which meant they did not qualify as a team for the 2019 World Championships.[12] Her final competition of the 2018 season was the 2018 Voronin Cup in Moscow where she won the bronze medal on vault behind Yeo Seo-jeong and Elina Vihrova.[13]

Her first international event of the 2019 season was the FIG World Cup in Osijek where she finished 8th in the vault final.[5] At the Norwegian Championships, she defended her vault title, and she finished 4th on the balance beam and 5th in the floor exercise.[14] She competed at the World Cup in Paris where she finished 5th in the vault event final.[3] At the 2019 World Championships she finished 83rd in the all-around with a score of 48.599.[2] She qualified for an individual spot at the 2020 Olympic Games, becoming the first Norwegian female gymnast to do so since Anita Tomulevski in 1992.[3][15]

References
  1. Thalberg, Silje (13 October 2019). "Julie skal være med i OL i turn – 28 år siden sist en kvinne kvalifiserte seg". NRK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  2. "49th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Stuttgart (GER), 4 October - 13 October 2019 Women's All-Around Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. FIG. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  3. Crumlish, John (18 December 2019). "Norway's Erichsen Eyes New Skills For Tokyo 2020". International Gymnast Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  4. "Ingen har klart det på 28 år. Nå har Julie fra Bergen tatt steget". www.bt.no.
  5. "ERICHSEN Julie". Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  6. Nygaard, Sanne (23 April 2020). "Utsatt OL-debut". Bymag (in Norwegian). Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  7. "31st European Championships in Women's Artistic Gymnastics Seniors and Juniors Junior Team Final" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. UEG. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  8. Hopkins, Lauren (21 October 2017). "2017 Northern European Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  9. "ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WOMEN'S QUAL. FOR TEAM FINAL & IND. RESULTS" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Glasgow 2018. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  10. Hopkins, Lauren (22 September 2018). "2018 Norwegian Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  11. "FIG World Challenge Cup Paris (FRA) 2018 Sep 29-30". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  12. "48th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Doha (QAT), 25 October - 3 November 2018 Women's Team Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. FIG. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  13. Hopkins, Lauren (15 December 2018). "2018 Voronin Cup Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  14. Hopkins, Lauren (1 July 2019). "2019 Norwegian Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  15. Hopkins, Lauren (7 October 2019). "Who Qualified to Tokyo?". The Gymternet. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
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