# Csenge Bácskay

Csenge Mária Bácskay (born 4 April 2003) is a Hungarian artistic gymnast and the 2018 Youth Olympic silver medalist on vault. Additionally, she was a member of the team that won bronze at the 2020 European Championships. She represented Hungary at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

## Early life

Bácskay was born in Budapest, Hungary, on 4 April 2003, to Zsolt Bácskay and Barbara Bácskayné Abonyi. She has two younger siblings. She began gymnastics when she was three years old.

## Junior gymnastics career
### 2014–2016

In 2014, Bácskay competed at the Gym Festival Trnava where she helped Hungary finish fourth in the Youth Team final, and individually, she finished eighth in the all-around. In 2016, she competed at the Olympic Hopes Cup where she finished 19th in the all-around and eighth in the balance beam finals. Later that year, she competed at the Eva Kanyo Cup where she finished fourth among the Espoirs in the all-around and won silver on the vault, gold on uneven bars, and bronze on balance beam and floor exercise. She also competed at the Győr Trophy where she placed seventh in the all-around and second on floor exercise.

### 2017

Bácskay began the season at the Elek Matolay Memorial where she placed first in the all-around, on balance beam, and floor exercise and second on vault. In May, she represented Hungary at International GymSport where she placed fourth in the all-around and won gold on vault. In June, she competed at Gym Festival Trnava where she placed sixth in the all-around, second on vault, and third on floor exercise. Later in the summer, Bácskay competed at the Slovakian Junior Friendly where Hungary won the gold in the team event. In July, she competed at the 2017 European Youth Olympic Festival where Hungary placed fourth in the team final, and individually, Bácskay placed eighth on vault and fourth on floor. In November, she competed at the Olympic Hopes Cup where she placed 18th in the all-around. She ended the year competing at the Hungarian Master Championships where she placed eleventh in the all-around, second on vault, and sixth on floor.

### 2018

Bácskay started the 2018 season competing at Gymnasiade where she finished seventh in the all-around, second on vault behind Anastasia Bachynska of Ukraine, and seventh on uneven bars and balance beam. Then at the Youth Olympic Games Qualifier, she finished eighth in the all-around and qualified a spot for Hungary at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. She then helped Hungary win a friendly meet against the Czech Republic and Austria. At the Hungarian Event Championships, she won gold medals on vault and floor, and she won silver on uneven bars and bronze on balance beam.
In August, Bácskay represented Hungary at the 2018 European Championships. She qualified for the vault final and finished in sixth place. In October, Bácskay represented Hungary at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games. She qualified for the all-around and vault finals. In the all-around final, she placed 14th. Then in the vault final, she won the silver medal behind Giorgia Villa of Italy and ahead of Emma Spence of Canada.
After the Youth Olympics, Bácskay helped Hungary win a friendly meet against by United States, and she placed fourth in the all-around. Her final meet of the season was the Hungarian Masters Championships where she won the bronze medal on vault behind Dorina Böczögő and Sára Péter.

## Senior gymnastics career
### 2019

Bácskay turned senior in 2019. She competed at the Hungarian National League Championships in March where she placed first on vault, fourth on uneven bars and floor exercise, and ninth on balance beam. Bácskay made her international debut at the Doha World Cup where she finished 20th in vault qualification, 12th in balance beam qualification, and 23rd in floor exercise qualification. At the Elek Matolay Memorial, she tied with Dorina Böczögő for fourth place in the all-around. In the event finals, she won bronze medals on the vault and balance beam. In April, she competed at the European Championships. During qualifications, she placed tenth on vault, becoming the second reserve for the final. In September, she competed at the Szombathely World Cup where she qualified for the vault final where she placed seventh. She then competed at the 2nd Heerenveen Friendly where the Hungarian team placed fourth. She ended the season at the Hungarian Master Championships, finishing fourth on vault, fifth in the all-around, and sixth on uneven bars and balance beam.

### 2020

While most competitions were canceled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Szombathely Challenge Cup was held in October which Bácskay competed. She qualified for the vault, uneven bars, and balance beam finals. She finished sixth in the vault event final, eighth on uneven bars, and fourth on balance beam. Then at the Hungarian Championships, she won the silver medal on the vault behind Zsófia Kovács. She then won gold on vault at the Hungarian Master Championships. In December, Bácskay competed at the European Championships. During qualifications, she helped Hungary qualify third for the team final, and individually she qualified for the vault final. In the team final, Hungary won the bronze medal behind Ukraine and Romania. During the vault event final, she finished in fourth place.

### 2021

In April, Bácskay competed at the European Championships where she qualified for the all-around and vault finals. She finished 17th in the all-around final and sixth on vault. The following week, Bácskay announced that she had verbally committed to compete for the Nebraska Cornhuskers gymnastics team. She competed at the Cairo World Challenge Cup where she won the bronze medal on vault behind Nancy Taman and Bianka Schermann. Additionally, she finished fourth on the uneven bars and sixth on the balance beam. She then competed at the Osijek World Challenge Cup where she successfully competed a Yurchenko 1.5 twist and Tsukahara layout full to win the vault title. At the Koper World Challenge Cup she won silver on vault and at the Mersin Challenge Cup she won gold on vault and bronze on balance beam. Counting two wins and one second-place finish, Bácskay won the 2020–21 World Challenge Cup series title on vault, finishing five points ahead of Tjaša Kysselef.
In October, Bácskay competed at the 2021 World Championships. She was initially the first reserve for the all-around final, but she was called up to compete after Hitomi Hatakeda withdrew due to injury. During the all-around final she finished in 21st place, and during the vault final she placed fifth. In November, Bácskay signed her National Letter of Intent to compete for the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

### 2022

Bácskay started her season at the Doha World Cup, where she won the silver medal on the vault behind Oksana Chusovitina and placed eighth on the balance beam. She also took the silver on vault behind Chusovitina at the Baku World Cup. At the Elek Matolay Memorial, she won the gold medal on vault. She then won the bronze medal on vault at the Hungarian Championships. At the European Championships in Munich, she helped Hungary qualify for the team final, where they finished seventh. She was also the first reserve for the vault final. Then at the World Championships, she helped the Hungarian team finish 14th in the qualification round.

### 2023

Bácskay competed at the World Challenge Cups in Tel-Aviv and Osijek, winning silver on vault at each. In October, she competed at the World Championships where she helped the Hungarian team finish 15th in qualifications. Individually, Bácskay was originally the second reserve for the vault final. She was called up to compete once original qualifiers Joscelyn Roberson and Jessica Gadirova withdrew. During the final, she placed eighth. By being the top placed vault finalist not part of a qualified team or already qualified as an individual, Bácskay earned an individual berth to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

### 2024

Bácskay competed at the 2024 Olympic Games. During qualifications she only competed on vault; she finished twelfth and was the third reserve for the vault final.

## Personal life

In 2022, Bácskay began studying business administration at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and competing for the Nebraska Cornhuskers gymnastics team. During the summer of 2024 she transferred to the University of Georgia.

## Competitive history

| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
| Espoir ||||||||
| 2013 | KSI Matsz Cup | | 7 | | | | |
| Junior ||||||||
| 2014 | Gym Festival Trnava | 4 | 8 | | | | |
| 2016 | Olympic Hopes Cup | | 19 | | | 8 | |
| 2016 | Eva Kanyo Cup | | 4 | | | | |
| 2016 | Győr Trophy | | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | |
| 2017 | Elek Matolay Memorial | | | | 4 | | |
| 2017 | International GymSport | | 5 | | | | |
| 2017 | Gym Festival Trnava | | 6 | | | | |
| 2017 | Slovakian Junior Friendly | | | | | | |
| 2017 | European Youth Olympic Festival | 4 | | 8 | | | 4 |
| 2017 | Olympic Hopes Cup | | 18 | | | | |
| 2017 | Hungarian Master Championships | | 11 | | | | 6 |
| 2018 | Gymnasiade | | 7 | | 7 | 7 | |
| 2018 | Youth Olympic Qualifier | | 8 | | | | |
| 2018 | Budapest Friendly | | 4 | | | | |
| 2018 | Hungarian Event Championships | | | | | | |
| 2018 | European Championships | 9 | 24 | 6 | | | |
| 2018 | Youth Olympic Games | | 14 | | | | |
| 2018 | Győr Friendly | | 4 | | | | |
| 2018 | Hungarian Masters Championships | | 6 | | | 4 | |
| Senior ||||||||
| 2019 | National League Championships | | | | 4 | 9 | 4 |
| 2019 | Elek Matolay Memorial | | 4 | | 6 | | 4 |
| 2019 | European Championships | | | R2 | | | |
| 2019 | Szombathely World Challenge Cup | | | 7 | | | |
| 2019 | 2nd Heerenveen Friendly | 4 | 18 | | | | |
| 2019 | Hungarian Master Championships | | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | |
| 2020 | Szombathely World Challenge Cup | | | 6 | 8 | 4 | |
| 2020 | Hungarian Championships | | 5 | | 5 | | 5 |
| 2020 | Hungarian Master Championships | | 6 | | 6 | | 6 |
| 2020 | European Championships | | | 4 | | | |
| 2021 | Super Team Championships | | 6 | | | | |
| 2021 | Hungarian Event Championships | | | | | 6 | 6 |
| 2021 | European Championships | | 17 | 6 | | | |
| 2021 | Cairo World Challenge Cup | | | | 4 | 6 | |
| 2021 | Osijek World Challenge Cup | | | | | | |
| 2021 | FIT Challenge | 9 | | | | | |
| 2021 | Koper World Challenge Cup | | | | | | |
| 2021 | Mersin World Challenge Cup | | | | | | |
| 2021 | Hungarian Grand Prix | | | | | | |
| 2021 | Hungarian Championships | | | | 4 | | 4 |
| 2021 | World Championships | | 21 | 5 | | | |
| 2021 | Hungarian Masters Championships | | 5 | | 4 | 6 | |
| 2022 | Doha World Cup | | | | | 8 | |
| 2022 | Cairo World Cup | | | 6 | | | |
| 2022 | Baku World Cup | | | | | | |
| 2022 | Elek Matolay Memorial | | | | | | |
| 2022 | Osijek World Challenge Cup | | | 4 | | | |
| 2022 | Hungarian Championships | | | | 5 | | |
| 2022 | European Championships | 7 | | R1 | | | |
| 2022 | World Championships | 14 | | | | | |
| 2023 | Tel Aviv World Challenge Cup | | | | 7 | | |
| 2023 | Osijek World Challenge Cup | | | | 6 | | |
| 2023 | World Championships | 15 | | 8 | | | |
| 2024 | RomGym Trophy | | | | | | |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | | | R3 | | | |