Jonna Adlerteg

Jonna Adlerteg
Jonna Eva-Maj Adlerteg (born 6 June 1995) is a Swedish retired artistic gymnast. She won Sweden's first European medal in over 50 years when she won the silver medal on the uneven bars at the 2013 European Championships. She also won the silver medal on the uneven bars at the 2018 European Championships. She won the bronze medal on the uneven bars at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. She competed at the 2012 Olympic Games in London and the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo and was the third Swedish female gymnast to compete at the Olympic Games.
Career
Adlerteg began gymnastics when she was three years old.
2010
Adlerteg competed at the European Championships and finished eleventh in the all-around and fourth on the uneven bars. She then represented Sweden at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. She finished tenth in the all-around final. She finished eighth on balance beam and seventh on floor exercise. On the uneven bars, she won the bronze medal behind Viktoria Komova and Tan Sixin.
2011
Adlerteg made her senior international debut at the Cottbus World Cup, but she did not advance into any event finals. She competed at the European Championships in Berlin. She qualified for the all-around final in 16th place alongside Veronica Wagner, marking the first time two Swedish gymnasts qualified for the all-around final at a European Championships. Adlerteg finished 23rd in the final with a total score of 49.500. She then won the silver medal in the all-around behind Wagner at the Swedish Championships. At the Ghent World Challenge Cup, she finished fourth on uneven bars and sixth on floor exercise. Adlerteg finished 64th in the all-around qualification for the World Championships in Tokyo with a score of 51.966. After the World Championships, she competed at the 2011 Northern European Championships, and she helped the Swedish team won the gold medal ahead of Wales and Iceland. Individually, she won the gold medal on the uneven bars and tied for the bronze medal on the balance beam. In November, she was selected to compete at the 2012 Olympic Test Event.
2012
Adlerteg placed 42nd at the Olympic Test Event, qualifying her for a spot at the 2012 Summer Olympics. This was only the third time a Swedish female gymnast qualified for the Olympic Games, after Lena Adomat in 1980 and 1984 and Veronica Wagner in 2004. She competed at the 2012 European Championships where the Swedish team finished sixteenth in the qualification round. At the World Cup in Ghent, she finished fourth on the uneven bars. She represented Sweden at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was the youngest athlete on the Swedish team. She finished 39th in the all-around qualification with a score of 52.199.
2013
Adlerteg won a silver medal on the uneven bars at the 2013 European Championships behind Aliya Mustafina. It was Sweden's first European medal in gymnastics in over 50 years. She then won the all-around title at the Swedish Championships. She chose to withdraw from the World Championships after having an allergic reaction a few weeks before the competition.
2014
Adlerteg competed as a guest at the Belgian Championships and won gold in the all-around. She then defended her Swedish all-around title. She then finished seventh on the uneven bars at the Osijek World Challenge Cup. She was the first reserve for the uneven bars final at the European Championships. She competed at the Romanian Championships as a guest where she finished fourth in the all-around. She helped the Swedish team finish fourth at the Novara Cup. Then at the World Championships, the Swedish team finished 21st and qualified for the 2015 World Championships.
2015-2017
Adlerteg started the 2015 season at the Cottbus World Challenge Cup and won the uneven bars final. She then won the silver medal on the uneven bars at the Ljubljana World Challenge Cup. At the 2015 European Championships, she qualified for the all-around final. She sustained an ACL injury on the floor exercise and had to withdraw from the competition.
Adlerteg returned to competition in 2016 and won the gold medal on the uneven bars at the Doha World Challenge Cup. In March 2016, news surfaced that she had ruptured a meniscus, and would be out for the 2016 Olympics.
Adlerteg returned to competition at the 2017 Szombathely World Challenge Cup and won the gold medal on the uneven bars. She then competed on the uneven bars at the World Championships but did not advance into the final.
2018
Adlerteg began the season at the Nordic Championships and helped the Swedish team win the silver medal behind Norway. Even though she fell in the uneven bars, she still won the gold medal. She then won the gold medal on the uneven bars by over two points at the Swedish Championships. At the European Championships, she won her second European silver medal on the uneven bars behind Belgium's Nina Derwael. She then won the uneven bars gold medal at the Szombathely World Challenge Cup and the silver medal at the Paris World Challenge Cup. She qualified for the uneven bars final at the World Championships, becoming the first Swedish female gymnast to qualify for a World event final since 1958. She fell in the final and finished in eighth place.
2019
Adlerteg made her season debut at the Melbourne World Cup where she finished fourth on the uneven bars. She then finished fifth at the Baku World Cup and fourth at the Doha World Cup. She qualified for the uneven bars final at the European Championships and finished fifth. At the Swedish Championships, she competed in the all-around for the first time in five years, and she won the all-around bronze medal. In the event finals, she won the gold medals on the uneven bars and the balance beam. She then competed at the Heerenveen Friendly and finished 11th in the all-around, and she finished 19th in the all-around at the Worms Friendly. At the World Championships, she finished 75th in the all-around and qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games.
2020-2021
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Adlerteg's only competition in 2020 was the Swedish Championships. She only competed on the uneven bars and won the gold medal.
Adlerteg finished sixth in the uneven bars final at the 2021 European Championships. Then at the Osijek World Challenge Cup, she finished fourth in the uneven bars final. She then represented Sweden at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She only competed on the uneven bars, and during the qualification round, she scored 14.533. She was the second reserve for the final, finishing only 0.033 behind the final qualifier. She chose to not compete at the 2021 World Championships.
Adlerteg announced her retirement from gymnastics on 28 April 2022. She was a commentator for the 2022 Swedish Gymnastics Championships.
Competitive history
References
Swedish female artistic gymnasts
1995 births
Sportspeople from Västerås
Gymnasts at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Living people
Gymnasts at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic gymnasts for Sweden
Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics
21st-century Swedish women