Axelle Klinckaert

Axelle Klinckaert is a Belgian former artistic gymnast. She is the 2018 European [Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2018 European] floor exercise bronze medalist. She was selected to represent 2016 Summer Olympics">2016 in artistic gymnastics">2016 Summer Olympics but had to withdraw due to a knee injury. As a junior gymnast, she won the all-around silver medal and the balance beam and floor exercise gold medals at the Gymnastics at the 2015 European Youth [Summer Olympic Festival|2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival].

Gymnastics career

Klinckaert competed at the 2014 International Gymnix in Montreal and helped the Belgian team finish fourth, and she finished fourth on the floor exercise. She won the junior all-around title at the 2014 Belgian Championships. She was selected to compete at the 2014 European Women's [Artistic Gymnastics Championships|Junior European Championships] alongside Nina Derwael, Rune Hermans, Jelle Beullens, and Cindy Vandenhole, and they finished sixth in the team competition. Individually, she qualified for the all-around final and finished 24th. She won a gold medal on the floor exercise at the 2014 Elite Gym Massilia.
Klinckaert competed at the 2015 European Youth Olympic Festival alongside Julie Meyers and Nina Derwael, and they won a silver medal in the team event behind Russia. She also won the silver medal in the individual all-around behind Russia's Daria Skrypnik. In the event finals, she won the gold medals on both the balance beam and floor exercise. She won the all-around title at the 2015 Top Gym Tournament, where she also won gold medals on the vault and floor exercise.

Klinckaert became age-eligible for senior competitions in 2016. She made her senior debut at the International Gymnix and won the all-around silver medal behind Canada's Isabela Onyshko. She won gold medals on the floor exercise and in the team event. At the Olympic Test Event, she helped Belgium finish third and Gymnastics at the [2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification|qualify as a full team for the Olympic Games] for the first time since 1948. She was selected for Belgium's 2016 Olympic team. However, she had to withdraw from the team due to a knee injury and was replaced by Rune Hermans.
Klinckaert only competed on the uneven bars at the 2017 Belgian Championships and won the gold medal. She won a gold medal on the floor exercise at the 2018 FIG [Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series|2018 Doha World Cup] in a three-way tie with Kim Su-jong and Elisa Meneghini. She won the all-around silver medal behind Nina Derwael at the 2018 Belgian Championships. At the 2018 European Championships, the Belgium team qualified in third place to the team final but withdrew to prevent injuries to any team members. She won the bronze medal in the floor exercise final behind Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos and Denisa Golgotă. She advanced into the all-around final at the 2018 World Championships and finished 18th.

Year	Event
2016	International Gymnix
2016	Olympic Test Event
2016	Dutch Championships			6
2017	Belgian Championships
2017	Elite Gym Massilia		10		6
2017	Top 12 Series 1
2018	Top 12 Series 3
2018	DTB Pokal Team Challenge
2018	2018 FIG Artistic [Gymnastics World Cup Series\|Doha World Cup]
2018	Belgian Championships
2018	Heerenveen Friendly	4	8
2018	European Championships
2018	Varsenare Friendly
2018	World Championships		18