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Great Britain’s Joe Fraser won gold in the men’s all-around gymnastics gold at the European Championships in Munich.
The 23-year-old became the first British man to win a European all-around gold medal after claiming a remarkable hat-trick of titles at the Commonwealth Games.
He held his nerve and pulled off a bold routine on his final apparatus, the high bar, to beat Turkish gymnasts Ahmet Onder and Adem Asil to gold.
The British gymnast scored a total of 85.565, ahead of Onder (85,131) and Asil (84,465).
With the silver and bronze medals, Onder and Asil made also made history for Turkey as their country had never won a medal in the all-around competition at a European Championships.
“This is incredible,” Fraser said. “There is no doubt that the overall medal is the big one.
“I’ve always loved the all-rounder whenever people ask, I say I’m an all-rounder and now I feel like I can say that with real confidence and pride.”
Fraser dedicated his history-making European title to his team-mates – or band of “brothers”.
Fraser said: “I can’t even explain it – I class this team as my brothers. I’ve spent more time with them than I have my own family, so we know each other inside and out, back to front.
“They’ve believed every step of the way in times I didn’t. I always said one day this will make some big story.
“I don’t know if I actually believed – I knew I could do it, but I’ve actually made it a reality, and I couldn’t have done it without the team.
“It’s incredible,” added Fraser, who has also qualified for the final of the pommel and parallel bars. “I’m so pleased for each and every one on the team to get me into the position I’m in today.
“We’ve had lots of obstacles to overcome, but today I’ve stood here having done six apparatus at the European Championships, which is an achievement in itself.
“To walk away with the medal, I’m just ecstatic.”
All-around medallists:
GOLD: Joe FRASER (GBR) – 85.565
SILVER: Ahmet ONDER (TUR) – 85.131
BRONZE: Adem ASIL (TUR) – 84.465
Finalists:
Team
Great Britain – 255.827
Turkey – 252.862
Spain – 252.129
Italy – 248.494
France – 246.893
Switzerland – 245.960
Germany – 245.659
Hungary – 244.927
Floor
Nicola BARTOLINI (ITA) – 14.500
Krisztofer MESZAROS (HUN) – 14.500
Illia KOVTUN (UKR) – 14.466
Jake JARMAN (GBR) – 14.466
Ahmet ONDER (TUR) – 14.266
Artem DOLGOPYAT (ISR) – 14.266
Adem ASIL (TUR) – 14.266
Giarnni REGINI-MORAN (GBR) – 14.266
Pommel Horse
Joe FRASER (GBR) – 14.600
Loran DE MUNCK (NED) – 14.566
Harutyun MERDINYAN (ARM) – 14.500
Filip UDE (CRO) – 14.433
Benjamin OSBERGER (FRA) – 14.366
Nils DUNKEL (GER) – 14.366
Ferhat ARICAN (TUR) – 14.300
Artur DAVTYAN (ARM) – 14.200
Rings
Eleftherios PETROUNIAS (GRE) – 15.100
Adem ASIL (TUR) – 14.933
Vinzenz HOECK (AUT) – 14.866
Courtney TULLOCH (GBR) – 14.733
Vahagn DAVTYAN (ARM) – 14.666
Artur AVETISYAN (ARM) – 14.633
Nikita SIMONOV (AZE) – 14.600
Igor RADIVILOV (UKR) – 14.400
Vault
Artur DAVTYAN (ARM) – 15.149
Igor RADIVILOV (UKR) – 14.833
Gabriel BURTANETE (ROU) – 14.733
Courtney TULLOCH (GBR) – 14.700
Giarnni REGINI-MORAN (GBR) – 14.683
Leo SALADINO (FRA) – 14.483
Andrin FREY (SUI) – 14.383
Ivan TIKHONOV (AZE) – 14.383
Parallel Bars
Joe FRASER (GBR) – 15.066
Matteo LEVANTESI (ITA) – 14.800
Illia KOVTUN (UKR) – 14.766
Lukas DAUSER (GER) – 14.766
Ferhat ARICAN (TUR) – 14.700
Giarnni REGINI-MORAN (GBR) – 14.666
Ahmet ONDER (TUR) – 14.666
Nicolau MIR (ESP) – 14.633
High Bar
Marios GEORGIOU (CYP) – 14.233
Ahmet ONDER (TUR) – 14.233
Noe SEIFERT (SUI) – 14.133
Noah KUAVITA (BEL) – 14.066
Joel PLATA (ESP) – 14.000
Robert TVOROGAL (LTU) – 13.966
James HALL (GBR) – 13.900
Paul DEGOUY (FRA) – 13.833
Full results here: 2022 European Championships in Artistic Gymnastics
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