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// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Filip Ude? A gymnast with a great floor routine, he's a flip above the rest.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Filip Ude
Personal information
NicknameFico
Born (1986-06-03) 3 June 1986 (age 40)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
Croatia Croatia
ClubGK Marijan Zadravec Macan
Head coach
Igor Kriajimski
Assistant coach(es)
Mario Vukoja
Tatiana Goverdovskaia
Medal record
Representing  Croatia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2008 BeijingPommel horse
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2014 NanningPommel horse
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2008 LausannePommel horse
Silver medal – second place2020 MersinPommel horse
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place2009 PescaraFloor exercise

Filip Ude (born 3 June 1986) is a Croatian artistic gymnast. He primarily competes as a pommel horse specialist and is the 2008 Olympic and the 2014 World silver medalist on the apparatus. Additionally, he is a two-time pommel horse silver medalist at the European Championships. He also competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.

Gymnastics career

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Ude started gymnastics at the age of six after being recruited by a coach at his school.[2] He won a silver medal on the floor exercise at the 2004 Junior European Championships.[3] He finished sixth on both the floor exercise and the pommel horse at the 2006 European Championships.[4]

At the 2007 European Championships, Ude finished seventh in the pommel horse final.[5] He advanced into the all-around final and the 2007 World Championships, finishing 22nd and earning a berth to the 2008 Summer Olympics.[6] He won a silver medal on the pommel horse at the 2008 European Championships, behind Hungary's Krisztián Berki.[7] He then represented Croatia at the 2008 Summer Olympics and advanced to the pommel horse final, where he won the silver medal after winning an execution score tiebreaker over Louis Smith.[8][9] He became Croatia's first Olympic medalist in gymnastics.[10][11]

Ude won a silver medal on the floor exercise at the 2009 Mediterranean Games, behind Eleftherios Kosmidis.[12] He had surgery on his shoulder in September 2009 and did not compete at the 2009 World Championships.[13] He advanced into the pommel horse final at the 2010 World Championships, finishing fifth.[14] He then finished 19th in the all-around final at the 2011 European Championships.[15]

Ude placed 16th in the all-around at the 2012 Olympic Test Event and qualified to represent Croatia at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[16][17] There, he only competed on the pommel horse but fell and placed 32nd in the qualifications.[18] He did advance into the pommel horse final at the 2013 European Championships and finished eighth.[19] He won the pommel horse title at the 2014 Osijek World Challenge Cup.[20] At the 2014 World Championships, he won a silver medal in the pommel horse final, behind Krisztián Berki.[21]

Ude finished 33rd in the all-around qualifications at the 2015 World Championships, making him the fourth reserve for the final. As a result, he advanced to the 2016 Olympic Test Event. There, he finished 15th in the all-around and earned a berth to the 2016 Summer Olympics.[22][23] At the Olympics, he only competed on the pommel horse but fell in the qualifications and did not advance into the final.[24] He was the first reserve for the pommel horse final at the 2017 World Championships.[25] He missed the 2019 World Championships due to a knee injury that required surgery.[13]

At the 2020 European Championships, Ude won the second European medal of his career– a silver on the pommel horse, behind Matvei Petrov by 0.033 points.[26][27] He won the pommel horse bronze medals at the 2021 World Challenge Cup stages in Koper and Mersin.[28][29] He then competed at the 2021 World Championships and qualified for the final, but he fell and finished seventh.[30]

Ude won the pommel horse title at the 2022 Cottbus World Cup.[31] He then finished seventh in the pommel horse final at the 2022 European Championships after a mistake that threw off the rhythm of the routine.[32] He also made the final at the 2022 World Championships but fell and finished eighth in an attempt to increase his difficulty score.[33] He won a silver medal on the pommel horse at the 2024 Osijek World Challenge Cup.[34]

References

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  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Filip Ude". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  2. Mrvec, Damir (11 November 2022). "Filip Ude je čudo. U 36. godini je u formi života i poručuje: Vježbat ću toliko dugo dok me lopatom ne odnesu..." Vecernji List (in Croatian). Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  3. "26th Men's European Championships Artistic Gymnastics Ljubljana, Slovenia SLO April 15–18, 2004 Results Men's Junior" (PDF). European Gymnastics. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  4. "2006 European Championships Men's EF". Gymn Forum. 13 May 2007. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  5. "2007 European Championships Men's EF". Gymn Forum. 13 May 2007. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  6. "40th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Stuttgart (GER) September 1st 9th 2007 Results Men's Individual All-Around Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. World Gymnastics. 7 September 2007. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  7. "Berki Krisztián Európa-bajnok". Szoljon (in Hungarian). 12 May 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  8. "Gymnastics-China's Xiao wins men's pommel horse gold". Reuters. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  9. "Smith wins historic bronze for GB". BBC Sport. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 18 August 2008.
  10. "Croatia in Artistic Gymnastics". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  11. "Who were the first Olympic Gymnastics medallists from each nation?". World Gymnastics. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  12. "Gymnastics Artistic Men's Floor Exercise Final" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Pescara 2009. 3 July 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
  13. 1 2 "Ude Filip - FIG Athlete Profile". World Gymnastics. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
  14. "ART-WC-2010: Apparatus Finals (CIII) – Day 1: more medals for China". Asian Gymnastics Union. 28 October 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
  15. "2011 European Championships in Artistic Gymnastics Results Book" (PDF). European Gymnastics. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  16. "Gymnastics Artistic Men's All-Around Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. International Gymnastics Federation. 10 January 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  17. "Men's Artistic Gymnasts - Qualified Gymnasts" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. International Gymnastics Federation. 11 January 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  18. "USA stars set the standard - London 2012 - Gymnastics". International Olympic Committee. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  19. "5th European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships Men's Apparatus Finals" (PDF). Gym Media. European Gymnastics. 20 April 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  20. "Croatians earn double gold as Osijek World Cup finals begin". World Gymnastics. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  21. "Ude srebrni na konju s hvataljkama". Novi List (in Croatian). 11 November 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  22. "Artistic Gymnastics Men's Individual All-Around Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  23. "List of the Men's Artistic Gymnastics Tokyo 2016 Olympic Qualifiers" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  24. "Croatian athletes' first day in Rio". Croatian Olympic Committee. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  25. "47th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2017 Montréal (CAN) Apparatus Finals Start List" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 7 October 2017. p. 87. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  26. Goh, ZK (13 December 2020). "Turkey claim rings and parallel bars European titles on home soil". Olympic Channel. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 13 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  27. Crumlish, John (25 December 2020). "Albania's Petrov: 'In The Final, Everything Was Different'". International Gymnast. International Gymnast Media. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  28. "Olympic veterans, rising stars are class of the field at Koper World Challenge Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. 6 September 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  29. "Three golds for Hungary at final World Challenge Cup of the season". International Gymnastics Federation. 13 September 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  30. Rogulj, Daniela (23 October 2021). "Croatian Pommel Horse Gymnast Filip Ude 7th Best in World at Age 35". Total Croatian News. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  31. "Two titles for Ukrainian gymnasts as Cottbus kicks off World Cup season". World Gymnastics. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  32. Beluhan, Renata (21 August 2022). "Filip Ude nakon 7. mjesta na EP-u: 'Ni najbolja izvedba ove moje vježbe ne bi mi bila dovoljna za medalju'". Sporske Novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  33. "Filip Ude 8th in Liverpool World Cup: "Finals Felt Like Winning a Medal"". Total Croatia News. 6 November 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  34. "French Olympic hopefuls flex at Osijek World Challenge Cup". World Gymnastics. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
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