Longines prize for elegance

[RAFIKI]

Spin out from US nationals discussion…here are the Longines winners over the years:

Year	WAG winner
1999	Svetlana Khorkina
2002	Elena Zamolodchikova
2003	Carly Patterson
2005	Monette Russo
2006	Cheng Fei
2007	Shawn Johnson
2009	Elsa Garcia
2010	Rie Tanaka
2011	Ana Porgras
2013	Kyla Ross
2014	Yao Jinnan
2015	Giulia Steingruber
2017	Brooklyn Moors
2018	Angelina Melnikova
2019	Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos

Year	MAG winner
1999	Yufu Lu
2002	Xiao Qin
2003	Yang Wei
2005	Luis Rivera
2006	Ivan Ivankov
2007	Hiroyuki Tomita
2009	Daniel Keatings
2010	Philipp Boy
2011	Kohei Uchimura
2013	Kohei Uchimura
2014	Kohei Uchimura
2015	Max Whitlock
2017	Kenzo Shirai
2018	Artur Dalaloyan
2019	Sam Mikulak

Got this from wiki and I’ve not fact checked it. However most of them look right and it’s a well referenced article. Couldn’t find an official list.

Thoughts? It’s not as an egregious a list as I thought it might be given I remembered Patterson and Johnson winning.

I thought you had to compete in the AA final to be eligible but that rule (if I’m not imagining it) must have come in later given Cheng Fei won in 2006.

I think they would have given it to Raducan in 2001. Perhaps Jotchev for the men?

 

[flappergirl]

The criteria rarely seemed to be elegance. Some combination of popularity, elegance, facial beauty and medals?

 

[YurchenkoLoop]

And another subjective measure: demeanor on the competition floor?

 

[Puffin]

… and sometimes it seemed to be awarded as a consolation prize

 

[Sasha]

Being on home turf seemed to be play a role at times (2011, 2017, 2003, 2014).

 

[lspatterson]

Longines Prize for Elegance Winner

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