Greek gymnast Lefteris Petrounias took his medal tally at the European Gymnastics Championships to 11 after winning bronze in the rings final in Zagreb.

Petrounias scored 14.366 points, competing eighth and last in the final, and could not match the 14.400 already posted by his two rivals ahead of him.

Armenian gymnast Artur Avetisyan took gold with 14.400, awarded on a higher difficulty score, while Russian gymnast Ilia Zaika claimed silver with the same total.

Petrounias now has eight gold medals and three bronze medals from the European Championships.

Prime Minister congratulates Petrounias after his European bronze

Following the result, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis congratulated Petrounias on the social media platform X.

“Another great achievement for Lefteris Petrounias! Bronze at the European Championships in Zagreb! Well done, Lefteris!” Mitsotakis wrote.

Ακόμα μια μεγάλη διάκριση για τον Λευτέρη Πετρούνια! Χάλκινος στο Ευρωπαϊκό Πρωτάθλημα στο Ζάγκρεμπ! Μπράβο Λευτέρη! 🇬🇷

— Prime Minister GR (@PrimeministerGR) August 21, 2026

A decade of podiums, from Montpellier to Zagreb

Petrounias had gone into the final in second place with a qualifying score of 14.400, but was unable to reproduce that score when it mattered, finishing third, still on the podium.

Born in 1990, Petrounias began his run of European titles with gold in Montpellier in 2015, and remains on the podium 11 years later, in 2026.

Final standings, rings final:

1. Artur Avetisyan (Armenia) 14.400
2. Ilia Zaika (Russia) 14.400
3. Lefteris Petrounias (Greece) 14.366
4. Courtney Tulloch (Great Britain) 14.366
5. Vahagn Davtyan (Armenia) 14.000
6. Nikita Simonov (Azerbaijan) 14.000
7. Artur Sahakyan (Germany) 13.900
8. Harry Hepworth (Great Britain) 12.866

Petrounias’s European Championship medals:

GOLD

1. Montpellier 2015
2. Bern 2016
3. Cluj-Napoca 2017
4. Glasgow 2018
5. Basel 2021
6. Munich 2022
7. Rimini 2024
8. Leipzig 2025

BRONZE

1. Berlin 2011
2. Antalya 2023
3. Zagreb 2026