In 2000, Andreas WECKER (55) from Berlin was the first German gymnast to take part in four Olympic Games. There were four Olympic gymnastics medals in the first decade of reunified Germany - all four won by the protégé of former coach Lutz Landgraf: the Olympic high bar champion from Atlanta (1996) and world champion from 1995, who was part of the GDR's Olympic silver team (1988) and was already in the Olympic high bar final in Seoul as...
Liverpool's M&S Bank Arena witnessed Jamie LEWIS' all-around victory at the 2025 British Gymnastics Championships this weekend, with Jonas Rushworth (78.850) and Luke Whitehouse (78.650; both from Leeds Gymnasic Club) taking the medals with 80.200 points.
Victory in the women's all-around was claimed by current English champion Alia LEAT from Heathrow Gymnastics Club, who scored 52.200 points to beat her rivals Amber Valley (51.350) and Emily Roper (49.600).
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After being diagnosed with a shoulder injury, Germany's national record holder Elisabeth SEITZ (31) has been ruled out of the European Gymnastics Championships in Leipzig at the end of May. The uneven bars specialist has to undergo a targeted rehabilitation programme after tearing the supraspinatus tendon in her right shoulder.
In addition, the sports soldier (German Bundeswehr) is due to take part in a national defence course next month and only then will she decide on her further individual...
Just one week after his 82nd birthday, six-time Olympic gymnastics champion Akinori NAKAYAMA died of cancer on 9 March. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, he was the most successful participant with four gold medals - still rings, parallel bars, high bar and as member of the Japanese team - as well as bronze in the all-around and silver on the floor. Four years later,
The German Gymnastics Federation (DTB) has announced, that the former coach of USA superstar Simone Biles, Aimee BOORMAN, will join the KunstturnForum Stuttgart from March to August 2025. The 51-year-old, who was also head coach of the 2016 US Olympic team in Rio de Janeiro, will be in charge of Garmany's youngsters Helen Kevric's and Marlene Gotthardt's training group, including the European Championships in Leipzig (end of May) and the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Croatia. She will...