Nina Derwael

Nina Derwael
Country represented Belgium
Born (2000-03-26) 26 March 2000 (age 24)
Sint-Truiden, Limburg, Belgium
ResidenceGhent, East Flanders, Belgium
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1]
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2013 – present (BEL)
ClubTK Sta Paraat Hasselt
GymTopsportschool Gent
Head coach(es)Ulla Koch
Former coach(es)Marjorie Heuls, Yves Kieffer
ChoreographerIrina Shadrina
Eponymous skillsDerwael-Fenton (F): Stalder to Tkatchev with 1/2 turn (Uneven Bars)[2]
Derwael (G): Toe-on laid-out Tkatchev with a ½ twist (Uneven Bars)[3]
Medal record
Women's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Belgium
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Uneven bars
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Doha Uneven bars
Gold medal – first place 2019 Stuttgart Uneven bars
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Montreal Uneven bars
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Liverpool Uneven bars
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Minsk Balance beam
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Cluj-Napoca Uneven bars
Gold medal – first place 2018 Glasgow Uneven bars
Silver medal – second place 2018 Glasgow Balance beam
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Apparatus World Cup 4 1 2
World Challenge Cup 3 0 0
Total 7 1 2

Nina Derwael (Flemish pronunciation: [ˈninaː dɛrˈʋaːl] or [- dərˈʋaːl]; born 26 March 2000) is a Belgian artistic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion (2018, 2019), and a two-time European champion (2017, 2018) on the uneven bars. She is the 2019 European Games champion on the balance beam, as well as a two-time Belgian national all-around champion (2015, 2018).

She represented Belgium at the 2016 Summer Olympics and at the 2020 Olympics. At the 2020 Olympics, she led the Belgian gymnastics team to their first-ever team final where they finished eighth. She qualified for the all-around final where she finished sixth, and she won the gold medal in the uneven bars final, the first Olympic medal of any color for a Belgian female gymnast. She is the first Belgian gymnast to medal at the World Championships, the first to become a World champion, and the first to become a European champion.

  1. ^ "Nina Derwael". Team BELGym (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 July 2021.
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