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| Nina Derwael | |
|---|---|
 Derwael at the 2024 Olympic Games | |
| Country represented |
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| Born | March 26 2000 (age 25) Sint-Truiden, Limburg, Belgium |
| Years on National Team | 2014-2025 |
| Club | TK Sta Paraat Hasselt |
| Current status | Retired |
Nina Derwael (born March 26 in Sint-Truiden, Limburg) is a retired elite Belgian gymnast. She's a three-time Olympian, having competed in 2016 Rio de Janeiro, 2020 Tokyo, and 2024 Paris. She is the 2020 Olympic uneven bars champion, 2018 and 2019 World uneven bars champion, 2017 and 2018 European uneven bars champion, the 2017 World uneven bars bronze medalist. She's a history maker for Belgium, as the first Belgian gymnast to medal at the World Championships and become European, World, and Olympic Champion. She has also represented Belgium at the 2014 European Championships and 2015 European Youth Olympic Festival.
Contents
- 1 Junior Career
- 1.1 2013-2014
- 1.2 2015
- 2 Senior Career
- 2.1 2016
- 2.1.1 Rio Olympics
- 2.2 2017
- 2.3 2018
- 2.4 2019
- 2.5 2021
- 2.5.1 Tokyo Olympics
- 2.6 2022
- 2.7 2024
- 2.7.1 Paris Olympics
- 2.8 2025
- 2.1 2016
- 3 Medal Count
- 4 Floor Music
- 5 References
Junior Career[]
2013-2014[]
Derwael traveled to France at the end of 2013 for the Elite Gym Massilia. She won team gold and individually placed fifth on uneven bars and balance beam and eighth in the all-around. The following year, she competed at the International Gymnix in Canada, placing eighth on uneven bars and fifteenth in the all-around. She went on to compete at a friendly meet against gymnasts from France and Romania. She won team silver and placed twentieth in the all-around. After placing fifth in the all-around at the Belgian Nationals, she was named to the Belgian team for the European Championships, helping them place sixth in the team final. She returned to the Massilia in France, winning team and all-around bronze and placing fifth on uneven bars and floor exercise, and finished the year by winning uneven bars silver, team bronze, and placing fifth on floor exercise, and fourteenth in the all-around at the Top Gym meet.
2015[]
Derwael claimed the all-around title in the junior division of the Belgian National Championships, as well as gold medals on unevne bars, balance beam, and floor exercise, and a silver on vault. She competed at the Flanders International Team Challenge, winning all-around gold and team silver. She was named to Belgium's team for the European Youth Olympic Festival in Tbilisi, Georgia. She won team and uneven bars silver, floor exercise bronze, and placing fourth in the all-around and fifth on balance beam. She finished off the year at the Massilia in France, winning balance beam bronze and placing fourth with her team, fifth in the all-around and floor exercise.
Senior Career[]
2016[]
Derwael made her senior debut at the International Gymnix in Canada, winning team and uneven bars gold, balance beam silver, and placing seventh in the all-around. She suffered a broken hand in training, causing her to skip the Olympic Test Event in Brazil.[1] She recovered in time to compete at the European Championships in June, but Belgium just missed qualifying to the team final and Derwael didn't qualify to the event finals. Later that month, she won uneven bars silver and placed fifth on beam and sixth in the all-around at the Dutch Open. She was named to the Belgian team for the Olympics in late June.[2]
Rio Olympics[]
Belgium competed in the first subdivision of qualifications, starting on uneven bars, where Derwael posted an impressive 15.133. Although Belgium didn't make the team final and Derwael didn't qualify for the uneven bars final, she did qualify for the all-around in twenty-first place. In the all-around, she improved her placement by two spots, finished in nineteenth place.
2017[]
Derwael continued to compete after Rio, taking part in the City of Jesolo Trophy in Italy in April, placing seventh with her team and twelfth in the all-around. Later in April, she competed at the European Championships in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. After placing seventh in the all-around, she made history for Belgium by winning the European title on the uneven bars and becoming the first Belgian to be European Champion.
In June, she only competed on uneven bars and balance beam at the Flanders International Team Challenge and won team bronze. In September, she competed at the Paris World Cup, winning gold on bars and placing sixth on balance beam. In October, she competed at the World Championships in Montreal, Canada. There, she made history for Belgium by achieving their highest placing in the all-around (8th), and winning the first World medal for Belgium: bronze on uneven bars. She also submitted a new element on the uneven bars: a Stalder release hecht with a half turn, which she successfully performed multiple times. Since the same element was submitted by Great Britain's Georgia-Mae Fenton, the element was named after both of them.
2018[]
Derwael began her season at the Stuttgart World Cup in March, winning gold with the Belgian team. Later that month, she won uneven bars gold and balance beam bronze at the Doha World Cup. In May, at the Belgian National Championships, she won her first National title. Additionally, she won uneven bars gold, balance beam and floor exercise silver, and vault bronze. She went on to compete on three events at the Thialf Summer Challenge, placing fourth with her team. She went on to compete at the European Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. Although Belgium qualified third to the team final, they withdrew so they wouldn't tire out their gymnasts prior to the World Championships. Individually, Derwael defended her European title on the uneven bars and won silver on balance beam.
Derwael was named to the Belgian team for the World Championships in Doha, Qatar in late October. Although Belgium didn't make the team final, Derwael excelled individually. She placed fourth in the all-around, the highest all-around placement for a Belgian gymnast at a World Championships, won gold on the uneven bars, becoming the first Belgian gymnast to become a World Champion, and placed fourth on balance beam. After Doha, Derwael won gold on uneven bars at the Cottbus World Cup in Germany in November.
2019[]
Derwael competed at the Doha World Cup in March, winning uneven bars gold and balance beam silver. She opted to skip the European Championships and later competed at the Flanders International Team Challenge in June, winning team gold and all-around silver. Because the competition also served as the National Championships for the senior Belgian gymnasts, Derwael placed the highest of the Belgian gymnasts, making her National Champion. She opted to just compete on bars and beam at the European Games in Belarus in late June. On bars, she suffered an uncharacteristic fall and finished fourth, but redeemed herself by winning balance beam.
Derwael made the Belgian team for the World Championships in Germany. There, she helped the Belgian team place tenth in qualifications, and qualify a full team to the 2020 Olympics. Individually, she placed fifth in the all-around and defended her World title on uneven bars. She had initially qualified to the floor exercise final, but withdrew due to pain in her foot.[3]
2021[]
Derwael was initially on Belgium's team for the 2021 European Championships, but withdrew due to a minor foot injury.[4] She returned to competition at the Osijek World Cup, winning both the uneven bars and balance beam. In late June, she competed at the Flanders International Team Challenge, winning uneven bars gold, team silver, and placing fourth in the all-around. In early July, she was named to the Belgian Olympic team.[5]
Tokyo Olympics[]
Derwael became a history maker for Belgium in Tokyo. She competed in the fifth subdivision, starting on floor exercise. She helped Belgium qualify for the team final - for the first time - in an impressive fifth place, and qualified to the all-around and uneven bars final. Belgium finished eighth in the team final, while Derwael achieved a new best for a Belgian gymnast in the all-around: sixth place. She went on to win gold on the uneven bars, not just the first Olympic medal for Belgium, but the first Olympic gold.
2022[]
Derwael took a break from competition after the Olympics. She returned to competition a year later at the World Championships in Liverpool. She qualified to the uneven bars final, but was unable to defend her World title on uneven bars after one of her release skills was downgraded. She won the bronze behind China's Wei Xiaoyuan and USA's Shilese Jones.
2024[]
After missing the 2023 season due to multiple shoulder injuries,[6] Derwael returned to competition at the Cairo World Cup in Egypt, winning gold on balance beam. She later competed at the Cottbus World Cup in Germany, placing fifth on balance beam, and the Baku World Cup in Azerbaijan, winning bronze on balance beam. She later competed at the European Championships in Italy, but didn't make the individual finals.
Paris Olympics[]
In qualifications, Derwael competed in the fifth subdivision. She only competed on uneven bars and balance beam, and qualified to the uneven bars final in fourth place. She placed fourth in the uneven bars final.
2025[]
Derwael continued to compete after the Olympics. In March, she competed at the Stuttgart World Cup, winning gold on balance beam, bronze on uneven bars, and placing fourth with the Belgian team.
Derwael announced her retirement in July.[7]
Medal Count[]
| Year | Event | TF | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Élite Gym Massilia | 1st | 8 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 2014 | International Gymnix | 15 | 8 | ||||
| BEL-FRA-ROU Friendly | 2nd | 20 | |||||
| Belgian National Championships | 5 | ||||||
| Sofia European Championships | 6 | ||||||
| Élite Gym Massilia | 3rd | 3rd | 5 | 5 | |||
| Top Gym | 3rd | 14 | 2nd | 5 | |||
| 2015 | Belgian National Championships | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
| Flanders International Team Challenge | 2nd | 1st | |||||
| Tbilisi European Youth Olympic Festival | 2nd | 4 | 2nd | 5 | 3rd | ||
| Élite Gym Massilia | 4 | 5 | 3rd | 5 | |||
| 2016 | International Gymnix | 1st | 7 | 1st | 2nd | ||
| Dutch Open | 6 | 2nd | 5 | ||||
| Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games | 19 | ||||||
| 2017 | City of Jesolo Trophy | 7 | 12 | ||||
| Cluj-Napoca European Championships | 7 | 1st | |||||
| Flanders International Team Challenge | 3rd | ||||||
| Paris World Cup | 1st | 6 | |||||
| Montreal World Championships | 8 | 3rd | |||||
| 2018 | Stuttgart World Cup | 1st | |||||
| Doha World Cup | 1st | 3rd | |||||
| Belgian National Championships | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | ||
| Thialf Summer Challenge | 4 | ||||||
| Glasgow European Championships | 1st | 2nd | |||||
| Doha World Championships | 4 | 1st | 4 | ||||
| Cottbus World Cup | 1st | ||||||
| 2019 | Doha World Cup | 1st | 2nd | ||||
| Flanders International Team Challenge | 1st | 2nd | |||||
| Minsk European Games | 4 | 1st | |||||
| Stuttgart World Championships | 5 | 1st | |||||
| 2021 | Osijek World Cup | 1st | 1st | ||||
| Flanders International Team Challenge | 2nd | 4 | 1st | ||||
| Tokyo Olympic Games | 8 | 6 | 1st | ||||
| 2022 | Liverpool World Championships | 3rd | |||||
| 2024 | Cairo World Cup | 1st | |||||
| Cottbus World Cup | 5 | ||||||
| Baku World Cup | 3rd | ||||||
| Paris Olympic Games | 4 | ||||||
| 2025 | Stuttgart World Cup | 4 | 3rd | 1st |
Floor Music[]
2013-2015 - "A Swan Is Born"/"Stumbled Beginnings..." by Clint Mansell from Black Swan
2016 - "Game On" by Hans Zimmer
2016-2017 - “Suvvia, Cosi Terrible” by Juan Pons & Florindo Andreolli & Alberto Rinaldi & Teresa Stratas & Plácido Domingo & Coro Del
2018 - [1]
2019 - "Roadhouse Blues" by Deep Purple
References[]
- ↑ hand injury
- ↑ Olympics
- ↑ FX EF withdrawal, foot
- ↑ foot injury
- ↑ Tokyo Olympics
- ↑ shoulder injuries
- ↑ retired
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