Giulia Steingruber

Giulia Steingruber
— Gymnast —
Steingruber at the 2016 Rio Olympics
Personal information
Country represented	Switzerland
Born	(1994-03-24) March 24, 1994 Gossau, St. Gallen, Switzerland[1]
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[2]
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Club	TZ Fürstenland / TV Gossau, Magglingen[2]
Head coach(es)	Zoltan Jordanov[2]
Assistant coach(es)	Fabien Martin, Sznezsana Jordanov[2]
Eponymous skills	Beam
Medal record Representing   Switzerland Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Vault European Games 2015 Baku Vault 2015 Baku Floor Exercise 2015 Baku All-Around 2015 Baku Balance Beam European Championships 2013 Moscow Vault 2014 Sofia Vault 2015 Montpellier All-Around 2016 Bern Vault 2016 Bern Floor Exercise 2015 Montpellier Vault 2012 Brussels Vault 2014 Sofia Floor Exercise 2015 Montpellier Floor Exercise

Giulia Steingruber (born 24 March 1994) is a Swiss artistic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympic bronze medalist on vault and a European champion in all-around (2015), vault (2013, 2014, 2016) and floor (2016).

Steingruber also competed for Switzerland at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She is the first Swiss female gymnast to win the European all-around title and the first Swiss female gymnast ever to win an Olympic gymnastics medal of any color.

Senior career

2011

At the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Steingruber finished 16th in the all-around and 5th on vault.

2012

Steingruber won the bronze medal on vault in the 2012 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships.^[3]

Competing at the 2012 Summer Olympics as the only women's gymnast from Switzerland, Steingruber finished 14th in the women's individual all-around with a score of 56.148.^[4] She was a reserve for the vault final.^[5]

In December 2012, she competed at the World Cup event in Stuttgart, Germany and won bronze with a total score of 55.565, which included an impressive vault score of 15.400.^[6]

2013

Steingruber competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy in March and placed 8th in the individual all-around, with a total score of 55.550.^[7] Later that month, she competed at the La Roche-sur-Yon World Cup event in France and placed first on the vault and uneven bars with scores of 13.433 and 13.600 respectively. She went on to win bronze in the vault final at the Doha World Cup, scoring a 15.225 on her first vault and a 14.100 on her second, for an average of 14.662.^[8]

At the 2013 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Moscow, she qualified first into the vault final and went on to take gold with an average of 14.750. She also qualified for the individual all-around and floor finals. In the all-around final, she tied for fourth with Romanian gymnast Diana Bulimar with a score of 57.065,^[9] while on floor she finished 6th with a score of 14.100.^[10]

At the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Steingruber finished seventh in the all-around, fourth on vault, and fifth on floor exercise.^[11][12][13]

2014

At the 2014 European Championships, Steingruber won a gold medal on vault with a score of 14.666.^[14]

At the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Steingruber qualified to the all-around final and placed 15th with a score of 55.132. She also tied for 5th place in the vault final with Great Britain's Claudia Fragapane, with a score of 14.716.

2015

At the 2015 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Steingruber won the all-around title ahead of Maria Kharenkova of Russia and Ellie Downie of Great Britain, with a score of 57.873.^[15] However, she failed to defend her vault title, and was beaten by the Olympic vault medalist Maria Paseka; Steingruber won the silver medal with a score of 15.149. She also qualified to the uneven bars final and placed 6th with a score of 13.766. Steingruber qualified first to the floor final and ended up winning the bronze medal with a score of 14.466 behind silver medalist Claudia Fragapane of Great Britain and gold medalist Ksenia Afanasyeva of Russia. Steingruber's three medals made her the most decorated gymnast from these championships.

In June she competed at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, along with teammates Jessica Diacci and Caterina Barloggio. She won the silver medal in the all-around, with a score of 56.699.^[16] In addition, she won the gold medal on vault, with a total score of 14.999 ^[17] and on floor, with a score of 14.266.^[18] She was also the bronze medalist on the balance beam, with a 13.700.^[19]

Later, she competed in the 2015 Glasgow World Championships. She qualified to the all around final (she finished 5th), floor, and vault finals. She injured her knee in the vault final (7th tied with Alexa Moreno) and withdrew from the floor final.

2016

At the 2016 European Championships, Steingruber won gold medals on vault and floor.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she was the sole female gymnast for Switzerland, Steingruber qualified 14th to the all-around with a score of 56.899, 3rd on vault with an average of 15.266, and 4th on floor with a score of 14.666.

On 11 August, Steingruber competed in the Individual All-Around Finals, where she finished in 10th with a score of 57.565. On 14 August, she won the bronze medal on vault with an average of 15.216, 0.037 behind silver medalist Maria Paseka of Russia (15.253). American Simone Biles won the vault title with an average of 15.966. Steingruber's bronze is the first ever Olympic medal of any color for Switzerland in gymnastics. Steingruber finished 8th in the floor exercise with a score of 11.800 after sustaining two falls. Despite her finish, she is the first female Swiss gymnast to make the floor exercise final.

Competitive history

Steingruber about to vault at the 2015 European Championships.

Steingruber (right) with Claudia Fragapane (left) and Ksenia Afanasyeva (centre) on the floor exercise podium at the 2015 European Championships.

Eponymous skills

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Giulia Steingruber.

• Giulia Steingruber at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
• Giulia Steingruber official website

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Nicola Spirig	Swiss Sportswoman of the Year 2013	Succeeded by Dominique Gisin
Olympic Games
Preceded by Stanislas Wawrinka	Flagbearer for   Switzerland Rio de Janeiro 2016	Succeeded by Incumbent