2016 – Page 44 – Gymnastics Coaching.com

Fabian Hambuechen – Olympic Champion

Bursting onto the international scene in 2004 as the youngest German Olympic athlete, Hambuechen now owns 9 World and 11 European medals, plus titles at the 2015 European Games and the Universiade. The German sportsman of the year 2007 … has had a rich and fulfilling gymnastics career. But there was this one medal that alluded him … Olympic gold. …

Going into the final as top qualifier …

When Zonderland came off the high bar, Hambuechen’s biggest rival –and good friend took himself out of the medal race. And none of the other gymnast could match Hambuechen’s score. After 12 years at the top, he was finally the Olympic Champion!

UEG – Fabian Hambuechen, a dream comes true in Rio

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Germany’s Fabian Hambuechen wins horizontal bar gold

coach Zoltan Jordanov retires

The name of the new laureate of “Swiss Olympic Lifetime Coach Award” is Zoltan Jordanov. In the frame of the fifth edition of the “Swiss Olympic Coach Award”, Swiss Olympic awarded him on Monday this distinction for his commitment in favour of the Swiss sport. At the end of 2016, Zoltan Jordanov will end his activities after a decade within the Swiss Gymnastics Federation. During this period, he has firstly guided Ariella Kaeslin then Giulia Steingruber to the top of the world’s elite. …

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6th European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships, Montpellier (FRA), April 15th - 19th, 2015 — 6th European Men’s and Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships, Montpellier (FRA), April 15th – 19th, 2015

Brenna Dowell, Maggie Nichols – Bars

BIG scores in the works for Oklahoma.

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NatWest Island Games 2017 in Sweden

I’m currently in Bermuda. The top gymnasts are working towards this competition.

MAG and WAG are scheduled.

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The following islands are members of the International Island Games Association: Alderney, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Froya, Gibraltar, Gotland, Guernsey, Greenland, Hitra, Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Jersey, Menorca, Orkney, Rhodes, Saaremaa, St. Helena, Sark, Shetland, Western Isle, Ynys Mon and Åland.

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