Bart Deurloo

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Bart Deurloo
2022-10-28 Wase Gymcup Training 28 October (Martin Rulsch) 054.jpg
Deurloo in 2022
Personal information
Born (1991-02-23) 23 February 1991 (age 34)
Ridderkerk, Netherlands
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Gymnastics career
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
(2009–present)
ClubO&O Zwijndrecht
Head coach(es)Jeroen Jacobs
Medal record
Men's gymnastics
Representing the Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Montreal Horizontal bar
FIG World Cup
Event1st2nd3rd
Apparatus World Cup100
World Challenge Cup252
Total352

Bart Deurloo (born 23 February 1991) is a Dutch artistic gymnast. He is the 2017 World bronze medalist on the horizontal bar and a five-time Dutch national champion in the all-around. He competed at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.

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Gymnastics career

Deurloo's mother was a former gymnast, so he began the sport at the age of six. [2]

2009–2012

Deurloo competed at his first World Championships in 2009 and was the third reserve for the all-around final. [3] He competed at the 2010 European Championships, where the Dutch team finished 11th in the qualifications. [4]

Deurloo advanced to the all-around final at the 2011 European Championships and finished 14th. [5] He was unable to compete at the 2011 World Championships due to a hand injury. [6] He won a gold medal on the horizontal bar at the 2012 Ostrava World Challenge Cup. [7] In 2012, he won his first national all-around title. [8]

2013–2015

Deurloo missed the 2013 European Championships due to a knee injury. [9] He was able to compete at the 2013 World Championships, where he finished 14th in the all-around final. [10] At the 2014 Ljubljana World Challenge Cup, Deurloo won the silver medal on the horizontal bar to teammate Epke Zonderland. [11] He competed with the Dutch team that placed sixth at the 2014 European Championships. [12] He was unable to compete at the 2014 World Championships due to a wrist injury. [2]

Deurloo at the 2015 European Championships 2015 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships - Floor - Bart Deurloo 02.jpg
Deurloo at the 2015 European Championships

Deurloo won a bronze medal on the floor exercise at the 2015 Cottbus World Challenge Cup. [13] He then won gold on the floor exercise at the Ljubljana World Challenge Cup, where he also won the vault silver medal and horizontal bar bronze medal. [14] At the 2015 European Championships, he finished sixth in the floor exercise final. [15] He finished 14th in the all-around at the 2015 World Championships, matching his placement from 2013. [16]

2016–2017

Deurloo competed with the team at the 2016 Olympic Test Event that won the bronze medal, qualifying them as a full team for the 2016 Summer Olympics. [17] He represented the Netherlands at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He became the first Dutch male artistic gymnast to compete in an Olympic all-around final, [2] where he finished 15th. [18] Additionally, the Dutch team finished 10th during the qualification round. [19]

Deurloo finished fourth in the all-around at the 2017 American Cup. [20] He won a silver medal on the horizontal bar at the Koper World Challenge Cup behind Tin Srbić. [21] Later that same month, he won another horizontal silver medal to Srbić at the Osijek World Challenge Cup. [22] At the Paris World Challenge Cup, he won another silver medal on the horizontal bar, this time behind Epke Zonderland. [23] He then won the horizontal bar bronze medal at the 2017 World Championships, behind Srbić and Zonderland. [24]

2018–2019

Deurloo won the horizontal bar gold medal at the 2018 Baku World Cup. [25] He then helped the Dutch team finish ninth at the 2018 European Championships, making them the first reserves for the team final. [26] Then at the 2018 World Championships, Deurloo and the Dutch team qualified for the team final, finishing eighth. [27]

At the 2019 American Cup, Deurloo finished seventh in the all-around. [28] He then finished sixth at the Stuttgart World Cup, [29] and he placed eighth at the Tokyo World Cup. [30]

2020–2024

Deurloo represented the Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Olympics and qualified for the horizontal bar final, finishing seventh after falling. [31] [32] After the Olympic Games, he had surgery on his knee, [2] and he took a break from competition. [10] He then announced his retirement from the sport in February 2023 and began coaching for the Dutch national team. [33] He came out of retirement a few months later to help the Dutch team attempt to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics. [34]

At the 2023 World Championships, Deurloo and the Dutch team placed 11th in the qualification round and earned a team berth for the 2024 Olympic Games. [35] Individually, he finished tenth in the horizontal bar qualifications and was the first reserve for the final. [10]

References

  1. "Bart Deurloo". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Deurloo Bart - FIG Athlete Profile". International Gymnastics Federation . Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  3. "41st Artistic Gymnastics World Championships October 13–18, 2009 London (GBR) Results Men's Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation. 13 October 2009. p. 3. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  4. "Zonderland en Wammes in twee finales" [Zonderland and Wammes in two finals]. Nos.nl (in Dutch). 23 April 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  5. "Boy wint EK-meerkamp, Deurloo 14de" [Boy wins European Championship all-around, Deurloo 14th]. Nos.nl (in Dutch). 8 April 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  6. "Deurloo zegt geblesseerd af voor WK" [Deurloo withdraws from World Championships due to injury]. Nos.nl (in Dutch). 3 October 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  7. "Double for Palesova in Ostrava". International Gymnastics Federation . 26 November 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  8. "Meerkamptitel turnen voor Deurloo" [All-around gymnastics title for Deurloo]. Nos.nl (in Dutch). 16 June 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  9. "Deurloo mist EK vanwege blessure" [Deurloo misses European Championship due to injury]. Nos.nl (in Dutch). 4 April 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  10. 1 2 3 "2013 vs 2023 MAG – Bart Deurloo (NED)". 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  11. "Dutch, Slovenians shine at Ljubljana World Challenge Cup". International Gymnastics Federation . 22 April 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  12. "31st European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Team Championships Seniors Team Final" (PDF). European Gymnastics . 24 May 2014. p. 203. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  13. "Strong showings at Cottbus World Challenge Cup". International Gymnastics Federation . 23 March 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  14. "Dutch dominate Ljubljana World Challenge Cup, final competition before Montpellier Euros". International Gymnastics Federation . 7 April 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  15. "Men's Apparatus Finals Results Floor" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. European Union of Gymnastics. 18 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  16. "Deurloo: ik draai lekker mee met de grote jongens" [Deurloo: I'm happily keeping up with the big boys]. Nos.nl (in Dutch). 31 October 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  17. Morgan, Liam (16 April 2016). "Four countries book Rio 2016 spots on opening day of gymnastics test event". Inside the Games . Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  18. "Deurloo vijftiende in meerkampfinale, goud voor Uchimura" [Deurloo fifteenth in all-around final, gold for Uchimura]. Nos.nl (in Dutch). 10 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  19. "Frank Rijken met turnteam Rio naar historische tiende plek op OS" [Frank Rijken with gymnastics team Rio to historic tenth place at the Olympics]. Weekblad Westvoorne (in Dutch). 9 August 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  20. "Yul Moldauer, Ragan Smith swing to American Cup titles". International Gymnastics Federation . 6 March 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  21. "Iordache returns in force at World Challenge Cup in Slovenia". International Gymnastics Federation . 15 May 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  22. "Brazil and Russia shine at Osijek World Challenge Cup". International Gymnastics Federation . 22 May 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  23. "En route for Montreal Worlds, stars of Gymnastics light up Internationaux de France". International Gymnastics Federation . 19 September 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  24. "Five new champions as Montreal Worlds draw to a close". International Gymnastics Federation . 10 September 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  25. "Petrounias and Chusovitina on fine form in Baku". International Gymnastics Federation . 19 March 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  26. "Artistic Gymnastics Men's Qual. for Team Final & Ind" (PDF). European Gymnastics . 9 August 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  27. "48th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Doha (QAT), 25 October - 3 November 2018 Men's Team Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  28. "Wong, Moldauer victorious at American Cup". International Gymnastics Federation . 5 March 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  29. "Biles, Dalaloyan top Stuttgart World Cup". International Gymnastics Federation . 18 March 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  30. "Hurd, Mikulak take two titles in Tokyo for USA". International Gymnastics Federation . 8 April 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  31. "Artistic Gymnastics: Men's Horizontal Bar Final – Results" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  32. "Four gymnasts fall in high bar final". NBC Olympics . Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  33. "Bart Deurloo stopt als turner en gaat verder als coach" [Bart Deurloo retires as a gymnast and continues as a coach]. TeamNL (in Dutch). 3 February 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  34. "De comeback van turner Bart Deurloo" [The comeback of gymnast Bart Deurloo]. TeamNL (in Dutch). 29 September 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  35. Scholten, Esther (1 October 2023). "Olympisch ticket turners is bewijs van bijzondere teamgeest" [Gymnasts' Olympic ticket is proof of special team spirit]. Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 July 2024.