Janine Berger

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Janine Berger
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Berger in 2012
Personal information
Born (1996-04-21) 21 April 1996 (age 29)
Dillingen an der Donau, Germany [1]
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) [2]
Gymnastics career
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		 Flag of Germany.svg Germany
ClubSSV Ulm 1846
Head coach(es)Gabor Szucs
Medal record
Women's artistic gymnastics
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
FIG World Cup
Event1st2nd3rd
Apparatus World Cup100

Janine Berger (born 21 April 1996) is a German retired artistic gymnast. She represented Germany at the 2012 Summer Olympics and finished fourth on the vault. She also competed at the 2014 European Championships and finished fifth on the vault.

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Gymnastics career

Berger became age-eligible for senior international competitions in 2012 and won the German national title on the vault. [3] As a result, she was selected for the 2012 Summer Olympics team. During the qualification round, she competed on the vault, uneven bars, and floor exercise, but failed to reach the finals in the latter two. [4] [5] She did qualify for the vault final, where she performed a Rudi and a double-twisting Tsukahara to finish fourth. She only finished 0.034 points behind the bronze medalist, Maria Paseka. [6]

In April 2013, she tore her medial collateral ligament and had surgery. [3] She competed later that year at the 2013 Anadia World Challenge Cup and finished fifth on the vault. [7] She won the vault competition at the 2014 Cottbus World Cup. [8] Then at the 2014 European Championships, she competed on the vault and uneven bars to help Germany place fourth in the team final. [9] Additionally, she finished fifth in the vault final. [10]

Berger placed fifth in the all-around at the 2014 German Championships. However, during the vault final, she tore her ACL, LCL, and menisucus on a double-twisting Tsukahara. [11] She underwent two surgeries to repair the knee. She was able to return to competition on the uneven bars at the 2015 German Championships, but she fell. [12] She continued to deal with knee pain throughout 2015 and 2016 and had to miss the 2016 Summer Olympics. [13] [14] She tore her meniscus again in September 2016 and had another surgery. [3]

Berger advanced into the uneven bars final at the 2018 German Championships and placed fifth. [15] Prior to the 2019 Summer Universiade, she tore her meniscus again, but she continued to train and compete. There, she finished fourth on the uneven bars. [16] At the 2019 German Championships, she placed fourth on both the vault and uneven bars. [17]

In 2025, Berger went public with allegations of abuse from the German Gymnastics Federation and discussed her experience with depression and eating disorders. [18]

References

  1. ↑ Janine Berger Archived 2012-07-30 at the Wayback Machine . London2012.com
  2. ↑ Janine Berger Archived 2013-02-05 at the Wayback Machine . sports-reference.com
  3. 1 2 3 GmbH, Südwest Presse Online-Dienste (2016-12-15). "Turnerin Janine Berger vor vierter Operation". swp.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2017-04-08. Retrieved 2017-04-07.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ↑ "London 2012 floor exercises women - Olympic Gymnastics Artistic". International Olympic Committee. 2017-01-26. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
  5. ↑ "London 2012 uneven bars women - Olympic Gymnastics Artistic". International Olympic Committee. 2017-01-26. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
  6. ↑ Phillips, Anne (18 July 2012). "Maroney Stumbles; Izbasa Wins Vault Gold". FloGymnastics. FloSports . Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  7. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (23 June 2013). "2013 Anadia Challenge Cup Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  8. ↑ "Gold for six nations at 38th Tournament of Masters". World Gymnastics . 17 March 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  9. ↑ "30th European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Team Championships Seniors Team Final" (PDF). European Gymnastics . 17 May 2014. p. 182. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  10. ↑ Turner, Amanda (18 May 2014). "Five Nations Golden As Europeans End". International Gymnast Magazine Online. International Gymnast Magazine. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  11. ↑ GmbH, Südwest Presse Online-Dienste (2014-08-24). "WM-Aus für Janine Berger nach Kreuzbandriss bei Turn-DM". swp.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2017-04-08. Retrieved 2017-04-07.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  12. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (22 September 2015). "In Translation: "One Step Can Ruin Everything"". The Gymternet. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  13. ↑ GmbH, Südwest Presse Online-Dienste (2016-10-27). "Turnerinnen in schwieriger Lage". swp.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2017-04-08. Retrieved 2017-04-07.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  14. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (8 June 2016). "In Translation: Janine Berger Can't Go to Rio". The Gymternet. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  15. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (29 September 2018). "2018 German Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  16. ↑ "Universiade 2025 – Janine Berger: „Ich habe bei der Universiade zum ersten Mal gemerkt, dass man einen Wettkampf in vollen Zügen genießen kann."" [Universiade 2025 – Janine Berger: “At the Universiade, I realized for the first time that you can fully enjoy a competition.”]. Allgemeiner Deutscher Hochschulsportverband (in German). 17 July 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  17. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (3 August 2019). "2019 German Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  18. ↑ ""Missbrauchsvorwürfe nur die Spitze des Eisbergs"" ["Abuse allegations are just the tip of the iceberg"]. sport.de (in German). 8 January 2025. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
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