Lena Bickel | |
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Born | Mendrisio, Switzerland | 22 December 2004
Gymnastics career | |
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics |
Country represented | ![]() (2021–present (SUI)) |
Club | SFG Morbio Inferiore |
Lena Bickel (born 22 December 2004) is a Swiss artistic gymnast. She competed at the 2023 World Championships and qualified as an individual to the 2024 Olympic Games, where she represented Switzerland. She is the 2023 Swiss all-around champion.
Bickel was born on 22 December 2004 in Mendrisio. She began gymnastics when she was four years old. [1]
At the 2017 Swiss Junior Championships, Bickel finished 14th in the all-around. She made her international debut at the Swiss Cup Juniors, and she helped the Swiss team win the bronze medal behind Germany and Belgium. [2] Then at the 2017 Tournoi International, she finished 26th in the all-around. [3]
Bickel won the vault and uneven bars titles at the 2018 Swiss Junior Championships, and she finished fifth in the all-around. [4] Then at the Pieve di Soligo Friendly, she competed with the Swiss team that finished fifth. [5] At the 2018 European Championships, Bickel helped the Swiss team finish 14th. [6] She won the gold medal on the uneven bars at the 2018 Tournoi International and placed sixth in the all-around. [7]
Bickel won the all-around silver medal at the 2019 Swiss Junior Championships, and she won the vault title. [8] Then at the Swiss Turnfest, she finished fourth in the all-around. [9] At the Sainté Gym Cup, she competed with the Swiss team that placed fifth. [10] She then competed at the 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival. She qualified for the all-around final where she finished 20th, and she finished fifth in the uneven bars final. [11] [12]
Bickel became age-eligible for senior international competitions in 2020, but she did not compete that year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. She made her senior international debut at the 2021 Swiss Cup. She competed with Noe Seifert, and they finished in fourth place. [13]
At the Swiss Championships, Bickel won the silver medal in the all-around and the gold medal on the uneven bars. [14] Then at the Austrian team challenge, she helped the Swiss team win the bronze medal. [15] In July, she tore a ligament in her right foot. [1] She returned to competition in November at the Arthur Gander Memorial and won the all-around silver medal behind Alice D’Amato. [16] She then competed at the Swiss Cup with Noe Seifert, and they finished ninth. [17]
Bickel completed at the Magglingen Friendly and won the all-around gold medal by nearly two points ahead of teammate Caterina Cereghetti. [18] She competed with the Swiss team at the European Championships, and they finished 17th. [19] She was the first reserve for the floor exercise final. [20] At the Swiss Championships, she won the all-around title by over a full point. In the event finals, she won gold on the floor exercise and silver on uneven bars and balance beam. [21] She competed with the Swiss team that finished fourth at the Heidelberg Friendly. [22] She then competed at the World Championships in Antwerp and finished 39th in the all-around during the qualification round. [23] Although she did not qualify for the all-around final, she qualified as an individual to the 2024 Olympic Games by finishing ninth out of the gymnast whose countries did not qualify a full team. [24] [25]
At the 2024 Olympic Games Bickel finished thirty-ninth during qualifications and did not advance to any finals. [1]
Bickel speaks Italian, French, German, and English. Her hobbies include skiing and swimming. [26]
Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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2017 | Swiss Junior Championships | 14 | |||||
Swiss Cup Juniors | ![]() | 7 | |||||
Tournoi International | 26 | ||||||
2018 | Swiss Junior Championships | 5 | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | ||
Pieve di Soligo Friendly | 5 | 15 | |||||
Junior European Championships | 14 | ||||||
Tournoi International | 6 | ![]() | |||||
2019 | Swiss Junior Championships | ![]() | ![]() | 4 | ![]() | ![]() | |
Swiss Turnfest | 4 | ||||||
Sainté Gym Cup | 5 | 13 | |||||
European Youth Olympic Festival | 11 | 20 | 5 |
Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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2021 | Swiss Cup | 4 | |||||
2022 | Swiss Championships | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
Austrian Team Challenge | ![]() | ||||||
Arthur Gander Memorial | ![]() | ||||||
Swiss Cup | 9 | ||||||
2023 | Magglingen Friendly | ![]() | |||||
European Championships | 17 | R1 | |||||
Swiss Championships | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
Heidelberg Friendly | 4 | 8 | |||||
World Championships | 39 | ||||||
2024 | Koper World Challenge Cup | ![]() | |||||
Swiss Championships | ![]() | ||||||
RomGym Trophy | 7 | 7 | ![]() | ![]() | |||
Olympic Games | 39 |