Lisa Zimmermann (gymnast)

Lisa Zimmermann
Zimmermann at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games
Personal information
Born	(2003-02-13) 13 February 2003 (age 22) Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Germany (2017–22)
Club	TuS 1861 Chemnitz-Altendorf
Head coach(es)	Gabriele Frehse
Assistant coach(es)	Johannes Schmidt
Retired	December 1, 2022
Medal record Artistic gymnastics Representing   Germany Event 1st 2nd 3rd FIG World Cup 0 0 2

Lisa Zimmermann (born February 13, 2003) is a retired German artistic gymnast. She represented Germany at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games.

Early life

Zimmermann was born in Darmstadt in 2003. ^[1] She trained in Chemnitz.

Junior gymnastics career

2016–2017

In 2016 Zimmermann competed at both the German National Championships and the German Cup, where she placed sixth amongst the other thirteen year olds and nineteenth respectively. ^{[2] [3]}

In 2017 Zimmermann competed at the German National Championships where she once again placed sixth in the all-around; however she won the silver medal on both vault and balance beam, behind Emelie Petz. ^[4]

2018

In May Zimmermann competed at the German Junior National Championships where she won the bronze medal in the all-around behind Emelie Petz and Sidney Hayn. Additionally she won the silver on vault and uneven bars, once again behind Petz, bronze on floor exercise behind Petz and Hayn, and placed sixth on balance beam. ^[5] In June she competed at the Youth Olympic Qualifier where she placed thirteenth. ^[6] The following month Zimmermann competed at a friendly competition in Pieve di Soligo where she helped Germany place fourth and individually she placed twentieth in the all-around. ^[7]

In August Zimmermann was selected to represent Germany at the 2018 European Championships alongside Petz, Emma Malewski, Lara Hinsberger, and Leonie Papke. Together they finished seventh in the team final. Individually Zimmermann was the second reserve for the vault final. ^[8] Later in the year Zimmermann was selected to represent Germany at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games. While there she qualified to the all-around final and the vault final and was the first reserve for the uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise finals. She ended up placing twelfth in the all-around final and fifth in the vault final. ^[9]

Vault qualification

All-Around Final

Vault Final

Zimmermann at the 2018 Youth Olympics

Senior gymnastics career

2019

In 2019 Zimmermann turned senior. She made her debut at the DTB Team Challenge where she placed eighth in the all-around and helped Germany finish fifth as a team. ^[10] The following month she competed at the European Championships where she placed twenty-fourth in the all-around. ^[11] In June Zimmermann competed at the Flanders International Team Challenge in Ghent, Belgium alongside Kim Ruoff, Lisa Schöniger, and Isabelle Stingl. Together they placed seventh in the team final. Individually Zimmermann placed twentieth in the all-around. ^[12]

In August Zimmermann competed at her first German National Championships as a senior elite where she placed eleventh in the all-around and third on vault behind Sarah Voss and Emelie Petz. ^[13] As a result, Zimmermann qualified to compete at the World Trials for a chance to make the German team that would compete at the 2019 World Championships. At the World Trials she finished seventh in the all-around but recorded the second highest balance beam score. ^[14] In September Zimmermann competed at a friendly competition in Worms, Germany where she helped Germany finish first as a team and individually she finished eighteenth in the all-around. ^[15]

Zimmermann ended the season competing at the Cottbus World Cup where she qualified to the vault and balance beam event finals. During event finals she placed seventh and sixth respectively. ^[16]

2020

While most competitions were canceled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Szombathely Challenge Cup was held in October which Zimmermann competed at. She qualified to the vault, uneven bars, and floor exercise finals. She finished fifth in the vault event final but won bronze on both uneven bars and floor exercise. ^[17]

2022

Zimmermann announced her retirement from the sport on December 1, 2022 via Instagram. ^[18]

Competitive history

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
Junior
2016	National Championships		6	6		6
	German Cup		19
2017	National Championships		6
2018	National Championships					6
	Youth Olympic Qualifier		13
	Pieve di Soligo Friendly	4	20
	European Championships	7		R2
	Youth Olympic Games		12	5	R1	R1	R1
Senior
2019	DTB Team Challenge	5	8
	European Championships		24
	FIT Challenge	7	20
	National Championships		11
	German World Trials		7
	Worms Friendly		18
	Cottbus World Cup			7		6	R1
2020	Szombathely World Cup			5		R2
2021	National Championships		7		4

References

1. "National Teams Lisa Zimmermann". Turn-Team Deutschland.
2. "2016 German Cup Results". The Gymternet. October 29, 2016.
3. "2016 German Junior Championships Results". The Gymternet. April 24, 2016.
4. "2017 German Championships Results". The Gymternet. June 4, 2017.
5. "2018 German Junior Championships Results". The Gymternet. May 2, 2018.
6. "2018 Youth Olympic Qualifier Results". The Gymternet. June 23, 2018.
7. "2018 Pieve di Soligo Friendly Results". The Gymternet. July 17, 2018.
8. "2018 European Championships Results". The Gymternet. August 6, 2018.
9. "2018 Youth Olympic Games Results". The Gymternet. October 7, 2018.
10. "2019 DTB Team Challenge Results". The Gymternet. March 18, 2019.
11. "2019 European Championships Results". The Gymternet. April 20, 2019.
12. "2019 FIT Challenge Results". The Gymternet. June 10, 2019.
13. "2019 German Championship Results". The Gymternet. August 3, 2019.
14. "2019 German Worlds Trials Results". The Gymternet. August 26, 2019.
15. "2019 Worms Friendly Results". The Gymternet. September 13, 2019.
16. "2019 Cottbus World Cup Results". The Gymternet. November 24, 2019.
17. "2020 Szombathely Challenge Cup Results". The Gymternet. October 4, 2020.
18. @_lisa.zimmermann_; (December 1, 2022). ""How do I say goodbye?"" – via Instagram.

External links

• Lisa Zimmermann at the International Gymnastics Federation
• Lisa Zimmermann at Olympedia
• Lisa Zimmermann at Team Deutschland (in German)
• Lisa Zimmermann at the Deutscher Turner-Bund(in German)
• Lisa Zimmermann on Instagram