Philipp Herder

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Philipp Herder
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Herder in 2017
Personal information
Born (1992-10-21) 21 October 1992 (age 32)
Berlin, Germany
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in) [1]
Gymnastics career
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		 Flag of Germany.svg Germany
(2014–2021)
ClubSC Berlin
Head coach(es)Andreas Hirsch
Retired24 October 2022 [2]

Philipp Herder (born 21 October 1992) is a German former artistic gymnast who represented Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

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Career

Herder began gymnastics when he was seven years old. In 2011, Herder had a neck injury that required surgery to replace a disk with two fused vertebrae, and he temporarily retired from the sport, but he returned at the 2014 World Championships. [1] There, he helped Germany qualify for the team final in sixth place, [3] but he did not compete in the final. [4] After the World Championships, he competed at the Toyota International and won a bronze medal on the parallel bars. [5] Herder competed at the 2015 World Championships and helped the German team finish ninth in the qualification round. [6]

Herder competed at the 2016 Olympic Test Event and won the gold medal with the German team which allowed Germany to send a full team to the 2016 Olympic Games. [7] [8] He also competed at the 2016 European Championships and helped Germany finish fifth. [9] Herder was selected as an alternate for Germany's 2016 Olympic team. [10]

Herder finished tenth in the all-around final at the 2017 European Championships. [11] That year, he also advanced to the all-around final at the World Championships and finished 18th. [12]

Herder finished fourth in the all-around at the 2018 American Cup. [13] He competed with the German team that finished tenth at the 2018 World Championships, making them the second reserve for the team final. [14] In May 2019, Herder re-injured his neck during training but only had to take a few weeks off. [10] He was still selected for the 2019 World Championships team in Stuttgart. [15] The German team finished 12th in the qualification round and earned a berth for the 2020 Summer Olympics. [16]

Herder was selected to represent Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Lukas Dauser, Nils Dunkel, and Andreas Toba. [10] [17] The team qualified for the team final and finished in eighth place. [18] Individually, Herder advanced to the all-around final and finished 23rd. [19]

On 24 October 2022, Herder announced his retirement from international elite gymnastics but said he still planned on competing in the Bundesliga. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Herder Philipp". Tokyo 2020 . Archived from the original on 21 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 @philippherder; (October 24, 2022). "Es ist an der Zeit etwas loszuwerden..." – via Instagram.
  3. ↑ "45th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning (CHN) Men's Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  4. ↑ "45th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning (CHN) Men's Team Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  5. ↑ "Japanese gymnasts dominate Toyota International". International Gymnastics Federation . 15 December 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  6. ↑ "46th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, Glasgow (GBR) Men's Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. International Gymnastics Federation. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Artistic Gymnastics Men's Team Final" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "List of the Men's Artistic Gymnastics 2016 Olympic Qualifiers" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. FIG. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "32nd European Championships in Men's Artistic Gymnastics Seniors and Juniors Senior Team Final" (PDF). European Gymnastics . 28 May 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  10. 1 2 3 Crumlish, John (9 July 2021). "Germany's Philipp Herder: 'I am important for the team on every apparatus'". International Gymnast Magazine . Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  11. ↑ "7th Petrom European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships Men All-Around Final" (PDF). European Gymnastics . 21 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  12. ↑ "47th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2017 Montréal (CAN) Men's Individual All-Around Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation. 5 October 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  13. ↑ "2018 American Cup Meet Results" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . 3 March 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  14. ↑ "48th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Doha (QAT), 25 October - 3 November 2018 Men's Team Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  15. ↑ "German men hoping that 'breathtaking' Stuttgart atmosphere will carry them to Tokyo". International Gymnastics Federation . 25 September 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  16. ↑ "Deutsches Männer-Team turnt auch in Tokio" [German men's team also competes in Tokyo]. Der Spiegel (in German). October 7, 2019.
  17. ↑ Deutscher Turner-Bund [@deutscherturnerbund]; (14 June 2021). "Lange haben wir auf diesen Tag gewartet" [We have waited a long time for this day.]– via Instagram.
  18. ↑ Kreisl, Volker (26 July 2021). "Turnen bei Olympia: "Wir sind trotzdem stolz"" [Gymnastics at the Olympics: “We are still proud”]. Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  19. ↑ "Artistic Gymnastics: Men's All-Around Final – Results" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
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