Philipp Herder

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Philipp Herder
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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 representedFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
ClubSC Berlin
Head coach(es)Andreas Hirsch
RetiredOctober 24, 2022 [2]

Philipp Herder (born 21 October 1992) is a retired German artistic gymnast who represented Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. [1]

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Career

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] Herder competed at the 2015 World Championships and helped the German team finish ninth in the qualification round. [3]

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. [4] [5] Herder was selected as an alternate for Germany's 2016 Olympic team. [6]

Herder was selected to represent Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Lukas Dauser, Nils Dunkel, and Andreas Toba. [7]

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Herder Philipp". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 @philippherder (October 24, 2022). "Es ist an der Zeit etwas loszuwerden..." – via Instagram.
  3. ↑ "46th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, Glasgow (GBR) Men's Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. FIG. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Artistic Gymnastics Men's Team Final" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "List of the Men's Artistic Gymnastics 2016 Olympic Qualifiers" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. FIG. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  6. ↑ Crumlish, John (9 July 2021). "Germany's Philipp Herder: 'I am important for the team on every apparatus'". International Gymnast Online. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  7. ↑ 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.


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