| Andrea Lenders | |
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Andrea Augusta Gemma "Rea" Lenders |
| Alternative name(s) | Rea Lenders |
| Born | December 29, 1980 Groningen, Netherlands |
| Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) |
| Gymnastics career | |
| Discipline | Trampoline gymnastics |
| Country represented |  Netherlands |
Andrea Augusta Gemma "Rea" Lenders (born 29 December 1980) is a former individual trampoline gymnast from the Netherlands. She competed at both the 2004 and 2012 Summer Olympics and was a ten-time Dutch national champion.
Lenders was discovered by a coach at age 6. [1] She won ten Dutch national titles during her career. [1] [2]
Lenders competed in the women's trampoline event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. After finishing in 8th place in the qualification round, she also finished in 8th position in the final. [3] She was the first Dutch women to compete in the trampoline event at the Olympic Games. [4]
At the 2005 World Championships, she placed 4th. [5] However, she missed qualifying for the 2008 Summer Olympics after she placed 25th at the 2007 World Championships. [6] [7]
Lenders finished 15th in qualifications at the 2010 World Championships. [8] Afterward, she suffered a series of injuries that kept her from training for about a year. She only started training again shortly before the 2011 World Championships. [6] There she finished 22nd in qualifications. [8]
In January 2012, Lenders competed at the 2012 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event in hopes of earning one of the six available quotas. [6] She joked that she was not bothered by competing as the 13th competitor at 13:00 on a Friday the 13th. [9] She won the silver medal in the final with the highest execution score. [10]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she finished 13th in the qualification and did not qualify for the final. [3] Lenders expressed disappointment over her performance. [11]
Lenders continued training. After the end of 2015, ahead of the 2016 European Championships, she coached herself as she could no longer afford to pay her coach. [2] She finished in 47th place in qualifications. [12]
Lenders's parents both died within six months of each other before 2016. She considered halting her competitive career at the time but ultimately decided to continue. [2]