Sofus Heggemsnes

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Sofus Heggemsnes
Country representedFlag of Norway.svg  Norway
Born (1999-07-13) 13 July 1999 (age 23)
Oslo, Norway
HometownOslo, Norway
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
ClubOslo Turnforening
Head coach(es)Valentyn Skrypin, Gabriel Negru, Vitalij Solodkijs
Medal record
Artistic gymnastics
Representing Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Event1st2nd3rd
FIG World Cup 001
Northern European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Trondheim Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Kópavogur Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Kópavogur All-Around
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Kópavogur Floor Exercise
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Trondheim All-Around
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Trondheim Pommel Horse
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Kópavogur Rings
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Kópavogur Parallel Bars
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Kópavogur Horizontal Bar
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Trondheim Parallel Bars
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Kópavogur Pommel Horse

Sofus Heggemsnes (born 13 July 1999) [1] is a Norwegian artistic gymnast who competed at the 2017, 2018, and 2019 World Championships. He represented Norway at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. [2] He is a four-time Northern European champion, as well as a World Cup bronze medalist.

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Early life

Heggemsnes was born in Oslo, Norway to a Swedish father of Jamaican and Trinidadian descent, and a Norwegian mother who was born in California. He has a twin brother, as well as two older brothers and two older sisters. [3]

Heggemsnes first took up football as a child, and used to celebrate goals by doing cartwheels. A parent of another player suggested to his mother that she should enroll him in gymnastics. [4] [5] He started training in gymnastics at age nine. [6]

Gymnastics career

Heggemsnes has been training with his current coach Valentyn Skrypin since age 11. He made his international debut at the 2016 Junior European Championships in Bern, Switzerland, placing 42nd in the all-around during qualifications. Later that year, he competed at the 2016 Northern European Championships in Trondheim, where he was part of the gold medal-winning Norwegian team. Individually, he took the silver medal in the all-around and on the pommel horse, and the bronze on the parallel bars. [7]

Heggemsnes became a senior in 2017, making his international senior debut at the Varna World Cup in Bulgaria, placing seventh in the pommel horse final. He went on to compete at his first World Championships in Montreal, Canada, but did not make any finals. In 2018, he competed at the European Championships in Glasgow, and the World Championships in Doha, where he placed 40th all-around in qualifications, and 22nd with the Norwegian team. He also finished seventh on pommel horse at the 2018 Guimarães World Cup. [8]

In 2019, Heggemsnes became the senior Norwegian all-around national champion and won a bronze medal on vault at the Szombathely World Cup in Hungary. He also had success at the 2019 Northern European Championships in Kópavogur, winning the all-around title with a score of 80.950, and helping Norway take the team gold ahead of Wales and Scotland. He also won gold on floor, silver on rings, parallel bars and horizontal bar, as well as a bronze on pommel horse. [9] Heggemsnes went on to compete at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart where he placed 51st all-around in qualifications, scoring 79.623. His performance at the World Championships earned him an individual spot at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. [10]

At the Tokyo Olympics, Heggemsnes competed on pommel horse, rings, parallel bars and the horizontal bar but did not reach the finals. [11] [12]

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  2. ↑ "Who's going to the Olympics?". Balance Beam Situation. May 4, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Norway's Heggemsnes on Tokyo 2020: 'The Emotion Took Me'". International Gymnast. February 18, 2020.
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  5. ↑ "The 2021 Olympians: Sofus Heggemsnes". The Gymternet. June 18, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Jeg gjør unge Sofus veldig stolt" [I make young Sofus very proud]. TV2 Sport (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Resultater nordeuropeisk mesterskap". Gymogturn.no (in Norwegian). October 24, 2016.
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