Timo Eder

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Timo Eder
European Championships 2022-08-17 Junior Men Podium training Subdivision 1 (Norman Seibert) - DSC 0507.jpg
Personal information
Full nameTimo Eder
Born (2005-06-11) 11 June 2005 (age 20)
Ludwigsburg, Germany
Gymnastics career
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
Flag of Germany.svg Germany
(2022–present)
ClubMTV Ludwigsburg
Head coach(es)Jörg Schwaiger
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Leipzig Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Leipzig Parallel bars
Junior World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Antalya Floor exercise

Timo Eder (born 11 June 2005) is a German artistic gymnast. He is the 2023 Junior World silver medalist on floor exercise. He represented Germany at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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Personal life

Eder was born in 2005. He has a younger brother, Jonas Eder, who is also a gymnast. [1]

Junior gymnastics career

In early 2022 Eder competed at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge where he helped Germany win the silver medal as a team. Later that summer he competed at the European Championships where he helped Germany place fifth as a team. [2]

In March of the following year Eder competed at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge where he helped Germany finish second a team; individually he also won silvers on floor exercise and horizontal bar. Later that month he competed at the second Junior World Championships alongside Alexander Kirchner and Maxim Kovalenko. On the first day of competition he helped Germany place eighth as a team. [3] During the all-around final Eder placed fifth. During event finals he won silver on floor exercise behind Ángel Barajas of Colombia. [4]

European Championships 2022-08-19 Junior Men All-around competition Subdivision 1 (Norman Seibert) - DSC 9223.jpg
Horizontal bar
European Championships 2022-08-19 Junior Men All-around competition Subdivision 1 (Norman Seibert) - DSC 1268.jpg
Floor exercise
European Championships 2022-08-17 Junior Men Podium training Subdivision 1 (Norman Seibert) - DSC 2996.jpg
Pommel horse
European Championships 2022-08-19 Junior Men All-around competition Subdivision 1 (Norman Seibert) - DSC 6811.jpg
Vault

Senior gymnastics career

2024

At the German Championships, Eder placed third in the all-around behind Lukas Dauser and Andreas Toba. [5] At the Olympic trial Eder placed first in the all-around. As a result, he was selected to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games alongside Dauser, Toba, Nils Dunkel, and Pascal Brendel. [6] At the Olympic Games Germany finished eleventh as a team during qualifications. [7]

2025

Eder competed at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge where he helped Germany place sixth; individually he placed fifth on floor exercise. [8] Additionally he competed in the Mixed Cup portion of the competition as well where he helped Germany place second. [9] At the Varna World Challenge Cup he placed seventh on floor exercise. [10]

In late May Eder competed at the 2025 European Championships where he helped the German team finish fourth. He qualified to the all-around and parallel bars finals as well as the inaugural mixed team event alongside Karina Schönmaier. During the mixed team final he and Schönmaier finished first, besting the British pair of Jake Jarman and Ruby Evans. [11] During the all-around final Eder finished thirteenth and during event finals he won bronze on parallel bars behind compatriot Nils Dunkel and Ian Raubal of Switzerland. [12]

Competitive history

YearEventTeamAA FX PH SR VT PB HB
Junior
2022 DTB Pokal Team Challenge Silver medal icon.svg
European Championships 5
2023 DTB Pokal Team Challenge Silver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
Junior World Championships 85Silver medal icon.svg
German Championships17Bronze medal icon.svg4
Senior
2024 DTB Pokal Team Challenge 5
DTB Pokal Mixed Cup Bronze medal icon.svg
Antalya World Challenge Cup 6
German ChampionshipsBronze medal icon.svg4Silver medal icon.svg66
German Olympic TrialsGold medal icon.svg
Olympic Games 11
Arthur Gander Memorial8
2025 DTB Pokal Team Challenge 65
DTB Pokal Mixed Cup Silver medal icon.svg
Varna World Challenge Cup 7
European Championships 413Bronze medal icon.svg
European Championships Mixed Team Gold medal icon.svg
German Championships Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg6

References

  1. "FIG Profile: Timo Eder". International Gymnastics Federation .
  2. "6 nations golden in #Munich2022 junior apparatus finals". European Gymnastics . August 21, 2023.
  3. "Asian domination: Japanese men repeat as World Junior team champions". International Gymnastics Federation . March 29, 2023.
  4. "Manukyan takes two golds as apparatus finals begin at Gymnastics Junior Worlds". International Gymnastics Federation . April 1, 2023.
  5. "2024 German Championships men's results". The Gymternet. June 10, 2024.
  6. "DTB legt sich auf Turn-Team für Olympia fest" [DTB decides on gymnastics team for Olympics]. German Gymnastics Federation (in German). June 23, 2024.
  7. "2024 Olympic Games Men's Results". The Gymternet. August 5, 2024.
  8. "2025 DTB Pokal Team Challenge Men's Results". The Gymternet. March 31, 2025.
  9. "2025 DTB Pokal Mixed Cup Results". The Gymternet. March 31, 2025.
  10. "Nineteen nations in the medals at Varna World Challenge Cup". International Gymnastics Federation . May 12, 2025.
  11. "Germany's Timo Eder and Karina Schönmaier pair up for mixed team gold at European Championships". International Gymnast Media. May 28, 2025.
  12. "Dunkel holt EM-Gold am Barren" [Dunkel wins European Championship gold on parallel bars]. German Gymnastics Federation (in German). May 31, 2025.