Fabian Hambüchen

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Fabian Hambüchen
— Gymnast —
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Fabian Hambüchen in 2013
Personal information
Nickname(s) Fabi
Country represented  Germany
Born (1987-10-25) 25 October 1987 (age 36)
Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Residence Wetzlar, Germany
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb)
Discipline Artistic gymnastics
Level Senior International
Club TSG Niedergirmes, Wetzlar; KTV Straubenhardt , Straubenhardt
Head coach(es) Wolfgang Hambüchen
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Horizontal Bar
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Horizontal Bar
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Stuttgart Horizontal Bar
Silver medal – second place 2007 Stuttgart All-Around
Silver medal – second place 2013 Antwerp Horizontal Bar
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Aarhus All-Around
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Aarhus Vault
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Stuttgart Team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Rotterdam Team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Rotterdam Horizontal Bar
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Antwerp All-Around
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku Horizontal Bar
Silver medal – second place 2015 Baku Floor Exercise
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Debrecen Horizontal Bar
Gold medal – first place 2007 Amsterdam Horizontal Bar
Gold medal – first place 2008 Lausanne Horizontal Bar
Gold medal – first place 2009 Milan All-Around
Gold medal – first place 2009 Milan Floor Exercise
Gold medal – first place 2010 Birmingham Team
Silver medal – second place 2007 Amsterdam All-Around
Silver medal – second place 2008 Lausanne Team
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Lausanne Floor Exercise
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Milan Parallel Bars
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Birmingham Horizontal Bar
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2015 Gwangji Horizontal Bar
Silver medal – second place 2013 Kazan All-Around
Silver medal – second place 2013 Kazan Floor Exercise

Fabian Hambüchen (born 25 October 1987) is a German gymnast. He lives in Wetzlar.

Hambüchen was the youngest German athlete at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and finished seventh in the horizontal bar and eighth in the team competition. So far in his career, he has won nine medals at World championships and eleven at European Championships. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he won the bronze medal in the horizontal bar.[1]

In 2007 he was named the German Sportspersonality of the Year.

Hambüchen had to pull out of the 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships due to an injury to his foot. He was a frontrunner for the all around title and the high bar.[2]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London he qualified for the finals in all-round, horizontal bar and team competitions and won a silver medal in the horizontal bar.[1]

At the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Hambüchen finished third in the all-around, and seventh on floor. On horizontal bar, he scored 15.933 to win a silver medal.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fabian Hambüchen. sports-reference.com
  2. ↑ Injury knocks all-around favorite from gym worlds. Associated Press, 2009-10-12

External links

Awards
Preceded by German Sportsman of the Year
2007		 Succeeded by
Germany Matthias Steiner


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