Nina Derwael
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Full name | Nina Derwael | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sint-Truiden, Limburg, Belgium | 26 March 2000||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Ghent, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2013 – present (BEL) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | TK Sta Paraat Hasselt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Marjorie Heuls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assistant coach(es) | Yves Kieffer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Choreographer | Irina Shadrina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eponymous skills | Derwael-Fenton (F): Stalder to Tkatchev with 1/2 turn (Uneven Bars)[2] Derwael (H): Toe-on laid-out Tkatchev with a ½ twist (Uneven Bars)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nina Derwael (Dutch pronunciation: [dɛrʋaːl] or [dərʋaːl]; born 26 March 2000)[1] is a Belgian artistic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion (2018, 2019), and a two-time European champion (2017, 2018) on the uneven bars, the 2019 European Games champion on the balance beam as well as a two-time Belgian national all-around champion (2015, 2018).
She represented Belgium at the 2016 Summer Olympics and at the 2020 Olympics.[4] At the 2020 Olympics, she led Belgium to a first-ever team final where Belgium finished 8th.[5] She also qualified for the all-round final where she ended 6th overall and for the uneven bars apparatus finals competition where she won the gold medal, the first of any colour for a Belgian woman in the sport at the Olympic Games.[6]
She is the first Belgian gymnast to medal at the World Championships, the first to become a World champion, and the first to become a European champion.[7][8][9]
Personal life[]
Derwael was born on 26 March 2000 in Sint-Truiden. Her father, Nico Derwael, is a former football player.[10] She began gymnastics when she was two years old.[11] When she was eleven years old, she moved to Ghent to train at the Belgian national team training centre.[10] She is studying Event Management at the Artevelde University of Applied Sciences in Ghent.[10]
Junior career[]
Derwael made her international debut at the 2013 Elite Gym Massilia in Marseille, France and finished eighth in the all-around, and the Belgian team finished seventh.[12]
2014[]
Derwael competed at the International Gymnix in Montreal and finished fifteenth in the all-around and placed eighth in the uneven bars event final.[13] Then at the Belgian Championships, she finished fifth in the all-around.[14] She then competed at the friendly meet against Romania and France, and the Belgian junior team placed second behind Romania.[15] She was selected to compete at the Junior European Championships alongside Axelle Klinckaert, Rune Hermans, , and Cindy Vandenhole, and they finished sixth in the team competition.[16] At the Elite Gym Massilia, she won the bronze medal in the all-around behind Daria Spiridonova and Giorgia Campana, and the Belgian team won the bronze medal behind Italy and Russia. She also placed fifth in the uneven bars and the floor exercise event finals.[17] Then at the Top Gym Tournament in Charleroi, she finished fourteenth in the all-around.[18] In the event finals, she won the silver medal on the uneven bars behind Angelina Melnikova and placed fifth on the floor exercise.[19]
2015[]
At the Belgian Championships, Derwael won the gold medal in the all-around, on the uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise, and she won the silver medal on the vault.[20] Then at the Flanders Team Challenge, she won the gold medal in the all-around and helped the Belgian team finish second behind Germany.[21][22] She then competed at the European Youth Summer Olympic Festival with Axelle Klinckaert and Julie Meyers, and they won the silver medal in the team competition behind Russia.[23] Derwael finished fourth in the all-around final.[24] In the event finals, she won the silver medal on the uneven bars behind Daria Skrypnik, finished fifth on the balance beam, and won the bronze medal on the floor exercise.[25] She then competed at the Elite Gym Massilia where she finished fifth in the all-around and on the floor exercise, and she won the bronze medal on the balance beam behind Laura Jurca and Enus Mariani.[26]
Senior career[]
2016[]
Derwael became age-eligible for senior international competition in 2016. She made her senior debut at the International Gymnix where she won the team gold medal and placed seventh in the all-around. In the event finals, she won the gold medal on the uneven bar and the silver medal on the balance beam.[27] In March, she broke her hand while training on the balance beam, and she missed the Olympic Test Event.[28] She returned at the European Championships, and the Belgian team finished ninth in the qualification round.[29] The Belgian national team competed at the Dutch Championships, and Derwael placed sixth in the all-around. In the event finals, she won the silver medal on the uneven bars behind Laura Waem and finished fifth on the floor exercise.[30] She represented Belgium at the 2016 Summer Olympics alongside Senna Deriks, Rune Hermans, Gaëlle Mys, and Laura Waem, and they placed twelfth in the qualification round. Derwael qualified for the all-around final where she placed nineteenth with a total score of 56.299.[4] After the Olympics, she competed at the Joaquín Blume Memorial and won the gold medal in the all-around.[31]
2017[]
Derwael competed as a guest of Dunkerque Gym at the France Top 12 Championships and helped the team finish fifth. Derwael placed sixth in the all-around and tied with Alison Lepin for the gold medal on the uneven bars.[32] Then at the City of Jesolo Trophy, she placed twelfth in the all-around.[33] At the European Championships, she finished seventh in the all-around.[34] In the event finals, she became the first Belgian female gymnast to win a gold medal at the European Championships by winning the uneven bars.[35][9] At the Flanders International Team Challenge, she won the bronze medal with the Belgian team and on the balance beam.[36]
Derwael won the gold medal on the uneven bars at the Paris Challenge Cup.[37] Then at the World Championships, she placed third on the uneven bars behind defending World champion Fan Yilin of China and first-year senior Elena Eremina of Russia. This made her the first Belgian female gymnast to medal at the World championships.[7] She also placed eighth in the all-around final.[38] Additionally, Derwael and Georgia-Mae Fenton of Great Britain successfully competed a difficult original skill (Stalder to Tkatchev with 1/2 turn), after which it was named after both of them in the code of points.[2]
2018[]
Derwael competed at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge in Stuttgart and won the gold medal with the Belgian team and in the all-around.[39] Then at the Doha World Cup, she won the gold medal on the uneven bars and the bronze medal on the balance beam behind French gymnasts Melanie de Jesus dos Santos and Marine Boyer.[40] In March, she won the gold medal in the all-around at the Belgian Championships.[41] She helped the Belgian team finish fourth at the Heerenveen Friendly.[42]
At the European Championships, Derwael qualified in second place to the uneven bars final behind 2013 European runner-up Jonna Adlerteg of Sweden and qualified in first to the balance beam final.[43][44] Additionally, the Belgium team qualified in third place to the team final but withdrew to prevent injuries to any team members.[45] In the event finals, she successfully defended her European title on uneven bars by placing ahead of Adlerteg and Russian national bars champion Angelina Melnikova.[46] She then won the silver medal on the balance beam behind reigning Olympic Champion Sanne Wevers of the Netherlands.[47] At the Varsenare Friendly, she won the gold medal with the Belgian team and in the all-around.[48]
At the 2018 World Championships Derwael helped the Belgian team finish eleventh in the qualification round, and she qualified for the all-around, uneven bars, and balance beam finals.[49] She finished fourth in the all-around final.[50] In the uneven bars event final, she scored 15.200, winning the title by half a point over American Simone Biles while recording both the highest difficulty and execution scores in the final.[51] By doing so, she became the first Belgian gymnast to ever win a world gold medal, making her one of the most successful Belgian gymnasts in history.[52][8] She then placed fourth in the balance beam event final.[53] After the World Championships, she competed in the Cottbus World Cup and won the gold medal on the uneven bars.[54]
2019[]
In March, Derwael competed at the Doha World Cup where she won the gold medal on the uneven bars and the silver medal on the balance beam.[55][56] In April, Derwael announced that she would forgo competing at the European Championships in order to focus on helping Belgium qualify a team to the 2020 Olympics at the World Championships.[57]
In June, Derwael competed at the Flanders International Team Challenge where she won the gold medal with the Belgian team on the uneven bars and the silver medal in the all-around behind Naomi Visser.[58] She then competed at the European Games. During qualifications, she only competed on the balance beam and uneven bars, and she qualified to both event finals in first and second, respectively. During the uneven bars final she fell on her eponymous skill and finished fourth.[59] Shortly after, she competed in the balance beam final and won the gold medal.[60] At the Worms Friendly, she won the gold medals on the uneven bars and the balance beam, and she helped the Belgian team finish second behind Germany.[61]
In October, Derwael competed at the World Championships in Stuttgart. During qualifications, she helped Belgium finish in tenth place; while they didn't qualify for the team final, they did qualify as a team for the 2020 Olympics Games in Tokyo.[62][63] Individually, Derwael qualified for the all-around, uneven bars, and floor exercise finals.[64][65][66] During the all-around final, she finished in fifth place but received the highest uneven bars score of the day.[67] During the uneven bars final, Derwael scored 15.233, earning the gold medal and defending her World title on the uneven bars.[68] Derwael became the fifth woman in World Championships history to successfully defend her uneven bars title after Maxi Gnauck (1981, 1983), Daniela Silivaș (1987, 1989), Svetlana Khorkina (1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001), and Fan Yilin (2015, 2017).[69] Afterward, she withdrew from the floor exercise final, citing her previous foot injuries and wishing to remain healthy in the lead up to the Olympics.[70]
2020-21[]
In February 2020, it was announced that Derwael would compete at the 2020 Tokyo World Cup.[71] However, the Tokyo World Cup was later canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.[72] In December 2020, Derwael and her boyfriend Siemen Voet tested positive for COVID-19, but she was asymptomatic.[73]
In early 2021, Derwael made controversial comments about fellow Belgian gymnasts who has made claims about abusive treatment. Many on social media said Derwael was victim-blaming.
Derwael returned to competition in March 2021 at the Belgian internal test meet where she won the all-around gold medal and the gold medals on all four events.[74] She then competed at the Osijek Challenge Cup and won the gold medal on the uneven bars and the balance beam.[75] At this event, she debuted a new element on the uneven bars: a Toe-on laid-out Tkatchev (a Nabieva) with a 1/2 twist, and the element was named after her.[3] Then at the Flanders International Team Challenge, she finished fourth in the all-around, helped the Belgian team win the silver medal behind France, and won the gold medal on the uneven bars.[76]
In July 2021, Derwael was selected to represent Belgium at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Maellyse Brassart, Jutta Verkest, and Lisa Vaelen.[77] At the Olympic Games Derwael helped Belgium qualify to their first team final; individually she qualified to the all-around and uneven bars finals. Belgium finished eighth in the team final. Derwael placed sixth in the all-around final. During the uneven bars final Derwael earned the gold medal, Belgium's first Olympic medal in artistic gymnastics and Belgium's first gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[78]
Eponymous Skills[]
Apparatus | Name | Description | Difficulty | Added to Code of Points |
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Uneven Bars | Derwael-Fenton | Stalder to straddle Tkatchev release over high bar with ½ twist | F | 2017 World Championships[2] |
Derwael | Toe-on laid-out Tkatchev with a ½ twist | H | 2021 Osijek Challenge Cup[3] |
Competitive history[]
Junior[]
Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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2013 | Elite Gym Massilia | 7 | 8 | ||||
2014 | International Gymnix | 15 | 8 | ||||
Belgian Championships | 5 | ||||||
Beaumont en Véron Friendly | |||||||
Junior European Championships | 6 | ||||||
Elite Gym Massilia | 5 | 5 | |||||
Top Gym | 14 | 5 | |||||
2015 | Belgian Championships | ||||||
Flanders Team Challenge | |||||||
European Youth Olympic Festival | 4 | 5 | |||||
Elite Gym Massilia | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Senior[]
Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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2016 | International Gymnix | 7 | |||||
European Championships | 9 | ||||||
Dutch Championships | 6 | 5 | |||||
Olympic Games | 19 | ||||||
Joaquim Blume Memorial | |||||||
2017 | France Top 12 Championships | 5 | 6 | ||||
City of Jesolo Trophy | 7 | 12 | |||||
European Championships | 7 | ||||||
Flanders Team Challenge | |||||||
Paris Challenge Cup | 6 | ||||||
World Championships | 8 | ||||||
2018 | DTB Pokal Team Challenge | ||||||
Doha World Cup | |||||||
Belgian Championships | |||||||
Heerenveen Friendly | 4 | ||||||
European Championships | |||||||
Varsenare Friendly | |||||||
World Championships | 4 | 4 | |||||
Cottbus World Cup | |||||||
2019 | Doha World Cup | ||||||
Flanders Team Challenge | |||||||
European Games | 4 | ||||||
Worms Friendly | |||||||
World Championships | R2 | 5 | WD | ||||
2021 | Belgian Test Meet | ||||||
Osijek Challenge Cup | |||||||
Flanders Team Challenge | 4 | ||||||
Olympic Games | 8 | 6 |
Awards[]
- Belgian Sports Woman of the Year (2018 and 2019)[79][80]
- Belgian National Sports Merit Award (2018)[81]
- Vlaamse Reus (2017-2018)[82][83]
- Flemish Sportsjewel (2018)[84]
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External links[]
- Nina Derwael at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Nina Derwael at the International Olympic Committee
- Nina Derwael at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Personal website
- Belgian female artistic gymnasts
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Belgian women gymnasts
- Olympic gymnasts of Belgium
- Gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
- Olympic gold medalists for Belgium
- World champion gymnasts
- Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
- European champions in gymnastics
- European Games medalists in gymnastics
- Gymnasts at the 2019 European Games
- European Games gold medalists for Belgium
- Originators of elements in artistic gymnastics