Philipp Herder

Philipp Herder
Philipp Herder
Personal information
Country represented	Germany
Born	21 October 1992 (age 29); Berlin, Germany
Height	167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Club	SC Berlin
Head coach(es)	Andreas Hirsch

Philipp Herder (born 21 October 1992) is a German artistic gymnast who represented Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[1]

Career[]

In 2011, Herder had a neck injury that required surgery to replace a disk with two fused vertebrae, and he temporarily retired from the sport, but he returned at the 2014 World Championships.^[1] Herder competed at the 2015 World Championships and helped the German team finish ninth in the qualification round.^[2]

Herder competed at the 2016 Olympic Test Event and won the gold medal with the German team which allowed Germany to send a full team to the 2016 Olympic Games.^[3]^[4] Herder was selected as an alternate for Germany's 2016 Olympic team.^[5]

Herder was selected to represent Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Lukas Dauser, Nils Dunkel, and Andreas Toba.^[6]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Herder Philipp". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
^ "46th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, Glasgow (GBR) Men's Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. FIG. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
^ "Artistic Gymnastics Men's Team Final" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
^ "List of the Men's Artistic Gymnastics 2016 Olympic Qualifiers" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. FIG. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
^ Crumlish, John (9 July 2021). "Germany's Philipp Herder: 'I am important for the team on every apparatus'". International Gymnast Online. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
^ Deutscher Turner-Bund [@deutscherturnerbund] (14 June 2021). "Lange haben wir auf diesen Tag gewartet" [We have waited a long time for this day.] – via Instagram.

External links[]

Philipp Herder at the International Gymnastics Federation

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[2020profile-1] "Herder Philipp". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2021.

[2] "46th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, Glasgow (GBR) Men's Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. FIG. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2021.

[3] "Artistic Gymnastics Men's Team Final" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2021.

[4] "List of the Men's Artistic Gymnastics 2016 Olympic Qualifiers" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. FIG. Retrieved 21 July 2021.

[intg-5] Crumlish, John (9 July 2021). "Germany's Philipp Herder: 'I am important for the team on every apparatus'". International Gymnast Online. Retrieved 21 July 2021.

[6] Deutscher Turner-Bund [@deutscherturnerbund] (14 June 2021). "Lange haben wir auf diesen Tag gewartet" [We have waited a long time for this day.] – via Instagram.

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