1. Sanne Wevers was born on 17 September 1991 and is a Dutch artistic gymnast.
58 Facts About Sanne Wevers
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Sanne Wevers is the 2016 Olympic champion on the balance beam and was the first Dutch female gymnast to become an Olympic champion in an individual event.
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Sanne Wevers is the 2018 and 2023 European champion on the balance beam.
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Sanne Wevers is the 2015 World and 2021 European silver medalist on the balance beam and the 2015 European bronze medalist on the uneven bars.
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Sanne Wevers was a member of the Dutch team that won the bronze medal at the 2018 and 2023 European Championships.
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Sanne Wevers won several medals on the FIG World Cup circuit in 2008 and 2009 before being sidelined with several injuries.
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Sanne Wevers followed this up with a balance beam silver medal at the 2015 World Championships and then the gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games.
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Sanne Wevers is known for building up her balance beam difficulty through dance elements and connections rather than acrobatic skills.
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Sanne Wevers is six minutes older than her fraternal twin, Lieke.
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Sanne Wevers competed in her first major international competition at the 2004 Junior European Championships in Amsterdam where the Dutch team finished sixth.
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Sanne Wevers was then selected to compete at the World Championships in Stuttgart and competed only on the balance beam.
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Sanne Wevers scored 13.800 and contributed to the Dutch team's seventeenth-place finish in the qualification round.
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Sanne Wevers began the 2008 Olympic season at the European Championships in Clermont-Ferrand.
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Sanne Wevers scored 14.975 on the balance beam, contributing to the Netherlands' eighth-place finish in the team finals.
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Sanne Wevers then finished eighth on beam at the Cottbus World Cup, and won silver on beam at the Maribor World Cup.
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At the Dutch Championships, Sanne Wevers finished second in the all-around, balance beam, and floor exercise and fifth on the uneven bars.
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Sanne Wevers won her first FIG World Cup gold medal at the Glasgow World Cup by winning the gold on both the uneven bars and the balance beam.
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Sanne Wevers tied for the balance beam gold medal at the 2009 Glasgow World Cup with Spanish gymnast Ana Maria Izurieta.
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Sanne Wevers then won the gold medal on the balance beam with a score of 14.175 at the 2009 Moscow World Cup.
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Sanne Wevers then competed at the 2009 World Championships in London but injured her ankle on the floor exercise.
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Sanne Wevers still competed on the balance beam after the injury but did not qualify for the event final.
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In 2010, Sanne Wevers competed at the European Championships and contributed a 13.025 on the balance beam toward the Netherlands' seventh-place finish.
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Sanne Wevers was selected to compete at the 2010 World Championships, where the Netherlands finished ninth in qualifications, one spot away from the team final.
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Sanne Wevers was unable to compete at the 2011 World Championships and the 2012 Olympic Test Event due to an ankle injury.
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Sanne Wevers returned to competition at the 2012 Ostrava World Cup in November, where she won the silver medal on the balance beam behind Czech gymnast Kristyna Palesova.
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Sanne Wevers began the 2013 season at the Dutch Invitational where she finished fourth on the uneven bars and won the bronze medal on the balance beam behind Diana Bulimar and Becky Downie.
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Sanne Wevers then won the gold medal on the balance beam at the Osijek World Cup.
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Sanne Wevers fell off the balance beam at the World Championships in Antwerp and did not qualify for the event final.
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Sanne Wevers competed at the 2014 European Championships in Sofia, where the Dutch team finished ninth in the qualification round, making them the first reserve for the team final.
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Sanne Wevers began the 2015 season at the Ljubljana World Cup in April and finished fourth in the balance beam final with a fall.
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Sanne Wevers was selected to represent the Netherlands at the individual European Championships in Montpellier, France.
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Sanne Wevers competed on the uneven bars and the balance beam and qualified for both event finals in fourth and fifth place, respectively.
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Sanne Wevers finished eighth in the balance beam final with a score of 11.900.
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Sanne Wevers was selected to compete at the World Championships in Glasgow alongside her sister Lieke, Eythora Thorsdottir, Tisha Volleman, Mara Titarsolej, and Lisa Top.
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Sanne Wevers calculated that her difficulty score should have been one-tenth higher than what the judges initially scored her, and she successfully appealed.
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At the Cottbus World Challenge Cup, Sanne Wevers fell off the balance beam but still captured the bronze medal behind Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska and Sophie Scheder.
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Sanne Wevers then competed at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro and won the gold medal on the balance beam.
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Sanne Wevers became the oldest female Olympic gymnastics champion since 1968.
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Sanne Wevers was selected to be the Netherlands's flag bearer at the closing ceremony.
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Sanne Wevers won the silver medal behind Liu Tingting from China with a score of 14.500.
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Sanne Wevers was chosen to represent the Netherlands at the European Championships in Cluj-Napoca alongside Eythora Thorsdottir, Tisha Volleman, and Kirsten Polderman.
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Sanne Wevers competed at the World Championships and did not qualify for the balance beam final due to missing a required backward acrobatic element in her routine, an automatic 0.5 point deduction from her difficulty score.
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At the Dutch Championships, Sanne Wevers won the gold medal on the balance beam and placed fifth on the uneven bars.
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Sanne Wevers won another balance beam gold medal at the Heerenveen Friendly as well as a team silver medal.
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Sanne Wevers was selected to compete at the European Championships in Glasgow alongside Tisha Volleman, Vera van Pol, Naomi Visser, and Celine van Gerner.
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Sanne Wevers competed on uneven bars and balance beam in the qualification, helping the Dutch team qualify for the team final in fifth place and qualified for the balance beam final in fourth place.
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Sanne Wevers was named to the team to compete at the World Championships in Doha, Qatar alongside Vera van Pol, Kirsten Polderman, Naomi Visser, and Tisha Volleman.
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Sanne Wevers then competed at the World Championships in Stuttgart alongside Eythora Thorsdottir, Lieke Wevers, Tisha Volleman, and Naomi Visser.
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Sanne Wevers did not compete in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Sanne Wevers returned to competition in April 2021 at the Heerenveen Friendly and won a silver medal on the balance beam behind Lieke Wevers.
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Sanne Wevers then competed at the 2021 European Championships in Basel where she qualified for the balance beam final in second place behind Larisa Iordache.
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On 27 June 2021, Sanne Wevers was selected to represent the Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Eythora Thorsdottir, Vera van Pol, and Lieke Sanne Wevers.
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Individually, Sanne Wevers scored 13.866 on the balance beam and was the third reserve for the balance beam final.
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In 2022, Sanne Wevers left the Dutch national team due to an ongoing dispute with teammate Vera van Pol.
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Sanne Wevers returned to the national team and competed at the 2023 European Championships where she helped the Netherlands win team bronze.
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Individually Sanne Wevers was initially the first reserve for the balance beam final but was substituted in when Jessica Gadirova withdrew due to injury.
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In July Sanne Wevers was selected to represent the Netherlands at the 2024 Summer Olympics for the third time alongside her twin sister Lieke, Vera van Pol, Naomi Visser, and Sanna Veerman.
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Sanne Wevers has one eponymous skill listed in the Code of Points- a double L turn on the balance beam.