Leonie Adam (born in

Filderstadt Filderstadt (; Swabian: ''Fildorsdadd'') is a town in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located approximately 13 km south of Stuttgart. Filderstadt is located next to the Stuttgart Airport and t ...

) is a German individual

trampoline gymnast Trampolining or trampoline gymnastics is a competitive Olympic sport in which athletes perform acrobatics while bouncing on a trampoline. In competition, these can include simple jumps in the straight, pike, tuck, or straddle position to more com ...

, representing her nation at international competitions. She made her international senior debut for the German national team in 2012 at the World Cup in Loule, Portugal. She competed at world championships, including at the 2013, 2014 and 2015 Trampoline World Championships. She participated at the

2015 European Games The 2015 European Games, also known as Baku 2015 or Baku 2015 European Games ( az, Bakı 2015 Avropa Oyunları), were the inaugural edition of the European Games, an international multi-sport event for athletes representing the National Olympic ...

in Baku finishing 10th in the individual event. She suffered from stomach pain in February 2016. She competed at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

where she finished 10th in the qualifications and did not advance to the final.

Personal

Born in

, she currently lives in

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...

. She studied Economics at the

Nürtingen-Geislingen University of Applied Science The Nürtingen-Geislingen University (German: ''Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt Nürtingen-Geislingen'') is a public university of applied sciences based in Nürtingen and Geislingen an der Steige, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. History T ...

in Germany.

References

External links

* *http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/JR_9vE9JZ3Z/Gymnastics+Trampoline+Olympics+Day+7/q3E2fMSq03c/Leonie+Adam *http://www.gettyimages.com/pictures/leonie-adam-14702934#leonie-adam-of-germany-competes-during-the-trampoline-gymnastics-on-picture-id588691680 *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D02IlBvW4bQ * 1993 births Living people German female trampolinists People from Filderstadt Sportspeople from Stuttgart (region) Gymnasts at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Germany Gymnasts at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts of Germany 21st-century German women {{Trampolining-bio-stub