Marie-Sophie Hindermann (born 26 May 1991) is a German former

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...

Career

Hindermann won four medals at the

2006 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 26th European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held from 27 April to 30 April 2006 in Volos, Greece. Led by new senior Vanessa Ferrari, Italy became the first team besides Romania, Russia, and the Soviet Union to win the senior ...

in the junior category: a silver on vault and bronzes in team, all-around, and uneven bars. At the

2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 40th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar r ...

, she finished 14th in the all-around and 5th on uneven bars. At the

2008 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 27th European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held from 3 April to 6 April 2008 in Clermont-Ferrand. France earned their first team medal, the bronze. Oldest and youngest competitors Country represented Medal Count C ...

, Hindermann helped the German team finish 7th. She competed at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

in all artistic gymnastics events except for vault. In qualifications, she helped the German team finish in 12th place. Her best individual result was 55th place in the all-around. At 5 feet 7 inches tall in 2008, Hindermann is one of the tallest female gymnasts to ever compete in the Olympic Games, alongside Nina Derwael, and followed by Belarusian gymnast Kylie Dickson and German gymnast Sophie Scheder at 5 feet 6 inches. Being unusually tall for a female gymnast, she required adjustments of the uneven bars during her career that caused delays at international competitions. She retired from competitive gymnastics in December 2012.

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HINDERMANN Marie Sophie Germany
lx2.sportcentric.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Hindermann, Marie-Sophie 1991 births Living people German female artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Germany Sportspeople from Tübingen