Nicole Hitz (born 25 April 1997) is a Swiss
artistic gymnast
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.
Career
Hitz competed at the
2012 Junior European Championships and helped the Swiss team finish 13th. She competed at the 2013 DTB Team Challenge in
Stuttgart
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with
Jessica Diacci
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Career
Diacci competed at the 2010 European Championships alongside Giulia Steingruber, Ariella Käslin, and Jennifer Senn, and they finished 6th in the team final. S ...
,
, and
Sara Metzger
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, and the team finished 4th while Hitz finished 10th in the all-around.
Hitz competed at the
2014 Cottbus World Cup The 2014 Cottbus World Challenger Cup was a competition held in Cottbus, Germany from March 13–16 in Lausitz Arena. It was a part of the 2014 FIG World Cup Series.
Medal winners
Result Men Floor Pommel Horse Rings Vault Parallel Bars Hor ...
, but she did not qualify for any event finals. At the 2014 Swiss Championships, she finished 6th in the all-around, 4th on the vault, 6th on the uneven bars, and 4th on the balance beam. She competed at the
2014 World Championships alongside
Giulia Steingruber,
Caterina Barloggio
Caterina Barloggio (born 29 August 1996) is a retired Swiss artistic gymnast. She competed in three European Championships and four World Championships.
Personal life
Caterina Barloggio was born on 29 August 1996 in Lavertezzo. She graduated ...
, Ilaria Käslin,
Laura Schulte, and
Stefanie Siegenthaler
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, and they finished 19th in
the qualification round. She competed at the
2014 Stuttgart World Cup
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with Ilaria Käslin, Stefanie Siegenthaler, and Jessica Diacci, and they won the team bronze medal behind Germany and Russia.
Hitz began dealing with back injuries in mid-2015.
She finished 5th in the all-around, 4th on the vault, and 5th on the balance beam and the floor exercise at the 2015 Swiss Championships. She then competed at the
2015 World Championships with Giulia Steingruber, Jessica Diacci, Caterina Barloggio, Ilaria Käslin, and Laura Schulte, and they finished 16th in the qualification round, which qualified them for the
2016 Olympic Test Event
The 2016 Olympic Gymnastics Test Event, known officially as Aquece Rio 2016, served as the final qualifier to the gymnastics events at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Concerns and criticisms
During the test event the FIG (In ...
.
At the 2016 Swiss Championships, Hitz won the bronze medal in the all-around behind Giulia Steingruber and
Thea Brogli. Additionally, she won the silver medal on the vault behind Steingruber and the bronze medal on the balance beam and the floor exercise. At the 2019 Swiss Turnfest, she won the bronze medal on vault and finished 6th in the all-around.
References
External links
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1997 births
Living people
Swiss female artistic gymnasts
21st-century Swiss women