Nils Dunkel (born 20 February 1997) is a German artistic gymnast who represented

Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics Germany competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's eighth consecutiv ...

Career

Dunkel began gymnastics since his father, Stephan Dunkel, is a coach at the MTV Erfurt club. He competed at the 2014 Junior European Championships and finished twenty-first in the all-around final. He finished fourth in the

pommel horse The pommel horse is an artistic gymnastics apparatus. Traditionally, it is used by only male gymnasts. Originally made of a metal frame with a wooden body and a leather cover, the modern pommel horse has a metal body covered with foam rubber and ...

event final. He represented

Germany at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Germany competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014. Medalists Medals awarded to participants of Mixed-NOCs participation at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, mixed-NOC (Combined) teams are represen ...

and finished twelfth in the all-around final. Dunkel competed at the

2018 European Championships The 2018 European Championships were the first edition of the European Championships. It was a multi-sport event which took place in Berlin, Germany, and Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (with Edinburgh hosting the diving events and Gleneagles ...

and helped the German team finish fourth. Individually, he finished fourth in the

parallel bars Parallel bars are floor apparatus consisting of two wooden bars slightly over long and positioned at roughly head height. Parallel bars are used in artistic gymnastics and also for physical therapy and home exercise. Gymnasts may optionally we ...

event final. He was not able to compete at the 2019 World Championships due to a foot injury. Dunkel was selected to represent

alongside

Lukas Dauser Lukas Dauser (born 15 June 1993) is a German male artistic gymnast and a two-time Olympian, having competed at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games. He is the 2020 Olympic and 2022 World silver medalist on the parallel bars. Career Dauser became ...

Philipp Herder Philipp Herder (born 21 October 1992) is a retired German artistic gymnast who represented Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Career In 2011, Herder had a neck injury that required surgery to replace a disk with two fused ver ...

, and

Andreas Toba Andreas Toba (born 7 October 1990 in Hanover) is a German gymnast. He is a three-time Olympian, having represented Germany at the Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012, Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016, and Gymnastics at the 2 ...

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Nils Dunkel
at the * 1997 births Living people German male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Sportspeople from Erfurt Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Germany 21st-century German people {{Germany-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub