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Kim Bui (born 20 January 1989) is a retired German artistic gymnast. She represented Germany at the
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. She is the 2009 and 2014 German National Champion and the 2011 European bronze medalist on the uneven bars. In her
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, she was part of the first German team to win a European team medal.


Early life and education

Bui was born in
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in 1989 to a
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mother and a Lao father. Bui studied technical biology at the
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. She graduated in 2015 and interned at the
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in the International Marketing and Medicine division. After the
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she began her
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in technical biology.


Gymnastics career


2005

At the German National Championships Bui finished fourth in the all-around. In November Bui participated at the
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Cup alongside Daria Bijak and Janine Hardt where she helped Germany finish first in the team competition ahead of Belgium and Mexico. Individually she finished fifth in the all-around and on uneven bars and third on vault and floor exercise. She was later selected to represent Germany at the
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in
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alongside Bijak. During qualifications Bui finished 28th in the all-around and was the fourth reserve for the final.


2006

In April Bui competed at the
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in
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alongside Daria Bijak,
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, Jenny Brunner, and Julia Hänel where Germany finished eleventh in qualifications and were the third reserve for the team final. At the German National Championships Bui place second in the all-around behind Bijak. During event finals she won gold on floor exercise, silver on vault and balance beam, and placed fourth on uneven bars. In October Bui competed at the
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where Germany placed sixteenth during qualifications and did not advance to the team final.


2007

Bui competed at the
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where she was the second reserve for the uneven bars final. She was an alternate for the
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in Stuttgart. In November she competed at the Cottbus World Cup where she placed sixth on floor exercise. She also competed at the Glasgow Grand Prix where she placed fourth on vault and six on floor exercise.


2008

At the German National Championships Bui won gold on floor exercise and vault and silver on uneven bars. Bui was named an alternate for the
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. In October she competed at the Glasgow Grand Prix where she won silver on vault, bronze on uneven bars, and placed fifth on floor exercise. The following month she competed at the Stuttgart World Cup where she won bronze on floor exercise and placed fifth on vault and uneven bars.


2009

In February Bui competed at the
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where she won the bronze behind Americans
Jordyn Wieber Jordyn Marie Wieber (born July 12, 1995) is an American former artistic gymnast turned gymnastics coach. Since April 2019, she has been the head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks gymnastics team. Wieber was a member of the gold medal-winning ...
and
Bridget Sloan Bridget Elizabeth Sloan (born June 23, 1992) is an American artistic gymnast. She is the 2009 world champion in the all-around, the 2009 United States national champion, and a silver medalist with the American team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in ...
. In March she competed at the Cottbus World Cup where she placed second on floor exercise behind
Sui Lu Sui Lu (, born 1 April 1992) is a retired Chinese gymnast. She started competing at the senior international level in 2008, and won a silver medal at the 2012 Olympics. Her strongest events were the balance beam, where she was the 2011 World Ch ...
of China, fourth on vault, and seventh on uneven bars. Later that month she competed at the
European Championships The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...
where she placed fifth on vault and sixteenth in the all-around. At the German National Championships Bui placed first in the all-around, on vault, and on floor exercise, second on uneven bars, and third on balance beam. She was later selected to represent Germany at the 2009 World Championships alongside
Elisabeth Seitz Elisabeth Seitz (born 4 November 1993) is a German artistic gymnast. She is the 2022 European champion and the 2018 World bronze medalist on the uneven bars. She is one of the only female gymnasts in history to compete the Def (full-twisting Gi ...
, Maike Roll, and
Anja Brinker Anja Brinker (born January 18, 1991) is a retired German artistic gymnast. Brinker started gymnastics in her hometown of Melle at age 6 before moving to Hanover for better training conditions. When she was 13, the training center there closed an ...
. She qualified to the all-around final where she placed 23rd during the final. In November Bui competed at the Stuttgart World Cup where she won gold on uneven bars, silver on floor exercise behind Sui, and bronze on vault behind
Jana Komrsková Jana Komrsková (born 6 May 1983 in Roudnice nad Labem) is an artistic gymnast from the Czech Republic who competed in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. Early life Komrsková was born on 6 May 1983 to father Jan Komrska, a gymnastics coach, an ...
and
Ariella Käslin Ariella Käslin (anglicised Kaeslin; born 11 October 1987) is a Swiss former artistic gymnast. She won all five gold medals at the 2007 Swiss National Championships,injured her ACL and was out for the majority of the season. She returned to competition in November, competing on uneven bars at the Bundesliga final.


2011

In March Bui competed at the Cottbus World Cup where she won bronze on the uneven bars behind
Yao Jinnan Yao Jinnan (born February 8, 1995) is a retired artistic gymnast who represented China at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She is the 2014 world champion on the uneven bars, and the 2011 world all-around bronze medalist and balance beam silver medal ...
and
Elisabeth Seitz Elisabeth Seitz (born 4 November 1993) is a German artistic gymnast. She is the 2022 European champion and the 2018 World bronze medalist on the uneven bars. She is one of the only female gymnasts in history to compete the Def (full-twisting Gi ...
. In April Bui competed at the
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in Berlin, Germany. She performed only on the uneven bars and qualified in 5th position to the event final with a score of 14.450. She improved her score to 14.675 to win the bronze medal in the final behind
Beth Tweddle Elizabeth Kimberly Tweddle (born 1 April 1985) is a retired British artistic gymnast. Renowned for her uneven bar and floor routines, she was the first female gymnast from Great Britain to win a medal at the European Championships, World Cham ...
of Great Britain and
Tatiana Nabieva Tatiana Olegovna Nabieva (russian: Татьяна Олеговна Набиева; born November 21, 1994, in Pushkin) is a Russian artistic gymnast who has won four World Championship medals. She is known for the F-rated uneven bars skill named ...
of Russia. At the German National Championships Bui placed second in the all-around behind
Elisabeth Seitz Elisabeth Seitz (born 4 November 1993) is a German artistic gymnast. She is the 2022 European champion and the 2018 World bronze medalist on the uneven bars. She is one of the only female gymnasts in history to compete the Def (full-twisting Gi ...
, third on floor exercise, and fourth on vault, uneven bars, and balance beam. In September Bui competed at the Switzerland-Germany-Romania Friendly, helping Germany finish in second place behind Romania. She was later named to the team to compete at the 2011 World Championships alongside Seitz,
Oksana Chusovitina Oksana Aleksandrovna Chusovitina (russian: Оксана Александровна Чусовитина; born 19 June 1975) is an eight-time Olympic gymnast who has competed for the Soviet Union, Uzbekistan, and Germany. Chusovitina's career a ...
,
Lisa Katharina Hill Lisa Katharina Hill (born 16 July 1992 in Kiel) is a German artistic gymnast. She was the alternate for the German team that finished ninth at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She was a member of the German team that finished eleventh at the 2010 World ...
,
Nadine Jarosch Nadine Jarosch (born 28 April 1995) is a German gymnast. She competed for the national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international ...
, and Pia Tolle. Together they placed sixth in the team final which is the highest placement Germany has reached since
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. Bui competed at the Stuttgart World Cup where she placed second behind
Huang Qiushuang Huang Qiushuang (), born on 28 May 1992, is a Chinese gymnast. She is an individual all-arounder known for her clean form and artistry. She was a part of the Chinese team for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Gymnastics career Huang started gymnast ...
of China. She next competed at the Tokyo World Cup where she placed third behind Huang and
Yu Minobe is a Japanese artistic gymnast. She competed for the national team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Women's artistic team all-around and the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad an ...
of Japan.


2012

In March Bui competed at the Cottbus World Cup where she won bronze on floor exercise behind
Diana Chelaru Diana Maria Chelaru (; born 15 August 1993) is a Romanian Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Early gymnastics career Chelaru started to train for gymnastics at CSS Oneşti Club with coaches Elena Dra ...
and
Luiza Galiulina Luiza Galiulina (russian: Луиза Галиулина; born 23 June 1992 in Tashkent) is an Uzbek gymnast. She was banned from elite international competition for 2 years after testing positive for furosemide during the London 2012 Olympics. He ...
and placed fourth on balance beam. Bui competed at the
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and finished in ninth place with the German team. She failed to reach finals in her three individual events, qualifying in 19th place on uneven bars, 56th place on beam, and 37th place on floor. In November, she teamed up with
Marcel Nguyen Marcel Van Minh Phuc Long Nguyen (born 8 September 1987) is a German artistic gymnast and three-time Olympian, having represented Germany at the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Olympic Games. He is the 2012 Olympic silver medalist in the all-around and on ...
to compete at the Swiss Cup in Zürich. They won the bronze medal behind
Elisabeth Seitz Elisabeth Seitz (born 4 November 1993) is a German artistic gymnast. She is the 2022 European champion and the 2018 World bronze medalist on the uneven bars. She is one of the only female gymnasts in history to compete the Def (full-twisting Gi ...
and
Fabian Hambüchen Fabian Hambüchen (also spelled Hambuechen; ; born 25 October 1987) is a retired German gymnast who was a four-time Olympian (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016) and was Olympic, World, and European champion. Fabian also won gold medals at European Games a ...
of Germany and
Giulia Steingruber Giulia Steingruber (born 24 March 1994) is a retired Swiss artistic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympic and 2017 World bronze medalist on vault. Additionally she is the 2015 European all-around champion, a four-time European vault champion (2013 ...
and
Claudio Capelli Claudio Capelli (born 16 November 1986, Bern) is a Swiss male artistic gymnast and part of the national team. He represented his country at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. He also participated at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championsh ...
of Switzerland. In December she competed at the Stuttgart World Cup, placing fourth in the all-around competition. She next competed in the Glasgow World Cup where she won the bronze behind Elizabeth Price and Seitz.


2013

Bui competed at the German National Championships in
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in May, performing well to win gold on vault with 14.249, silver on floor scoring 14.266, and bronze in the all-around with an overall score of 54.032. She later competed at the Anadia World Cup in Portugal, placing fourth on vault and floor, sixth on uneven bars, and fifth on beam. That July, Bui competed at the Summer Universiade in
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, contributing to Germany's bronze medal finish. She also took bronze in the all-around, edging out Canada's rising star
Ellie Black Elsabeth Ann "Ellie" Black (born September 8, 1995) is a Canadian artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast. She is a three-time Olympian, having represented her country at the Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012, Gymnastics at the 2016 S ...
. In event finals, she placed eighth on vault, fourth on uneven bars, and fourth on floor. Bui did not compete internationally again until the Arthur Gander Memorial in late October, placing fourth in the all-around. She was named to one of the German teams for the Stuttgart World Cup in November, where she won the bronze medal in the Team Challenge.


2014

In March, Bui competed at the Cottbus World Cup in Germany. She won silver on vault and floor exercise in event finals, scoring 14.262 and 13.925 respectively, and placed fourth on uneven bars. In April she travelled to Japan for the Tokyo Cup where she placed 7th in the all-around competition. In May, she competed at the 2014 European Championships in
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,
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alongside Cagla Akyol,
Janine Berger Janine Berger (born 21 April 1996) is a German artistic gymnast. In 2012, she began competing among seniors and was selected for the 2012 Summer Olympics, where her team was placed ninth. Individually she competed in the vault, uneven bars and ...
,
Pauline Schäfer Pauline Sieglinde Schäfer or Schäfer-Betz (born 4 January 1997) is a German Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast who represented Germany at the Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 and Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Olymp ...
, and
Sophie Scheder Sophie Celina Scheder (born 7 January 1997) is a German artistic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympic bronze medalist on the uneven bars. Senior career 2013 Scheder competed at the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, where she finished 5th ...
. Together they placed fourth in the team final. Individually Bui qualified to the vault final in 8th place with a score of 13.899, and to the uneven bars final in 7th place with a score of 14.500. In the vault event final Bui placed seventh with a score of 13.916, and in the bars event final, she scored 14.400 to finish seventh. At the German National Championships in August, she claimed the gold medal in the all-around and floor exercise competitions, as well as taking silver on uneven bars and bronze on vault, and placing fifth on beam. The following week, the German team competed at a friendly meet against Switzerland and Romania in
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, Switzerland, winning a surprise team gold medal. Kim Bui individually won silver medals on uneven bars and floor exercise. She later competed at the Länderkampf Kunstturnen friendly competition she helped Germany place first as a team and individually she placed fourth behind
Larisa Iordache Larisa Andreea Iordache (; born 19 June 1996) is a former Romanians, Romanian Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast. She represented Romania at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Romania at the 2012 Olympic Games, winning a bronze medal with the team, a ...
,
Giulia Steingruber Giulia Steingruber (born 24 March 1994) is a retired Swiss artistic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympic and 2017 World bronze medalist on vault. Additionally she is the 2015 European all-around champion, a four-time European vault champion (2013 ...
, and Schäfer. Bui was named to the German team which competed at the
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in
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, China. She competed on all four pieces in the qualifying round, but the team placed 9th and did not advance to the final team competition. Bui individually did not qualify for any finals, placing 31st in the all-around qualification (4th reserve), 24th on uneven bars, 23rd on beam and 154th on floor. In late November, she competed at the Stuttgart World Cup, edging out seasoned competitors such as
Vanessa Ferrari Vanessa Ferrari (born 10 November 1990) is an Italian Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast. She was the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2006 World All-Around Champion and competed for Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008, 2012 Su ...
and
Aliya Mustafina Aliya Farkhatovna Mustafina (russian: Алия Фархатовна Мустафина) is a Russian former artistic gymnast. With a combined total of 45 Olympic, World and European Championship medals, she is considered one of the most success ...
to win the bronze medal in the all-around competition, finishing behind Iordache and
Jessica López Jessica Brizeida López Arocha (born January 22, 1986) is a Venezuelan artistic gymnast who competes for the Venezuela national team. She competed at the 2008, the 2012 and the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she qualified to the uneven bars final, ...
.


2015

In April, Bui competed at the Bundesliga competition in
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, Germany, where she performed on vault, uneven bars, and floor exercise. The following month she tore her ACL and was out for the remainder of the season.


2016

Bui returned to competition in May where she competed at the São Paulo World Cup. While there she won silver on the uneven bars behind
Jessica López Jessica Brizeida López Arocha (born January 22, 1986) is a Venezuelan artistic gymnast who competes for the Venezuela national team. She competed at the 2008, the 2012 and the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she qualified to the uneven bars final, ...
and tied with
Rebeca Andrade Rebeca Rodrigues de Andrade (born 8 May 1999) is a Brazilian artistic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic and 2021 World champion on the vault and 2022 World all-around champion. Andrade is the first Brazilian female gymnast to medal at an Olymp ...
and on floor exercise behind
Daniele Hypólito Daniele Matias Hypólito (born 8 September 1984) is a Brazilian gymnast who competed at the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and the 2016 Olympic Games. Hypólito is the first gymnast from Brazil to win a medal at the World Championships, a silver in fl ...
and she placed sixth on balance beam. Bui was selected to represent Germany at the
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alongside
Sarah Voss Sarah Voss (born 21 October 1999) is a German artistic gymnast. She represented Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She is the 2019 and 2022 German all-around national champion and competed in the 2018 and 2019 World Championships. She was part ...
,
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, Maike Enderle, and Amélie Föllinger. While there she helped Germany finish seventh in the team final and individually she finished fourth on uneven bars behind
Becky Downie Rebecca "Becky" Downie (born 24 January 1992 in Nottingham) is a British artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 and 2016 Summer Olympics. She is a double European champion (2014 and 2016) and 2014 C ...
,
Daria Spiridonova Daria Sergeyevna Nagornaya (née Spiridonova russian: Дарья Сергеевна Нагорная ; born 8 July 1998) is a Russian former artistic gymnast. Primarily an uneven bars specialist, she is the 2015 World Champion, the 2015 Europe ...
, and
Aliya Mustafina Aliya Farkhatovna Mustafina (russian: Алия Фархатовна Мустафина) is a Russian former artistic gymnast. With a combined total of 45 Olympic, World and European Championship medals, she is considered one of the most success ...
. In June she competed at the German National Championships where she placed fourth in the all-around and on balance beam, third on uneven bars, and second on floor exercise. The following month she competed at the Olympic Trials where she finished third and was named to the Olympic team alongside
Elisabeth Seitz Elisabeth Seitz (born 4 November 1993) is a German artistic gymnast. She is the 2022 European champion and the 2018 World bronze medalist on the uneven bars. She is one of the only female gymnasts in history to compete the Def (full-twisting Gi ...
,
Pauline Schäfer Pauline Sieglinde Schäfer or Schäfer-Betz (born 4 January 1997) is a German Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast who represented Germany at the Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 and Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Olymp ...
,
Sophie Scheder Sophie Celina Scheder (born 7 January 1997) is a German artistic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympic bronze medalist on the uneven bars. Senior career 2013 Scheder competed at the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, where she finished 5th ...
, and
Tabea Alt Tabea Lara Alt (born 18 March 2000) is a former German elite artistic gymnast. She is the 2017 World bronze medalist on balance beam, and a 2016 Olympian. She competed at the 2016 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event, contributing to the team placing o ...
. Prior to the Olympic Games Bui and the German team competed at a friendly competition in
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where Germany finished first as a team and individually Bui finished seventh in the all-around. Bui competed at the
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in
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. The team finished in sixth place in the women's team all-around competition. in which she competed uneven bars and floor exercise for Germany. She did not qualify for any event finals, finishing 19th on
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and 29th on
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. In November Bui competed at the Swiss Cup where she was partnered with
Marcel Nguyen Marcel Van Minh Phuc Long Nguyen (born 8 September 1987) is a German artistic gymnast and three-time Olympian, having represented Germany at the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Olympic Games. He is the 2012 Olympic silver medalist in the all-around and on ...
. Together they finished second behind the Ukrainian team composed of
Oleg Verniaiev Oleg Yuriyovych Verniaiev ( uk, Олег Юрійович Верняєв; born 29 September 1993) is a Ukrainian artistic gymnast. He is the 2016 Olympic parallel bars champion and individual all-around silver medalist. Verniaiev is also the ...
and
Angelina Kysla Angelina Anatoliyivna Radivilova (née Kysla (Кисла); uk, Ангеліна Анатоліївна Радівілова; born 15 February 1991) is a Ukrainian artistic gymnast. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics and also competed at th ...
.


2017

In March Bui competed at the
American Cup The American Cup (also known as the American Football Association Cup and the American Federation Cup) was the first major U.S. soccer competition open to teams beyond a single league. It was first held in 1885. In the 1910s, it gradually dec ...
where she placed fourth behind
Ragan Smith Ragan Elizabeth Smith (born August 8, 2000) is an American collegiate gymnast. She is a five-time member of the United States women's national gymnastics team, US National Team (2014–2019). She is the 2017 U.S. National Gymnastics Championship ...
,
Asuka Teramoto is a Japanese gymnast. Teramoto was born in Komaki, Aichi. Her first major international senior competition was the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. In the team all-around finals, she contributed on vaulting, uneven ...
, and
Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos Mélanie Johanna de Jesus dos Santos (born 5 March 2000) is a French artistic gymnast. She is the 2019 European all-around champion, a two time European champion on the floor exercise (2018, 2019), and the 2021 European champion on the balance ...
. She posted the highest uneven bars score of the day. She next competed at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge where she helped Germany finish second as a team behind Russia. In April Bui competed at the
European Championships The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...
where she placed fifth in the all-around behind
Ellie Downie Elissa Rebecca "Ellie" Downie (born 20 July 1999) is a retired artistic gymnast who has represented Great Britain. She is the all-around 2017 European gymnastics champion, the first gymnast to win a major all-around title for Great Britain. T ...
, Zsófia Kovács, de Jesus dos Santos, and
Elena Eremina Elena Vyacheslavovna Eremina (russian: Елена Вячеславовна Ерёмина, pron. ''Yelena Vyacheslavovna Yeryomina'', born 29 July 2001) is a retired Russian artistic gymnast. She is the 2017 World all-around bronze medalist and ...
. During the event finals she finished fifth on uneven bars and fourth on floor exercise. At the German National Championships Bui finished third in the all-around and second on uneven bars and floor exercise. In August she competed at the
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alongside
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, and
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. Together they placed fourth as a team. Individually Bui won silver on the uneven bars behind
Daria Spiridonova Daria Sergeyevna Nagornaya (née Spiridonova russian: Дарья Сергеевна Нагорная ; born 8 July 1998) is a Russian former artistic gymnast. Primarily an uneven bars specialist, she is the 2015 World Champion, the 2015 Europe ...
. At the German World Trials Bui only competed on uneven bars where she placed third. She was named to the team to competed at the
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alongside
Elisabeth Seitz Elisabeth Seitz (born 4 November 1993) is a German artistic gymnast. She is the 2022 European champion and the 2018 World bronze medalist on the uneven bars. She is one of the only female gymnasts in history to compete the Def (full-twisting Gi ...
,
Pauline Schäfer Pauline Sieglinde Schäfer or Schäfer-Betz (born 4 January 1997) is a German Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast who represented Germany at the Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 and Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Olymp ...
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. While there Bui did not qualify to any event finals.


2018

In March Bui competed at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge where she helped Germany finish fourth as a team. In June she competed at the German Euros trials where she finished fourth in the all-around. Bui competed at the Sainté Gym Cup where she helped Germany finish second as a team and individually she finished fourth in the all-around. At the
European Championships The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...
Bui, along with
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,
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,
Pauline Schäfer Pauline Sieglinde Schäfer or Schäfer-Betz (born 4 January 1997) is a German Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast who represented Germany at the Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 and Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Olymp ...
, and
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, finished 10th in qualification and therefore were the second reserve for the team final. Individually Bui finished fourth in the uneven bars final. In September Bui competed at the German World Trials where she finished first in the all-around. Later that month she competed at the German National Championships where she placed second in the all-around behind Seitz, second on uneven bars, and third on floor exercise. She next competed at the a friendly competition in Rüsselsheim where she helped Germany finish first and individually she also finished first. In late October Bui competed at the
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alongside Seitz, Griesser, Scheder, and Voss. Together they finished eighth in the team final. Bui did not qualify for any event finals. She next competed at the Arthur Gander Memorial where she placed fifth. Bui ended the season competing at the Cottbus World Cup where she finished seventh on uneven bars and sixth on floor exercise.


2019

In March Bui competed at the
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where she placed fifth. She next competed at the Stuttgart World Cup where she placed seventh. Afterwards she competed at the Doha World Cup where she placed fifth on uneven bars and seventh on floor exercise. In August Bui competed at the German National Championships where she placed second in the all-around behind
Sarah Voss Sarah Voss (born 21 October 1999) is a German artistic gymnast. She represented Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She is the 2019 and 2022 German all-around national champion and competed in the 2018 and 2019 World Championships. She was part ...
. Additionally she placed sixth on uneven bars and first on floor exercise. At the World Trials she finished second in the all-around behind
Emelie Petz Emelie Petz (born 24 March 2003) is a German artistic gymnast and is a two-time junior national champion. Early life Petz was born in Backnang in 2003. She currently trains in Allmersbach im Tal. Gymnastics career Junior 2015–2016 In ...
. In September Bui was named to the team to compete at the 2019 World Championships in
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alongside Voss, Petz,
Elisabeth Seitz Elisabeth Seitz (born 4 November 1993) is a German artistic gymnast. She is the 2022 European champion and the 2018 World bronze medalist on the uneven bars. She is one of the only female gymnasts in history to compete the Def (full-twisting Gi ...
, and
Sophie Scheder Sophie Celina Scheder (born 7 January 1997) is a German artistic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympic bronze medalist on the uneven bars. Senior career 2013 Scheder competed at the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, where she finished 5th ...
(later replaced by
Pauline Schäfer Pauline Sieglinde Schäfer or Schäfer-Betz (born 4 January 1997) is a German Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast who represented Germany at the Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 and Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Olymp ...
). Later that month she competed at a friendly competition in
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where she helped Germany finish first ahead of Belgium, France, and a mixed team. At the
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Bui competed on vault, uneven bars, and floor exercise during qualification and helped Germany place ninth as a team. Although they did not qualify to the team final, they qualified a team to the
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in Tokyo. Individually Bui did not qualify to any event finals. Bui ended the season competing at the Cottbus World Cup. While there she qualified to both the uneven bars and floor exercise finals. In the uneven bars final she finished in fifth place; for the floor exercise final she won the silver medal behind Ukrainian
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.


2021

In April Bui competed at the
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in
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, Switzerland. She qualified to the all-around and floor exercise finals, placing seventh and sixth respectively. During the all-around final Bui and compatriot
Elisabeth Seitz Elisabeth Seitz (born 4 November 1993) is a German artistic gymnast. She is the 2022 European champion and the 2018 World bronze medalist on the uneven bars. She is one of the only female gymnasts in history to compete the Def (full-twisting Gi ...
wore
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s opposed to the standard
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that is common in women's
artistic gymnastics 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 ...
. While unitards are usually worn for religious reasons, the German gymnasts opted to wear them as a statement "against sexualization in gymnastics". On 13 June Bui was selected to represent
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 ...
alongside
Elisabeth Seitz Elisabeth Seitz (born 4 November 1993) is a German artistic gymnast. She is the 2022 European champion and the 2018 World bronze medalist on the uneven bars. She is one of the only female gymnasts in history to compete the Def (full-twisting Gi ...
,
Sarah Voss Sarah Voss (born 21 October 1999) is a German artistic gymnast. She represented Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She is the 2019 and 2022 German all-around national champion and competed in the 2018 and 2019 World Championships. She was part ...
, and
Pauline Schäfer Pauline Sieglinde Schäfer or Schäfer-Betz (born 4 January 1997) is a German Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast who represented Germany at the Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 and Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Olymp ...
. In qualifications at the
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Germany finished ninth as a team and did not advance to the finals. However Bui advanced to the all-around final, her first individual Olympic final.


2022

In June, Bui competed at the German Championships, where she won the gold in the uneven bars and floor exercise finals, and took the silver in the all-around behind
Sarah Voss Sarah Voss (born 21 October 1999) is a German artistic gymnast. She represented Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She is the 2019 and 2022 German all-around national champion and competed in the 2018 and 2019 World Championships. She was part ...
. In August, Bui announced that she would retire following the
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in
Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...
. On the first day of competition, she finished eighth in the all-around, and helped Germany qualify to the team final in fourth place. Individually, she also qualified to the uneven bars final in fourth place. In the team final, the German team of Bui,
Emma Malewski Emma Leonie Malewski (born July 18, 2004) is a German artistic gymnast who represented Germany at the 2019 Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, inaugural Junior World Championships. She is the 2022 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics ...
,
Pauline Schäfer Pauline Sieglinde Schäfer or Schäfer-Betz (born 4 January 1997) is a German Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast who represented Germany at the Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 and Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Olymp ...
,
Elisabeth Seitz Elisabeth Seitz (born 4 November 1993) is a German artistic gymnast. She is the 2022 European champion and the 2018 World bronze medalist on the uneven bars. She is one of the only female gymnasts in history to compete the Def (full-twisting Gi ...
and Sarah Voss won the bronze medal behind Italy and Great Britain — Germany's first team medal in European Championship history. In the uneven bars final, Bui finished fifth, scoring a 14.066 for the last routine of her career.


Competitive history


References

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