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Tabea Alt
Full nameTabea Lara Alt
Country represented Germany
Born (2000-03-18) 18 March 2000 (age 24)
Baden-Wurttemburg, Germany
ResidenceLudwigsburg, Germany
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
(Germany national team)
Years on national team2016
Medal record
Representing  Germany
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Montreal Balance Beam
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
All-Around World Cup 2 0 0

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 of second, which qualified the German team for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1] At the 2016 Summer Olympics, the German team finished 6th in the team all-around competition.[2]

Career

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2016

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At the 2016 American Cup, Alt finished seventh in the all-around with a score of 54.399.[3] She competed at the 2016 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event in April. There she helped her team qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics with a team finish of second place.[4] Individually, she was third in the all-around. At the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, the German team finished 6th in the team all-around competition.[2] Alt did not qualify for any of the event finals.[5]

2017

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Alt won the 2017 Stuttgart World Cup in March 2017, beating Angelina Melnikova and Morgan Hurd. Alt would also go on to win the 2017 London World Cup in April, placing ahead of Angelina Melnikova, Victoria Nguyen and Amy Tinkler.[6] At the 2017 European Championships, she finished ninth on balance beam (10.966) after qualifying in fifth place (13.700).[3]

In the 2017 World Gymnastics Championships in Montreal, Canada, Tabea Alt qualified first into the balance beam final, and won the bronze medal with the score 13.300,[3] behind her teammate Pauline Schäfer and Morgan Hurd from the USA.

In December 2017, the Alt and the Alt II were added to the Code of Points. Alt debuted both uneven bars elements at the 2017 World Championships.[3]

2018

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In October 2018, Alt had surgery on a persistent shoulder injury.[3]

Eponymous skills

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Alt has two eponymous skill listed in the Code of Points.[7]

Apparatus Name Description Difficulty[a] Added to the Code of Points
Uneven bars Alt Stoop trough on high bar, dislocate and release with ½ (180°) turn in flight between the bars to catch low bar in hang C 2017 World Championships
Uneven bars Alt Clear straddle circle with salto forward tucked with ½ turn (180°) C 2017 World Championships
  1. ^ Valid for the 2022-2024 Code of Points

References

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  1. ^ "2016 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event athletes - Tabea Alt" (PDF). gymnasticsresults.com. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 4 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e "ALT Tabea - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  4. ^ "2016 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event athletes - Tabea Alt" (PDF). gymnasticsresults.com. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  5. ^ "ALT Tabea". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Gymnastic archive". Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  7. ^ "2022-2024 Code of Points Women's Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation. pp. 95, 99, 208. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
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