Sanne Wevers

Sanne Wevers
— Gymnast ♀ —

Wevers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Country represented  Netherlands
Born (1991-09-17) 17 September 1991
Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
Residence Heerenveen, Friesland, Netherlands
Height 1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)[1]
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Years on national team 2007 – present
Club Bosan Ton Almelo
Head coach(es) Vincent Wevers
Eponymous skills Beam: double turn with leg held horizontal
Medal record
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Balance Beam
World Championships
2015 Glasgow Balance Beam
European Championships
2015 Montpellier Uneven Bars

Sanne Wevers (born 17 September 1991) is a Dutch artistic gymnast. She was the first Dutch female gymnast to become an individual Olympic champion, winning the balance beam gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She was also the 2015 World Championships silver medalist on balance beam and 2015 European Championships bronze medalist on uneven bars.[2]

Early life and training

Wevers was born on 17 September 1991, in Leeuwarden. She is six minutes older than her fraternal twin, Lieke.[3] They are both members of the Dutch national gymnastics team and are coached by their father, Vincent.[4]

In 1992, Wevers and her family moved to Oldenzaal. When she was 12, she and her sister started training with their father at a local club in Dronrijp. The family later moved to Twente, and the twins started training at Topturnen Oost-Nederland (English translation: Top Gymnastics Eastern Netherlands). Her parents helped turn it into a high-level sports facility called BosanTON.

In 2013, Vincent Wevers had an argument with the management of the facility and was fired. Ultimately, the twins moved with their father to Heerenveen to train, while their mother stayed in Oldenzaal.

Senior career

2007–2008

Wevers made her international debut in 2007 at the Ghent World Cup, where she placed seventh on uneven bars.[5] She also placed eighth on balance beam at the Glasgow Grand Prix.[6] She competed on bars, beam, and floor at the 2007 European Championships, but did not qualify for any event finals.[7]

Wevers began the 2008 Olympic season at the European Championships. She scored 14.975 on beam, contributing to the Netherlands' eighth-place finish in the team finals.[8] She finished eighth on beam at the Cottbus World Cup,[9] and won silver on beam at the Maribor World Cup.[10] At the World Cup in Tianjin, she finished seventh on balance beam.[11]

At the Dutch national championships, Wevers finished second in the all-around,[12] fifth on bars, and second on beam and floor.[13] The Netherlands could only send one athlete to the 2008 Summer Olympics, and Suzanne Harmes was chosen instead of Wevers.[14]

At the Glasgow Grand Prix, Wevers placed seventh on floor and won gold on both bars and beam.[15] She finished 2008 by placing sixth on bars and fourth on beam at the Stuttgart DTB Cup.[16]

2009–2012

Wevers placed fourth on beam at the 2009 Moscow World Stars, but sustained an elbow injury and did not compete for the rest of the year.[4] In 2010, she competed at the 2010 European Championships and contributed a 13.025 on beam toward the Netherlands' seventh-place finish.[17] She was selected to compete at the 2010 World Championships,[18] where the Netherlands finished ninth in qualifications, one spot away from the team final.[19] On beam at the World Championships, Wevers successfully performed a double turn with leg at horizontal, and the skill was named after her.[1]

She had shoulder surgery soon after the World Championships, and later sustained a foot injury that kept her out of contention for the 2012 Summer Olympics.[4] Wevers returned to competition at the Ostrava World Cup in 2012, where she won silver on beam.[20]

2013–2015

Wevers at the 2015 European Championships

In 2013, Wevers won gold on beam at the Osijek World Cup[21] and was named to the Dutch team for the 2013 World Championships. At Worlds, she fell on balance beam in qualifications and did not advance to the final.[22]

In June 2014, she competed at the Dutch Nationals, winning gold on beam and silver on bars, and placing ninth in the all-around.[23] She then competed at the 2014 European Championships, where the Dutch team finished ninth.[24] At the 2014 World Championships, the Netherlands finished tenth, qualifying a full team to the 2015 World Championships.[25]

In 2015, Wevers competed at the Ljubljana World Cup in April, where a fall on balance beam landed her in fourth place.[26] At the European Championships, she qualified to the uneven bars and balance beam finals. She won a bronze on bars, but fell on one of her spins on beam and finished her routine well over her allotted 90 seconds. She finished eighth.[27]

At the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Wevers helped the Netherlands finish eighth in the team competition. Individually, she won the silver medal on balance beam. Wevers calculated her own difficulty score in a notebook immediately after finishing her routine, and when it was inconsistent with the judges' score her coach filed an inquiry on her behalf, which was accepted.[28]

2016

In 2016, Wevers upgraded the difficulty score of her beam routine by seven-tenths and won gold at the Olympic Test Event. She then became the Dutch national champion on beam with a score of 15.650.

In July, Wevers was named in the Dutch team for the 2016 Summer Olympics, and her sister Lieke also made the team.[29] In qualifications on 7 August, Wevers scored 14.408 on uneven bars and 15.066 on balance beam.[30] On 15 August, she won the gold medal in the balance beam final with a score of 15.466, outscoring Americans Laurie Hernandez and Simone Biles, who won silver and bronze. This was the first time a Dutch woman won an individual medal in artistic gymnastics,[31] the second time a Dutch woman won a medal in artistic gymnastics after the Dutch team won gold at their home Olympics in 1928, and the second time a Dutch gymnast won an individual medal, following Epke Zonderland's win on horizontal bar at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Wevers was selected to be the country's flag bearer at the closing ceremonies.

"Dutchwoman Sanne Wevers won gold with [a] routine that stood out with a sharp contrast in styles to the others ... [She] performed a routine that was short on acrobatic skills, but big on pirouettes, a skill that Wevers is known for. She pulled off a triple turn without a hint of hesitation early in the routine and later added a turn that reversed fields and headed back in the other direction."
— Sports Illustrated, 15 August 2016[32]

Eponymous skills

Apparatus Name Description Difficulty Notes
Balance Beam Wevers Double turn with leg at horizontal E Often called a double L turn; added to the Code of Points after the 2010 World Championships

Competitive history

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2007Ghent World Cup 7th
Glasgow Grand Prix 8th
2008European Championships8th
Cottbus World Cup 8th
Maribor World Cup 2nd
Tianjin World Cup 7th
Glasgow World Cup 1st1st7th
Stuttgart World Cup 6th4th
2009Moscow World Cup 4th1st
2010European Championships7th
World Championships9th
2012Ostrava World Cup 2nd
2013Turnen Dames Interland 4th3rd
Osijek World Cup 1st
2014National Championships 9th 2nd1st
World Championships10th
2015Ljubljana World Cup 4th
European Championships 3rd8th
National Championships 1st1st
World Championships8th 2nd
2016Olympic Games7th 1st

References

  1. 1 2 "WEVERS Sanne (NED)". FIG Gymnastics. 15 April 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Looking back on Montpellier with ... Sanne Wevers (NED)". European Union of Gymnastics. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "History". Gymnastics with Sanne and Lieke. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 Turner, Amanda (12 May 2014). "IG Online Interview: Lieke and Sanne Wevers (Netherlands)". International Gymnast Magazine Online. International Gymnast Magazine. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "4th World Cup Women Gent 2007 Women's Uneven Bar Finals". Gymnastics Results. 13 May 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Glasgow Grand Prix 2007 Women's Balance Beam Finals". Gymnastics Results. 10 November 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "2nd European Individual Championship Artistic Gymnastics Women Results Women's Qualification". Gymnastics Results. 26 April 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "Women's Teams Finals – 2008 European Championships". Gymnastics Results. 5 April 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "32th [sic] Turnier der Meister 2008 Women's Balance Beam Finals". Gymnastics Results. 13 April 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  10. ↑ "41th [sic] Šalamunov memorial 4th World Cup Maribor Women's Balance Beam Finals". Gymnastics Results. 27 April 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  11. ↑ "Bank of China FIG 2008 Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Women's Balance Beam Finals". Gymnastics Results. 15 May 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  12. ↑ "Nederlands Kampioenschap Turnen Dames SENIOR" (PDF). Gymnastics Results (in Dutch). Netherlands Gymnastics Federation. 21 June 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  13. ↑ "Uitslag NK Turnen Dames 2008 Toestelfinales Senior" (PDF). Gymnastics Results (in Dutch). Netherlands Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  14. ↑ "Gymnastics Artistic Women's Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Beijing 2008. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  15. ↑ "Glasgow Grand Prix 2008 and World Cup Artistic Gymnastics World Cup". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  16. ↑ "26th DTB Pokal Stuttgart 2008 Artistic Gymnastics World Cup". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  17. ↑ "Results Seniors Team Final" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. European Union of Gymnastics. 1 May 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  18. ↑ "Nominative Registration – WAG" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. FIG. 28 September 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  19. ↑ "Team Results Women's Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. FIG. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  20. ↑ "Grand Prix Ostrava 2012 Beam – Women" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  21. ↑ "ART Grand Prix Osijek 2013 Challenge cup CIII final Balance Beam" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. FIG. 15 September 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  22. ↑ "Women's Qualification Individual Results" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. FIG. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  23. ↑ "Medaille groep: Eredivisie Senior" (PDF). Gymnastics Results (in Dutch). Netherlands Gymnastics Federation. 21 June 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  24. ↑ "30th European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Results Team" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  25. ↑ "Women's Qualification Team Results" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. FIG. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  26. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (3 April 2015). "2015 Ljubljana Challenge Cup Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  27. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (15 April 2015). "2015 European Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  28. ↑ Julia Fincher (16 Aug 2016), $300 for one-tenth of a point: How a gymnast appeals her score, NBC Olympics, retrieved 18 Aug 2016
  29. ↑ "Turnsters Lieke en Sanne Wevers officieel naar Olympische Spelen". RTV Oost. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  30. ↑ Women's Qualification - Subdivision 4, rio2016.com, retrieved 17 Aug 2016
  31. ↑ Fincher, Julia (15 August 2016). "Wevers beats Hernandez, Biles for gold on balance beam". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  32. ↑ Cazeneuve, Brian. "Sanne Wevers wins Olympic beam final, Simone Biles gets bronze". si.com. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
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