Janine Berger
Janine Berger | |
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— Gymnast — | |
Berger in 2012 | |
Personal information | |
Country represented | Germany |
Born |
Dillingen an der Donau, Germany | 21 April 1996
Hometown | Ulm, Germany |
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics |
Level | Senior International |
Club | SSV Ulm 1846 |
Head coach(es) | Gabor Szucs |
Janine Berger (born 21 April 1996) is a German artistic gymnast.[1] In 2012 she began competing among seniors and was selected for the 2012 Summer Olympics, where her team was placed ninth.[2]
Individually she competed in the vault, uneven bars and floor exercise, but failed to reach the finals in the last two events. In the vault she performed a Rudi (handspring 1.5-twisting layout) and a double-twisting Tsukahara, with difficulty ratings of 6.3 and 6.0, respectively. Her first vault, officially named Chusovitina in the Code of Points but more commonly known as Rudi, had a good height and amplitude, but excessive piking of the hips in the final phase led to an uncontrolled landing. Berger finished fourth behind Russia's Maria Paseka.[2]
In early 2014, she returned to gymnastics after a year's break in 2013 following an injury. She won the vault competition at the Turnier De Meister World Cup in Cottbus, Germany.
References
- ↑ Janine Berger. London2012.com
- 1 2 Janine Berger. sports-reference.com