Kim Bui

Kim Bui (born 20 January 1989) is a retired German artistic gymnast. She represented Germany at the 2012, 2016, and 2020 Olympic Games. She is the 2009 and 2014 German National Champion and the 2011 European bronze medalist on the uneven bars. In her final competition, she was part of the first German team to win a European team medal.

Early life and education

Bui was born in Tübingen in 1989 to a Vietnamese mother and a Lao father.

Bui studied technical biology at the University of Stuttgart. She graduated in 2015 and interned at the Fresenius Medical Care company in the International Marketing and Medicine division. After the Rio Olympics she began her master's degree in technical biology.

Gymnastics career

2005

At the German National Championships Bui finished fourth in the all-around. In November Bui participated at the Leverkusen 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 World Championships in Melbourne 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 European Championships in Volos alongside Daria Bijak, Katja Abel, 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 World Championships where Germany placed sixteenth during qualifications and did not advance to the team final.

2007

Bui competed at the European Championships where she was the second reserve for the uneven bars final. She was an alternate for the World Championships 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 2008 Olympic Games. 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 American Cup where she won the bronze behind Americans Jordyn Wieber and Bridget Sloan. In March she competed at the Cottbus World Cup where she placed second on floor exercise behind Sui Lu of China, fourth on vault, and seventh on uneven bars. Later that month she competed at the European Championships 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, Maike Roll, and Anja Brinker. 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 and Ariella Käslin

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