Pascal Brendel (born 15 September 2003) is a German

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different types of apparatus. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which assigns the '' Code of Points'' used ...

. He represented

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Early life

Brendel was born on 15 September 2003 in

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to Katharina and Matthias Brendel. He has a brother named Sascha who is four years older. He began artistic gymnastics in 2009 and moved to

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in 2012. He left his club in Frankfurt and moved to

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in 2019 and is coached by his father.

Career

Brendel finished fifth on the parallel bars at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival, and he placed 14th in the all-around. He won the bronze medal in the all-around at the 2021 German Championships in the 17–18 age group. Brendel won the pommel horse title at the 2022 German Championships, and he finished 14th in the all-around. He was initially Germany's reserve for the 2022 World Championships, but he was added to the team after

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withdrew for health reasons. He competed alongside

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, Nils Dunkel, , and Andreas Toba, and they placed ninth in the qualification round, making them the first reserves for the team final. Brendel competed in the mixed team event at the

2023 DTB Pokal Stuttgart The 2023 EnBW DTB Pokal Team Challenge and Mixed Cup was an artistic gymnastics competition held from March 17–19, 2023 at the Porsche-Arena in Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian la ...

, helping Germany win the silver medal behind Japan. Then at the 2023 European Championships, he helped the German team finish fifth. Individually, he finished eighth in the all-around. He won his first senior national all-around title at the 2023 German Championships. He then competed at the 2023 World Championships and helped Germany qualify for the team final where they finished sixth. At the 2024 DTB Pokal Stuttgart, Brendel won a silver medal on the floor exercise behind Matteo Giubellini, and the German team won the bronze medal in the mixed cup. He finished fourth in the all-around at the 2024 German Championships. He finished fifth in the all-around at the Olympic Trials. He was then selected to represent

alongside

, Nils Dunkel,

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, and Andreas Toba. The team finished 11th in the

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and did not advance to the final.

Competitive history

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