Rune Hermans (born 9 May 1999) is a Belgian former

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 ...

. She competed in the all-around finals at the

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and 2017 World Championships. She represented Belgium at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Gymnastics career

Junior

Hermans competed at the 2013 European Youth Olympic Festival and finished ninth with the Belgian team. Individually, she finished 20th in the all-around final. Then at the

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, she finished fourth with Belgium in the team competition and placed sixth in the individual all-around. In the event finals, she finished fourth on the uneven bars, eighth on the balance beam, and fifth on the floor exercise. She was selected to compete at the Junior European Championships alongside

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, Jelle Beullens, and

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, and they finished sixth in the team competition. Individually, she qualified for the all-around final and finished ninth.

Senior

Hermans became age-eligible for senior competitions in 2015. At the 2015 FIT Challenge, she finished sixth in the all-around. She competed at the 2015 World Championships and helped Belgium finish 11th in the team competition and qualify for the

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. Individually, she qualified for the all-around final and finished 19th. At the Olympic Test Event, Hermans helped Belgium finish third and qualify as a full team for the Olympic Games for the first time since 1948. She was initially the alternate for the Olympic team. However, she was added to the team after

injured her knee. The team placed 12th in the

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. Hermans won the all-around title at the 2017 Belgian Championships. She won another all-around gold medal at the 2017 FIT Challenge. At the 2017 World Championships, she advanced into the all-around final and finished 11th. Hermans did not compete at the

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to focus on school. She was then selected to compete at the

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alongside

, Maellyse Brassart, and

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, and they finished 11th during the qualification round. Hermans announced her retirement from the sport in March 2019.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hermans, Rune 1999 births Living people Belgian female artistic gymnasts Sportspeople from Leuven Gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Belgium Belgian women gymnasts 21st-century Belgian sportswomen