Sophie Celina Scheder (born 7 January 1997) is a German

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. She is the 2016 Olympic bronze medalist on the uneven bars.

Senior career

2013

Scheder competed at the

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, where she finished 5th on the uneven bars.

2014

Scheder started the season competing at the American Cup held in

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, where she placed 7th. A few weeks later she competed at the Cottbus Challenge Cup, where she won the bars title with a 14.925. At the 2014 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in

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, she again made the bars final and placed 5th with a score of 14.733. At the

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, she only competed in qualifications, as a fall on the uneven bars prevented her from making the final.

2015

At the 2015 São Paulo Challenge Cup, Scheder captured two medals, a silver on the uneven bars with a 14.875 and a bronze on balance beam with a 14.0. She was selected to compete at the 1st

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in Baku, along with

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and Leah Griesser. There, she placed 4th in the All-Around with a score of 54.932, 2nd on the uneven bars with a 15.2 and 2nd with her team. In October, she competed at the

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along with

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, Leah Griesser,

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and

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, where they placed 12th as a team. Individually, she placed 8th on bars with a 14.6.

2016: Rio Summer Olympics

Scheder started the season by winning the bars and beam titles and also placing 2nd in the all-around at the German National Team Cup. Two weeks later, she competed at the DTB-Pokal Stuttgart World Cup, where she finished in a historic 1st place with a score of 57.032. After the competition, she was selected to represent her country at the 2016 Olympic Test Event. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she helped the German team finish in sixth place and also finished 23rd in the individual all-around. At the uneven bars, Scheder had a 15.566 score and claimed the bronze medal behind

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and

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, becoming the first German gymnast to win an Uneven Bars medal since Dagmar Kersten in 1988, and the first for modern day Germany.

2017

In April 2017, Scheder underwent knee surgery in Vail, Colorado after experiencing persisting, heavy pains in her knees.

2019

In September Scheder was named to the team to compete at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart alongside Kim Bui,

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, Sarah Voss, and

. She ended up withdrawing due to injury.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Scheder, Sophie 1997 births Living people German female artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in gymnastics European Games silver medalists for Germany Gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts of Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics People from Wolfsburg Olympic medalists in gymnastics Sportspeople from Lower Saxony