Taha Serhani (born 27 May 1995) is a Swiss

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Personal life

He was born to a Moroccan father and a Swiss mother. His brother, Samir is also a gymnast who has competed internationally for Switzerland.

Career

At the 2012 European Junior Championships, he was a part of the Swiss team that won bronze. He made his senior international debut at the 2015 Cottbus World Cup in Germany. He competed at the

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and helped the Swiss team finish 12th. He qualified for the individual all-around final and placed 9th with a score of 84.098. He competed at his first senior

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at the 2017 edition in

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. He finished 8th in qualification on the horizontal bar but was unable to progress to the final due to placing behind his teammates Oliver Hegi and Pablo Brägger. The following year at the

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, he qualified for the horizontal bar and finished 4th. His score of 14.033 tied him for third place but he lost out in a tiebreak to Dávid Vecsernyés due a lower execution score. He was also a part of the Swiss team that finished 6th and contributed on four apparatuses during the final. He was later ruled out of the World Championships due to a meniscus tear in his left knee. He competed at the 2019 European Championships in

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and finished 12th on parallel bars and horizontal bar in qualification. During 2020, Serhani was diagnosed with keratoconus, a condition in the eye which can cause blindness. This required him to have surgery on both of his eyes. In 2021, he competed at his first

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but injured his shoulder late this year. This injury meant he missed the

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. However, he returned to the Swiss team for the

in October. In 2023, he competed at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge as a part of the Swiss team that finished 5th. He competed in three apparatus finals and won silver on both parallel bars and horizontal bar. At the 2023 World Championships, he helped Switzerland qualify a full team to the 2024 Olympics Games. They then finished 5th in the team final. He plans to retire after the 2024 Olympics and become a primary school teacher, planning to study at the .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Serhani, Taha Living people 1995 births Swiss artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Switzerland