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Timo Eder

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Timo Eder
Personal information
Full nameTimo Eder
Country represented Germany
Born (2005-06-11) 11 June 2005 (age 19)
Ludwigsburg, Germany
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2022–present (GER)
ClubMTV Ludwigsburg
Head coach(es)Jörg Schwaiger
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Germany
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Antalya Floor exercise

Timo Eder (born 11 June 2005) is a German artistic gymnast. He is the 2023 Junior World silver medalist on floor exercise. He represented Germany at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Personal life

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Eder was born in 2005. He has a younger brother, Jonas Eder, who is also a gymnast.[1]

Junior gymnastics career

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In early 2022 Eder competed at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge where he helped Germany win the silver medal as a team. Later that summer he competed at the European Championships where he helped Germany place fifth as a team.[2]

In March of the following year Eder competed at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge where he helped Germany finish second a team; individually he also won silvers on floor exercise and horizontal bar. Later that month he competed at the second Junior World Championships alongside Alexander Kirchner and Maxim Kovalenko. On the first day of competition he helped Germany place eighth as a team.[3] During the all-around final Eder placed fifth. During event finals he won silver on floor exercise behind Ángel Barajas of Colombia.[4]

Horizontal bar
Floor exercise
Pommel horse
Vault

Senior gymnastics career

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2024

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At the German Championships Eder placed third in the all-around behind Lukas Dauser and Andreas Toba.[5] At the Olympic trial Eder placed first in the all-around. As a result, he was selected to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games alongside Dauser, Toba, Nils Dunkel, and Pascal Brendel.[6] At the Olympic Games Germany finished eleventh as a team during qualifications.[7]

Competitive history

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Year Event Team AA FX PH SR VT PB HB
Junior
2022 DTB Pokal Team Challenge 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
European Championships 5
2023 DTB Pokal Team Challenge 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Junior World Championships 8 5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
German Championships 17 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4
Senior
2024 DTB Pokal Team Challenge 5
DTB Pokal Mixed Cup 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Antalya World Challenge Cup 6
German Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 6
German Olympic Trials 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Olympic Games 11

References

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  1. ^ "FIG Profile: Timo Eder". International Gymnastics Federation.
  2. ^ "6 nations golden in #Munich2022 junior apparatus finals". European Gymnastics. August 21, 2023.
  3. ^ "Asian domination: Japanese men repeat as World Junior team champions". International Gymnastics Federation. March 29, 2023.
  4. ^ "Manukyan takes two golds as apparatus finals begin at Gymnastics Junior Worlds". International Gymnastics Federation. April 1, 2023.
  5. ^ "2024 German Championships men's results". The Gymternet. June 10, 2024.
  6. ^ "DTB legt sich auf Turn-Team für Olympia fest" [DTB decides on gymnastics team for Olympics]. German Gymnastics Federation (in German). June 23, 2024.
  7. ^ "2024 Olympic Games Men's Results". The Gymternet. August 5, 2024.
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