Sarah Voss

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Sarah Voss
Voss at the 2022 European Championships
Personal information
Full nameSarah Voss
Country represented Germany
Born (1999-10-21) 21 October 1999 (age 24)
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
ResidenceDormagen, Germany
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2015 – present (GER)
ClubTZ DSHS Cologne
Head coach(es)Shanna Poljakova
Medal record
Women's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Germany
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Munich Team
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Apparatus World Cup 1 1 0

Sarah Voss (born 21 October 1999)[2] is a German artistic gymnast. She represented Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics and will represent Germany at the 2024 Summer Olympics. She is the 2019 and 2022 German all-around national champion. She was part of the bronze medal-winning German team at the 2022 European Championships.

Personal life[edit]

Voss was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany in 1999.[3] She currently resides in Dormagen and trains at TZ DSHS Köln.[2]

Gymnastics career[edit]

2015[edit]

Voss turned senior in 2015 and competed at the German Championships where she placed sixth in the all-around, fifth on uneven bars, and sixth on floor exercise.[4] In October, she competed at the Worlds Selection Trials where she once again placed sixth in the all-around but was not named to the team to compete at the 2015 World Championships.[5] The following week, she competed at the Länderkampf Kunstturnen where she helped Germany finish second behind Brazil.[6] She finished the season at the Toyota International Cup where she placed sixth on the uneven bars and eighth on floor exercise.[7]

2016[edit]

Voss competed at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge where she helped Germany win the silver behind Russia.[8] She later competed at the Doha World Cup where she placed seventh on floor exercise.[9] She was selected to represent Germany at the European Championships alongside Kim Bui, Lina Philipp, Maike Enderle, and Amélie Föllinger, and they finished seventh in the team final.[10] In June, she competed at the German Championships where she placed seventh in the all-around and did not qualify to any event finals.[11] At the Olympic Trials, she placed sixth in the all-around and was not named to the team to compete at the Olympic Games.[12]

2017[edit]

In March, Voss competed at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge where she helped the Germany II team place fourth.[13] Then in May, she competed at the FinGym Turku where she placed second on balance beam behind Tamara Mrdjenovic of Serbia but won gold on floor exercise.[14] She then competed at the German Championships where she placed fifth in the all-around and fourth on balance beam.[15] At the World Trials, she placed fifth in the all-around and was not named to the team to compete at the World Championships.[16] At the Paris Challenge Cup, she placed fifth on vault and seventh on balance beam.[17] She ended the season at the Toyota International Cup where she placed second in the all-around behind Sae Miyakawa of Japan, eighth on uneven bars and balance beam, and third on floor exercise behind Mai Murakami and Aiko Sugihara, both of Japan.[18]

Vault
Uneven Bars
Floor Exercise
Floor Exercise
Voss at the 2017 German Championships

2018[edit]

Voss competed at both the Stuttgart and Birmingham World Cups where she placed fifth and eighth respectively.[19][20] In June, she competed at the German European Championships trials where she placed second in the all-around behind Pauline Schäfer and was named to the team to compete at the European Championships alongside Schäfer, Kim Bui, Leah Griesser, and Emma Höfele.[21] The team competed at the Sainté Gym Cup, a friendly meet in France, where they placed second behind France but ahead of Switzerland.[22] At the European Championships, Voss helped Germany finish ninth in qualifications, and individually, she finished fourth in the vault final.[23][24] In September, she competed at the German World Trials where she placed third behind Bui and Carina Kröll.[25] Later that month, she competed at the German Championships where she placed sixth in the all-around but won gold on vault and balance beam.[26] She was selected to compete at the 2018 World Championships in Doha alongside Elisabeth Seitz, Bui, Sophie Scheder, and Griesser. As a team, they finished eighth in the team final.[27]

2019[edit]

Voss won her first all-around title at the German Championships. Additionally, she placed first on vault and balance beam and fifth on floor exercise.[28] Later that month, she suffered a minor foot injury and missed the German World trials.[3] She was still named to the team to compete at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart alongside Kim Bui, Emelie Petz, Elisabeth Seitz, and Sophie Scheder (later replaced by Pauline Schäfer).[29] Later that month, she competed at a friendly competition in Worms, Germany where she helped Germany finish first ahead of Belgium, France, and a mixed team. Additionally, she posted the second-highest scores on the vault and balance beam.[30]

At the World Championships Voss competed on all four events during qualification and helped Germany place ninth as a team. Although they did not qualify for the team final, they qualified a team to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.[31] Individually, Voss qualified for the all-around and balance beam finals. In the all-around final, she finished in tenth place.[32] During the balance beam final, she finished in seventh place.[33] She ended the season at the Arthur Gander Memorial in Morges, Switzerland, where she finished second behind Lorette Charpy of France.[34]

2020[edit]

In early 2020, it was announced that Voss would represent Germany at the American Cup, taking place on 7 March,[35] and at the Tokyo World Cup taking place on 4 April.[36] At the American Cup, Voss finished in eleventh place.[37] Later that month it was announced that the Tokyo World Cup was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Japan.[38]

2021[edit]

At the 2021 European Championships, Voss became the first female gymnast to cover her legs at an international competition for a non-religious reason, when she wore a full-body suit.[39] She won the bronze medal in the all-around at the German Championships and then won gold at the German Olympic Trials.[40][41] On 13 June, she was selected to represent Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Elisabeth Seitz, Kim Bui, and Pauline Schäfer.[42] In qualifications at the Olympic Games Germany finished ninth as a team and did not advance to the finals.[43]

2022[edit]

Voss competed at the DTB Pokal Mixed Cup where she helped Germany finish second behind the United States.[44] She next competed at the Baku World Cup where she won gold on balance beam and placed fourth on the uneven bars.[45] In June, she competed at the Osijek World Challenge Cup, where she took the silver medal in the uneven bars final behind Zója Székely, and finished fourth in the floor final.[46] Later that month, Voss won the all-around at the German Championships and picked up the gold in the vault final and silver in the balance beam and floor exercise finals.[47]

Voss competed at the European Championships in Munich, where she helped Germany qualify for the team final in fourth place. In the final, the German team of Voss, Kim Bui, Emma Malewski, Pauline Schäfer and Elisabeth Seitz won the bronze medal behind Italy and Great Britain — Germany's first team medal in European Championship history.[48] In September, Voss announced that she would be unable to compete at the upcoming World Championships due to a calf injury.[49]

Vault
Balance beam
Balance beam
Floor exercise
Voss at the 2022 European Championships

2023[edit]

Voss competed at the DTB Pokal Mixed Cup, helping the German team win the silver medal behind Japan.[50] Then at the European Championships, she placed 16th in the all-around.[51] She missed the German Championships due to an ankle injury.[3] She returned to competition at the Heidelberg Friendly where she helped Germany win the gold medal, and she won the silver medal in the all-around behind Romania's Ana Bărbosu.[52] She then competed at the 2023 World Championships in Antwerp. She helped Germany finish 13th in qualifications; although Germany did not qualify a full team to the 2024 Olympic Games, Voss earned an individual berth as the highest placing eligible gymnast on floor exercise.[53] During individual finals, Voss finished 22nd in the all-around.[54]

Competitive history[edit]

Voss (second from the left) at the 2017 German Championships
Voss at the 2022 European Championships
Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2015 German Championships 6 5 6
German World Team Trials 6
Länderkampf Kunstturnen 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Toyota International Cup 11 6 12 8
2016 DTB Pokal Team Challenge 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 12
Doha Challenge Cup 7
Belgium Friendly 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 12
European Championships 7
German Championships 7
German Olympic Trials 6
2017 DTB Pokal Team Challenge 4
FinGym Turku 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
German Championships 5 4
German World Trials 5
Paris Challenge Cup 5 7
Toyota International Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 8 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2018 Stuttgart World Cup 5
Birmingham World Cup 8
German Euro Trials 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Sainté Gym Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
European Championships R2 4
German World Trials 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
German Championships 6 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Rüsselsheim Friendly 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5
World Championships 8
2019 German Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5
Worms Friendly 1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Championships R1 10 7
Arthur Gander Memorial 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2020 American Cup 11
2021
European Championships R1
German Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
FIT Challenge 6 14
Olympic Games R1
2022 DTB Pokal Mixed Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Baku World Cup 4 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Osijek Challenge Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4
German Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
European Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2023 DTB Pokal Mixed Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
European Championships 9 16
Heidelberg Friendly 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships 13 22

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