Nina Derwael

Nina Derwael
Country represented	Belgium
Born	(2000-03-26) 26 March 2000 (age 24) Sint-Truiden, Limburg, Belgium
Residence	Ghent, Belgium
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Years on national team	2013 – present (BEL)
Club	TK Sta Paraat Hasselt
Gym	Topsportschool Gent
Head coach(es)	Ulla Koch
Former coach(es)	Marjorie Heuls, Yves Kieffer
Choreographer	Irina Shadrina
Eponymous skills	Derwael-Fenton (F): Stalder to Tkatchev with 1/2 turn (Uneven Bars)[2] Derwael (G): Toe-on laid-out Tkatchev with a ½ twist (Uneven Bars)[3]
Medal record Women's artistic gymnastics Representing  Belgium Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Uneven bars World Championships 2018 Doha Uneven bars 2019 Stuttgart Uneven bars 2017 Montreal Uneven bars 2022 Liverpool Uneven bars European Games 2019 Minsk Balance beam European Championships 2017 Cluj-Napoca Uneven bars 2018 Glasgow Uneven bars 2018 Glasgow Balance beam FIG World Cup Event 1st 2nd 3rd Apparatus World Cup 4 1 2 World Challenge Cup 3 0 0 Total 7 1 2

Nina Derwael (Dutch pronunciation: [dɛrʋaːl] or [dərʋaːl]; born 26 March 2000) is a Belgian artistic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion (2018, 2019), and a two-time European champion (2017, 2018) on the uneven bars. She is the 2019 European Games champion on the balance beam, as well as a two-time Belgian national all-around champion (2015, 2018).

She represented Belgium at the 2016 Summer Olympics and at the 2020 Olympics. At the 2020 Olympics, she led the Belgian gymnastics team to their first-ever team final where they finished eighth. She qualified for the all-around final where she finished sixth, and she won the gold medal in the uneven bars final, the first Olympic medal of any color for a Belgian female gymnast. She is the first Belgian gymnast to medal at the World Championships, the first to become a World champion, and the first to become a European champion.