Nils Dunkel Explained

Nils Dunkel
Birth Date:20 February 1997
Birth Place:Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany
Residence:Halle, Germany
Height:173 cm[1]
Discipline:MAG
Level:Senior international elite
Club:SV Halle
Headcoach:Hubert Brylok
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Nils Dunkel (born 20 February 1997) is a German artistic gymnast. He won a bronze medal on the pommel horse at the 2022 European Championships. He represented Germany at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games.

Career

Dunkel began gymnastics at age four because his father, Stephan Dunkel, is a coach at the MTV Erfurt club.[2] He competed at the 2014 Junior European Championships and finished 21st in the all-around final.[3] He finished fourth in the pommel horse event final.[4] He represented Germany at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics and finished 12th in the all-around final.[5] There, he also qualified for the parallel bars final and finished eighth.[6] Additionally, he was a reserve for the pommel horse,[7] still rings,[8] and horizontal bar finals.[9]

Dunkel finished eighth on the still rings at the 2016 Cottbus World Cup. He competed at his first World Championships in 2017. He only competed on the floor exercise and did not advance to the final.[10]

Dunkel competed at the 2018 European Championships and helped the German team finish fourth.[11] Individually, he finished fourth in the parallel bars event final.[12] He finished 41st in the all-around during the qualification round of the 2019 European Championships.[13] He was not able to compete at the 2019 World Championships due to a foot injury.[14]

Dunkel could not compete at the 2021 European Championships because he tore ligaments in his ankle right before the event. Eight weeks later, he returned to competition at the German Championships and won the pommel horse title.[2] He also finished second in the all-around at the German Championships, and he placed third in the all-around at the German Olympic Trials.[15] He was selected to represent Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics, held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, alongside Lukas Dauser, Philipp Herder, and Andreas Toba.[16] The team qualified for the team final and finished in eighth place.[17]

Dunkel finished fifth on the pommel horse at the 2022 Cottbus World Cup.[18] Then at the European Championships, he helped the German team place seventh. Individually, he won the bronze medal on the pommel horse behind Harutyun Merdinyan and Loran de Munck.[19] This was his first medal at an international competition.[20] He then competed alongside Lukas Dauser, Pascal Brendel,, and Andreas Toba at the 2022 World Championships, and they placed ninth in the qualification round, making them the first reserves for the team final.[21]

Dunkel finished sixth on the parallel bars at the 2023 Cottbus World Cup.[22] Then at the 2023 European Championships, he helped the German team finish fifth.[23] He then competed at the 2023 World Championships and helped Germany qualify for the team final where they finished sixth.[24] Individually, Dunkel qualified for the pommel horse final and finished seventh.[25]

At the 2024 DTB Pokal Stuttgart, Dunkel won a bronze medal on the pommel horse.[26] He was then selected to represent Germany at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside Lukas Dauser, Pascal Brendel, Timo Eder, and Andreas Toba. The team finished 11th in the qualification round and did not advance to the final.[27] Dunkel did advance to the individual all-around final, where he finished 18th.[28] He was also the second reserve for the pommel horse final.[29]

Competitive history

YearEventTeamAAFXPHSRVTPBHB
Junior
2014
align=left Junior European Championships21 4
align=left 12 8
Senior
2016Cottbus World Cup8
2018
align=left European Championships4 4
2021
align=left Olympic Games 8
2022Cottbus World Cup5
align=left European Championships7
align=left
2023Cottbus World Cup6
align=left European Championships5
align=left 6 7
2024DTB Pokal Stuttgart5
align=left Olympic Games 11 18

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dunkel Nils . . . 20 July 2021 . dead . 8 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211008030817/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/artistic-gymnastics/athlete-profile-n1329940-dunkel-nils.htm .
  2. Web site: Dunkel Nils - FIG Athlete Profile. . 20 July 2021.
  3. Web site: 31st European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Team Championships Juniors All-Around Final . Gymnastics Results . . 20 July 2021 . 23 May 2014.
  4. Web site: 31st European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Team Championships Juniors Apparatus Final . Gymnastics Results . . 20 July 2021 . 25 May 2014.
  5. Web site: Artistic Gymnastics Men's All-around final results . . 19 August 2014 . 15 October 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141021212234/http://result.nanjing2014.org/IRS/resYO2014/pdf/YO2014/GA/YO2014_GA_C73G_GAM024100.pdf . 21 October 2014 .
  6. Web site: Artistic Gymnastics Men's Parallel Bars Final . Gymnastics Results . . 9 September 2024 . 24 August 2014.
  7. Web site: Artistic Gymnastics Men's Pommel Horse Qualification . Gymnastics Results . . 9 September 2024 . 17 August 2014.
  8. Web site: Artistic Gymnastics Men's Rings Qualification . Gymnastics Results . . 9 September 2024 . 17 August 2014.
  9. Web site: Artistic Gymnastics Men's Horizontal Bar Qualification . Gymnastics Results . . 9 September 2024 . 17 August 2014.
  10. Web site: 47th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2017 Montréal (CAN) Men's Floor Exercise Qualification . . . 9 September 2024 . 6 . 2 October 2017.
  11. Web site: Artistic Gymnastics Men's Team Final . Gymnastics Results . . 20 July 2021 . 11 August 2018.
  12. Web site: Artistic Gymnastics Men's Parallel Bars Final . Gymnastics Results . European Gymnastics. 20 July 2021 . 12 August 2018.
  13. Web site: 8th European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships Men Artistic Gymnastics Qualification Individual . . 9 September 2024 . 10 April 2019.
  14. Web site: Lieske . Katharina . Turn-WM ohne Nils Dunkel . Thuringian Gymnastics Association . 4 September 2024 . de . 9 September 2019 . Gymnastics World Championships without Nils Dunkel.
  15. Web site: Crumlish . John . Germany's Philipp Herder: 'I am important for the team on every apparatus' . . 9 September 2024 . 9 July 2021.
  16. CQD1jSWq7nu. deutscherturnerbund. Lange haben wir auf diesen Tag gewartet.. We have waited a long time for this day.. de. German Gymnastics Federation. 14 June 2021.
  17. Web site: Kreisl . Volker . Turnen bei Olympia: "Wir sind trotzdem stolz" . . 9 September 2024 . de . 26 July 2021 . Gymnastics at the Olympics: “We are still proud”.
  18. Web site: FIG Individual Apparatus World Cup Cottbus 2022 Apparatus Finals Men . . . 9 September 2024 . 2 . 26 February 2022.
  19. Web site: Bregman . Scott . Olympic gymnastics champions Artem Dolgopyat, Eleftherios Petrounias bag European titles . . 9 September 2024 . 21 August 2022.
  20. Web site: EM in München: Nils Dunkel gewinnt Bronzemedaille am Pauschenpferd . . 9 September 2024 . de . 21 August 2022 . European Championships in Munich: Nils Dunkel wins bronze medal on pommel horse.
  21. Web site: 51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Liverpool (GBR), 29 October – 6 November 2022 Men's Team Qualification . . . 3 September 2024 . 31 October 2022.
  22. Web site: Hopkins . Lauren . 2023 Cottbus World Cup Men's Results . The Gymternet . 9 September 2024 . 27 February 2023.
  23. Web site: Turn-EM in Antalya: Andreas Toba mit Team auf Rang 5 . European Gymnastics Championships in Antalya: Andreas Toba and team in 5th place . Niedersächsischer Gymnastics Association . 4 September 2024 . de . 12 April 2023.
  24. News: Deutsche Turner starke WM-Sechste – Gold an Japan . Die Zeit . German gymnasts strong sixth place at World Championships – Gold goes to Japan . 4 September 2024 . de . 3 October 2023.
  25. Web site: 52nd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Antwerp (BEL), 30 September - 8 October 2023 Men's Pommel Horse Final . . . 9 September 2024 . 2 . 7 October 2023.
  26. Web site: Crumlish . John . France, U.S. win five golds apiece at DTB Pokal . . 15 July 2024 . 17 March 2024.
  27. Web site: Olympia-Auftakt in Paris: Dauser und Dunkel turnen ins Finale . Olympic opening in Paris: Dauser and Dunkel make it to the final . . 4 September 2024 . de . 27 July 2024.
  28. Web site: Artistic Gymnastics Men's All-Around Final . . . 9 September 2024 . 31 July 2024.
  29. Web site: Artisti Gymnastics Men's Pommel Horse Qualification . . . 11 August 2024 . 27 July 2024.

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