Sascha Palgen Explained

Sascha Palgen
Birth Date:15 August 1984
Birth Place:Esch-sur-Alzette
Hometown:Tetange
Height:1.76m (05.77feet)
Weight:70kg (150lb)
Discipline:Men's artistic gymnastics
Club:Etoile Rumelange (LUX)
TT Stuttgart (GER)
Headcoach:Gunter Schoenherr
Manfred Diehl

Sascha Palgen (born 15 August 1984 in Esch-sur-Alzette) is a Luxembourgian gymnast, who represented his nation at the Olympics for the first time in his sporting discipline since 1964. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he finished thirty-seventh in the men's individual all-around event.[1] [2] He is also a member of Etoile Rumelange, a local gymnastics club in Luxembourg, and TT Stuttgart, under his coach Manfred Diehl. Palgen named as reserve for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by qualifying for the Olympic test event, but did not compete at the games.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Sascha Palgen. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418022214/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/sascha-palgen-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 22 November 2012.
  2. Web site: Men's Qualification Subdivision 3. NBC Olympics. 22 November 2012.
  3. News: FIG Announces Olympic qualifiers. The All Around. 14 January 2012. 22 November 2012.