Giulia Steingruber

Giulia Steingruber (born 24 March 1994) is a Swiss retired artistic gymnast.

Steingruber competed for Switzerland at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games.

She is the first Swiss female gymnast to win the European all-around title and the first Swiss female gymnast ever to win an Olympic gymnastics medal of any color.

Steingruber began gymnastics when she was seven years old.

Steingruber competed at the European Championships in Berlin and finished ninth in the all-around and sixth on vault.

She then competed in a friendly meet against Romania and Germany where the Swiss team finished third.

She was selected to compete at the World Championships, and the Swiss team finished eighteenth.

Individually, she finished sixteenth in the all-around and fifth in the vault final.

Steingruber finished seventh in the all-around at the Olympic Test Event and qualified a spot for the 2012 Olympic Games.

She won the bronze medal on vault at the 2012 European Championships behind Sandra Izbașa and Oksana Chusovitina.

Then at the Doha World Challenge Cup, she won the gold medal on vault.

Then at the Osijek World Challenge Cup, she won the silver medal on vault behind Ellie Black, and she won gold on the balance beam and tied for gold on the floor exercise with Black.

She won the silver medal on vault at the Ghent World Challenge Cup behind Alexa Moreno.

Steingruber represented Switzerland at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

She qualified for the all-around final where she finished fourteenth with a score of 56.148.

She was also a reserve for the vault final.

After the Olympics, she competed at the Swiss Cup alongside Claudio Capelli, and they won the silver medal behind the German team.

In December, she competed at the Stuttgart World Cup and won bronze in the all-around behind Elizabeth Price and Elisabeth Seitz with a total score of 55.565.

Steingruber competed at the La Roche-sur-Yon World Cup in France and placed first on the vault and uneven bars with scores of 13.433 and 13.600, respectively.

Later that month, she competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy in March and placed eighth in the all-around, with a total score of 55.550.

She went on to win bronze in the vault final at the Doha World Challenge Cup, scoring a 15.225 on her first vault and a 14.100 on her second, for an average of 14.662.

At the European Championships in Moscow, Steingruber qualified first for the vault final and went on to take gold with an average of 14.750.

She also qualified for the individual all-around and floor finals.

In the all-around final, she tied for fourth with Romanian gymnast Diana Bulimar with a score of 57.065, while on the floor she finished sixth with a score of 14.100.

Then at the World Championships, she finished seventh in the all-around, fourth on vault, and fifth on floor exercise.

After the World Championships, Steingruber won the silver medal in the all-around at the Arthur Gander Memorial behind Larisa Iordache.

Then at the Swiss Cup, she competed with Claudio Capelli, and they won the bronze medal behind Romania and Germany.

She then finished fourth in the all-around at the Stuttgart World Cup.

Steingruber won the all-around bronze medal behind Americans Elizabeth Price and Brenna Dowell at the American Cup.

Then at the Osijek World Challenge Cup, she won the gold medal on the floor exercise, the silver medal on the vault, and the bronze medal on the balance beam.

At the European Championships, she won a gold medal on vault with a score of 14.666.

She also won the bronze medal on the floor exercise behind Vanessa Ferrari and Larisa Iordache.

Steingruber won the all-around title at the Swiss Championships, and she won gold in every event final except for balance beam where she won silver behind Ilaria Käslin.

In September, she competed at the Switzerland-Germany-Romania Tri-Friendly meet in Obersiggenthal, Switzerland where the Swiss team finished third, and Steingruber finished second in the all-around behind Larisa Iordache.

At the World Championships, Steingruber qualified for the all-around final and placed fifteenth with a total score of 55.132.

She also tied for fifth place in the vault final with Great Britain's Claudia Fragapane, with an average score of 14.716.

After the World Championships, she finished fourth in the all-around at the Arthur Gander Memorial.

Then at the Swiss Cup, she finished fourth with teammate Claudio Capelli after injuring her foot on her vault.

Additionally, she is the 2015 European all-around champion, a four-time European vault champion (2013, 2014, 2016, and 2021) and the 2016 European floor exercise champion.

She is the 2016 Olympic and 2017 World bronze medalist on vault.