Sanne Wevers

Sanne Wevers (born 17 September 1991) is a Dutch artistic gymnast.

Wevers was born on 17 September 1991 in Leeuwarden.

She is six minutes older than her fraternal twin, Lieke.

They were both members of the Dutch national gymnastics team and are coached by their father Vincent Wevers in Heerenveen.

Wevers, primarily an uneven bars and balance beam specialist, has competed internationally for the Netherlands since 2004.

Wevers competed in her first major international competition at the 2004 Junior European Championships in Amsterdam where the Dutch team finished sixth.

Wevers became age-eligible for senior international competitions in 2007.

At the Ghent World Cup, she placed seventh on uneven bars.

Then at the Glasgow Grand Prix she placed eighth on balance beam.

At the European Championships in Amsterdam, she competed on the uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise but did not qualify for any event finals.

She was then selected to compete at the World Championships in Stuttgart and competed only on the balance beam.

She scored 13.800 and contributed to the Dutch team's seventeenth-place finish in the qualification round.

She won several medals on the FIG World Cup circuit in 2008 and 2009 before being sidelined with several injuries.

Wevers began the 2008 Olympic season at the European Championships in Clermont-Ferrand.

She scored 14.975 on the balance beam, contributing to the Netherlands' eighth-place finish in the team finals.

She then finished eighth on beam at the Cottbus World Cup, and won silver on beam at the Maribor World Cup.

At the World Cup in Tianjin, she finished seventh on balance beam.

At the Dutch Championships, Wevers finished second in the all-around, balance beam, and floor exercise and fifth on the uneven bars.

The Netherlands could only send one athlete to the 2008 Summer Olympics, and Suzanne Harmes was chosen instead of Wevers.

Wevers won her first FIG World Cup gold medal at the Glasgow World Cup by winning the gold on both the uneven bars and the balance beam.

Then at the Stuttgart DTB Cup, she placed sixth on the uneven bars and fourth on the balance beam.

She qualified for the World Cup Final on the balance beam.

However, she tore a muscle in her right elbow two days before the competition and withdrew.

Wevers tied for the balance beam gold medal at the 2009 Glasgow World Cup with Spanish gymnast Ana María Izurieta.

She then won the gold medal on the balance beam with a score of 14.175 at the 2009 Moscow World Cup.

At the Dutch Championships, she won the all-around bronze medal and the balance beam gold medal.

She then competed at the 2009 World Championships in London but injured her ankle on the floor exercise.

She still competed on the balance beam after the injury but did not qualify for the event final.

In 2010, Wevers competed at the European Championships and contributed a 13.025 on the balance beam toward the Netherlands' seventh-place finish.

She was selected to compete at the 2010 World Championships, where the Netherlands finished ninth in qualifications, one spot away from the team final.

On the balance beam, Wevers successfully performed a new element, a double full turn with free leg at horizontal, and the skill was named after her in the Code of Points.

She had shoulder surgery after the World Championships.

Wevers was unable to compete at the 2011 World Championships and the 2012 Olympic Test Event due to an ankle injury.

She is also the 2015 World and 2021 European silver medalist on the balance beam and the 2015 European bronze medalist on the uneven bars.

Her first major breakthrough came at the 2015 European Championships where she qualified for two event finals and won the uneven bars bronze medal.

She followed this up with a balance beam silver medal at the 2015 World Championships and then the gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games.

She is known for building up her balance beam difficulty through dance elements and connections rather than acrobatic skills.

She is the 2016 Olympic champion on the balance beam and was the first Dutch female gymnast to become an Olympic champion in an individual event.

She is the 2018 and 2023 European champion on the balance beam.

She was a member of the Dutch team that won the bronze medal at the 2018 and 2023 European Championships.