Pauline Schäfer

Pauline Sieglinde Schäfer (born 4 January 1997) is a German artistic gymnast who represented Germany at the 2016 Olympic Games. She is the 2015 World Championships bronze medalist and 2017 World Champion on the balance beam.[1]

Pauline Schäfer
Schäfer in 2015
Personal information
Full namePauline Sieglinde Schäfer
Country represented Germany
Born (1997-01-04) 4 January 1997
Saarbrücken, Germany
ResidenceChemnitz, Germany
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2012 – present (GER)
ClubKTV Chemnitz
Head coach(es)Kay-Uwe Temme
Former coach(es)Gabriele Frehse
Eponymous skillsSchäfer (E) (balance beam): side somersault with a half twist
Medal record
Representing  Germany
World Championships
2017 MontrealBalance Beam
2015 GlasgowBalance Beam

Personal life

Schäfer was born in 1997 in Saarbrücken, Saarland. She has one younger sister Helene and two older brothers. She began gymnastics at five years old at TV Pflugscheid-Hixberg.[2] In 2012 she moved from Bierbach an der Blies to the boarding school Sportgymnasium Chemnitz.[3]

Gymnastics career

2013

Schäfer turned senior in 2013 and made her international debut at the Cottbus World Cup in March. During qualifications she placed nineteenth on balance beam and ninth on vault, making her the first reserve for the final.[4][5] Later that month she competed at the Chemnitz Friendly where she was on a mixed team with compatriot Carina Kröll and Americans Amelia Hundley and Brenna Dowell. They finished fourth as a team. In the all-around Schäfer finished in eighth place.[6] The following month Schäfer competed at the Ljubljana World Cup. During qualifications she placed fourteenth on vault, twelfth on floor, and ninth on balance beam and therefore did not advance to any event finals.[7] In May she competed at her first German National Championships as a senior elite gymnast. She finished fourth in the all-around behind Elisabeth Seitz, Lisa Katharina Hill, and Kim Bui.[8] During event finals she finished fourth on vault, third on balance beam, and sixth on floor exercise. Schäfer competed at the 2013 World Championships but she did not qualify to any event finals.

2014

Schäfer started the season competing at a friendly competition in Munich where she helped Germany place second behind Great Britain. Individually she placed sixth in the all-around.[9] She was later selected to compete at the European Championships alongside Kim Bui, Çağla Akyol, Sophie Scheder, and Janine Berger. Together they finished fourth in the team final.[10] In August she competed at the German National Championships where she placed second in the all-around and on floor exercise behind Bui, first on vault and balance beam, and sixth on uneven bars.[11] The following month Schäfer competed at the Länderkampf Kunstturnen, a friendly competition, where Germany defeated Romania and Switzerland. Individually Schäfer finished third in the all-around behind Larisa Iordache and Giulia Steingruber.[12]

In October Schäfer represented Germany at the 2014 World Championships alongside Bui, Akyol, Lisa Katharina Hill, Elisabeth Seitz, and Scheder. Together they finished ninth during qualifications and were the first reserve for the team final.[13] Although she didn't qualify for any individual finals, Schäfer successfully performed a new element, a sideways salto tucked with ½ turn (180°) take off from one leg to side stand, which was therefore named after her in the Code of Points.[14] In November Schäfer competed at the DTB Team Challenge where she helped Germany finish first as a team. Individually she finished second on vault and floor exercise behind Ksenia Afanasyeva, fourth on uneven bars, but won gold on balance beam.[15] Schäfer ended the season competing at the Glasgow World Cup where she finished eighth.[16]

2015
Schäfer at the 2015 European Championships

Schäfer began the season competing at the Cottbus World Cup where she only competed on balance beam and placed tenth in qualifications.[17] She was later selected to compete at the European Championships. While there she qualified to the balance beam where she placed seventh in the final.[18] In May Schäfer competed at the Flanders International Team Challenge where she helped Germany place first as a team and individually she placed fifth in the all-around.[19] In September she competed at the German National Championships where she placed second in the all-around behind Elisabeth Seitz. She placed first on vault and balance beam, fifth on floor exercise, and sixth on uneven bars.[20] She next competed at the German World Trials where she placed third behind Seitz and Sophie Scheder.[21]

Schäfer was selected to represent Germany at the World Championships alongside Seitz, Scheder, Leah Griesser, Lisa Katharina Hill, and Pauline Tratz. During qualifications they placed twelfth and did not advance to the team final. However Schäfer placed thirteenth in the all-around and eighth on balance beam and qualified to both finals. During the all-around final Schäfer ended up placing nineteenth. During the balance beam final Schäfer performed a clean routine and won the bronze medal behind Simone Biles and Sanne Wevers, Germany's first beam medal in over 30 years.[22] In November Schäfer competed at the Arthur Gander Memorial where she won the silver medal in three-event all-around behind Larisa Iordache.[23] She ended the season competing at the Swiss Cup, a mixed pairs event where she was partnered with Andreas Bretschneider. Together they finished third behind the Ukrainian team of Angelina Kysla and Oleg Verniaiev and the Romainian team of Iordache and Marius Berbecar.[24]

2016

In March Schäfer competed at the German National Team Cup where she finished first in the all-around.[25] She next competed at the Stuttgart World Cup where she finished fifth after grabbing the beam.[26] In April she competed at the Olympic Test Event where she helped Germany place second behind Brazil and qualify a team to the Olympic Games. Individually she placed sixth on balance beam and fifth on floor exercise.[27] In June Schäfer competed at the German National Championships where she placed third in the all-around behind Sophie Scheder and Elisabeth Seitz. She won gold on both balance beam and floor exercise.[28] The following month she competed at the Olympic Trials where she placed fourth and was named to the team alongside Seitz, Scheder, Kim Bui, and Tabea Alt.[29] She next competed at a friendly competition in Chemnitz where Germany finished in first and individually Schäfer finished second behind Giulia Steingruber.[30]

At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, during qualifications Schäfer competed on vault, balance beam, and floor exercise and helped Germany qualify to the team final for the first time since German reunification. During the team final Schäfer once again contributed on vault, balance beam, and floor exercise towards Germany's sixth place finish.[31]

2017

Schäfer competed at the German National Team Cup where she finished second behind Tabea Alt.[32] She next competed at the Stuttgart World Cup where she placed fourth behind Alt, Angelina Melnikova, and Morgan Hurd.[33] In April Schäfer competed at the European Championships alongside Alt, Elisabeth Seitz, and Kim Bui. She qualified to the all-around and floor exercise finals. In the all-around final she placed twentieth and in the floor exercise final she placed sixth behind Melnikova, Ellie Downie, Eythora Thorsdottir, Bui, and Lara Mori.[34] In June she competed at the German National Championships where she placed second in the all-around behind Seitz, fourth on uneven bars and balance beam, and won gold on floor exercise.[35] In September she competed at the German World Trials where was named to the team alongside Bui, Seitz, and Alt.[36]

At the World Championships Schäfer only competed on balance beam and floor exercise during qualifications. She finished twenty-second on floor exercise but third on balance beam and therefore qualified to the event final alongside compatriot Alt. During qualifications Schäfer was the only gymnast to receive an execution score higher than 8 on the balance beam. During the event final Schäfer was once again the only gymnast to receive an execution score higher than 8 and she ended up winning the gold medal on the apparatus ahead of Hurd and Alt. This was Germany's first women's gold medal at a World Championships since German reunification.[37] Schäfer ended the season competing at the Cottbus World Cup where she placed second on balance beam behind Wang Cenyu and third on floor exercise behind Lilia Akhaimova and Maria Kharenkova.[38]

Vault
Uneven Bars
Balance Beam
Floor Exercise
Schäfer at the 2017 International German Gymnastics Festival

2018

In June Schäfer competed at the German Euro Trials where she placed first in the all-around and received the highest scores on the balance beam and floor exercise. She was named to the team alongside Kim Bui, Sarah Voss, Leah Griesser, and Emma Höfele.[39] The following month Schäfer competed at the Sainté Gym Cup where she placed third in the all-around behind Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos and Lorette Charpy. Additionally Germany placed second behind France in the team competition.[40]

At the European Championships Schäfer qualified to the balance beam final in second place behind Nina Derwael of Belgium. The German team did not qualify to the team final after Griesser and Voss fell numerous times off of the balance beam.[41] During the balance beam final Schäfer fell off the apparatus while performing her eponymous skill and finished sixth.[42] In September Schäfer competed at the German World Trials where she only competed uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise – on which she had a bad fall and injured her ankle. She recorded the highest balance beam score and second highest uneven bars scores of the competition.[43] Later that month Schäfer competed at the German National Championships but only competed on uneven bars due to her injury.[44] While she was in contention for the team to compete at the 2018 World Championships, Schäfer decided to withdraw due to her bone marrow edema holding her back from being able to compete at the necessary level for the World Championships.[45]

2019

Schäfer returned to competition in March where she competed at the DTB Team Challenge but she only competed on vault and uneven bars.[46] In April she competed at the European Championships. During qualifications she only competed on balance beam and uneven bars. She qualified to the balance beam final in second place behind Giorgia Villa. During event finals she fell off the apparatus and finished in sixth place.[47] In August she competed at the German National Championships where she placed sixth in the all-around and on floor exercise.[48] At the German World Trials Schäfer finished fourth in the all-around but posted the highest score on balance beam.[49] She next competed at a friendly competition in Worms, Germany where she finished eighth in the all-around but helped Germany finish first as a team.[50] Following the competition Schäfer was named as the alternate for the World Championships.[51]

At the World Championships Sophie Scheder withdrew due to injury and Schäfer ended up competing in her place.[52] During qualifications Schäfer only competed on balance beam and helped Germany place ninth as a team. Although they did not qualify to the team final, they qualified a team to the 2020 Olympics Games in Tokyo.[53]

Skills

Eponymous skills
ApparatusNameDescriptionDifficultyAdded to Code of Points
Balance BeamSchäferSalto swd tucked with ½ turn (180°) take off from one leg to side standE2014 World Championships

Competitive history
Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2012
European Championships5
2013Cottbus World CupR1
Chemnitz Friendly48
Ljubljana World CupR1
National Championships446
2014Munich Friendly6
European Championships4
German Championships6
World ChampionshipsR1
Stuttgart World Cup
Glasgow World Cup8
2015Cottbus World CupR2
European Championships7
Flanders International Team Challenge5
German Championships65
World Trials
Länderkampf Kunstturnen
World Championships19
Arthur Gander Memorial
Swiss Cup
2016National Team Cup
Stuttgart World Cup5
Olympic Test Event65
German Championships
Olympic Trials4
Chemnitz Friendly
Olympic Games6
2017National Team Cup
Stuttgart World Cup4
European Championships206
German Championships44
World Trials
World Championships
Cottbus World Cup
2018German Euro Trials
Sainté Gym Cup
European ChampionshipsR26
German World Trials
2019DTB Team Challenge5
European Championships6
National Championships66
German World Trials4
Worms Friendly8
World ChampionshipsR1
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