Timo Eder (born 11 June 2005) is a German artistic gymnast. He is the 2023 Junior World silver medalist on floor exercise. He represented Germany at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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| Full name | Timo Eder | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 June 2005 Ludwigsburg, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Germany (2022–present) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | MTV Ludwigsburg | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Jörg Schwaiger | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life
editEder was born in 2005. He has a younger brother, Jonas Eder, who is also a gymnast.[1]
Junior gymnastics career
editIn early 2022 Eder competed at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge where he helped Germany win the silver medal as a team. Later that summer he competed at the European Championships where he helped Germany place fifth as a team.[2]
In March of the following year Eder competed at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge where he helped Germany finish second a team; individually he also won silvers on floor exercise and horizontal bar. Later that month he competed at the second Junior World Championships alongside Alexander Kirchner and Maxim Kovalenko. On the first day of competition he helped Germany place eighth as a team.[3] During the all-around final Eder placed fifth. During event finals he won silver on floor exercise behind Ángel Barajas of Colombia.[4]
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Senior gymnastics career
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editAt the German Championships, Eder placed third in the all-around behind Lukas Dauser and Andreas Toba.[5] At the Olympic trial Eder placed first in the all-around. As a result, he was selected to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games alongside Dauser, Toba, Nils Dunkel, and Pascal Brendel.[6] At the Olympic Games Germany finished eleventh as a team during qualifications.[7]
2025
editEder competed at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge where he helped Germany place sixth; individually he placed fifth on floor exercise.[8] Additionally he competed in the Mixed Cup portion of the competition as well where he helped Germany place second.[9] At the Varna World Challenge Cup he placed seventh on floor exercise.[10]
In late May Eder competed at the 2025 European Championships where he helped the German team finish fourth. He qualified to the all-around and parallel bars finals as well as the inaugural mixed team event alongside Karina Schönmaier. During the mixed team final he and Schönmaier finished first, besting the British pair of Jake Jarman and Ruby Evans.[11] During the all-around final Eder finished thirteenth and during event finals he won bronze on parallel bars behind compatriot Nils Dunkel and Ian Raubal of Switzerland.[12]
Competitive history
edit| Year | Event | Team | AA | FX | PH | SR | VT | PB | HB |
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| 2022 | DTB Pokal Team Challenge |  |
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| European Championships | 5 | ||||||||
| 2023 | DTB Pokal Team Challenge | |
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| Junior World Championships | 8 | 5 | |
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| German Championships | 17 |  |
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| Senior | |||||||||
| 2024 | DTB Pokal Team Challenge | 5 | |||||||
| DTB Pokal Mixed Cup | |
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| Antalya World Challenge Cup | 6 | ||||||||
| German Championships | |
4 | |
6 | 6 | ||||
| German Olympic Trials |  |
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| Olympic Games | 11 | ||||||||
| Arthur Gander Memorial | 8 | ||||||||
| 2025 | DTB Pokal Team Challenge | 6 | 5 | ||||||
| DTB Pokal Mixed Cup | |
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| Varna World Challenge Cup | 7 | ||||||||
| European Championships | 4 | 13 | |
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References
edit- ^ "FIG Profile: Timo Eder". International Gymnastics Federation.
- ^ "6 nations golden in #Munich2022 junior apparatus finals". European Gymnastics. August 21, 2023.
- ^ "Asian domination: Japanese men repeat as World Junior team champions". International Gymnastics Federation. March 29, 2023.
- ^ "Manukyan takes two golds as apparatus finals begin at Gymnastics Junior Worlds". International Gymnastics Federation. April 1, 2023.
- ^ "2024 German Championships men's results". The Gymternet. June 10, 2024.
- ^ "DTB legt sich auf Turn-Team für Olympia fest" [DTB decides on gymnastics team for Olympics]. German Gymnastics Federation (in German). June 23, 2024.
- ^ "2024 Olympic Games Men's Results". The Gymternet. August 5, 2024.
- ^ "2025 DTB Pokal Team Challenge Men's Results". The Gymternet. March 31, 2025.
- ^ "2025 DTB Pokal Mixed Cup Results". The Gymternet. March 31, 2025.
- ^ "Nineteen nations in the medals at Varna World Challenge Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. May 12, 2025.
- ^ "Germany's Timo Eder and Karina Schönmaier pair up for mixed team gold at European Championships". International Gymnast Media. May 28, 2025.
- ^ "Dunkel holt EM-Gold am Barren" [Dunkel wins European Championship gold on parallel bars]. German Gymnastics Federation (in German). May 31, 2025.