Sanne Wevers
| Sanne Wevers | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wevers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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| Country represented |
 Netherlands
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| Born |
17 September 1991 Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands |
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| Residence | Heerenveen, Friesland, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.56 m (5 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2007 – present | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Bosan Ton Almelo | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Vincent Wevers | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Eponymous skills | Beam: double turn with leg held horizontal | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Sanne Wevers (born 17 September 1991) is a Dutch artistic gymnast. She was the first Dutch female gymnast to become an individual Olympic champion, winning the balance beam gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She was also the 2015 World Championships silver medalist on balance beam and 2015 European Championships bronze medalist on uneven bars.
Wevers was born on 17 September 1991, in Leeuwarden. She is six minutes older than her fraternal twin, Lieke. They are both members of the Dutch national gymnastics team and are coached by their father, Vincent.
In 1992, Wevers and her family moved to Oldenzaal. When she was 12, she and her sister started training with their father at a local club in Dronrijp. The family later moved to Twente, and the twins started training at Topturnen Oost-Nederland (English translation: Top Gymnastics Eastern Netherlands). Her parents helped turn it into a high-level sports facility called BosanTON.
In 2013, Vincent Wevers had an argument with the management of the facility and was fired. Ultimately, the twins moved with their father to Heerenveen to train, while their mother stayed in Oldenzaal.
Wevers made her international debut in 2007 at the Ghent World Cup, where she placed seventh on uneven bars. She also placed eighth on balance beam at the Glasgow Grand Prix. She competed on bars, beam, and floor at the 2007 European Championships, but did not qualify for any event finals.
Wevers began the 2008 Olympic season at the European Championships. She scored 14.975 on beam, contributing to the Netherlands' eighth-place finish in the team finals. She 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.
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