Sophie Scheder

Scheder in 2016

Personal information

Full name

Sophie Celina Scheder

Country represented

Born

January 7, 1997 (age 20)
Wolfsburg, Germany

Residence

Chemnitz, Germany

Height

1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)

Discipline

Level

Senior International Elite

Years on national team

2011-present

Club

Chemnitz-Altendorf

Head coach(es)

Gabi Frehse, Rene Poutsma

Medal record

Sophie Celina Scheder (born 7 January 1997) is a German artistic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympic bronze medalist on the uneven bars.

Scheder competed at the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, where she finished 5th on the uneven bars.

Scheder started the season competing at the American Cup held in Greensboro, North Carolina, where she placed 7th. A few weeks later she competed at the Cottbus Challenge Cup, where she won the bars title with a 14.925. At the 2014 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Sofia, she again made the bars final and placed 5th with a score of 14.733. At the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Nanning, she only competed in qualifications, as a fall on the uneven bars prevented her from making the final.

At the 2015 São Paulo Challenge Cup, Scheder captured two medals, a silver on the uneven bars with a 14.875 and a bronze on balance beam with a 14.0. She was selected to compete at the 1st European Games in Baku, along with Elisabeth Seitz and Leah Griesser. There, she placed 4th in the All-Around with a score of 54.932, 2nd on the uneven bars with a 15.2 and 2nd with her team. In October, she competed at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow along with Elisabeth Seitz, Pauline Schäfer, Leah Griesser, Pauline Tratz and Lisa Katharina Hill, where they placed 12th as a team. Individually, she placed 8th on bars with a 14.6.