Yuri van Gelder

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Medal record
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Artistic gymnastics
World championships
Silver 2007 Stuttgart rings
Bronze 2006 Aarhus rings
Gold 2005 Melbourne rings

Yuri van Gelder (born 20 April 1983) is a Dutch gymnast, whose best discipline is the rings.

Born in Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant Van Gelder took the gold in the men's rings at the 2005 European Championships held in Debrecen, Hungary. He became world champion in the same discipline at the 2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Melbourne, Australia, and won bronze at the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Aarhus, Denmark. At the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany he won a silver medal.[1]

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Preceded by
Pieter van den Hoogenband
Dutch Sportsman of the year
2005
Succeeded by
Theo Bos
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