| Ariella Kaeslin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ariella Kaeslin at the 2009 World Championships |
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| Full name | Ariella Kaeslin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 11, 1987 Lucerne, Switzerland |
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| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | BTV Luzern | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Zoltan Jordanov, Snejana Jordanova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Pascale Grossenbacher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ariella Kaeslin (also spelled Käslin, born October 11, 1987) is a Swiss artistic gymnast. Kaeslin swept all five gold medals at the 2007 Swiss National Championships.[1] She has also represented Switzerland at the World Championships in 2007, 2006 and 2005 and is a medalist on the World Cup circuit. She represented Switzerland at the 2008 Olympics, where she placed 18th in the individual all-around final[2] and 5th in the vault event final.[3]
In 2008, 2009 and 2010 she was voted by the Swiss Public as "Swiss Sportswoman of the Year". Only the cyclist Tony Rominger did such a performance before. He won this award three times between 1992 and 1994
In 2009, she became European Champion on the Vault, as well as taking home a bronze medal in the All Around final. She then followed up this success with a silver medal on the Vault at the 2009 World Championships.
On 11 July 2011 Kaeslin announced she is retiring from competition.[4]