Fabian Hambüchen

Fabian Hambüchen

Fabian Hambüchen (2007)
Personal information
Nickname(s) Fabi
Country represented  Germany
Born October 25, 1987 (1987-10-25) (age 24)
Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Residence Wetzlar, Germany
Height 164 cm (5.38 ft)
Discipline Men's Artistic Gymnastics
Level Senior International
Head coach(es) Wolfgang Hambüchen

Fabian Hambüchen (born October 25, 1987 in Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German gymnast. He lives in Wetzlar.

Hambüchen was the youngest German athlete at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and finished 7th in the Horizontal bar and 8th in the team competition. So far in his career, he has won five medals at World Championships and six at European Championships. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he won the bronze medal in the men's high bar competition.

He was named male German sportsperson of the year 2007.

Hambüchen had to pull out of the 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships because of an injury to his foot. He was a frontrunner for the all around title and the high bar.[1]

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Awards
Preceded by
Michael Greis
German Sportsman of the Year
2007
Succeeded by
Matthias Steiner