Andreas Toba
| Andreas Toba | |
|---|---|
| — Gymnast — | |
| Country represented |
 Germany |
| Born |
October 7, 1990 Gehrden, Germany |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Club | TK Hanover |
| Head coach(es) | Andreas Hirsch |
Andreas Toba (born 7 October 1990) is a German gymnast.[1] He competed for the national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's artistic team all-around.
Personal life
Toba is the son of former Romanian-German gymnast Marius Toba. He's currently a student in Hannover.
Career
Toba started off for TK Hannover and is trained by Reinhard Rückriem. At the 2008 Junior European championship in Lausanne, Toba won Bronze medal with his team and placed 7th on the high bar and 9th in the multiple stage-competition respectively.
Toba entered the German national team in 2009. In the 2009 German championship, he placed 6th in the multiple stage-competition and 7th one year later. In 2011, he won Bronze on the high bar and placed 4th on the bars and on the pommel horse. He placed 4th in the multiple-stage-competition again, but became runners-up on the high bar and on the rings, and second runner-up on the pommel horse. He placed 5th on the rings at the Challenge Cup in Doha. He qualified for the Olympic Games 2012 in London as fourth-placed.
References
- ↑ "Andreas Toba - Gymnastics - Artistic - Olympic Athlete - London 2012". Retrieved 3 August 2012.