Bio

Nina Derwael (Dutch pronunciation: or ; born 26 March 2000) is a Belgian artistic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion (2018, 2019), and a two-time European champion (2017, 2018) on the uneven bars, the 2019 European Games champion on the balance beam as well as a two-time Belgian national all-around champion (2015, 2018). She represented Belgium at the 2016 Summer Olympics and at the 2020 Olympics. At the 2020 Olympics, she led Belgium to a first-ever team final where Belgium finished 8th. She also qualified for the all-round final where she ended 6th overall and for the uneven bars apparatus finals competition where she won the gold medal, the first of any colour for a Belgian woman in the sport at the Olympic Games. She is the first Belgian gymnast to medal at the World Championships, the first to become a World champion, and the first to become a European champion.