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Noël van Klaveren
Dutch artistic gymnast From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Noël van Klaveren (born 27 November 1995) is a Dutch former artistic gymnast. She won a silver medal on vault at the 2013 European Championships. She is also the 2014 Dutch national vault champion.
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Van Klaveren won a silver medal on the vault and a bronze medal on the floor exercise at the 2013 Cottbus World Challenge Cup.[1] She then competed at the 2013 European Championships and advanced into the all-around final, finishing 16th.[2] In the vault final, she tied with Romania's Larisa Iordache to win the silver medal, behind Giulia Steingruber.[3] She was the Netherland's first European medalist on the vault since Verona van de Leur won silver in 2002.[4] At the Osijek World Challenge Cup, she won the vault title.[5] She did not advance into the vault final at the 2013 World Championships due to a fall, but she did advance into the all-around final.[6] There, she finished 20th after falling off the uneven bars.[7]
After the 2013 World Championships, Van Klaveren took a break from gymnastics to be with her father, who had been diagnosed with lung cancer.[8] As a result, she missed the 2014 European Championships.[9] She returned to competition at the 2014 Dutch Championships and won the vault title.[10] She won a bronze medal on the vault at the 2014 Elite Gym Massilia.[11]
Van Klaveren won the vault bronze medal at the 2015 Ljubljana World Challenge Cup.[12] She then finished fourth in the vault final at the 2015 European Championships.[13] Afterwards, she had surgery in her ankle to remove an extra bone and missed the 2015 Dutch Championships.[14] She was not selected to compete at the 2015 World Championships.[15]
After missing the 2016 Summer Olympics, Van Klaveren announced her retirement due to ongoing ankle issues.[16]
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