Andreas Toba
{{short description|German artistic gymnast}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|10|07}}
| birth_place = Hanover, Germany
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| height = 1.72 m
| relatives = Marius Tobă (father)
| club = TK Hanover
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| headcoach = Andreas Hirsch
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{{MedalCompetition | European Championships}}
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{{MedalCompetition | FIG World Cup}}
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Andreas Toba (born 7 October 1990 in Hanover) is a German gymnast.{{cite web|url= http://www.london2012.com/athlete/toba-andreas-1089025/|title= Andreas Toba - Gymnastics - Artistic - Olympic Athlete - London 2012|author= |date= |publisher= |accessdate= 3 August 2012|archive-date= 1 August 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120801223246/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/toba-andreas-1089025/|url-status= dead}} He is a four-time Olympian, having represented Germany at the 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024 Olympic Games.
Personal life
Toba is the son of former Romanian-German gymnast Marius Toba, who competed at three Olympic Games from 1988 to 2000.{{cite news|last1=Turner|first1=Amanda|title=Scheder, Toba Lead German Olympic Squads|url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4611:scheder-toba-lead-german-olympic-squads&catid=5:competition-reports&Itemid=221|accessdate=8 August 2016|work=International Gymnast Magazine|date=10 July 2016}}
Gymnastics career
= 2008–2012 =
At the 2008 Junior European Championships in Lausanne, Toba won the bronze medal with the German team. Individually he placed seventh on the high bar and ninth in the all-around respectively.
Toba joined the German senior national team in 2009. At the 2009 German Championships, he placed sixth in the all-around; the next year he placed seventh. In 2011 he won bronze on the high bar and placed fourth on the parallel bars and on the pommel horse.
He was selected to represent Germany at the 2012 Olympic Games alongside Philipp Boy, Fabian Hambüchen, Sebastian Krimmer, and Marcel Nguyen. Together they finished seventh as a team.{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/london-2012/results/gymnastics-artistic/team-competition-men|title=London 2012 Gymnastics Artistic Team Competition Men Results|work=International Olympic Committee}}
= 2013–2016 =
At the 2013 European Championships Toba finished seventh in the all-around. He made his World Championships debut later that year; however he did not qualify for any finals. At the 2014 European Championships Toba helped Germany finish fourth. At the 2014 World Championships Toba helped Germany finish eighth as a team. Individually he finished sixteenth in the all-around.
In 2015 Toba competed at the São Paulo World Challenge Cup where he won bronze on pommel horse behind Xiao Ruoteng and Zhang Hongtao.{{cite web|url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=1130153|title=Brazilians, Chinese win big at São Paolo World Challenge Cup|date=May 4, 2015|work=International Gymnastics Federation}} He next competed at the 2015 European Games where he helped Germany finish fifth. At the 2016 Olympic Test Event Toba helped Germany finish first as a team. As a result, they qualified a full team to the 2016 Olympic Games.{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/final-gymnastics-berths-filled-at-rio-2016-test-event|title=Final gymnastics berths filled at Rio 2016 test event|work=International Olympic Committee|date=April 25, 2016}}
At the 2016 Olympic Games, Toba competed in on floor exercise in which he sustained an anterior cruciate ligament injury. Later, though visibly injured, he completed a pommel horse routine and helped Germany qualify for the finals.{{cite web|title=German gymnast completes pommel horse despite torn ACL|date=7 August 2016 |url=https://www.thescore.com/olym/news/1072650|publisher=The Score|accessdate=7 August 2016}}
= 2017–2021 =
Andreas Toba celebrated his comeback as a member of German national team after long and hard rehabilitation period at the 2017 World Championships in October 2017. He has performed on 2 apparatus (pommel horse with 12,933 points and still rings with 12,900 points).{{cite web|url=https://live.fig-gymnastics.com/schedule.php?idevent=13465|title=Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique|website=live.fig-gymnastics.com|accessdate=3 May 2018|archive-date=3 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003175217/https://live.fig-gymnastics.com/schedule.php?idevent=13465|url-status=dead}}
Toba competed at the 2018 and 2019 World Championships; although Germany failed to qualify to the team final at both, they did manage to qualify a full team to the 2020 Olympic Games at the latter.{{cite web|url=https://www.spiegel.de/sport/olympia/turn-wm-andreas-toba-qualifiziert-sich-mit-der-mannschaft-fuer-olympia-2020-a-1290415.html|title=Deutsches Männer-Team turnt auch in Tokio|language=de|trans-title=German men's team also competes in Tokyo|date=October 7, 2019|work=Der Spiegel}}
In 2020 Toba was selected to compete at the American Cup, an event his father, Marius Tobă, won in 1988.{{cite web|url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=2826435|title=Q+A: Andreas and Marius Toba on American Cups past and present|date=March 5, 2020|work=International Gymnastics Federation}} At the competition Toba placed twelfth.{{cite web|url=https://usagym.org/hurd-mikulak-win-american-cup-titles/|title=Hurd, Mikulak win American Cup titles|date=March 8, 2020|work=USA Gymnastics}} The remainder of competitions in 2020 were either canceled or postponed, including the Olympic Games, due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Toba returned to competition at the 2021 European Championships. He won silver on horizontal bar behind David Belyavskiy.{{cite web|url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/sport/andreas-toba-ist-reif-fur-mehr-4246474.html|title=Silber bei der Turn-EM: Andreas Toba ist reif für mehr|language=de|date=April 25, 2021|work=Der Tagesspiegel|trans-title=Silver at the European Gymnastics Championships: Andreas Toba is ready for more}} In June Toba was selected for his third Olympic team alongside Lukas Dauser, Nils Dunkel, and Philipp Herder.{{cite web|url=https://www.ntbwelt.de/news/turnen-andreas-toba-gewinnt-qualifikation-und-wird-fuer-olympia-team-benannt-323/|trans-title=Gymnastics: Andreas Toba Wins Qualification and is Named For Olympic Team|title=Turnen: Andreas Toba Gewinnt Qualifikation Und Wird Für Olympia-team Benannt|date=June 13, 2021|language=de|work=Lower Saxony Gymnastics Association}} At the 2020 Olympic Games Toba helped Germany finish eighth during the team finals.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2021/08/18/2020-olympic-games-mens-results/|title=2020 Olympic Games Men's Results|work=The Gymternet|date=August 18, 2021}}
= 2022–2024 =
Toba competed at the European Championships in 2022, 2023, and 2024. He competed at the 2023 DTB Pokal Mixed Cup where he helped Germany win silver behind the team from Japan.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2023/03/22/2023-dtb-pokal-mixed-cup-results/|title=2023 DTB Pokal Mixed Cup Results|work=The Gymternet|date=March 22, 2023}} During podium training at the 2023 World Championships, Toba injured his knee and was unable to compete.{{cite web|url=https://www.gymmedia.com/Artistic-Gymnastics/More-bad-news-German-gymnastics-Team-World-Championship-exit-Andreas-Toba|title=More bad news from German gymnastics Team: World Championship exit for Andreas Toba|date=September 28, 2023|work=Gym Media}} Despite being unable to compete, Germany still managed to qualify a full team to the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris.
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In June 2024 Toba competed at the German national championships where he placed second behind Lukas Dauser.{{cite web|url=https://www.dtb.de/weitere-nachrichten/nachrichten/artikel/lukas-dauser-ist-deutscher-mehrkampfmeister|trans-title=Lukas Dauser is German all-around champion|language=de|date=June 8, 2024|work=German Gymnastics Federation|title=Lukas Dauser ist Deutscher Mehrkampfmeister}} Later that month he was named to the team to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games alongside Dauser, Timo Eder, Nils Dunkel, and Pascal Brendel.{{cite web|url=https://www.dtb.de/weitere-nachrichten/nachrichten/artikel/dtb-legt-sich-auf-olympia-team-fest|trans-title=DTB decides on gymnastics team for Olympics|date=June 23, 2024|work=German Gymnastics Federation|language=de|title=DTB legt sich auf Turn-Team für Olympia fest}} At the Olympic Games Germany finished eleventh as a team during qualifications.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2024/08/05/2024-olympic-games-mens-results/|title=2024 Olympic Games Men's Results|work=The Gymternet|date=August 5, 2024}}
Competitive history
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! width=37% class=unsortable| Event ! width=7% class=unsortable| Team ! width=7% class=unsortable| AA ! width=7% class=unsortable|FX ! width=7% class=unsortable|PH ! width=7% class=unsortable|SR ! width=7% class=unsortable|VT ! width=7% class=unsortable|PB ! width=7% class=unsortable|HB | |||||||||
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| rowspan="2" | 2008 | |||||||||
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| align=left | European Championships (junior) | {{bronze3}} | 7 | |||||||
| rowspan="1" | 2009 | align=left | German Championships | 6 | |||||||
| rowspan="1" | 2010 | align=left | German Championships | 7 | |||||||
| rowspan="1" | 2011 | align=left | German Championships | 4 | 4 | 4 | {{bronze3}} | ||||
| rowspan="3" | 2012 | align=left | Doha World Challenge Cup | 5 | |||||||
| align=left | German Championships | {{bronze3}} | {{silver2}} | {{silver2}} | ||||||
| bgcolor=98FB98
| align=left | Olympic Games | 7 | ||||||||
| rowspan="3" | 2013 | align=left | German Championships | {{silver2}} | {{silver2}} | {{bronze3}} | {{bronze3}} | ||||
| bgcolor=#F5F6CE
| align=left | European Championships | 7 | ||||||||
| bgcolor=#CCCCFF
| align=left | World Championships | 27 | 35 | |||||||
| rowspan="4" | 2014 | align=left | Cottbus World Challenge Cup | 6 | 8 | ||||||
| align=left| German Championships | {{silver2}} | {{bronze3}} | {{bronze3}} | ||||||
| bgcolor=#F5F6CE
| align=left | European Championships | 4 | ||||||||
| bgcolor=#CCCCFF
| align=left | World Championships | 8 | 16 | |||||||
| rowspan="4" | 2015 | align=left| German Championships | {{silver2}} | {{bronze3}} | ||||||
| align=left | São Paulo World Challenge Cup | {{bronze3}} | 5 | 8 | 4 | |||||
| bgcolor=#f0fccf
| align=left | European Games | 5 | ||||||||
| bgcolor=#CCCCFF
|align=left|World Championships | {{abbreviation|R1|Germany finished 9th in qualifications and was the First Reserve}} | ||||||||
| rowspan="5" | 2016 | align=left | Cottbus World Cup | 8 | 6 | ||||||
| align=left | Olympic Test Event | {{gold1}} | ||||||||
| bgcolor=#F5F6CE
| align=left | European Championships | 5 | ||||||||
| align=left | German Championships | {{gold1}} | {{gold1}} | |||||||
| bgcolor=98FB98
| align=left | Olympic Games | 7 | ||||||||
| rowspan="3" | 2017 | |||||||||
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| align=left|World Championships | 47 | ||||||||
| align=left | Cottbus World Challenge Cup | 8 | ||||||||
| rowspan="4" | 2018 | |||||||||
| bgcolor=#F5F6CE
| align=left | European Championships | 4 | ||||||||
| align=left | German Championships | {{silver2}} | {{gold1}} | {{bronze3}} | ||||||
| bgcolor=#CCCCFF
| align=left | World Championships | {{abbreviation|R2|Germany finished 10th in qualifications and was the Second Reserve}} | ||||||||
| rowspan="5" | 2019 | |||||||||
| bgcolor=#F5F6CE
| align=left | European Championships | 11 | ||||||||
| align=left | German Championships | {{gold1}} | {{silver2}} | {{bronze3}} | {{gold1}} | |||||
| bgcolor=#CCCCFF
| align=left | World Championships | 12 | 19 | |||||||
| align=left | Swiss Cup | 4 | ||||||||
| rowspan="1" | 2020 | align=left | American Cup | 12 | |||||||
| rowspan="4" | 2021 | |||||||||
| bgcolor=#F5F6CE
| align=left | European Championships | {{silver2}} | ||||||||
| align=left | German Championships | {{bronze3}} | {{bronze3}} | {{silver2}} | ||||||
| bgcolor=98FB98
| align=left | Olympic Games | 8 | ||||||||
| rowspan="3" | 2022 | align=left | German Championships | {{bronze3}} | {{silver2}} | ||||||
| bgcolor=#F5F6CE
| align=left | European Championships | 7 | ||||||||
| bgcolor=#CCCCFF
| align=left | World Championships | 9 | ||||||||
| rowspan="4" | 2023 | align=left | DTB Pokal Team Challenge | 12 | 6 | ||||||
| align=left | DTB Pokal Mixed Cup | {{silver2}} | ||||||||
| bgcolor=#F5F6CE
| align=left | European Championships | 5 | ||||||||
| align=left | German Championships | {{gold1}} | ||||||||
| rowspan="4" | 2024 | align=left | DTB Pokal Team Challenge | 5 | 6 | ||||||
| bgcolor=#F5F6CE
| align=left | European Championships | 9 | ||||||||
| align=left | German Championships | {{silver2}} | {{bronze3}} | {{silver2}} | {{bronze3}} | {{gold1}} | ||||
| bgcolor=98FB98
| align=left | Olympic Games | 11 |
Honours
- Bambi Award: 2016
- Sport personality of the year — Sparkasse Award for the cult-figure of sport: 2016{{cite web|url=https://www.dsgv.de/de/presse/pressemitteilungen/161218_PM_Andreas_Toba_65.html|title=Sparkassenpreis für Vorbilder im Sport 2016 geht an Andreas Toba|website=www.dsgv.de|accessdate=3 May 2018}}
- An athlete with a heart: 2016 {{cite web|url=http://www.deutscher-sportpresseball.de/pegasos-preis/sportler-mit-herz/|title=Deutscher Sportpresseball – Sportler mit Herz|website=www.deutscher-sportpresseball.de|accessdate=3 May 2018|archive-date=5 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905130041/http://www.deutscher-sportpresseball.de/pegasos-preis/sportler-mit-herz/|url-status=dead}}
- Solidarity Award of Manfred von Richthofen: 2016
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{FIG|bio=25300|lic=8783}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|org_archive=20160924122342}}
- {{DOSB profile}}
- [https://www.dtb.de/turn-team-deutschland/team-geraetturnen/athletinnen-und-athleten/andreas-toba Andreas Toba] at the {{Tooltip|Deutscher Turner-Bund|German Gymnastics Federation}} {{in lang|de}}
- {{Official website|http://www.andreas-toba.com/}} {{in lang|de}}
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