Elisabeth Seitz

{{Short description|German artistic gymnast}}

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| caption = Seitz in 2021

| fullname = Elisabeth Seitz

| country = {{flagu|Germany}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|11|04|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Heidelberg, Germany

| height = 1.62 m

| discipline = WAG

| music = Stereo Love by Edward Maya (2010), Song to the Sea by DJ Antoine, James Gruntz (2012)

| club = MTV Stuttgart

| natlteam = 2010–2025 (GER)

| retired = May 29, 2025{{cite tweet|number=1928068868703973749|user=Gymnastics_Now|title=Germany’s Elisabeth Seitz has announced her retirement and is pregnant! 👏🏻🥹|date=May 29, 2025}}

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{{MedalCountry | {{flagu|Germany}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Doha|Uneven Bars}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Baku|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

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{{MedalBronze|2017 Cluj-Napoca|Uneven Bars}}

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{{MedalBronze|2023 Antalya|Uneven Bars}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIG World Cup}}

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Elisabeth Seitz (born 4 November 1993) is a German retired artistic gymnast. She is the 2022 European champion and the 2018 World bronze medalist on the uneven bars. She is one of the only female gymnasts in history to compete the Def (full-twisting Gienger) release, and her eponymous skill, a full-twisting Maloney. Seitz has also had success in the individual all-around event, where she is the 2011 European silver medalist and an eight-time German national champion (2010–13, 2015, 2017–18, 2021).{{cite web|url=http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/euro/2011/wag/aafinal.html|title=4th European Artistic Gymnastic Individual Championships All-Around Final Women|date=8 April 2011|website=Gymnastics Results|access-date=6 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014173739/http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/euro/2011/wag/aafinal.html|archive-date=14 October 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} She is a three-time Olympian, representing Germany at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where she led her team to a sixth-place finish and placed fourth in the uneven bars final, and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. In 2022, she was part of the first German team to ever win a European team medal.

Career

= 2010 =

Seitz competed at the 2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, alongside Oksana Chusovitina, Lisa Katharina Hill, Joeline Mobius, Pia Tolle, and Giulia Hindermann. The team placed 11th in the qualifications, meaning they didn't advance to the team final. Seitz, however, qualified to the individual all-around final in 15th place, and to the uneven bars final in 6th place. She finished 12th in the all-around, with a score of 56.157 and came in 8th place in the uneven bars final, after falling on her full-twisting Gienger, called a Def, and her toe-on to piked tkatchev, called a Church, and score a 10.466.

= 2011 =

File:Amelia Racea Anna Dementyeva Elisabeth Seitz.jpg with Amelia Racea (left) and Anna Dementyeva (center)]]At the 2011 European Championships, Seitz finished second in the all-around behind Anna Dementyeva with a score of 56.700. She finished 5th in the vault final with a score of 14.187.{{cite web |url=http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/euro/2011/wag/ef1vt.html#001 |title=4th European Artistic Gymnastic Individual Championships Vault Final Women |date=9 April 2011 |website=Gymnastics Results |access-date=6 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014162357/http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/euro/2011/wag/ef1vt.html#001 |archive-date=14 October 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} She finished 5th in the uneven bars final with a score of 14.175.{{cite web |url=http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/euro/2011/wag/ef2ub.html |title=4th European Artistic Gymnastic Individual Championships Uneven Bars Final Women |date=9 April 2011 |website=Gymnastics Results |access-date=6 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014160257/http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/euro/2011/wag/ef2ub.html |archive-date=14 October 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

At the 2011 Switzerland-Germany-Romania Friendly, Seitz contributed scores on vault, bars, and beam towards Germany's second-place finish.{{cite web |url=http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/2011/eu/ger/gerrousui/wagteams.pdf |title=Int. Friendly Competition GER-ROU-SUI in Erzingen-Germany |date=10 September 2011 |website=Gymnastics Results |access-date=6 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224850/http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/2011/eu/ger/gerrousui/wagteams.pdf |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

At the 2011 World Championships, Seitz contributed scores on all four apparatus towards Germany's sixth-place finish in the team final.{{cite web |url=http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/worlds/2011/wag/teamfinal.pdf |title=Results Women's Team Final |date=11 October 2011 |website=Gymnastics Results |access-date=6 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615084122/http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/worlds/2011/wag/teamfinal.pdf |archive-date=15 June 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} In the individual all-around she finished eleventh with a score of 55.823.{{cite web |url=http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/worlds/2011/wag/aafinal.pdf |title=Results Women's Individual All-Around Final |date=13 October 2011 |website=Gymnastics Results |access-date=6 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615084112/http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/worlds/2011/wag/aafinal.pdf |archive-date=15 June 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

= 2012 =

== 2012 Olympics ==

Germany finished ninth in the team qualification round, so they did not qualify into the final. They were only 0.365 behind Canada.{{cite web |url=http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/olympics/2012/wag/q1.html? |title=Qualification Women Session 1 |date=29 July 2012 |website=Gymnastics Results |access-date=6 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617172815/http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/olympics/2012/wag/q1.html |archive-date=17 June 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} However, Seitz qualified twelfth into the all-around final, and eighth into the uneven bars final.{{cite web |url=http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/olympics/2012/wag/q2ub.html |title=Uneven Bars Qualification Women |date=29 July 2012 |website=Gymnastics Results |access-date=6 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617173231/http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/olympics/2012/wag/q2ub.html |archive-date=17 June 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} In the individual all-around final, Seitz finished 10th with a score of 57.365.{{cite web |url=http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/olympics/2012/wag/aaf.html |title=All-Around Final Women Results |date=2 August 2012 |website=Gymnastics Results |access-date=6 August 2014}} In the uneven bars final, Seitz finished in sixth with a score of 15.266.{{cite web |url=http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/olympics/2012/wag/ef2ub.html |title=Uneven Bars Final Women |date=6 August 2012 |website=Gymnastics Results |access-date=6 August 2014}}

In December 2012 she competed at the 2012 World Cup event in Stuttgart and placed second with a total score of 55.566.{{Cite web |url=http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/2012/eu/ger/wcupstuttgart/wagaa.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-04-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055516/http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/2012/eu/ger/wcupstuttgart/wagaa.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }} A week later she competed in Glasgow and again took silver, this time with a score of 54.799.{{Cite web |url=http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/2012/eu/gbr/glasgowgp/wagaa.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-04-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720230704/http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/2012/eu/gbr/glasgowgp/wagaa.pdf |archive-date=2013-07-20 |url-status=dead }}

= 2013–2014 =

After the Olympic season, she competed at the 2013 American Cup and the 2013 World Championships, even though she was not fully prepared due to her studies. She continued competing through the 2014 season. Her World Championship chances were questioned due to injuries, but she made the team. However, she competed only on bars where she had a fall. She later competed at the 2014 Arthur Gander Memorial, finally putting together solid routines and snatched the bronze, behind the silver medalist Larisa Iordache and the gold medalist Daria Spiridonova. She won another bronze along with Fabian Hambüchen at the Swiss Cup behind the Russian and Ukrainian teams.

= 2015 =

Seitz competed at the 2015 São Paulo World Cup in May where she won bronze on uneven bars behind Shang Chunsong of China and compatriot Sophie Scheder and silver on floor exercise behind Flávia Saraiva of Brazil.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2015/05/11/2015-sao-paulo-challenge-cup-results/|title=2015 Sao Paulo Challenge Cup Results|date=May 11, 2015|work=The Gymternet}} Later that month she competed at the Flanders International Team Challenge in Ghent where she helped Germany win gold in the team final and individually she placed thirteenth in the all-around.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2015/05/30/2015-flanders-international-team-challenge-results/|date=May 30, 2015|title=2015 Flanders International Team Challenge Results|work=The Gymternet}}

In June Seitz was selected to compete at the 2015 European Games with Sophie Scheder and Leah Griesser. The team won a silver medal behind Russia.{{cite web|title=Gymnastics Artistic Women's Team Results Medallists|url=http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/2015/eu/aze/europeangames/wag/teamsmedalists.pdf|website=Gymnastics Results|publisher=Baku 2015 1st European Games|access-date=16 June 2015|date=14 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070341/http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/2015/eu/aze/europeangames/wag/teamsmedalists.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

In September Seitz competed at the German National Championships where she won gold in the all-around, finishing ahead of Pauline Schäfer and Sophie Scheder. Additionally she won gold on uneven bars, silver on balance beam behind Schäfer, and placed fourth on floor exercise.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2015/09/19/2015-german-championships-results/|title=2015 German Championships Results|work=The Gymternet|date=September 19, 2015}} In October she placed first in the all-around at the German World Trials.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2015/10/08/the-ups-and-downs-of-germanys-final-trial/|title=The Ups and Downs of Germany's Final Trial|work=The Gymternet|date=October 8, 2015}}

In October Seitz competed at the World Championships alongside Griesser, Lisa Katharina Hill, Schäfer, Scheder, and Pauline Tratz. During qualifications Seitz helped Germany place twelfth and they did not qualify to the team final. Individually Seitz finished twenty-sixth in the all-around qualifications and advanced to the final. There she scored 55.765 which resulted in a tenth-place finish.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2015/10/25/2015-world-championships-results/|title=2015 World Championships Results|work=The Gymternet|date=October 25, 2015}} Seitz ended the season competing at the Swiss Cup, a mixed gender event. She was partnered with Sebastian Krimmer and they finished ninth.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2015/11/08/2015-swiss-cup-results/|title=2015 Swiss Cup Results|work=The Gymternet|date=November 8, 2015}}

= 2016 =

Seitz competed at the Glasgow World Cup in March where she finished second behind MyKayla Skinner of the United States.{{cite web|url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=18181|title=Skinner wins Glasgow World Cup title|work=USA Gymnastics|date=March 12, 2016}} The following week she competed at the DTB Team Challenge where Germany placed second behind Russia.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2016/03/18/2016-dtb-pokal-team-challenge-results/|title=2016 DTB Pokal Team Challenge Results|work=The Gymternet|date=March 18, 2016}}

File:Elisabeth seitz zusammen mit ihrem Teamkollegen und Olympiasieger Fabian Hambüchen .jpg in 2016]]

In April Seitz competed at the 2016 Test Event, helping her team to finish 2nd behind host team Brazil, qualifying a full team to the Olympic Games. Individually, she won the test event titles on bars ahead of her teammate Sophie Scheder.{{Cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2016/04/26/2016-olympic-test-event-results/|title = 2016 Olympic Test Event Results|date = 26 April 2016}} In June she competed at the German National Championships where she placed second behind Scheder.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2016/06/25/2016-german-championships-results/|title=2016 German Championships Results|work=The Gymternet|date=June 25, 2016}} In July she competed at the Olympic Team Trials where she once again placed second behind Scheder.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2016/07/12/2016-german-olympic-trials-results/|title=2016 German Olympic Trials Results|work=The Gymternet|date=July 12, 2016}} Seitz was selected as one of the representatives of the German national team in 2016 Summer Olympics together with Kim Bui, Tabea Alt, Pauline Schäfer and Scheder.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics the German team pulled off a surprise top 8 finish to secure a spot in the team final, after Italy suffered three falls on beam and Canada counted falls on bars and beam. Individually, Seitz qualified to both the uneven bars and individual all around finals. In the team final, Seitz competed on bars, beam and floor to help her team to a sixth-place finish. In the all around final, she finished in seventeenth place. In the uneven bars final she placed fourth behind 2012 Olympic Uneven Bars Champion Aliya Mustafina of Russia, 2015 World Uneven Bars Co-Champion Madison Kocian of the United States, and compatriot Scheder.

=2017=

In March Seitz competed at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge where she helped Germany place second behind Russia.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2017/03/17/2017-dtb-pokal-team-challenge-results/|title=2017 DTB Pokal Team Challenge Results|date=March 17, 2017|work=The Gymternet}} In April Seitz competed at the 2017 European Championships in Cluj-Napoca. She qualified to the uneven bars in joint first with Nina Derwael of Belgium. During the final, however, she missed a connection and finished in third place, tied with Ellie Downie of Great Britain and finishing behind Derwael and Elena Eremina of Russia.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2017/04/22/2017-european-championships-event-finals-day-1-live-blog/|title=2017 European Championships Event Finals Day 1 Live Blog|date=April 22, 2017|work=The Gymternet}}

In June Seitz competed at the German National Championships where she won gold in the all-around, on uneven bars, and on balance beam.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2017/06/04/2017-german-championships-results/|title=2017 German Championships Results|date=June 4, 2017|work=The Gymternet}}

In October Seitz competed at the World Championships where she qualified to the all-around and uneven bars finals. She placed ninth in the all-around and fifth on uneven bars.{{cite web|work=The Gymternet|date=October 12, 2017|title=2017 World Championships Women's Results|url=https://thegymter.net/2017/10/12/2017-world-championships-womens-results/}} In November she competed at the Swiss Cup, a mixed gender competition where she was partnered with Marcel Nguyen. They finished fifth.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2017/11/07/2017-swiss-cup-results/|title=2017 Swiss Cup Results|date=November 7, 2017|work=The Gymternet}} Later that month she competed at the Cottbus World Cup where she won gold on uneven bars.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2017/11/28/2017-cottbus-world-cup-results/|title=2017 Cottbus World Cup Results|work=The Gymternet|date=November 28, 2017}}

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=2018=

In March Seitz competed at the American Cup where she placed sixth but tied for the highest uneven bars score alongside American Morgan Hurd.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2018/03/03/2018-american-cup-results/|title=2018 American Cup Results|date=March 3, 2018|work=The Gymternet}} Later that month she competed at the Stuttgart World Cup where she placed second behind Zhang Jin of China.{{cite web|work=The Gytmernet|url=https://thegymter.net/2018/03/18/2018-stuttgart-world-cup-results/|date=March 18, 2018|title=2018 Stuttgart World Cup Results}} She next competed at the Tokyo World Cup where she placed fifth.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2018/04/16/2018-tokyo-world-cup-results/|date=April 16, 2018|work=The Gymternet|title=2018 Tokyo World Cup Results}}

In September Seitz competed at the German Championships where she won gold in the all-around and on uneven bars and she won silver on floor exercise behind Leah Griesser.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2018/09/29/2018-german-championships-results/|title=2018 German Championships Results|date=September 29, 2018|work=The Gymternet}}

At the 2018 World Championships Seitz helped Germany qualify to the team final and individually she qualified to the all-around and uneven bars finals. During the team final she contributed scores on vault, uneven bars, and floor exercise towards Germany's eighth-place finish. During the all-around final Seitz placed twenty-first. During the uneven bars final Seitz won the bronze medal behind Nina Derwael of Belgium and Simone Biles of the United States.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2018/11/06/2018-world-championships-results/|title=2018 World Championships Results|date=November 6, 2018|work=The Gymternet}} Afterwards Seitz competed at the Swiss Cup, a unique mixed pairs event where she was partnered with Marcel Nguyen and together they won gold.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2018/11/19/2018-swiss-cup-results/|title=2018 Swiss Cup Results|work=The Gytmernet|date=November 19, 2018}}

=2019=

In March Seitz competed at the Stuttgart World Cup where she won bronze behind Simone Biles of the United States and Ana Padurariu of Canada.{{cite web|work=The Gytmernet|url=https://thegymter.net/2019/03/17/2019-stuttgart-world-cup-results/|date=March 17, 2019|title=2019 Stuttgart World Cup Results}} In August she competed at the German Championships where she placed fifth in the all-around, first on uneven bars, and second on floor exercise behind Kim Bui.{{cite web|work=The Gymternet|url=https://thegymter.net/2019/08/03/2019-german-championships-results/|date=August 3, 2019|title=2019 German Championships Results}}

In September Seitz was named to the team to compete at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart alongside Kim Bui, Emelie Petz, Sarah Voss, and Sophie Scheder.{{cite web|url=https://www.dtb.de/news/artikel/dtb-frauenteam-fuer-die-turn-wm-in-stuttgart-steht-8867/|language=de|title=DTB Frauenteam für die Turn-WM in Stuttgart steht|work=DTB|date=September 12, 2019|access-date=September 12, 2019|archive-date=December 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231092924/https://www.dtb.de/news/artikel/dtb-frauenteam-fuer-die-turn-wm-in-stuttgart-steht-8867/|url-status=dead}} Later that month she competed at a friendly in Worms, Germany where she finished first in the all-around and helped Germany finish first in the team competition.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2019/09/13/2019-worms-friendly-results/|title=2019 Worms Friendly Results|work=The Gymternet|date=September 13, 2019}}

At the World Championships Seitz competed all four events during qualification and helped Germany place ninth as a team. Although they did not qualify to the team final, they qualified a team to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Individually Seitz qualified to the all-around and uneven bars finals. During the all-around final Seitz finished in sixth place and became the highest placing German female gymnast at a World Championships all-around final since Germany's reunification. Additionally she received the second highest uneven bars score of the day behind reigning World Uneven Bar Champion Nina Derwael of Belgium.{{cite web|title="Perfekter Wettkampf" bringt sechsten WM-Platz|url=https://www.spiegel.de/sport/sonst/turn-wm-elisabeth-seitz-im-mehrkampf-finale-auf-platz-sechs-a-1290981.html|language=de|work=Spiegel Online|date=October 10, 2019}} During the uneven bars final Seitz fell off the apparatus and finished in eighth place.

In November Seitz competed at the Swiss Cup alongside Andy Toba. Together they finished fourth behind the United States (Jade Carey and Allan Bower), Ukraine (Diana Varinska and Oleg Verniaiev), and Switzerland (Giulia Steingruber and Oliver Hegi).

=2020=

In late January it was announced that Seitz would compete at the Stuttgart World Cup taking place in March.{{cite web|url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?idNews=2798|title=Olympic, World champions gear up for star-studded Stuttgart World Cup|work=International Gymnastics Federation|date=January 30, 2020}} In early February it was announced that she would also compete at the Birmingham World Cup taking place in late March.{{cite web|url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?idNews=2802|title=Birmingham World Cup roster bursts with World stars|work=FIG|date=February 7, 2020}} The Stuttgart World Cup was later canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.{{cite web|url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?idNews=2827|title=Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the upcoming FIG events|work=International Gymnastics Federation|date=March 11, 2020}} Additionally the Birmingham World Cup was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.{{cite web|url=https://www.british-gymnastics.org/news-and-events/news/latest-news/9015-british-gymnastics-national-events-announcement-including-fig-world-cup|title=British Gymnastics national events announcement, including FIG World Cup|work=British Gymnastics|date=March 16, 2020|access-date=March 16, 2020|archive-date=April 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428082048/https://www.british-gymnastics.org/news-and-events/news/latest-news/9015-british-gymnastics-national-events-announcement-including-fig-world-cup|url-status=dead}}

=2021=

In April Seitz competed at the European Championships where she qualified to the all-around and uneven bars finals. During the all-around final, in which she placed fifth, Seitz and compatriot Kim Bui wore unitards opposed to the standard leotard that is common in women's artistic gymnastics. While unitards are usually worn for religious reasons, the German gymnasts opted to wear them as a statement "against sexualization in gymnastics".{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/05/02/992566981/german-gymnasts-cover-their-legs-in-stand-against-sexualization|title=German Gymnasts Cover Their Legs In Stand Against Sexualization|work=NPR|date=May 2, 2021}} During the uneven bars final Seitz fell off the apparatus and placed seventh.{{cite web|url=https://www.europeangymnastics.com/news/nagornyy-continues-winning-ways-first-day-apparatus-finals|title=Nagornyy continues winning ways on first day of apparatus finals|work=European Gymnastics|date=April 24, 2021}}

On June 13 Seitz was selected to represent Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Sarah Voss, Kim Bui, and Pauline Schäfer, marking her third Olympic appearance.{{cite web|url=https://www.dtb.de/weitere-nachrichten/nachrichten/artikel/dtb-benennt-turn-team-fuer-olympische-spiele|title=DTB benennt Turn-Team für Olympische Spiele|language=de|date=June 13, 2021|work=Turn-Team Deutschland}} In qualifications at the Olympic Games Germany finished ninth as a team and did not advance to the finals. However Seitz advanced to both the all-around and uneven bars finals.{{cite web|url=https://www.dtb.de/weitere-nachrichten/nachrichten/artikel/deutsche-frauen-turnen-knapp-am-finale-vorbei|language=de|title=Deutsche Frauen turnen knapp am Teamfinale vorbei|work=German Gymnastics Federation|date=July 25, 2021}}

=2022=

In June, Seitz competed at the German Championships, where she took the silver medal in the uneven bars final behind Kim Bui.{{cite web|url= https://thegymter.net/2022/06/27/2022-german-championships-results/|title=2022 German Championships results|website=The Gymternet|date=27 June 2022}}

In August, Seitz competed at the European Championships in Munich, where she helped Germany qualify to the team final in fourth place. Individually, she also qualified to the uneven bars final in fifth place.{{cite web|url= https://www.europeangymnastics.com/event/2022-european-championships-artistic-gymnastics/results|title=2022 European Championships|website=European Gymnastics|accessdate=13 August 2022}} In the team final, the German team of Seitz, Kim Bui, Pauline Schäfer, Sarah Voss and Emma Malewski won the bronze medal behind Italy and Great Britain — Germany's first team medal in European Championship history.{{cite news|url= https://www.faz.net/aktuell/sport/mehr-sport/european-championships-deutsche-turnerinnen-gewinnen-bronze-18242648.html|title= Turnerinnen schreiben EM-Geschichte – Frust bei Ruder-Achter|newspaper= Faz.net|language=DE|date=13 August 2022}} In the uneven bars final, Seitz won the gold medal ahead of Alice D'Amato and Lorette Charpy with a score of 14.433.

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=2023=

Seitz competed at the DTB Pokal Mixed Cup, where she helped the German team take the silver medal behind Japan.{{cite web|url= https://www.gymnastics.sport/asset.php?id=fidb_13715|title=Results Book Mixed Cup Stuttgart 2023|website=International Gymnastics Federation|accessdate=5 September 2023}} She next competed at the European Championships, where she took the bronze medal in the uneven bars final behind Alice D'Amato and Becky Downie.{{cite web|url= https://www.intlgymnast.com/news/five-countries-earn-gold-on-first-day-of-european-championships-apparatus-finals/|title= Five countries earn gold on first day of European Championships apparatus finals|website=International Gymnast|date=15 April 2023}} At the German Championships, she won gold in the all-around and on uneven bars as well as bronze on floor exercise.{{cite web|url= https://thegymter.net/2023/07/09/2023-german-championships-results/|title=2023 German Championships results|website=The Gymternet|date=9 July 2023}} In September, it was announced that Seitz had suffered an Achilles tendon rupture and would miss the World Championships.{{cite web|url= https://www.dtb.de/weitere-nachrichten/nachrichten/artikel/wm-aus-fuer-elisabeth-seitz|title= WM-Aus für Elisabeth Seitz|language=de|website=DTB|date=5 September 2023}}

Eponymous skill

Seitz has one eponymous skill listed in the Code of Points.{{cite web |title=2022-2024 Code of Points Women's Artistic Gymnastics |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_WAG%20CoP%202022-2024.pdf |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=22 January 2022 |pages=98, 208 |archive-date=12 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512092714/https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_WAG%20CoP%202022-2024.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=Women's Artistic Gymnastics – 2025-2028 Code of Points |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_1.1%20-%20WAG%20COP%202025-2028.pdf |website=International Gymnastics Federation |date=22 April 2024 |access-date=2 February 2025}}

class="wikitable"
ApparatusNameDescriptionDifficulty{{efn|name=difficulty|Valid for the 2025–2028 Code of Points}}When Added to the Code of Points
Uneven barsSeitzPike sole circle (toe-on) backward through handstand on low bar with full-twist in flight to high barE (0.5)2011 World Championships

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Competitive history

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align=center | Year

! align=center | Event

! style="width:30px;" | Team

! style="width:30px;" | AA

! style="width:30px;" | VT

! style="width:30px;" | UB

! style="width:30px;" | BB

! style="width:30px;" | FX

rowspan="1" | 2009align=left | German Championships{{silver2}}
rowspan="1" | 2010align=left | SUI-GER-ROU Friendly{{silver2}}6
rowspan="4" | 2011align=left | SUI-GER-ROU Friendly{{silver2}}
bgcolor=#F5F6CE

| align=left | European Championships

{{silver2}}
align=left | German Championships{{gold1}}{{silver2}}{{gold1}}5{{gold1}}
bgcolor=#CCCCFF

| align=left | World Championships

611
rowspan="7" | 2012align=left | Cottbus World Cup{{gold1}}
align=left | GER-GBR-ROU Friendly{{silver2}}5
align=left | German Championships{{gold1}}{{gold1}}4{{gold1}}
bgcolor=98FB98

| align=left | Olympic Games

106
align=left | Swiss Cup{{gold1}}
align=left | Stuttgart World Cup{{silver2}}
align=left | Glasgow World Cup{{silver2}}
rowspan="2" | 2013align=left | American Cup4
bgcolor=#CCCCFF

| align=left | World Championships

15
rowspan="2" | 2014align=left | Munich Friendly{{bronze3}}
align=left | Länderkampf Kunstturnen{{gold1}}
rowspan="8" | 2015align=left | São Paulo World Cup{{bronze3}}{{silver2}}
align=left | Flanders Team Challenge{{gold1}}13
bgcolor=#f0fccf

| align=left | European Games

{{silver2}}
align=left | German Championships{{gold1}}{{gold1}}{{silver2}}4
align=left | World Championship Trials{{gold1}}
align=left | Länderkampf Kunstturnen{{silver2}}4
bgcolor=#CCCCFF

| align=left | World Championships

10
align=left | Swiss Cup9
rowspan="8" | 2016align=left | German National Team Cup{{bronze3}}
align=left | Glasgow World Cup{{silver2}}
align=left | DTB Team Challenge{{silver2}}4
align=left | Olympic Test Event{{silver2}}{{gold1}}
align=left | German Championships{{silver2}}{{gold1}}{{bronze3}}4
align=left | Olympic Trials{{silver2}}
align=left | Chemnitz Friendly{{bronze3}}
bgcolor=98FB98

| align=left | Olympic Games

6174
rowspan="7" | 2017align=left | German National Team Cup{{silver2}}
align=left | DTB Pokal Team Challenge{{silver2}}
bgcolor=#F5F6CE

| align=left | European Championships

{{bronze3}}
align=left | German Championships{{gold1}}{{gold1}}{{gold1}}6
bgcolor=#CCCCFF

| align=left |World Championships

95
align=left | Swiss Cup5
align=left | Cottbus World Cup{{gold1}}6
rowspan="8" | 2018align=left | American Cup6
align=left | Stuttgart World Cup{{silver2}}
align=left | Tokyo World Cup5
align=left | German Worlds Trial5
align=left | German Championships{{gold1}}{{gold1}}{{silver2}}
align=left | Rüsselsheim Friendly{{gold1}}6
bgcolor=#CCCCFF

| align=left | World Championships

821{{bronze3}}
align=left | Swiss Cup{{gold1}}
rowspan="5" | 2019align=left | Stuttgart World Cup{{bronze3}}
align=left | German Championships5{{gold1}}{{silver2}}
align=left | German World Trials{{bronze3}}
bgcolor=#CCCCFF

| align=left | World Championships

{{abbreviation|R1|Germany finished 9th in qualification and was the First Reserve}}68
align=left | Swiss Cup4
rowspan="4" | 2021
bgcolor=#F5F6CE

| align=left | European Championships

57
align=left | German Championships{{gold1}}{{silver2}}
bgcolor=98FB98

| align=left | Olympic Games

{{abbreviation|R1|Germany finished 9th in qualification and was the First Reserve}}95
rowspan="3" | 2022align=left|German Championships{{silver2}}
bgcolor=#F5F6CE

| align=left | European Championships

{{bronze3}}{{gold1}}
bgcolor=#CCCCFF

| align=left | World Championships

{{abbreviation|R4|Germany finished 12th in qualifications and was the fourth reserve}}4
rowspan="3" | 2023align=left | DTB Pokal Mixed Cup{{silver2}}
bgcolor=#F5F6CE

| align=left | European Championships

9{{bronze3}}
align=left | German Championships{{gold1}}{{gold1}}5{{bronze3}}
rowspan="2" | 2024align=left | City of Jesolo Trophy8{{bronze3}}
align=left | German Championships{{gold1}}

References

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{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/se/elisabeth-seitz-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417221603/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/se/elisabeth-seitz-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Elisabeth Seitz}}

{{cite web|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/seitz-elisabeth-1089031/|title=Elisabeth Seitz|work=London 2012|access-date=29 July 2012|archive-date=1 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501115753/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/seitz-elisabeth-1089031/|url-status=dead}}

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