Lisa Ecker
{{Short description|Austrian artistic gymnast (born 1992)}}
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| birth_place = Linz, Austria
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| discipline = WAG
| natlteam = 2015
| club = ASKO Kleinmunchen
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| headcoach = Johanna Gratt
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{{MedalSport | Women's artistic gymnastics }}
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Lisa Ecker (born 19 September 1992){{Cite web |title=Lisa Ecker |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Gymnastique-artistique/AussiFicheAthlete13000000000076869.html |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=L'Équipe}} is an Austrian female artistic gymnast who competed at the senior international elite level. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, placing 43rd; it was only the second time that Austria was represented in artistic gymnastics at the Olympics, after a hiatus of 48 years. In 2017, she retired from competition, having won seven World Challenge Cup medals and 14 national titles, and having reached one European Championship final.
Early life and training
Ecker first did gymnastics in kindergarten, and started training competitively in 2000 at the age of eight.{{Cite news |last=Stelzel-Pröll |first=Claudia |date=1 May 2016 |title=Mit Riesensprüngen in Richtung Rio |language=de |work=Kurier |location=Austria |url=https://kurier.at/chronik/oberoesterreich/mit-riesenspruengen-in-richtung-rio/195.955.898 |access-date=2023-07-13}}{{Cite web |last=Ertl |first=Josef |date=2016-05-15 |title="Kunstturnen ist mein Lebenstraum" |url=https://kurier.at/chronik/oberoesterreich/kunstturnen-ist-mein-lebenstraum/198.715.632 |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=kurier.at |language=de}} She was coached by Johanna Gratt, who was also her physiotherapist, for 16 years. As of 2016, she was training at the TGW gymnastics performance center at the Linz winter port. Her home club was ASKÖ Kleinmünchen.
Gymnastics career
Ecker's first Austrian all-around title came in 2012, when she won in the absence of Barbara Gasser.{{Cite web |date=10 November 2012 |title=Ecker und Schwab österreichische Mehrkampf-Meister |url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/1350260999111/ecker-und-schwab-oesterreichische-mehrkampf-meister |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=DER STANDARD |language=de |agency=Austria Presse Agentur}} Her victory came after a year out with injury, due to a torn ACL,{{Cite journal |last=Crumlish |first=John |date=July–August 2013 |title=Lisa Ecker: From torn to reborn. |url= |journal=International Gymnast |volume=55 |issue=6 |pages=31 |issn=0891-6616 }} which she sustained shortly after the 2011 World Championships in Tokyo. She also took home her first international medal, winning silver at the 2012 FIG World Challenge Cup in Ostrava.{{Cite news |last=Meißl |first=Nina |date=3 May 2013 |title=Linzerin Lisa Ecker glänzte bei World-Challenge-Cup |language=de |work=MeinBezirk.at |url=https://www.meinbezirk.at/linz/c-sport/linzerin-lisa-ecker-glaenzte-bei-world-challenge-cup_a557164 |access-date=2023-07-13}} That year, she was named Austria's Gymnast of the Year.{{Cite news |date=6 May 2017 |title=Turnen: Olympia-Teilnehmerin Lisa Ecker erklärte ihren Rücktritt |language=de |work=Tiroler Tageszeitung |agency=Austria Presse Agentur |url=https://www.tt.com/artikel/12946931/turnen-olympia-teilnehmerin-lisa-ecker-erklaerte-ihren-ruecktritt |access-date=2023-07-13}}
In 2013, Ecker reached the finals at the European Championship in Moscow, placing 19th in the individual all-around, the best result for an Austrian woman in 50 years. She subsequently won a bronze medal on the balance beam at the 2013 FIG World Challenge Cup in Ljubljana.
Ecker won her third national title in all-around artistic gymnastics in November 2014, despite having undergone knee surgery the year before.{{Cite web |date= 26 November 2014|title=Lisa Ecker ist Staatsmeisterin im Kunstturnen 2014 |url=https://www.eder.at/blog/lisa-ecker-ist-staatsmeisterin-im-kunstturnen-2014 |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=EDER.at}} In 2015, Ecker participated at the 2015 World Championships in Glasgow.{{cite web|title=2015 World Gymnastics Championships Athlete Profiles – Lisa Ecker|url=http://www.2015worldgymnastics.com/the-championships/athlete-profiles.aspx|website=2015worldgymnastics.com|date=|accessdate=27 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619063515/http://www.2015worldgymnastics.com/the-championships/athlete-profiles.aspx|archive-date=19 June 2018|url-status=dead}}
In February 2016, Ecker won the bronze medal in vault at the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan, with a score of 13.775 points.{{Cite news |date=21 February 2016 |title=FIG World Challenge Cup: Uzbek gymnast grabs gold medal in vault |work=Trend News Agency |location=Azerbaijan |url=https://en.trend.az/azerbaijan/society/2497414.html |access-date=2023-07-12}} In April, she qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, with an error-free performance on all four devices, ranking 12th with 53.132 all-around points.{{Cite news |date=18 April 2016 |title=Ecker: "Ich bin verdammt glücklich" |language=de |work=Laola1 |url=https://www.laola1.at/de/red/sport-mix/mehr-sport/olympia/news/turnerin-ecker-meistert-olympia-quali/ |access-date=2023-07-12}}{{Cite news |date=18 April 2016 |title=Olympiaticket für Turnerin Lisa Ecker |language=de |work=VN.at |url=https://www.vn.at/sport/2016/04/18/olympiaticket-fuer-turnerinlisa-ecker.vn |access-date=2016-04-18}} She qualified despite an injury to her fourth metatarsal which she had sustained in March.{{Cite news |date=5 August 2016 |title=Ecker geht in Turnqualifikation auf ihre Punktebestmarke los |work=Kurier |url=https://kurier.at/olympia-news/ecker-geht-in-turnqualifikation-auf-ihre-punktebestmarke-los/213.852.184 |access-date=2023-07-12}} It was only the second time that Austria had qualified for the Olympics in artistic gymnastics after its absence for nearly half a century.{{Cite news |date=18 April 2016 |title=Linzerin Ecker mit souveräner Vorstellung zum Olympia-Ticket |language=de |work=Der Standard |agency=Austria Presse Agentur |location=Austria |url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000035104068/linzerin-ecker-mit-souveraener-vorstellung-zum-olympia-ticket |access-date=2023-07-12}}
In July 2016, Ecker competed in the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup in Mersin, Turkey, and won four medals, one on each device.{{Cite web |date=4 July 2016 |title=Turnweltcup Türkei - Erfolg für Lisa Ecker |url=https://www.askoe.at/de/boxnewsshow1-turnweltcup-tuerkei-erfolg-fuer-lisa-ecker |access-date=2023-07-12 |website=ASKÖ Bundesorganisation |language=de}} At the 2016 Summer Olympics the following month, she finished 43rd in the preliminary phase of the women's artistic gymnastics with an all-around score of 52.966.{{cite news|title=Lisa Ecker |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/lisa-ecker |publisher=Rio 2016 |accessdate=11 August 2018 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826093421/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/lisa-ecker|archivedate=26 August 2016 |df=dmy }}{{cite news|title=Artistic Gymnastics: Women's Qualification Subdivision 2 Results |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/artistic-gymnastics-womens-qualification-subdivision-2 |publisher=Rio 2016 |accessdate=20 April 2017 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826202909/https://www.rio2016.com/en/artistic-gymnastics-womens-qualification-subdivision-2 |archivedate=26 August 2016 |df=dmy }} She failed to qualify for the final or set a personal record, following a fall from the uneven bars.{{Cite web |title=Sturz kostet Ecker Rekord |url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000042501793/sturz-kostet-ecker-rekord |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=DER STANDARD |language=de}}
Although Ecker had originally considered retiring immediately after the Olympics, she took a break instead. She retired in 2017, aged 24, due in part to an ankle injury and the unavailability of a suitable coach to replace Gratt.{{Cite web |title=Rücktritt von Lisa Ecker |url=https://www.oeft.at/de/newsshow-alle-----ruecktritt-von-lisa-ecker |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=www.oeft.at}}
Personal life
Ecker is from Linz, Austria. Before retiring from competition, she studied as a masseuse and applied for a Fachhochschule course in physiotherapy. In 2020, she married her long-time partner Lukas Kranzlmüller, an international gymnast who had won the Austrian national men's title in 2014.{{Cite news |date=22 November 2014 |title=Turnen: Mehrkampftitel an Lisa Ecker und Lukas Kranzlmülle |language=de |work=Tiroler Tageszeitung |agency=Austria Presse Agentur |url=https://www.tt.com/artikel/9297416/turnen-mehrkampftitel-an-lisa-ecker-und-lukas-kranzlmueller |access-date=2023-07-13}} Kranzlmüller is pursuing a career as a police officer, while Ecker works as a physiotherapist.{{Cite web |title=Hochzeit von Lisa Ecker und Lukas Kranzlmüller! |url=https://www.oeft.at/de/sport/kunstturnen/kunstturnen-maennlich/boxnewsshow8-hochzeit-von-lisa-ecker-und-lukas-kranzlmueller |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=www.oeft.at}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.lisaecker.at/}} {{in lang|de}}
- {{FIG|bio=24735}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uRO-Ctjk_4 Lisa Ecker at the 2016 European Championships] (YouTube)
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Category:Austrian female artistic gymnasts
Category:Sportspeople from Linz
Category:Gymnasts at the 2015 European Games
Category:European Games competitors for Austria
Category:Gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics