Oliver Hegi

Oliver Hegi
Full nameOliver Nicola Hegi
Born (1993-02-20) 20 February 1993
Villmergen, Aargau, Switzerland
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		 Switzerland
(2015–2021)
ClubTV Lenzburg
Head coach(es)Bernhard Fluck
Medal record
Representing  Switzerland
European Championships
2018 Glasgow Horizontal bar
2017 Cluj-Napoca Horizontal bar
2016 Bern Team
2018 Glasgow Parallel bars
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Cup 0 0 1
World Challenge Cup 0 0 3
Total 0 0 4

Oliver Nicola Hegi (born 20 February 1993) is a Swiss former artistic gymnast. He is the 2018 European champion on the horizontal bar, and he represented Switzerland at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Gymnastics career

Hegi began artistic gymnastics when he was seven years old, following his older brother into the sport.[2]

Junior

Hegi competed alongside Pablo Brägger and Michael Meier at the 2009 European Youth Olympic Festival, and they won the team silver medal behind Russia.[3] Individually, he won bronze medals on the parallel bars and the horizontal bar.[4][5] At the 2010 Junior European Championships, he won silver medals on the pommel horse, parallel bars, and horizontal bar.[6]

Hegi represented Switzerland at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics and was the flag bearer for the opening ceremonies.[7] He finished 19th in the all-around qualifications, making him the first reserve for the final.[8]

Senior

Hegi competed with the Swiss team that finished seventh at the 2012 European Championships.[9] At the 2013 Doha World Challenge Cup, he won the horizontal bar bronze medal, behind Marijo Možnik and Jeffrey Wammes.[10] He finished ninth in the all-around qualifications at the 2013 World Championships. However, during the final, he fell off the horizontal bar and had to end his routine early due to a ripped grip. As a result, he finished 23rd.[11]

Hegi won a bronze medal on the horizontal bar at the 2014 Cottbus World Cup.[12] At the 2014 European Championships, he finished fourth in the horizontal bar final, only 0.008 points behind the bronze medalist.[13] He then helped the Swiss team finish seventh in the team final at the 2014 World Championships.[14] He also advanced into the all-around final, where he finished 18th.[15] He missed the 2015 European Championships due to a shoulder injury.[2] At the 2015 World Championships, he helped the Swiss team finish sixth in the team final at the 2015 World Championships and win an Olympic berth.[16] He also advanced into the horizontal bar final and placed seventh.[17]

Hegi placed sixth in the all-around at the 2016 Stuttgart World Cup.[18] At the 2016 Osijek World Challenge Cup, he tied with Tin Srbić for the horizontal bar bronze medal.[19] Then at the 2016 European Championships, he helped the Swiss team win the bronze medal.[20] He was selected to represent Switzerland at the 2016 Summer Olympics where the team finished ninth in the qualification round for the 2016 Summer Olympics, making them the first reserve for the final.[21][22]

Hegi placed eighth in the all-around at the 2017 Stuttgart World Cup.[23] Then at the 2017 European Championships, he won the silver medal on the horizontal bar, behind teammate Pablo Brägger.[24] He advanced to the horizontal bar final at the 2017 World Championships but fell and finished eighth.[17] At the 2018 European Championships, he became the European horizontal bar champion and also won a bronze medal on the parallel bars.[25] Then at the 2018 World Championships, he finished sixth with the Swiss team and 16th in the all-around final.[26][27]

Hegi won a bronze medal on the horizontal bar at the 2019 Baku World Cup.[28] At the 2019 World Championships, he helped Switzerland advance into the team final and earn a team berth to the 2020 Summer Olympics.[29] The team ultimately finished seventh. He also advanced into the all-around final, but he finished 23rd after multiple mistakes. He was the first reserve for the horizontal bar final after finishing ninth in the qualifications.[17]

Hegi announced his retirement from the sport on 1 March 2021.[30]

References

  1. ^ "Oliver Hegi". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Hegi Oliver - FIG Athlete Profile". World Gymnastics. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
  3. ^ "EYOF 2009 MAG C I - CI - Team" (PDF). Gym Media. 27 July 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Boys Parallel Bars Results" (PDF). Gym Media. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
  5. ^ "Boys High Bar Results" (PDF). Gym Media. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
  6. ^ "2010 European Gymnastics Championships Results Book" (PDF). European Gymnastics. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  7. ^ "List of NOC Flag Bearers for Opening Ceremony" (PDF) (Press release). Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee. 14 August 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
  8. ^ "Results Artistic Gymnastics Men's Qualification". Singapore 2010. 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-08-23. Retrieved August 19, 2010.
  9. ^ "2012 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships Results Book" (PDF). European Gymnastics. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  10. ^ Akkad, Mai (30 March 2013). "Romania Dominate in the final day in Doha's FIG World Challenge Cup". FIG Doha World Cup. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
  11. ^ "Uchimura krönt sich zum erfolgreichsten Turner aller Zeiten" [Uchimura crowns himself the most successful gymnast of all time]. Swiss Info (in German). 3 October 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  12. ^ "Gold for six nations at 38th Tournament of Masters". World Gymnastics. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
  13. ^ "Final Day: Three European Titles for Denis Abliazin, four for Russia". Gym Media. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
  14. ^ "45th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning (CHN) Men's Team Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  15. ^ "Results for 45th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, Nanning 2014 (CHN) Men's All-Around". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  16. ^ "Rang 6 für die Schweiz – WM-Gold an Japan" [6th place for Switzerland – World Cup gold goes to Japan]. SRF (in German). 28 October 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  17. ^ a b c Crumlish, John (18 July 2020). "Switzerland's Hegi Confident, Although 'The Near Future Is Unknown'". International Gymnast. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
  18. ^ "Andreas Bretschneider, Sophie Scheder sweep Stuttgart World Cup". World Gymnastics. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
  19. ^ "World Challenge Cup 2016 Osijek (CRO) 2016 April 28 - May 1". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  20. ^ "32nd European Championships in Men's Artistic Gymnastics Seniors and Juniors Senior Team Final" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  21. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics Men Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. Rio 2016. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  22. ^ "Pablo Brägger et Cie ratent la finale d'un rien" [Pablo Brägger and Co. narrowly miss the final]. RTS (in French). 7 August 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  23. ^ "Tabea Alt, Oleg Verniaiev star at Stuttgart's DTB-Pokal World Cup weekend". World Gymnastics. 20 March 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
  24. ^ "Brägger und Hegi fliegen zum Doppelsieg" [Brägger and Hegi fly to a double victory]. SRF (in German). 23 April 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  25. ^ Etchells, Daniel (12 August 2018). "Double gold for Dalaloyan seals Russia's domination of artistic gymnastics at Glasgow 2018 European Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
  26. ^ "48th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Doha (QAT), 25 October - 3 November 2018 Men's Team Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  27. ^ "48th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Doha (QAT), 25 October – 3 November 2018 Men's All-Around Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  28. ^ "Gymnasts from nine nations golden at Baku World Cup". World Gymnastics. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
  29. ^ "Sound of bells drives Swiss men to Team final". International Gymnastics Federation. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  30. ^ "Oliver Hegi tritt zurück". Swiss Gymnastics Federation (in German). 1 March 2021. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
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