Emma Leonie Malewski (born July 18, 2004) is a German artistic gymnast who represented Germany at the inaugural Junior World Championships. She is the 2022 European champion on the balance beam, and was part of the first German team to ever win a European team medal in women's artistic gymnastics.
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| Full name | Emma Leonie Malewski | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 July 2004 Hamburg, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented |  Germany (2016–2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Clemson Tigers (2026–29) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | TuS 1861 Chemnitz-Altendorf | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach | Sabine Petermann | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Assistant coach(es) | Romy Nürnberger Ben Möbius | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
editJunior gymnastics career
edit2016–2017
editIn 2016 Malewski competed at both the German National Championships and the German Cup, where she placed ninth and fourth respectively.[2][3] She competed at the Turnkunst International competition where she helped her team finish sixth and individually she placed third in the espoir division.
In 2017 Malewski competed at the German National Championships where she placed second in the all-around behind Aiyu Zhu; however she won the gold medal on floor exercise.[4] She competed at the junior Swiss Cup where she helped her team finish first.
2018
editMalewski competed at the 2018 City of Jesolo Trophy where she finished 17th in the all-around.[5] In May she competed at the German Junior National Championships where she won the bronze medal in the all-around. Additionally she won the bronze on balance beam and uneven bars and won gold on floor exercise.[6] The following month Malewski competed at a friendly competition in Pieve di Soligo where she helped Germany place fourth and individually she placed thirteenth in the all-around.[7]
In August Malewski was selected to represent Germany at the 2018 European Championships alongside Emelie Petz, Lisa Zimmermann, Lara Hinsberger, and Leonie Papke. Together they finished seventh in the team final.[8]
2019
editMalewski competed at the 2019 City of Jesolo Trophy where she helped Germany finish seventh as a team and individually she finished seventh on the balance beam.[9] She next competed at the German National Championships where she won the all-around competition. Additionally she placed first on uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise.[10] In June Malewski competed at the Flanders International Team Challenge in Ghent, Belgium. Germany placed sixth in the team final. Individually Malewski placed fifteenth in the all-around.[11]
Malewski was selected to represent Germany at the inaugural Junior World Championships alongside Jasmin Haase and Lea Marie Quaas. Together they finished eighth as a team and Malewski finished sixteenth in the all-around.
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Senior gymnastics career
edit2020–21
editMalewski turned senior in 2020; however most competitions were canceled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2021 Malewski made her senior international debut at the European Championships. She finished 40th during qualifications and did not advance to any event finals. In June she competed at her first senior level national championships; she finished sixth in the all-around and third on balance beam.[12] In July she competed at the Flanders International Team Challenge where Germany placed sixth. Individually Malewski placed eleventh in the all-around and fifth on balance beam.[13]
2022
editIn June, Malewski competed at the German Championships, where she took the bronze medal in the all-around, as well as in the uneven bars and balance beam finals, and finished fifth in the floor final.[14]
In August, Malewski 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 balance beam final in second place.[15] In the team final, the German team of Malewski, Kim Bui, Pauline Schäfer, Sarah Voss and Elisabeth Seitz won the bronze medal behind Italy and Great Britain — Germany's first team medal in European Championship history.[16] In the beam final, Malewski won the gold medal ahead of Ondine Achampong and Carolann Héduit with a score of 13.466.[15]
2023–2024
editMalewski competed at the 2023 Doha World Cup where she won bronze on balance beam behind Sabrina Voinea and Anna Lashchevska.[17] At the 2023 European Championships she helped Germany finish ninth as a team.[18] Malewski was selected to compete at the 2023 World Championships; however she tore her anterior syndesmosis ligament in her left foot and had to withdraw from the competition.[19]
In early 2024 Malewski suffered cartilage damage in her right shoulder, resulting in a torn labrum. As a result, she was unable to contend for Germany's 2024 Olympic berth.[20]
2025
editMalewski intended to make her comeback at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge but she had to withdraw after she sustained a muscle injury to her right calf.[21] In July Malewski announced her commitment to compete for the Clemson Tigers in NCAA gymnastics in the United States, starting in the 2025–2026 season.[22] She was selected to compete at the World University Games taking place in late July.[23] While there she won bronze on balance beam behind Urara Ashikawa and Tonya Paulsson.[24]
Competitive history
edit| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 2016 | German Championships | 9 | 5 | ||||
| German Cup | 4 | ||||||
| Turnkunst International | 6 |  | |||||
| 2017 | German Championships |  | 4 |  | |||
| Swiss Cup Juniors | | 6 | |||||
| 2018 | City of Jesolo Trophy | 9 | 17 | ||||
| German Championships | | | | | |||
| Pieve di Soligo Friendly | 4 | 13 | |||||
| European Championships | 7 | ||||||
| 2019 | City of Jesolo Trophy | 7 | 7 | ||||
| German Championships | | | | | |||
| FIT Challenge | 7 | 15 | |||||
| Junior World Championships | 8 | 16 | R1 |
| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 2021 | |||||||
| European Championships | 40 | ||||||
| German Championships | 6 | 5 | | 4 | |||
| Olympic Trials | 7 | ||||||
| FIT Challenge | 6 | 11 | 5 | ||||
| 2022 | German Championships | | | | 5 | ||
| European Championships | | 13 | | ||||
| World Championships | R4 | ||||||
| 2023 | Doha World Cup | | |||||
| DTB Pokal Team Challenge | 7 | ||||||
| European Championships | 9 | ||||||
| German Championships | | 4 | | 5 | |||
| Heidelberg Friendly | | | |||||
| 2025 | World University Games | 15 | |
References
edit- ↑ "National Teams Emma Malewski". Turn-Team Deutschland.
- ↑ "2016 German Cup Results". The Gymternet. October 29, 2016.
- ↑ "2016 German Junior Championships Results". The Gymternet. April 24, 2016.
- ↑ "2017 German Championships Results". The Gymternet. June 4, 2017.
- ↑ "2018 City of Jesolo Trophy Results". The Gymternet. April 19, 2018.
- ↑ "2018 German Junior Championships Results". The Gymternet. May 2, 2018.
- ↑ "2018 Pieve di Soligo Friendly Results". The Gymternet. July 17, 2018.
- ↑ "2018 European Championships Results". The Gymternet. August 6, 2018.
- ↑ "USA wins senior team title at 2019 Jesolo Trophy, captures 14 other medals". USA Gymnastics. March 3, 2019. Archived from the original on November 8, 2022. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
- ↑ "Deutsche Jugendmeisterschaften". German Gymnastics (in German). May 26, 2019.
- ↑ "Platz sieben bei der Flanders Challenge". German Gymanstics (in German). June 11, 2019.
- ↑ "Rekordsieg für Elisabeth Seitz". DTB (in German). June 3, 2021.
- ↑ "Flanders International Team Challenge 2021" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-09-27.
- ↑ "2022 German Championships results". The Gymternet. 27 June 2022.
- 1 2 "2022 European Championships". European Gymnastics. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- ↑ "Turnerinnen schreiben EM-Geschichte – Frust bei Ruder-Achter". Faz.net (in German). 13 August 2022.
- ↑ "Maneca-Voinea mania takes hold in Doha after Romanian's double gold debut". International Gymnastics Federation. March 6, 2023.
- ↑ "2023 European Championships Results". The Gymternet. April 17, 2023.
- ↑ "WM-Aus für Emma Malewski" [World Championships exit for Emma Malewski]. German Gymnastics Federation (in German). September 26, 2023.
- ↑ @intlgymnast; (June 14, 2024). "Injury update: Emma Malewski (GER)" – via Instagram.
- ↑ "EnBW DTB Pokal ohne Emma Malewski" [EnBW DTB Cup without Emma Malewski]. German Gymnastics Federation (in German). March 27, 2025.
- ↑ "Gymnastics Adds German National Team Member". Clemson Tigers. July 16, 2025.
- ↑ "Mit starken Teams zu den Heimspielen" [With strong teams to the home games]. German Gymnastics Federation (in German). June 12, 2025.
- ↑ "Japanese gymnasts head the classes at World University Games". International Gymnastics Federation. July 28, 2025.
External links
edit- Emma Malewski at World Gymnastics
- Emma Malewski at the Deutscher Turner-Bund (in German)