Naomi Visser
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| Born | 24 August 2001 Papendrecht, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2015–present (NED) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Topsportcentrum Noord | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Vincent Wevers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Naomi Visser (born 24 August 2001)[1] is a Dutch artistic gymnast. She was part of the bronze medal-winning teams at the 2018 and 2023 European Championships. She represented the Netherlands at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Early life
Visser was born in 2001 in Papendrecht. She started gymnastics at the age of six.
Gymnastics career
2018–19
At the 2018 European Championships, Visser helped the Netherlands win the team bronze medal. At the 2018 World Championships, she finished 14th in the all-around.[2]
At the 2019 European Games, Visser finished seventh in the all-around and fifth on uneven bars. At the 2019 World Championships, she helped the Netherlands team finish eighth and finished 23rd in the all-around.
2021
At the 2021 European Championships Visser finished ninth in the all-around. She was initially an alternate for the Dutch team at the 2020 Olympic Games; however she tested positive for COVID-19 only weeks prior to departure for Tokyo and was unable to travel. In October Visser competed at the World Championships in Kitakyushu. She qualified to the all-around final where she finished fifth. In doing so she set a record as the highest placing Dutch female artistic gymnast in a World all-around final.[3]
2022
Visser competed at the Baku World Cup where she won silver on the uneven bars behind Lorette Charpy.[4] At the 2022 European Championships in Munich, Visser helped the Netherlands qualify to the team final, where they finished fourth behind Italy, Great Britain, and Germany. Individually Visser finished sixth in the all-around, sixth on floor exercise, and seventh on the uneven bars.[5] At the World Championships Visser qualified to three individual finals: all-around, uneven bars, and floor exercise. She finished eighteenth in the all-around, seventh on uneven bars, and fifth on floor exercise.
2023
Visser competed at the European Championships where she helped the Netherlands finish third as a team. Individually she placed seventh in the all-around, eighth on uneven bars, and fourth on floor exercise. At the 2023 World Championships she helped the Netherlands finish seventh as a team. Individually she finished twelfth in the all-around, seventh on uneven bars, and sixth on floor exercise.[6]
2024
Visser competed at the Antalya World Challenge Cup in March where she finished seventh on the floor exercise.[7] In July Visser was selected to represent the Netherlands at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside Lieke Wevers, Sanne Wevers, Vera van Pol, and Sanna Veerman.[8]
Competitive history
| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 2015 | Sidijk Tournament | 4 | |||||
| FIT Challenge | 7 | 33 | |||||
| Top Gym Tournament | 8 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 7 | ||
| 2016 | Sidijk Tournament |  |
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| Austrian Team Open | 14 | ||||||
| IAG SportEvent | |
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| European Championships | 9 | 7 | |||||
| Dutch Championships | |
4 | 4 | 
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| Wase Gymcup | |
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| Dutch Team Championships | |
5 | |||||
| Top Gym Tournament |  |
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7 | 8 | 5 | ||
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| 2017 | IAG SportEvent | |
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| FIT Challenge | 5 | 14 | |||||
| Dutch Championships | 10 | |
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| Elite Gym Massilia | 12 | 5 | |||||
| 2018 | Dutch Championships | 4 | |
5 | |||
| Heerenveen Friendly | |
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10 | 8 | |||
| European Championships | |
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| Varsenare Friendly | |
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| World Championships | 10 | 14 | |||||
| 2019 | FIT Challenge | |
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| Dutch Championships | |
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| European Games | 7 | 5 | |||||
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| 2nd Heerenveen Friendly | |
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| World Championships | 8 | 23 | |||||
| 2021 | Heerenveen Friendly | |
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| European Championships | 9 | ||||||
| World Championships | — | 5 | |||||
| 2022 | Baku World Cup | |
6 | 8 | |||
| Dutch Championships | |
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| European Championships | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | |||
| Dutch World Trials | |
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| World Championships | 9 | 18 | 7 | 5 | |||
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| European Championships | |
7 | 8 | 4 | |||
| Varna Challenge Cup | 4 | |
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| Osijek Challenge Cup | |
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| World Championships | 7 | 12 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 2024 | Antalya Challenge Cup | 7 | |||||
| Olympic Games | 9 | 10 | |||||
| Arthur Gander Memorial | 5 | ||||||
| Swiss Cup | 5 | ||||||
References
- ^ "Box". app.box.com.
- ^ "VISSER Naomi". gymnastics.sport. September 23, 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- ^ "Dutch history-maker Naomi Visser: 'It felt like a victory for me'". International Gymnast. December 27, 2021.
- ^ "Kovtun's fourth consecutive title leads Ukraine to distinction at Baku World Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. April 4, 2022.
- ^ "2022 European Championships results". European Gymnastics. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "2023 World Championships Results". The Gymternet. October 11, 2023.
- ^ "2024 Antalya Challenge Cup Results". The Gymternet. April 1, 2024.
- ^ "Olympisch Damesturnteam Bekend" [Olympic Women's Gymnastics Team Announced]. Dutch Gymnastics (in Dutch). July 8, 2024.