Sascha Palgen

— Gymnast —

Country represented

Luxembourg

Born

15 August 1984
Esch-sur-Alzette

Hometown

Tetange

Height

1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)

Weight

70 kg (150 lb)

Discipline

Men's artistic gymnastics

Club

Etoile Rumelange (LUX)
TT Stuttgart (GER)

Head coach(es)

Gunter Schoenherr
Manfred Diehl

Medal record

Men's gymnastics
Representing Luxembourg
Games of the Small States of Europe
	2013 Luxembourg	Floor
	2015 Iceland	Floor
	2013 Luxembourg	Parallel bars
	2013 Luxembourg	Rings
	2015 Iceland	Pommel horse
	2015 Iceland	Rings
	2015 Iceland	Parallel bars
	2013 Luxembourg	All-Around

Sascha Palgen (born 15 August 1984 in Esch-sur-Alzette) is a Luxembourgian gymnast, who represented his nation at the Olympics for the first time in his sporting discipline since 1964. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he finished thirty-seventh in the men's individual all-around event.^[1]^[2] He is also a member of Etoile Rumelange, a local gymnastics club in Luxembourg, and TT Stuttgart, under his coach Manfred Diehl. Palgen named as reserve for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by qualifying for the Olympic test event, but did not compete at the games.^[3]

Career achievements

Finished fifth and sixth for the floor exercises at the Turnier der Meister in Cottbus, Germany, 2007 and 2008
Thirty-seventh place in the individual all-around event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing

References

↑ "Sascha Palgen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
↑ "Men's Qualification Subdivision 3". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
↑ "FIG Announces Olympic qualifiers". The All Around. 14 January 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2012.

External links

Sascha Palgen at the International Federation of Gymnastics
Official website (German)
NBC Olympics Profile

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