Adela Šajn
Slovenian artistic gymnast (born 1990)
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Adela Šajn (born 14 April 1990)[1] is a Slovenian former artistic gymnast. She participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. She also won multiple medals on the FIG World Cup series.
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| Born | 14 April 1990 Ljubljana, Slovenia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | GD Zelena Jama | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gymnastics career
At the 2006 Maribor World Cup, Šajn won silver medals on both the balance beam and the floor exercise.[2] She competed on the balance beam and the floor exercise at the 2006 World Championships and did not advance to either final.[3] Then at the 2007 World Championships, she finished 86th in the all-around during the qualification round.[4]
Šajn represented Slovenia at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She only competed on the balance beam, where she fell, and the floor exercise and did not advance to either final.[5] At the 2009 Cottbus World Cup, she won a bronze medal on the floor exercise behind Sui Lu and Kim Bui.[6] Then at the Moscow World Cup, she won silver medals on the balance beam and floor exercise.[7] She won another floor exercise bronze medal at the Doha World Cup.[8]
At the 2011 Maribor World Challenge Cup, Šajn won silver medals on both the floor exercise and the balance beam.[9] She qualified for the all-around final at the 2011 Summer Universiade and finished 17th.[10] Then at the 2011 World Championships, she finished 100th in the all-around during the qualification round.[11]
Šajn competed at the 2012 Olympic Test Event but finished behind teammate Saša Golob, meaning she did not earn an Olympic berth.[12][13]
Šajn won a silver medal on the balance beam at the 2016 Ljubljana World Challenge Cup.[14] She qualified for the balance beam final at the 2017 Summer Universiade and finished sixth.[15] She represented Slovenia at the 2018 Mediterranean Games and helped the team finish sixth.[16] She also competed with the Slovenian team that finished 17th at the 2018 European Championships.[17]
At the 2019 Koper World Challenge Cup, Šajn won a bronze medal on the floor exercise.[18] She finished fifth in the floor exercise final at the 2019 European Games.[19]
