Benjamin Osberger
French artistic gymnast
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Benjamin Osberger (born October 1, 2001) is a French artistic gymnast. He began representing France in senior international competition in 2021, and has competed at the 2022 and 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
| Benjamin Osberger | |
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Osberger at the 2022 French National Gymnastics Championships in Élancourt | |
| Personal information | |
| Born | October 1, 2001 Colmar, France |
| Gymnastics career | |
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics |
| Country represented | (2015–present) |
| Training location | Paris, France |
| Club | INSEP |
| Gym | La Munsterienne |
| Head coach(es) | Cyril Rigaud Philippe Carmona |
Early life
Junior career
2018
In August, Osberger represented France at the 2018 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow, United Kingdom. He contributed scores on five events (excluding still rings) to the junior team's seventh-place finish.[3] He did not advance to any individual finals.
Senior career
2021
Osberger made his senior international debut at the 2021 FIG World Challenge Cup in Osijek, Croatia in June. He placed twenty-sixth in qualifications for pommel horse – his only event – and did not qualify to the final.[4] He later participated at the FIG World Challenge Cup in Koper, Slovenia, held in September. He competed floor exercise and pommel horse in qualifications, advancing to the pommel horse final in eighth place.[5] He later finished in seventh place with a score of 13.450.
2022
In August, he represented France at the 2022 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, held at the Olympiahalle in Munich, Germany. He contributed three scores to France's fifth-place team finish.[6] Individually, he advanced to the pommel horse final where he finished in fourth place with a score of 14.566.[7]
Personal life
Osberger has been diagnosed with Scheuermann's disease, as well as Spondylolisthesis.[8]