Rea Lenders
Dutch trampoline gymnast
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Andrea Augusta Gemma "Rea" Lenders (born 29 December 1980) is a former individual trampoline gymnast from the Netherlands. She competed at both the 2004 and 2012 Summer Olympics and was a ten-time Dutch national champion.
| Andrea Lenders | |
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Andrea Augusta Gemma "Rea" Lenders |
Alternative name | Rea Lenders |
| Born | 29 December 1980 Groningen, Netherlands |
| Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) |
| Gymnastics career | |
| Discipline | Trampoline gymnastics |
Country represented |  Netherlands |
Career
Lenders was discovered by a coach at age 6.[1] She won ten Dutch national titles during her career.[1][2]
Lenders competed in the women's trampoline event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. After finishing in 8th place in the qualification round, she also finished in 8th position in the final.[3] She was the first Dutch women to compete in the trampoline event at the Olympic Games.[4]
At the 2005 World Championships, she placed 4th.[5] However, she missed qualifying for the 2008 Summer Olympics after she placed 25th at the 2007 World Championships.[6][7]
Lenders finished 15th in qualifications at the 2010 World Championships.[8] Afterward, she suffered a series of injuries that kept her from training for about a year. She only started training again shortly before the 2011 World Championships.[6] There she finished 22nd in qualifications.[8]
In January 2012, Lenders competed at the 2012 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event in hopes of earning one of the six available quotas.[6] She joked that she was not bothered by competing as the 13th competitor at 13:00 on a Friday the 13th.[9] She won the silver medal in the final with the highest execution score.[10]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she finished 13th in the qualification and did not qualify for the final.[3] Lenders expressed disappointment over her performance.[11]
Lenders continued training. After the end of 2015, ahead of the 2016 European Championships, she coached herself as she could no longer afford to pay her coach.[2] She finished in 47th place in qualifications.[12]
Personal life
Lenders's parents both died within six months of each other before 2016. She considered halting her competitive career at the time but ultimately decided to continue.[2]
