Philipp Boy

German artistic gymnast

Philipp Boy

Boy 2012 in Kienbaum

Personal information
Full name| Philipp Boy
Born|  (1987-07-23) 23 July 1987 (age 37)
Schwedt, Bezirk Frankfurt, East Germany
Height| 172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Gymnastics career
Discipline| Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented|  Germany
Club| SC Cottbus
Head coach(es)| Andreas Hirsch
Assistant coach(es)| Karsten Oelsch
Retired| 2012

Medal record

Representing  Germany
World Championships
| 2010 Rotterdam | All-Around
| 2011 Tokyo | All-Around
| 2007 Stuttgart | Team
| 2010 Rotterdam | Team
European Championships
| 2010 Birmingham | Team
| 2011 Berlin | All-Around
| 2008 Lausanne | Team
| 2011 Berlin | High Bar
| 2010 Birmingham | High Bar

Philipp Boy on the parallel bars at the International German Gymnastics Festival 2017.

Philipp Boy (born 23 July 1987 in Schwedt, East Germany) is a former German gymnast.

He was a member of the 2007 and 2010 World bronze medal winning teams. In addition, he won back-to-back silver medals in the World All Around competition (2010 and 2011). He is the 2011 European All Around Champion. In the 2011 World Championships, Boy won the silver all-around because of his high bar routine. He received a score of 16.066, the highest score on high bar by far.

## 2007

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The German men's team won bronze at the World Championships. Boy finished 18th in the individual all-around final.

## 2008

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The German team placed second at the European Championships.

Boy was part of the German Olympic team. He placed 13th in individual all-around finals.

## 2009

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Boy placed fourth in the individual all-around finals at the European Championships.

## 2010

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Boy was part of the team that finished first in the team all-around at the European Championships. He also tied for the bronze medal on high bar with countryman Fabian Hambüchen.

At the World Championships in Rotterdam, the men's team won the bronze medal. Boy won a silver medal in the individual all-around competition. He also qualified to the high bar finals, where he finished fourth.

## 2011

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Boy won the individual all-around title and silver medal in the high bar final at the European Championships.

At the World Championships in Tokyo, the German team placed sixth in the team final. Boy again placed second in the individual all-around behind Kōhei Uchimura. He also qualified for the high bar final, where he placed seventh.

## 2012

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The German team placed sixth at the European Championships. He qualified for the high bar finals and finished eighth.

Boy competed as part of the German Olympic team. The German men's team qualified to finals in fourth place, but placed seventh in the team finals. Boy competed in the qualification for all-around finals and placed 17th, but was prevented from competing in the all-around finals by the two-per-country rule, as Fabian Hambüchen (3rd) and Marcel Nguyen (7th) placed ahead of him.

On 1 December 2012 Boy announced his retirement from competitive sports.[1]

## Ninja Warrior

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2017 he participated at Ninja Warrior Germany on RTL and failed in the Qualification at the second Obstacle. 2018 he reached Round 2 Semifinalqualification. 2019 he reached the final with his best result so far.

## Celebrity Ninja Warrior

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He participated 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2024. In all four times he reached the second place.

## References

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1. ^ "Philipp Boy ends his career". European Union Of Gymnastics. December 4, 2012. Retrieved January 17, 2013.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Philipp Boy.

* Philipp Boy at the International Gymnastics Federation
* Philipp Boy at Olympics.com
* Philipp Boy at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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European Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Team Competition

* 1994:  Belarus
* 1996:  Russia
* 1998:  France
* 2000:  Russia
* 2002:  Romania
* 2004:  Romania
* 2006:  Russia
* 2008:  Russia
* 2010:  Germany
* 2012:  Great Britain
* 2014:  Russia
* 2016:  Russia
* 2018:  Russia
* 2020:  Ukraine
* 2022:  Great Britain
* 2023:  Italy
* 2024:  Ukraine

2010:  Germany (GER), Philipp Boy, Matthias Fahrig, Fabian Hambüchen, Marcel Nguyen, Evgenij Spiridonov

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European Champions in Artistic Gymnastics - Men's Individual All-Around

* 1955:  Boris Shakhlin (URS)
* 1957:  Joaquín Blume (ESP)
* 1959:  Yuri Titov (URS)
* 1961:  Miroslav Cerar (YUG)
* 1963:  Miroslav Cerar (YUG)
* 1965:  Franco Menichelli (ITA)
* 1967:  Mikhail Voronin (URS)
* 1969:  Mikhail Voronin (URS)
* 1971:  Viktor Klimenko (URS)
* 1973:  Viktor Klimenko (URS)
* 1975:  Nikolai Andrianov (URS)
* 1977:  Vladimir Markelov (URS)
* 1979:  Stoyan Deltchev (BUL)
* 1981:  Aleksandr Tkachyov (URS)
* 1983:  Dmitry Bilozerchev (URS)
* 1985:  Dmitry Bilozerchev (URS)
* 1987:  Valeri Liukin (URS)
* 1989:  Ihor Korobchynskyi (URS)
* 1990:  Valentin Mogilny (URS)
* 1992:  Ihor Korobchynskyi (CIS)
* 1994:  Ivan Ivankov (BLR)
* 1996:  Ivan Ivankov (BLR)
* 1998:  Alexei Bondarenko (RUS)
* 2000:  Oleksandr Beresch (UKR)
* 2002:  Dan Potra (ROM)
* 2004:  Marian Drăgulescu (ROM)
* 2005:  Rafael Martínez (ESP)
* 2007:  Maksim Devyatovskiy (RUS)
* 2009:  Fabian Hambüchen (GER)
* 2011:  Philipp Boy (GER)
* 2013:  David Belyavskiy (RUS)
* 2015:  Oleg Verniaiev (UKR)
* 2017:  Oleg Verniaiev (UKR)
* 2019:  Nikita Nagornyy (RUS)
* 2021:  Nikita Nagornyy (RUS)
* 2022:  Joe Fraser (GBR)
* 2023:  Adem Asil (TUR)
* 2024:  Marios Georgiou (CYP)

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*[GER]: Germany
*[GBR]: Great Britain
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