Sascha Palgen

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]

Sascha Palgen
Country represented Luxembourg
Born (1984-08-15) 15 August 1984
Esch-sur-Alzette
HometownTetange
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight70 kg (150 lb)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
ClubEtoile Rumelange (LUX)
TT Stuttgart (GER)
Head coach(es)Gunter Schoenherr
Manfred Diehl

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
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sascha Palgen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  2. "Men's Qualification Subdivision 3". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  3. "FIG Announces Olympic qualifiers". The All Around. 14 January 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2012.


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