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Selma Neuhaus

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Selma Neuhaus
Born (1981-10-16) 16 October 1981 (age 43)
Gütersloh, Germany
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineRhythmic Gymnastics
Country represented Germany
LevelInternational Elite
ClubTV Wattenscheid
Head coach(es)Carmen Weber
Retiredyes

Selma Neuhaus (born 16 October 1981) is a retired German rhythmic gymnast.[1] She was part of the national senior group.

Career

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At the 1998 World Championships in Seville Neuhaus along Jeanine Fissler, Susan Benicke, Anna Nölder, Anne Jung and Ellen Jackël, they finished 14th in the All-Around and 8th with 6 balls.[2]

Selma and her teammates Friederike Arlt, Susan Benicke, Jeanine Fissler, Jessica Schumacher and Annika Seibel achieved a surprising fourth place at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, this was the best ever rhythmic gymnastics result in German Olympic history.[3]

Neuhaus later worked occasionally with a circus in Cologne, and also studied sports and arts in the same city and became a graduated sports and yoga coach. She also participated in show dancing events and worked with the agency of her former coach Carmen Weber in Ratingen.[4][5] She has been teaching intensive yoga at Studio Relevé since 2009.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "NEUHAUS Selma - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  2. ^ "1998 Worlds". paulafb.tripod.com. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
  3. ^ "Sydney 2000 Results". olympics.com.
  4. ^ "Olympedia – Selma Neuhaus". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  5. ^ "Ex-Gymnastinnen tanzen für Carmen Weber | GYMmedia.de". www.gymmedia.de. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  6. ^ "Selma Neuhaus - relevé CARMEN WEBER PILATES | TANZ | BEWEGUNG". www.releve-carmen-weber.de. Retrieved 2024-03-26.