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11/09/2018 | Campus-Meldung

Student of the University of Kassel again German University Champion

Kassel student Ruby van Dijk (24) defended her championship title at the German University Championships in Karlsruhe last weekend.

Image: Marco van Dijk.
Returns to the University of Kassel with gold: Ruby van Dijk (left) with her sister Naomi.

Van Dijk won her all-around title again on Friday with 47.15 points. The deciding factor was the vault, which received very high marks from the judges. The next day, the apparatus finals took place. Van Dijk qualified for all apparatus finals except beam and added another gold medal to her collection on vault with 12.725 points. Ruby van Dijk is studying biology in her master's degree at the University of Kassel.

On uneven bars she managed a 3rd place with 10.20 points, with 1st place going to her twin sister Naomi van Dijk (Sport University Cologne), who shared the title on this apparatus with her teammate from the national league, Finja Säfken (Hannover) with 10.50 P.

Naomi and Ruby van Dijk completed the last final (floor) in sisterly unity. Only beaten by Franziska Roeder, also a teammate in Hannover, the twins shared the silver medal with 12.10 P.

Finja Säfken also won the title on the balance beam. Thus, all German high school titles of the year went to the second division squad of KTG Hannover.

 

Contact:

Dr. Tobias Heyer
University of Kassel
Institute for Sports and Sports Science
Tel: +49 561 804-5257
E-Mail: heyer@uni-kassel.de