# Philipp Boy > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Philipp_Boy > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Philipp_Boy.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp_Boy > Source revision: 1306626002 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|German artistic gymnast}} {{Infobox gymnast |name= Philipp Boy |image= 12-07-05-Philipp Boy (cropped).jpg |imagesize= |caption= Boy 2012 in Kienbaum |fullname= Philipp Boy |altname= |nickname= |country= {{GYM National Team|GER|MAG}} |formercountry= |birth_date= {{birth date and age|1987|7|23|df=y}} |birth_place= [Schwedt](/source/Schwedt), [Bezirk Frankfurt](/source/Bezirk_Frankfurt), [East Germany](/source/East_Germany) |hometown= |residence= |death_date= |death_place= |height= {{convert|172|cm|ftin}} |discipline=MAG |natlteam= |club= SC Cottbus |gym= |headcoach= Andreas Hirsch |assistcoach= Karsten Oelsch |formercoach= |choreographer= |music= |eponymousskills= |retired= 2012 |show-medals= yes |medaltemplates= {{MedalCountry | {{GER}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[World Championships](/source/World_Artistic_Gymnastics_Championships)}} {{MedalSilver|[2010 Rotterdam](/source/2010_World_Artistic_Gymnastics_Championships)|All-Around}} {{MedalSilver|[2011 Tokyo](/source/2011_World_Artistic_Gymnastics_Championships)|All-Around}} {{MedalBronze|[2007 Stuttgart](/source/2007_World_Artistic_Gymnastics_Championships)|Team}} {{MedalBronze|[2010 Rotterdam](/source/2010_World_Artistic_Gymnastics_Championships)|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|[European Championships](/source/European_Men's_Artistic_Gymnastics_Championships)}} {{MedalGold|[2010 Birmingham](/source/2010_European_Men's_Artistic_Gymnastics_Championships)|Team}} {{MedalGold|[2011 Berlin](/source/2011_European_Artistic_Gymnastics_Championships)|All-Around}} {{MedalSilver|[2008 Lausanne](/source/2008_European_Men's_Artistic_Gymnastics_Championships)|Team}} {{MedalSilver|[2011 Berlin](/source/2011_European_Artistic_Gymnastics_Championships)|High Bar}} {{MedalBronze|[2010 Birmingham](/source/2010_European_Men's_Artistic_Gymnastics_Championships)|High Bar}} }} [[File:Opening party at Internationales Deutsches Turnfest Berlin 2017 (Martin Rulsch) 173.jpg|thumb|Philipp Boy on the [parallel bars](/source/parallel_bars) at the International German Gymnastics Festival 2017.]] ''' Philipp Boy''' (born 23 July 1987 in [Schwedt](/source/Schwedt), [East Germany](/source/East_Germany)) is a former [German](/source/Germany) [gymnast](/source/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== The German men's team won bronze at the World Championships. Boy finished 18th in the individual all-around final. ==2008== 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== Boy placed fourth in the individual all-around finals at the European Championships. ==2010== 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](/source/2010_World_Artistic_Gymnastics_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== Boy won the individual all-around title and silver medal in the high bar final at the European Championships. At the [World Championships](/source/2011_World_Artistic_Gymnastics_Championships) in [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo), the German team placed sixth in the team final. Boy again placed second in the individual all-around behind [Kōhei Uchimura](/source/K%C5%8Dhei_Uchimura). He also qualified for the high bar final, where he placed seventh. ==2012== 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](/source/Gymnastics_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_artistic_team_all-around). Boy competed in the [qualification for all-around finals](/source/Gymnastics_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_artistic_qualification) and placed 17th, but was prevented from competing in the all-around finals by the two-per-country rule, as [Fabian Hambüchen](/source/Fabian_Hamb%C3%BCchen) (3rd) and [Marcel Nguyen](/source/Marcel_Nguyen) (7th) placed ahead of him. On 1 December 2012 Boy announced his retirement from competitive sports.{{cite web | url =http://www.ueg.org/en/Philipp-Boy-ends-his-career-2012-12-04-0000 | title =Philipp Boy ends his career | date =December 4, 2012 | publisher =European Union Of Gymnastics | accessdate =January 17, 2013}} ==Ninja Warrior== 2017 he participated at [Ninja Warrior Germany](/source/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== He participated 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2024. In all four times he reached the second place. == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == {{Commons category}} * {{FIG|bio=20352|lic=3573|name=Philipp Boy}} * {{Olympics.com profile|philipp-boy}} * {{SR/Olympics profile|bo/philipp-boy-1}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20111219102840/http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,5187-188057-205279-nav-list,00.html] {{Footer European Artistic Gymnastics Team Champions (Men)|2010}} {{Footer European Artistic Gymnastics All-Around Champions (Men)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Boy, Philipp}} Category:1987 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Schwedt Category:Gymnasts from Brandenburg Category:Sportspeople from Bezirk Frankfurt Category:German male artistic gymnasts Category:Olympic gymnasts for Germany Category:Gymnasts at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:Gymnasts at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Category:European champions in gymnastics Category:21st-century German sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Philipp Boy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp_Boy) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp_Boy?action=history)). 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