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German Championships 2025:
Schönmaier, Wartmann, Jauch Lead in Dresden

Date: August 1–3, 2025
Location: Dresden, Germany
Discipline: WAG
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Schönmaier Claims National Title in Dresden

The 2025 German women's championships concluded in Dresden with three days of competition featuring all-around and apparatus finals. With no team event on the program, the focus fell on individual consistency in qualification (serving also as the all-around final) and event execution in finals.

Competition Highlights

  • Karina Schönmaier wins all-around (53.150) and floor exercise (13.233) titles
  • Lea Celine Wartmann secures AA silver (50.800) and beam gold (13.500)
  • Jessica Schlegel takes AA bronze (49.400)
  • Jesenia Schäfer (13.166) wins vault, and Meolie Jauch (13.233) wins bars

All-Around Final

Karina Schönmaier captured the national all-around title with 53.150, establishing herself as Germany's premier all-around gymnast. Lea Celine Wartmann secured silver with 50.800, highlighted by her exceptional beam work throughout the competition. Jessica Schlegel claimed bronze with 49.400, showing consistency across all four events.

Event Finals Highlights

Vault: Jesenia Schäfer won gold with a 13.166 average, delivering two clean vaults in the final for her first senior title. Schönmaier followed at 13.016, while Mia Reimann placed third with 12.833.

Uneven Bars: Meolie Jauch converted her qualification lead into the national title with 13.233. Schönmaier and Janoah Mueller shared silver at 13.166 each.

Balance Beam: Wartmann's high difficulty (5.6) and execution steadiness secured gold at 13.500. Aiyu Zhu (12.833) and Schönmaier (12.633) completed the podium.

Floor Exercise: Schönmaier closed her meet with gold at 13.233, underscoring her leadership across power and artistry. Silja Stoehr (12.666) and Wartmann (12.300) rounded out the top three.

Performance Indicators

In the all around, AA Champion Karina Schonmaier averaged 8.313 execution scores across 4 events; and in the event finals, winning routine e-scores ranged from 7.9 on Beam, to 8.033 and 8.133 on Bars & Floor respectively, and 8.967 average on Vault, reflecting consistent execution for AA winner Schonmaier and technical steadiness demonstrated by each of the event final winners. Difficulty values in winning routines ranged from 4.2/ 3.8 on Vault to 5.2 on Bars and Floor, and 5.6 on Beam. Schönmaier's victories in both all-around and floor exercise underlined her position as Germany's leading gymnast. Wartmann's beam strength and Jauch's bars execution confirmed Germany's apparatus specialists remain internationally competitive.