| Katja Homeyer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Katja Homeyer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1969 (age 56–57) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Wheel gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | TSV Bleidenstadt, SV Neuhof | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Katja Homeyer (born 1969) is a German wheel gymnast, coach, and sports official. She won national, European, and World Championship titles during her athletic career.
Homeyer began practicing wheel gymnastics at the age of twelve and concluded her competitive career in 1999.
Her first big success was in 1987, she placed third at the German Junior Championships.
Between 1990 and 1994 she became multiple time European Champion.
Between 1995 and 1999, she won multiple World Championship gold and silver medals:
Homeyer has served as a coach at both the local and national levels, including for:
In recognition of her dedication to elite sports, she was honored at the end of 2023 with the State of Hesse Sports Medal—the state’s highest sports award.
Homeyer has held several administrative positions within sports organizations, including:
Homeyer is a primary school teacher and holds a degree in sports science. She serves on the management team of a primary school in Wiesbaden.
Together with Jürgen Bientzle, who is also active as a wheel gymnastics coach, Homeyer has children who are also national and international wheel gymnastics athletes: Kira Homeyer and Marvin Homeyer. Her youngest daughter, Finia, has qualified multiple times for the German Junior Championships. Multiple World, European, and German national champion Wolfgang Bientzle is her brother-in-law.
