Karina Schönmaier

Karina Schönmaier (born 4 August 2005) is a German artistic gymnast. She is the 2025 European Champion on vault.

Gymnastics career 2022–2024 In 2022, Schönmaier competed at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge where she won bronze on vault. Later that year, she competed at her first World Championships. Initially she was the second reserve for the all-around final but was substituted in after both Flávia Saraiva and Tang Xijing withdrew; she ultimately finished 22nd. The following year she once again competed at both the DTB Pokal Team Challenge and the World Championships; she won silver on vault at the former.

In 2024, Schönmaier competed at her first European Championships where she helped Germany placed sixth as a team. Individually she qualified to the vault final where she finished fifth. She next competed at the Varna World Challenge Cup where she won silver on vault and bronze on floor exercise. Schönmaier was a selected as a reserve athlete for the 2024 Olympic Games, with the berth ultimately going to Helen Kevric. She competed at the 2024 Swiss Cup, replacing the injured Angela Andreoli, and was partnered with Mario Macchiati; together they placed third in the competition.

2025 In early 2025 Schönmaier competed at the DTB Pokal Mixed Cup, helping Germany win silver behind the United States. She next competed at the 2025 City of Jesolo Trophy where she won gold on vault.

At the 2025 European Championships Schönmaier helped Germany win the team silver medal behind Italy, their highest team placement in history. She qualified for the inaugural Mixed Team event alongside compatriot Timo Eder. Together they won gold ahead of the British pair of Jake Jarman and Ruby Evans. During event finals she won gold on vault, becoming the first German to win the title since Oksana Chusovitina won it in 2008. She ended the competition placing sixth on floor exercise.

At the 2025 World Championships in Jakarta, Schönmaier qualified in sixth place to the all-around final and in fourth place to the vault final. She finished in 19th place in the all-around final after mistakes on the balance beam and floor exercise. In the vault final, she received a 2.0 point deduction on her Cheng vault for only using one hand to propel herself off the table, and finished in fifth place with a two-vault score of 13.483.

2026 Schönmaier competed at the World Cups in Cottbus and Osijek. On vault she won silver at the former and gold at the latter. She was selected to compete at the 2026 European Championships alongside Helen Kevric, Pauline Schäfer-Betz, Silja Stöhr, and Lea Marie Quaas. During event finals Schönmaier won silver on vault behind Angelina Melnikova. On the final day of the competition, she helped Germany finish fifth as a team.

Competitive history +Competitive history of Karina Schönmaier at the junior levelYearEvent 2017 German Championships 7 6 2018 German Championships 11 2019 Pre-Olympic Youth Cup German Championships 5 4 5 4 German Junior Cup 6 2020 German Championships 4