Johannes Kay

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Johannes Kay Vaulting
nation GermanyGermany Germany
birthday February 10, 1995
place of birth Soerup
Career
discipline Vaulting
society Team Neuss
Lunge guide Jessica Lichtenberg
Trainer Jessica Lichtenberg
Medal table
World championships 1 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
European championships 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
World championships
gold Caen, 2014 Team
with Delia FRH
silver Le Mans , 2016 Double (with Janika Derks )
with Holt's Romeo
bronze Tryon, 2018 Double (with Janika Derks )
with Dark Beluga
European championships
gold Aachen, 2015 Team
with Delia FRH
Junior European Championships
gold Pezinok , 2012 Team
with remake 3
gold Ebreichsdorf , 2013 Team
with remake 3
last change: March 20, 2019

Johannes Kay (born February 10, 1995 ) is a German vaulting artist . With the team of Team Neuss he was European and world champion several times.

Athletic career

Kay was interested in horses from an early age, so he became a member of RSV Neuss-Grimmelhausen and trained in vaulting there. He was accepted into the nationally and internationally operating team Neuss , for which he competes in both singles and doubles with Janika Derks .

The first successes were achieved, initially in the youth team: he was European youth champion at the European youth championships in 2012 and 2013. In 2014 he became team world champion with the Neuss team at the 2014 World Equestrian Games . The following year the team also won the title at the FEI European Championships 2015 in Aachen . Under the nickname Jo Bro he then took part in the vaulting world championships in Le Mans in 2016 and won a silver medal in doubles with Janika Derks. At the 2018 World Championships in Tryon , he won the bronze medal in doubles with her. In the same year he was also German champion in doubles together with Janika Derks .

On November 3, 2017, the then Federal Minister of the Interior, Thomas de Maizière, awarded him the Silver Laurel Leaf for his athletic achievements .

Private life

Johannes Kay is originally from Sörup , his sisters Sarah and Julia are also vaulters. Kay works full-time as a physiotherapist.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Uta Helkenberg: World Championship Le Mans: three times silver and bronze for German vaulters. In: pferd-aktuell.de . September 21, 2016 .;
  2. ↑ Christine Meyer: Volti duo Derks and Kay wins bronze medal. In: St. Georg . September 21, 2018 .;
  3. ↑ Results DM 2018, double vaulting. dm-voltigieren2018.de, July 29, 2018 .;
  4. ↑ Silver bay leaf for Neuss vaulters , Neuss-Grevenbroicher Zeitung, November 7, 2017
  5. ^ Hans-Eckart Jaeger: High- flyer Sarah Kay. In: Hamburger Abendblatt . August 30, 2011 .;
  6. ↑ Success is a question of teamwork. Sparkasse , accessed on March 20, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Kay, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German equestrian
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1995