Ian Raubal

Ian Raubal
Raubal after winning silver in the 2025 European Championships parallel bars final.
Personal information
Full nameIan Michael Raubal
Born (2001-08-06) 6 August 2001
Vienna, Austria
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		Switzerland Switzerland
College teamPenn State Nittany Lions
(2022–2026)
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Switzerland
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2025 Leipzig Team
Silver medal – second place 2025 Leipzig Parallel bars
World University Games
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Rhine-Ruhr Team

Ian Michael Raubal (born 6 August 2001) is a Swiss artistic gymnast. At the 2025 European Championships, he won a silver medal in the team event and on the parallel bars.

Early life

Raubal was born in Vienna, Austria ,[1] to an American mother and an Austrian father, who is a professor at ETH Zürich.[2][3] He lived in Santa Barbara, California,[4] and in multiple other countries during his childhood. He now lives in Fällanden, Switzerland. [5] He began gymnastics at the age of five.[4]

Gymnastics career

Raubal competed with the Swiss team that placed fourth at the 2018 Junior European Championships.[6] He advanced into the parallel bars final and placed seventh.[7]

Raubal joined the Penn State Nittany Lions gymnastics team in 2022, becoming the first Swiss gymnast to compete in NCAA gymnastics.[2][3] During his freshman season, he won the Big Ten Freshman of the Week award twice and the Big Ten Gymnast of the Week award once.[8] He then attended the World University Games in 2023 and placed 12th in the all-around final.[9] He was unable to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics due to multiple injuries.[3]

Raubal competed with the Swiss team that won the silver medal at the 2025 European Championships. He then won the silver medal in the parallel bars final, behind Nils Dunkel.[2][4] Then at the World University Games, he won a bronze medal with the Swiss team. He also advanced into the parallel bars final, placing fourth.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Raubal Ian - FIG Athlete Profile". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "Im US-System zum Wettkampftyp geworden" [Become a competitive type in the US system]. Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (in German). 16 June 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  3. ^ a b c Kuny, Marisa (17 June 2025). "Der besondere Weg von EM-Silberheld Ian Raubal" [In the USA he became cool and pragmatic]. Tages-Anzeiger (in German). Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  4. ^ a b c "Zwischen Barren und Bachelor" [Between bars and bachelor]. Schweizer Illustrierte (in German). 21 June 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  5. ^ Willett, David (17 April 2024). "From Europe to State College: Penn State men's gymnastics has a heavy international presence". Gymnastics Now. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  6. ^ "Junior Teams results" (PDF). GymnasticsResults.com. UEG. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-02-21. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  7. ^ "Junior Parallel Bars Final Results" (PDF). GymnasticsResults.com. UEG. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-02-21. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  8. ^ "Ian Raubal". Penn State Nittany Lions. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  9. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics Men's All-Around Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. Chengdu 2021. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Results for 32nd Summer FISU World University Games Rhine-Ruhr (GER)". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
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