Katja Abel

[2] Her most notable achievement is a bronze medal on vault at the 2006 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

In 2006, she won a European bronze medal on vault, but later during the year she suffered ligament injuries in both feet and missed the world championships.

[5] In early 2007 she moved from her native Berlin to Stuttgart, seeking a team environment.

In Stuttgart she trained with Marie-Sophie Hindermann and Kim Bui under the guidance of Tamara Khokhlova and Elena Dolgopolova.

After returning to Berlin, she moved to the Technical University of Ilmenau to study sports and biology.