Giuly (Twitter profile, 24 Mar 2016)

Sport, skiing, ice hockey. (Facebook page, 14 Sep 2019)

English, French, German

2010

In July 2018 she ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee. The injury ruled her out of the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, and the 2018 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. (stv-fsg.ch, 09 Jul 2018)

Injury prevented her from competing at the 2017 European Championships in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. (fricktal24.ch, 03 Jul 2018)

In October 2016 she suffered a foot injury which required surgery. (gymnovosti.com, 27 Jan 2018)

She took up the sport at age seven.

She became the first Swiss female athlete to win a medal in artistic gymnastics at the Olympic Games by claiming bronze in vault at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. (SportsDeskOnline, 24 Sep 2019)

She became the first Swiss female gymnast to win a European title in the individual all-around when she claimed victory in the event at the 2015 European Championships in Montpellier, France. (SportsDeskOnline, 24 Sep 2019; fig-gymnastics.com, 20 Apr 2015)

Swiss tennis player Roger Federer. (giulia-steingruber.ch, 22 Sep 2015)

"On the big occasions I always wear the earrings that I got from my grandparents." (turnsport-rueti.ch, 15 Mar 2020)

"Gymnastics are extremely mental. We train so much and the body automates the movements. You shouldn't really think at all, otherwise you will tense up. That is why it is so important to be mentally prepared at high level." (tagblatt.ch, 31 Oct 2019)

In May 2018 she was named an honorary citizen of the municipality of Gossau in Switzerland. (tagblatt.ch, 18 May 2018)

She was flag bearer for Switzerland at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (ueg.org, 20 Dec 2016)

She was presented with the Prize for Elegance at the 2015 World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. (fig-gymnastics.com, 31 Oct 2015)

She was named the 2013 Swiss Female Athlete of the Year. (giulia-steingruber.ch, 22 Sep 2015)

RETIREMENT
She retired from competitive gymnastics after competing at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "I had a wonderful time in gymnastics. The past five years have been a roller coaster with injuries and the death of my sister. I wanted to say goodbye in a good mood regarding gymnastics. I knew that I had to listen to my body. After Tokyo I was so tired with my body and my mind. During my holidays I realised that I'm done. I had a good career and that was all I could see at this moment." (intlgymnast.com, 28 Oct 2021)

INJURY AND RECOVERY
She had thoughts about retiring after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee in July 2018, but soon decided that she did not want to end her career on a sour note. As part of her rehabilitation she committed to working on the psychological part of the sport. "It was extremely important for me to begin committing time to mental training right away. It's important not to forget how it feels to compete. That really helps me. I lie down, close my eyes and imagine myself doing well at a competition. I do my routines. I need an external and internal understanding of what's going on. For the external understanding, I'll watch a video of myself competing. For the internal, I think about how I set my hands on the vault, and what I see. That's when it's just me, without music." (eng.gymnovosti.com, 04 Oct 2018; tagesanzeiger.ch, 26 Sep 2018)

NAMED ELEMENT
She introduced her own element on the balance beam during the 2011 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. The gainer salto stretched with a full twist at the end of the beam is now called the 'Steingruber' in the Code of Points. (stv-fsg.ch, 22 Nov 2011)