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France Women's National Gymnastics Team
The France women's national artistic gymnastics team represents France in FIG international competitions. History France has participated in the Olympic Games women's team competition 14 times. Current senior roster Olympic Games results * 1928 — 5th place *: Mathilde Bataille, Honorine Delescluse, Louise Delescluse, Galuëlle Dhont, Valentine Héméryck, Paulette Houtéer, Georgette Meulebroeck, Renée Oger, Antonie Straeteman, Jeanne Vanoverloop, Berthe Verstraete, Geneviève Vankiersbilck * 1936 — did not participate * 1948 — 10th place *: Gisèle Guibert, Colette Hué, Christine Palau, Irène Pittelioen, Jeanine Touchard, Florence Vallée, Jeanette Vogelbacher, Martine Yvinou * 1952 — 12th place *: Ginette Durand, Colette Fanara, Colette Hué, Madeleine Jouffroy, Alexandra Lemoine, Liliane Montagne, Irène Pittelioen, Jeanette Vogelbacher * 1956 — did not participate in team competition *:Individual competitors: Jacqueline Dieudonné ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Union Of Gymnastics
European Gymnastics is one of five continental unions that represents the interests of Europe in the International Gymnastics Federation (french: Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique or ''FIG''). It was formed on 27 March 1982 as the European Union of Gymnastics (french: Union Européenne de Gymnastique or ''UEG'') and adopted its current name on 1 April 2020. Events European Gymnastics organises European Gymnastics Championships for each of the Gymnastics, gymnastic disciplines. Current Defunct Member federations , European Gymnastics consists of 50 member federations Other As of June 2021, the president of European Gymnastics, Farid Gayibov, was being investigated for his close association with Kamran Ramazanov, the CEO of the Azeri IT company SmartScoring. In 2017, Gayibov signed a service contract on behalf of European Gymnastics with SmartScoring for providing live scoring and video streaming services for certain European gymnastics competitions amidst t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marine Boyer (captain)
Marine Clémence Boyer (, born 22 May 2000) is a French female artistic gymnast. She was a member of the bronze medal-winning team at the 2023 World Championships and was also a part of the 2018 European and 2018 Mediterranean Games silver medal winning teams and the 2016 European bronze medal winning team. Individually she is the 2018 Mediterranean Games champion, the 2016 European silver medalist and the 2018 European bronze medalist on the balance beam. She represented France at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. She is the 2016 French all-around champion and an eight-time medalist at the FIG World Cup series. Early life Boyer was born on 22 May 2000 in Saint-Benoît, Réunion to parents Alain and Rolande Boyer but grew up in Melun. She began gymnastics at a club in Melun when she was five years old. In 2011, she began training at the Meaux Gymnastics club, which she still represents at domestic competitions. Junior gymnastics career Espoir Boyer won the silver med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Vallier, Drôme
Saint-Vallier (; frp, Sent-Valiér) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. It is an administrative, commercial and industrial town at the confluence of the rivers Galaure and Rhone. Geography The town is situated on the banks of the Rhone, north of Valence. The Galaure flows northwest through the southern part of the commune, crosses the town, then flows into the Rhone, which forms the commune's western border. The town covers an area of and has just over four thousand inhabitants. It is the county town of the canton and is important as an administrative, industrial and commercial centre. It has developed in a linear fashion along the bank of the Rhone and has a catchment area of about fifteen thousand inhabitants. It has a number of factories and industrial units making aviation parts, ceramic insulators, nuclear taps, tiles and stationery. History Ancient Rome The Roman town of Ursuli was built on this site at the confluence of the Galaure and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coline Devillard
Coline Devillard (born 9 October 2000) is a French artistic gymnast. Devillard is the 2022 World bronze medalist, the 2017 and 2023 European champion, and the 2019 European silver medalist on vault. She was the first French female gymnast to win the European title on vault. Additionally she was part of the French team that won silver at the 2018 European Championships which was France's best European team finish ever. Personal life Coline Devillard was born in Saint-Vallier, Saône-et-Loire, France, on 9 October 2000. Her hobbies include shopping, and she hopes to become a fitness trainer. Junior career 2012-2013 Devillard's international debut was at the 2012 Élite Gym Massilia where she placed sixth with her team and fifteenth in the all-around. She did not compete during the 2013 season. 2014 Devillard competed at the French National Championships and finished eighth in the all-around with a score of 49.500. She competed at the International Tournoi Combs-la-Vil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Champions Centre
World Champions Centre, often abbreviated as WCC, is an American artistic gymnastics academy, located in Spring, Texas. It is home to Olympic Champion Simone Biles and is owned by her family. History After the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Aimee Boorman, the longtime coach of Simone Biles, was looking to leave Bannon's Gymnastix. As a result, Biles' mother, Nellie, who co-owned a chain of fourteen nursing homes around Texas, suggested that the family build a gym. World Champions Centre originally opened in March 2014 in a temporary center before moving in September to a warehouse. It now features a 29,000-square-foot gym floor. The gym opened to the public in May 2016. Biles International Invitational The inaugural Biles Invitational was held in 2018 at World Champions Centre. Starting in 2020 the event served as a qualifying meet for the Nastia Liukin Cup. Notable gymnasts and alumni Only add gymnasts with their own Wikipedia pages Simone Biles: * 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kreyol Gym (''Kwéyòl'')
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Kreyol may mean: *Antillean Creole French (''Kreyol'') *Haitian Creole (') *Liberian Kreyol language (''Kreyol'') *Louisiana Creole French (''Kréyol lwizyàn'') *Guianan Creole init (French Guianan Creole)) (''Kréyòl gwiyanè'') *Sranan Tongo (Surinamese Creole) (''Sranan Tongo'') See also *Creole language, a stable natural language that develops from the simplifying and mixing of different languages into a new one *Krio (other) *Kriol (other) *Kriolu *Dominican Creole (''Kwéyòl'') *Saint Lucian Creole Saint Lucian Creole (''Kwéyòl'' ), known locally as ''Patwa'', is the French-based Creole widely spoken in Saint Lucia. It is the vernacular language of the country and is spoken alongside the official language of English. ''Kwéyòl'' is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schœlcher
Schœlcher (; Martinican Creole: ) is a town and the fourth-largest commune in the French overseas department of Martinique. The town was named Case-Navire until 1889, when it was renamed in honor of French abolitionist writer Victor Schœlcher. Geography It is located on the west (Caribbean Sea) side of the island of Martinique, and is part of the metropolitan area of Fort-de-France, the largest metropolitan area in Martinique. Population See also *Communes of Martinique The following is a list of the 34 communes of the Martinique overseas department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Official website * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mélanie De Jesus Dos Santos
Mélanie Johanna de Jesus dos Santos (born 5 March 2000) is a French artistic gymnast. She is the 2019 European all-around champion, a two time European champion on the floor exercise (2018, 2019), and the 2021 European champion on the balance beam. She is also the 2018 European silver medalist with the French team, the 2019 European silver medalist on the balance beam, and the 2017 European bronze medalist in the all-around. She represented France at the 2020 Summer Olympics where she placed sixth with the team and on the uneven bars and eleventh in the all-around. She is the 2017, 2018, and 2019 French all-around champion, and she won the Longines Prize for Elegance in 2019. Personal life De Jesus dos Santos was born in Schœlcher, Martinique. Her father is Portuguese and her mother is Martinican. She has two half-sisters who live in Portugal with their father. She began gymnastics at age five at a club in La Trinité. She moved to Saint-Etienne in mainland France in 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pole France Saint-Etienne
Pole may refer to: Astronomy *Celestial pole, the projection of the planet Earth's axis of rotation onto the celestial sphere; also applies to the axis of rotation of other planets *Pole star, a visible star that is approximately aligned with the Earth's axis of rotation *Orbital pole, the projection of the line perpendicular to planet Earth's orbit onto the celestial sphere; also applies to the orbit of other planets *Poles of astronomical bodies, concepts analogous to the Earth's geographic and magnetic poles on other planets and Solar System bodies Cylindrical objects A solid cylindrical object or column with its length greater than its diameter, for example: *Asherah pole, a sacred tree or pole that stood near Canaanite religious locations to honor the Ugaritic mother-goddess Asherah, consort of El *Barber's pole, advertising the barber shop *Ceremonial pole or festival pole symbolizes a variety of concepts in several different cultures *Fireman's pole, wooden pole or a metal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annonay
Annonay (; oc, Anonai) is a commune and largest city in the north of the Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France. It is the most populous commune in the Ardèche department although it is not the capital which is the smaller town of Privas. Other communes in the Ardéche department are Aubenas, Guilherand-Granges, and Tournon-sur-Rhône. Geography The commune consists of the city of Annonay and the hamlets of Vissenty, Chatinais, and Boucieu. With residential development, these four entities have merged into one today. Further away is the hamlet of Toissieu. Annonay was built over several small hills at the confluence of the rivers Cance (Canse) and Deûme (Deôme). Annonay is a crossroads of trade routes: from the Rhône Valley to the region of Saint-Étienne (east-west) and from Lyon to south of the Massif Central (north-south). It is located south of Lyon, south-west of Saint-Rambert-d'Albon, and north-west of Saint-Vallier at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
