Carolann Héduit (born 2 December 2003) is a French

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and a member of the French national gymnastics team. She is the 2018 European junior

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bronze medalist and the 2021 French all-around champion. She represented

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Early life

Héduit was born in Angers, France on 2 December 2003. She started gymnastics at the age of six at Angers Gymnastique.

Career

Junior

Héduit was first added to the French national gymnastics team in 2016.

2017

Héduit made her international debut at the

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, finishing fifth with the French junior team. Individually, she placed ninth in the all-around and fifth on the uneven bars. In May, she competed at the French Championships where she won the bronze medal in the all-around behind Célia Serber and

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. She also tied for the bronze medal with

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in the uneven bars final. Then at the FIT Challenge, she helped the French team win the silver medal behind Italy and finished fifth in the all-around. In July, she helped the French team win the silver medal at the German Junior Friendly, and she placed seventh in the all-around. Then in November, she competed at the Élite Gym Massilia in

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where she won the silver medal on the

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behind

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of Russia. She also placed eighth in the all-around and sixth on the balance beam.

2018

In April, Héduit competed at the

where she won the bronze medal on the uneven bars behind

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of Italy and

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of Russia. She also placed third with the French team and eleventh in the all-around. Then at the French Championships, she placed second in the all-around behind Célia Serber and fourth on the uneven bars. She won the silver medal in the all-around behind Anastasiia Bachynska of Ukraine at the Youth Olympic Qualifier. Then at the Pieve di Soligo Friendly, she helped the French team win the silver medal behind Italy and won the bronze medal in the all-around behind Italians Elisa Iorio and

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. She was then selected to represent France at the

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and helped the French team finish fifth. She qualified for the uneven bars final where she won the bronze medal behind Russians Ksenia Klimenko and Irina Komnova. She qualified for the

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, but she was injured before the start of the competition. She returned to competition in November at the Élite Gym Massilia where she won the gold medal on the uneven bars and the silver medal in the all-around.

Senior

2019

Héduit became age-eligible for senior competition in 2019. In March, she competed at the Birmingham World Cup and finished fourth behind

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of Russia,

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of the United States, and

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of Brazil. In June, she placed sixth at the French Championships and was selected to compete at the

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. She finished seventeenth all-around in qualifications, but did not make the final due to the two-per-country rule. She missed the second half of the 2019 season due to an ankle injury and had surgery in August.

2020-21

Héduit did not compete in any international competitions in 2020 due to the impacts of the

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. In December 2020, she competed at the Coupe d’Hiver and finished seventh in the all-around and won a silver medal in the team event. In April, Héduit was selected to represent France at the 2021 European Championships alongside

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and Sheyen Petit. She qualified for the all-around final where she placed twelfth. She was the second reserve for the floor final, but ended up competing after

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of Romania withdrew from the final due to health issues and

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of Switzerland withdrew due to injury. However, Héduit sustained a knee injury during the final and could not finish her routine. The injury was not serious, and she returned to training a few days later. In June, Héduit became the French all-around champion, and she also won the titles on balance beam and floor exercise, and she placed fourth on the uneven bars. Later that month, she was selected to represent

alongside

and

. At the Olympics, Héduit helped France qualify to the team final where they finished sixth. She also qualified for the all-around final with a total score of 53.565. In September, Héduit was selected to compete at the

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alongside Coline Devillard and Célia Serber. She qualified for the all-around final and finished ninth with a total score of 51.965.

2022

In April, Héduit finished fourth on the balance beam at the Baku World Cup. In June Héduit competed at the

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, where the French team took the silver medal behind Italy. Individually, Héduit won the bronze medals in the all-around and on the balance beam, and finished sixth on the uneven bars. At the

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, France finished sixth in the team final. Additionally, Héduit placed fourth in the all-around, and won the bronze medal on the balance beam behind

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and

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. In October Héduit was named to the team to compete at the

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in Liverpool alongside

, Coline Devillard, and

Competitive history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Heduit, Carolann 2003 births Living people French female artistic gymnasts Sportspeople from Angers Gymnasts at the 2019 European Games European Games competitors for France Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts of France Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in gymnastics Gymnasts at the 2022 Mediterranean Games 21st-century French women