Thierno Boubacar Diallo (born 22 November 2000) is a male

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...

. Born in Guinea, he is a member of the Spain national team.

Early years

Diallo was born on 22 November 2000 in

Conakry Conakry (; ; sus, Kɔnakiri; N’ko: ߞߐߣߊߞߙߌ߫, Fula: ''Konaakiri'' 𞤑𞤮𞤲𞤢𞥄𞤳𞤭𞤪𞤭) is the capital and largest city of Guinea. A port city, it serves as the economic, financial and cultural centre of Guinea. Its p ...

, Guinea. When he was six years old he attended a talent scouting program at his school in

Manresa Manresa () is the capital of the Comarca of Bages, located in the geographical centre of Catalonia, Spain, and crossed by the river Cardener. It is an industrial area with textile, metallurgical, and glass industries. The houses of Manresa are ...

and was encouraged to start gymnastics by the coaches who saw his potential. Diallo was naturalized in 2015 and debuted with the senior national gymnastics team in 2018.

Career

Diallo won a team all-around gold medal at the

2018 Mediterranean Games The 2018 Mediterranean Games ( es, Juegos Mediterráneos de 2018), officially known as the XVIII Mediterranean Games ( es, XVIII Juegos Mediterráneos) and commonly known as Tarragona 2018, was an international multi-sport event held from 22 Jun ...

along with Néstor Abad,

Nicolau Mir Nicolau Mir Rosselló (born 10 May 2000) is a Spanish artistic gymnast who represented Spain at the 2020 Summer Olympics. References External links * Living people 2000 births Spanish male artistic gymnasts Mediterranean Games gold meda ...

, Alberto Tallón and Rayderley Zapata. The same group finished sixth at the

2018 European Championships The 2018 European Championships were the first edition of the European Championships. It was a multi-sport event which took place in Berlin, Germany, and Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (with Edinburgh hosting the diving events and Gleneagles ...

. Diallo also competed in the

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and 2019 World Championships. At the Spanish national championships, Diallo placed third in 2018 and second in 2020 in the individual all-around. At the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

, Diallo competed in the team event.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Diallo, Thierno Living people 2000 births Spanish male artistic gymnasts Guinean male artistic gymnasts Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Gymnasts at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Gymnasts at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Olympic gymnasts for Spain Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics Guinean emigrants to Spain Naturalised citizens of Spain Sportspeople of Guinean descent Sportspeople from Conakry Sportspeople from Manresa 21st-century Spanish people