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Mélanie De Jesus Dos Santos
Mélanie Johanna de Jesus dos Santos (born 5 March 2000) is a French artistic gymnast. She was a member of the bronze medal-winning team at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2023 World Championships. She is the 2019 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2019 European all-around champion, a two time European champion on the floor exercise (2018 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2018, 2019 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2019), and the 2021 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 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 Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 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, 2019 and 2024 Fre ...
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Schœlcher
Schœlcher (; Martinican Creole: ) is a town and the fourth-largest communes of France, commune in the overseas departments and regions of France, French overseas department of Martinique. The town was named Case-Navire until 1889, when it was renamed in honor of Abolitionism in France, 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 Notable people * Johnny Hajjar (born 17 January 1973), Member of the French National Assembly * Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos, Mélanie Johanna de Jesus dos Santos (born 5 March 2000), French artistic gymnast * Wendie Renard (born 1990), football player and captain for Olympique Lyonnais Féminin, Lyon and the France women's national football team, France national team See also *Communes of Martinique References External links Official website
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Longines Prize For Elegance
The Longines Prize for Elegance is an award given by Longines to a male and female currently at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships. The winners receive a trophy, a cheque, and a Longines watch. The prize has been awarded since 1997 and is aimed at honoring the most elegant and charismatic gymnasts. The criteria used by the jury is based on grace, harmonious movement, and emotion during the performances. Recipients World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Women Men World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Other events * Svetlana Khorkina, 1998 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships * Viktoria Frater, 1999 European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships * Esther Dominguez, 2000 European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships * Cho Eun-jung (gymnast), Cho Eun-jung, 2002 Asian Games * Rebecca Downie, 2016 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships * David Belyavskiy, 2016 European Men's Artistic Gy ...
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Martinican Creole
Antillean French Creole (also known as Lesser Antillean Creole, Kreyol, or Patois) is a French-based creole language that is primarily spoken in the Lesser Antilles caribbean. Its grammar and vocabulary include elements of indigenous languages, African languages, French, and English. Geographical situation There are two main geographical and linguistic groups in the Antilles or Caribbean Islands: the Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles. Intercomprehension between these two groups is possible, but despite a large proportion of shared vocabulary and largely similar grammatical functioning, it is limited by varying key vocabulary and different words for basic grammar. Nevertheless, it is easy to begin to understand each other completely, as long as one of the two has a basic knowledge of the other's language. Antillean Creole is spoken natively, to varying degrees, in Haïti, Saint Lucia, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Îles des Saintes, Martinique, Saint-Barthélemy (St. Bart ...
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Le Parisien
''Le Parisien'' (; ) is a French daily newspaper covering both international and national news, and local news of Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ... and its suburbs. Since 2015, ''Le Parisien'' has been owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE, better known as LVMH, belonging to French billionaire Bernard Arnault. History and profile The paper was established as ''Le Parisien libéré'' (; ) by Émilien Amaury in 1944, and was published for the first time on 22 August 1944. The paper was originally launched as the organ of the French underground during the German occupation of France in World War II. The name was changed to the current one in 1986. A national edition exists, called ''Aujourd'hui en France'' (; ). LVMH acquired the paper from É ...
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International Gymnastics Federation
The International Gymnastics Federation ( French: ''Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique'', abbr. FIG) is the body governing competition in all disciplines of gymnastics. Its headquarters is in Lausanne, Switzerland. It was founded on 23 July 1881 in Liège, Belgium, making it the world's oldest existing international sports organisation. Originally called the European Federation of Gymnastics, it had three member countries—Belgium, France and the Netherlands—until 1921, when non-European countries were admitted and it received its current name. The federation sets the rules, known as the Code of Points, that regulate how gymnasts' performances are evaluated. Seven gymnastics disciplines are governed by the FIG: artistic gymnastics, further classified as men's artistic gymnastics and women's artistic gymnastics; rhythmic gymnastics; aerobic gymnastics; acrobatic gymnastics; trampolining; double mini trampoline, tumbling and parkour. Additionally, the federation is ...
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Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne (; Franco-Provençal: ''Sant-Etiève''), also written St. Etienne, is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Saint-Étienne is the thirteenth most populated commune in France and the second most populated commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Its metropolis (''métropole''), Saint-Étienne Métropole, is the second most populous regional metropolis after Lyon. The commune is also at the heart of a vast metropolitan area with 406,868 inhabitants (2020), the eighteenth largest in France by population, comprising 105 communes. Its inhabitants are known as ''Stéphanois'' (masculine) and ''Stéphanoises'' (feminine). Long known as the French city of the "weapon, cycle and ribbon" and a major coal mining centre, Saint-Étienne is currently engaged in a vast urban renewal program aimed at leading the transition from the industrial city inherited fro ...
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La Trinité, Martinique
La Trinité (, literally ''The Trinity''; Martinican Creole: ) is a town and commune in the French overseas region and department of Martinique. Geography Climate La Trinité has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification ''Af''). The average annual temperature in La Trinité is . The average annual rainfall is with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in September, at around , and lowest in February, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in La Trinité was on 25 September 2011; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 2 February 2008. Population Sport La Gauloise de Trinité is a multi-sport club in La Trinité. Notable people * David Alerte (born 1984), Olympic athlete * Christian André (born 1950), association footballer * Bruno Nestor Azerot (born 1961), politician, served in the French National Assembly as deputy of Martinique's 2nd constituency from 2012-2018 * Coralie Balmy (born 1 ...
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International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; , CIO) is the international, non-governmental, sports governing body of the modern Olympic Games. Founded in 1894 by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas, it is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. The IOC is the authority responsible for organizing the Summer, Winter, and Youth Olympics. The IOC is also the governing body of the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and the worldwide Olympic Movement, which includes all entities and individuals involved in the Olympic Games. , 206 NOCs officially were recognized by the IOC. Since 2013, the IOC president has been Thomas Bach; he will be succeeded by Kirsty Coventry in June 2025. Mission Its stated mission is to promote Olympism throughout the world and to lead the Olympic Movement: *To encourage and support the promotion of ethics and good governance in sport; *To support the education of youth through sport; *To ensure that the spirit of fair play ...
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Olympic Channel
Olympic Channel is an over-the-top Internet television service operated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was launched on August 21, 2016, alongside the closing of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The service aims to maintain year-round interest in the Olympic movement, carrying documentaries and other programming chronicling the Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ..., as well as coverage of events in Olympic sports, Olympic sport outside of the Games. The IOC operates the service with an international focus, but also stated plans to work with local National Olympic Committees and rightsholders to establish localized versions and linear services as franchised versions of Olympic Channel. Goal The service's main goal is to maintain year-round in ...
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France At The 2020 Summer Olympics
France competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. French athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside Australia, Great Britain, Greece, and Switzerland. As Paris will host the 2024 Summer Olympics, France was the penultimate nation to enter the stadium, alongside the United States which will host the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, before the host country Japan during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony. Additionally, a French segment was performed in Paris and some pre-recorded events at the closing ceremony as performers did not travel to Tokyo due to the travel restrictions related to the pandemic. However, Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo was the only delegation present at the ceremony. France competed in all sports except baseball (softball), field hockey, and water polo. F ...
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Balance Beam
The balance beam is a rectangular artistic gymnastics apparatus and an event performed using the apparatus. The apparatus and the event are sometimes simply called "beam". The English abbreviation for the event in gymnastics scoring is BB. The balance beam is performed competitively only by female gymnasts. The Apparatus The beam is a small, thin beam that is typically raised from the floor on a leg or stand at both ends. It is usually covered with leather-like material and is only four inches wide. Balance beams used in international gymnastics competitions must conform to the guidelines and specifications set forth by the International Gymnastics Federation ''Apparatus Norms'' brochure. Several companies manufacture and sell beams, including AAI (USA), Janssen-Fritsen (Europe) and Acromat (Australia). Most gymnastics schools purchase and use balance beams that meet the FIG's standards, but some may also use beams with carpeted surfaces for practice situations. While learning n ...
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