Youna Dufournet
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Youna Dufournet is a French
gymnast
, the 2009 World Vault bronze medalist and reigning all-around champion of the Mediterranean Games
. In addition to her vaulting medal, Dufournet placed fifth in the all-around at the World Championships, the highest placement ever for a female French gymnast. She is France's first female medalist on vault, and only the fifth to medal at all in World or Olympic competition, following 2004 Olympic bars champion
Émilie Le Pennec
, 1995 World floor bronze medalist
Ludivine Furnon
, 1996 World bars bronze medalist
Isabelle Severino
and World Floor bronze medalist
Cassy Vericel.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
gymnast
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
, the 2009 World Vault bronze medalist and reigning all-around champion of the Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games
The Mediterranean Games are a multi-sport games held every four years, mainly for nations bordering the Mediterranean Sea, where Europe, Africa and Asia meet. The idea was proposed at the 1948 Summer Olympics by Muhammed Taher Pasha, chairman of the Egyptian Olympic Committee, and they were first...
. In addition to her vaulting medal, Dufournet placed fifth in the all-around at the World Championships, the highest placement ever for a female French gymnast. She is France's first female medalist on vault, and only the fifth to medal at all in World or Olympic competition, following 2004 Olympic bars champion
Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, three disciplines of gymnastics were contested: artistic gymnastics , rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline...
Émilie Le Pennec
Émilie Le Pennec
Émilie Le Pennec was the first French gymnast to win an individual Olympic medal in women's artistic gymnastics....
, 1995 World floor bronze medalist
1995 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 30th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held at Sun Dome Fukui in Sabae, Japan in 1995.- All-round :NB: Team rosters are incomplete.- Apparatus :- All-around :- Vault :- Uneven Bars :- Balance Beam :- Floor Exercise:...
Ludivine Furnon
Ludivine Furnon
Ludivine Furnon is a retired Olympic athlete from France. She was the first French female gymnast ever to medal at the World Gymnastics Championships....
, 1996 World bars bronze medalist
1996 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1996.The team and all around events were not contested at the 1996 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships. The format was similar to that of the 1992 and 2002 Worlds, with medals being awarded for the individual WAG...
Isabelle Severino
Isabelle Severino
Isabelle Severino, born 9 April 1980, is a French gymnast and actress from Montmorency, Paris, France.Severino was a member of the 1996 and 2004 French Olympic teams where the French team placed 8th and 6th respectively...
and World Floor bronze medalist
2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 40th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart, Germany, from 1 to 9 September 2007.Oldest and youngest competitors- Men :- Women :- Finals :- Qualifications :- Floor :...
Cassy Vericel.