Nickname
Coco (Twitter profile, 28 Aug 2018)
Hobbies
Shopping. (ffgym.fr, 16 Sep 2019)
Occupation
Athlete
Spoken languages
French
Club
Meaux Gymnastique: France
Coach
Patrick Andreani [club]; Martine George [national], AUS; Dimitru Pop [national]
Injuries
She fractured her thumb and sustained an ankle injury in 2022. (lejsl.com, 07 Jul 2022, 01 Oct 2022)
In September 2019 she injured her ankle in training and was withdrawn from the French team for the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. (lejsl.com, 16 Sep 2019)
A bone and ligament injury to her right ankle prevented her from competing at the 2018 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. (gymandnews.com, 25 Sep 2018; lequipe.fr, 13 Apr 2019)
She missed two months of competition, including the 2017 French Championships, due to a tibia stress fracture. (actusgymnastique.wordpress.com, 29 May 2017)
In 2016 she was troubled by a growth anomaly in her ankle [osteochondritis]. (insep.fr, 01 Aug 2017; lejsl.com, 29 Apr 2017, 20 Feb 2016)
Start sporting career
She took up the sport at age three in Digoin, France.
Reason for taking up the sport
Her father was a gymnast and her parents enrolled her in baby gym classes. She enjoyed it and decided to continue.
Ambitions
To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, and to become a gymnastics coach. (intlgymnast.com, 08 Jan 2023; sportmag.fr, 08 Apr 2021)
Trainings
She trains for 30 hours per week at the National Institute for Sport, Expertise and Performance [INSEP] in Paris, France.
Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning silver in the team event at the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. (intlgymnast.com, 08 Jan 2023)
Hero / Idol
French artistic gymnast Thomas Bouhail. (dicodusport.fr, 01 May 2017)
Additional information
HELP FROM HURDLES
Following the 2021 World Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan, she decided to focus on improving her running in the vault event. She enlisted French sprinter and hurdles specialist, Ladji Doucoure, who encouraged her to start using marks along the runway in the same way as long jumpers. "I was ready for the world championships but I didn't do what I wanted to. There was something wrong. So I went to look for him [Doucoure] and he just made me run which is pretty tough in itself. I run looking down for the first two metres, then I look up, I spring onto the vault, the handspring, the twist and a half and, if everything goes fine, I nail the landing. Unbelievable!" (ouest-france.fr, 11 Apr 2023)
Last update : 2024-07-22
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