Athlete

French

Montceau Gym: France

Daniel Perraut [national]

In 2020 he sustained a ligament injury to one of his wrists. The following year he injured a ligament in his other wrist and required surgery on the issue. (spotgym.fr, 04 Jul 2023)

He sustained a knee injury in 2019 which put him out of the sport for eight months and meant he missed the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. (spotgym.fr, 04 Jul 2023)

He began doing gymnastics in a baby-gym class at about age two.

The coaches at the his baby-gym noticed his talent for the sport. "The coaches found potential. I was an acrobat."

To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (linformateurdebourgogne.com, 20 Aug 2023)

RETURNING FROM INJURY
Between 2019 and 2021 he sustained injuries to his knee and both of his wrists. "After my second wrist injury I really struggled to return and I began having some doubts. I did not believe in myself anymore. It was the time of the restructuring of the Olympic Preparation Centre and I clearly was not at the same level as the others. I saw my training teammates going to the world championships, European championships and World Cup events and I wasn't because my performance was not good enough. Obviously, it was a blow. I asked myself what I was going to do because I had the feeling that I would never return to my top level. But there was a performance review and everything changed. I prepared myself for one month in Montceau [France] and I regained the pleasure for training. At the review I did a good performance and I saw that I could be back. Having these feelings back was good for me to be once again at the top." (spotgym.fr, 04 Jul 2023)