Cyril Tommasone (born 4 July 1987 in
Villeurbanne
Villeurbanne (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France.
It is situated northeast of Lyon, with which it forms the heart of the second-largest metropolitan area in France ...
) is a French artistic gymnast.
His strongest apparatus is the
pommel horse
The pommel horse, also known as vaulting horse, is an artistic gymnastics apparatus. Traditionally, it is used by only male gymnasts. Originally made of a metal frame with a wooden body and a leather cover, the modern pommel horse has a metal bo ...
and
parallel bars
Parallel bars are floor apparatus consisting of two wooden bars approximately long and positioned at above the floor. Parallel bars are used in artistic gymnastics and also for physical therapy and home exercise. Gymnasts may optionally wear ...
. He is tall and weighs .
Career
He started gymnastics at age 7 and trains at the
Convention Gymnique de Lyon with
Yann Cucherat
Yann Cucherat (born 2 October 1979) is a French gymnast. He won a bronze medal in parallel bars at the 2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. He competed at the 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics, ...
, under coach,
Anatoly Vorontsov. He has been a member of the France team since 2000 where he finished first in the
Espoir Championships (Championnats de France Espoir). At the
French Elite Championships (Championnats de France Elite) in France in 2010 in
Albertville
Albertville (; Franco-Provençal, Arpitan: ''Arbèrtvile'') is a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Savoie Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region in Southeastern France.
It is best k ...
, he finished first in the competition on parallel bars and floor. At the
2010 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Birmingham he won a bronze medal with the French team. The following year, he won a silver medal at the
2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Tokyo, Japan, from October 7–16, 2011, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.
Due to uncertainty over the nuclear situation following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the Féd� ...
in Tokyo and silver medal at the
2011 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 4th Individual European Artistic Gymnastics Championships for both Men and Women was held in Berlin, Germany from 4 April 2011 until 10 April 2011. The event was held at the Max-Schmeling-Halle. 157 male gymnasts from 39 countries with and ...
in Berlin, both in the pommel horse.
He competed for the national team at the
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
in the
Men's artistic team all-around.
References
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1987 births
Living people
French male artistic gymnasts
Olympic gymnasts for France
Gymnasts at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Villeurbanne
Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Summer World University Games medalists in gymnastics
Gymnasts at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France
Mediterranean Games medalists in gymnastics
FISU World University Games gold medalists for France
European Games competitors for France
Gymnasts at the 2019 European Games
Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics
21st-century French sportsmen
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