Jorge Félix Roche Silveira (born 19 November 1957) is a Cuban

gymnast Gymnastics is a group of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, artistry and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, sh ...

. He competed in eight events at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

. At these Olympics, he showed as first gymnast ever at the

vault Vault may refer to: * Jumping, the act of propelling oneself upwards Architecture * Vault (architecture), an arched form above an enclosed space * Bank vault, a reinforced room or compartment where valuables are stored * Burial vault (enclosur ...

a handspring with two front flips. This element is since called the Roche vault. Today (2024) it is valued at 5.2 points (the most difficult vaults are valued at 6.0 points, where one of these elements is based upon the vault of Roche). For example, of the 32 gymnasts that competed at the vault event at the

2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

in the men's team all around, only 13 gymnasts showed a vault with higher difficulty than 5.2.

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* 1957 births Living people Cuban male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Cuba Gymnasts at the 1980 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Pan American Games silver medalists in gymnastics Pan American Games gold medalists in gymnastics Pan American Games bronze medalists in gymnastics Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba Gymnasts at the 1979 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games Originators of elements in artistic gymnastics 20th-century Cuban sportsmen 21st-century Cuban people {{Cuba-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub