Nicolau Mir Rosselló (born 10 May 2000) is a Spanish artistic gymnast who represented Spain at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Early life

Mir was born in

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in 2000 to gymnastics coaches Pedro Mir and Praxedes Rosselló. His cousin

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and uncle Magín Mir are professional footballers.

Gymnastics career

2018–2021

At the

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Mir helped Spain retain their team title. At the 2018 World Championships he helped Spain finish eleventh during qualifications. At the 2019 World Championships Mir helped Spain finish eleventh during qualifications. Although they did not qualify for the team final, they qualified a full team to the

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. In summer 2021 Mir was named to the team to represent Spain at the postponed

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alongside

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, Thierno Diallo, and

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. During the qualification round Spain finished twelfth and did not advance to the team final. In late 2021 Mir competed at the 2021 World Championships but did not advance to any individual finals.

2022–2024

Mir competed at the

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where he helped Spain finish fourth. Individually he finished sixth in the all-around, fourth on floor exercise, sixth on parallel bars, and eighth on horizontal bar. At the

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Mir helped Spain finish eighth as team. Individually he finished fourth on parallel bars. At the 2022 World Championships he helped Spain finish sixth, which matched their previous highest placement record set in

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. In Summer of 2023 Mir at the Tel Aviv World Challenge Cup where he won silver on floor exercise behind

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. He next competed at the postponed 2021 World University Games. While there he helped Spain finish tenth as a team. Individually he finished eleventh in the all-around and sixth on parallel bars. At the 2023 World Championships Mir helped Spain finish ninth during qualifications; as a result Spain qualified a full team to the upcoming Olympic Games. In early 2024 Mir competed at the Antalya World Challenge Cup where he placed first on parallel bars. He next competed at the 2024 European Championships where he helped Spain finish fifth as a team. Additionally he finished seventh on floor exercise. In July Mir was selected to represent Spain at his second

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alongside

, Thierno Diallo,

, and Ray Zapata.

References

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