Valentine Pikul (born 4 September 1997) is a retired French
artistic gymnast
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. She competed for
France at the 2015 European Games and the
2015 World Championships.
Career
Pikul made her international debut at the 2012 International Gymnix in
Montreal
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where the French team won the bronze medal. Individually, Pikul finished 7th in the uneven bars event final. Then at the
2012 Junior European Championships, she competed with
Louise Vanhille,
Claire Martin,
Clara Chambellant, and
Maëlys Plessis, and the team finished 7th. Pikul finished 21st in the all-around final.
Pikul made her senior debut at the 2014 French Championships where she won the silver medals in the all-around, uneven bars, and balance beam behind
Youna Dufournet and on vault behind
Marine Brevet. She competed at the
2014 European Championships alongside Brevet, Dufournet, Claire Martin, and
Valentine Sabatou, and the team finished 11th in the qualification round. At the Élite Gym Massilia in
Marseille
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, she finished 5th in the all-around.
At the 2015 French Championships, Pikul finished 4th on the uneven bars. She competed at the
2015 City of Jesolo Trophy where the French team finished 4th, and Pikul finished 5th in the uneven bars event final with a score of 14.050. She then competed at the
2015 European Games
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alongside Marine Brevet and
Anne Kuhm, and they finished 4th in
the team competition. Pikul finished 8th in
the all-around final with a total score of 52.999, and she finished 6th in
the floor exercise event final. She was then selected to compete at the
2015 World Championships with Marine Brevet,
Loan His, Anne Kuhm, Claire Martin, and
Louise Vanhille, and they finished 10th in
the qualification round.
At the 2016 French Championships, Pikul finished 9th in the all-around.
She was not selected for the 2016 Olympic Team, and she then retired due to injuries.
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1997 births
Living people
French female artistic gymnasts
Gymnasts at the 2015 European Games
European Games competitors for France
Sportspeople from Amiens
21st-century French sportswomen