Jorge Roche Explained

Jorge Roche
Nationality:Cuban
Sport:Gymnastics
Birth Date:19 November 1957

Jorge Roche (born 19 November 1957) is a Cuban gymnast. He competed in eight events at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1] At these Olympics, he showed as first gymnast ever at the vault a handspring with two front flips. This element is since called the Roche vault.[2] 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 in the mens team all around, only 13 gymnasts showed a vault with higher difficulty than 5.2.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Jorge Roche Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418031749/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/jorge-roche-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 10 August 2019.
  2. Elements explained: The Dragulescu Vault . 20 October 2024.
  3. Results (PDF) . 20 October 2024.