Pierre Gouzou Explained

Pierre Gouzou
Birth Date:17 December 1998
Birth Place:Meaux, France
Training:Paris, France
Discipline:TRA
Natlteam:2017 - present
Club:Bois-Colombes Trampoline 92
Gym:INSEP
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Pierre Gouzou (born 17 December 1998) is a French trampoline gymnast. He is a 2023 World and a two-time European (2022, 2024) team champion. He is a two-time individual European silver medalist and a three-time World synchro bronze medalist. He will represent France at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Early life

Gouzou began artistic gymnastics when he was three years old, but he switched to trampoline in 2009. He also competed in diving and was a regional champion of Aquitaine. When he was 13, he moved to Paris to improve his trampoline training.[1]

Career

Gouzou made his World Cup debut at the 2017 Minsk World Cup, finishing eighth in synchronized trampoline and 12th as an individual.[2] He won a bronze medal in synchro with Allan Morante at the 2017 Valladolid World Cup.[3] At the 2017 World Championships, the French team placed 11th,[4] and Gouzou finished 64th as an individual in the qualification round.[5]

Gouzou won bronze in synchronized trampoline with at the 2018 European Championships in Baku.[6] He then won a bronze medal in synchro with Brendan Renault at the 2018 Loulé World Cup.[7] He competed at the 2018 Maebashi World Cup and finished 16th with synchro partner Sebastien Martiny and 37th as an individual.[8] [9] He competed in synchro at the 2018 World Championships with Renault, and they finished 18th in the qualification round.[10]

At the 2019 Minsk World Cup, Gouzou and Sebastien Martiny won the silver medal in synchro behind the defending World champions from Belarus, Uladzislau Hancharou and Aleh Rabtsau.[11] Then at the 2019 Valladolid World Cup, he finished fifth with Allan Morante in synchro.[12] At the 2019 World Championships, the French team placed sixth,[13] and he finished 30th with Faroux in synchro and 27th as an individual.[14] [15]

Gouzou won a silver medal in the synchro final at the 2020 Baku World Cup.[16] He was not selected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[17] Gouzou and Faroux finished fifth as a synchro pair at the 2021 Brescia World Cup.[18] They then won bronze medals at the 2021 World Championships in Baku.[19] [20]

At the 2022 European Championships in Rimini, Gouzou won a silver medal in the individual event behind teammate Allan Morante, and the French team won the gold medal.[21] He won a bronze medal with his synchro partner at the 2022 World Championships in Sofia.[22]

Gouzou finished 13th as an individual at the 2023 Coimbra World Cup.[23] He then placed sixth as an individual and with Riou in synchro at the Palm Beach World Cup.[24] [25] Then at the Varna World Cup, he finished fourth as an individual and eighth with synchro partner Riou.[26] [27] At the 2023 World Championships in Birmingham, he won the gold medal in team trampoline with Morgan Demiro-o-Domiro, Allan Morante and,[28] the first time a French team had done so since 1996.[29] He also won the bronze medal in synchronized trampoline with Demiro-o-Domiro.[30]

At the 2024 European Championships in Guimarães, Gouzou won the gold medal in team trampoline with Julian Chartier, Morgan Demiro-o-Domiro and Allan Morante,[31] the silver medal in synchronized trampoline with Morgan Demiro-o-Domiro[32] and the silver medal in individual trampoline.[33]

Gouzou was selected to represent France at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[34]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gouzou Pierre - FIG Athlete Profile . 17 May 2024 . International Gymnastics Federation.
  2. Web site: FIG World Cup Trampoline 2017 Minsk, Belarus, Results Book . . . 12 June 2024 . 6, 13.
  3. Web site: China's Dong Dong and Zhu Xueying win final World Cup event before Trampoline Worlds . . 12 June 2024 . 9 October 2017.
  4. Web site: 32nd Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships 2017 Sofia (Bulgaria) Men's Trampoline Team Qualification . . . 12 June 2024 . 9 November 2017.
  5. Web site: 32nd Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships 2017 Sofia (Bulgaria) Men's Trampoline Individual Qualification . . . 12 June 2024 . 96 . 9 November 2017.
  6. Web site: 6 médailles européennes en tumbling et trampoline . 21 April 2018 . Esprit Bleu. 16 April 2018. 6 European Medals in Tumbling and Trampoline. fr. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20180421094551/http://espritbleu.franceolympique.com/espritbleu/actus/7445-6-mdailles-europennes-en-tumbling-et-trampoline.html. 21 April 2018.
  7. Web site: Nine nations win medals at Loulé Trampoline World Cup . . 12 June 2024 . 8 October 2018.
  8. Web site: FIG TRA World Cup 4/5 August 2018, Maebashi, Japan Synchronised trampoline — Men — Qualification . . . 12 June 2024 . 4 August 2018.
  9. Web site: FIG TRA World Cup 4/5 August 2018, Maebashi, Japan Individual trampoline — Men — Qualification . . . 12 June 2024 . 4 August 2018.
  10. Web site: 33rd FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships 2018 St. Petersburg (Russia), 7-10 November 2018 Men's Synchronised Trampoline Qualifications . . . 12 June 2024 . 8 November 2018.
  11. Web site: Melnik, Zhu and home pairs pick up Minsk golds . . 12 June 2024.
  12. Web site: Qualification Synchro Men . . . 12 June 2024 . 93 . 10 June 2019.
  13. Web site: 34th FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships Tokyo (Japan), 28 November - 1 December 2019 Men's Trampoline Team Qualifications . . . 12 June 2024 . 28 November 2019.
  14. Web site: 34th FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships Tokyo (Japan), 28 November - 1 December 2019 Men's Synchronised Trampoline Qualifications . . . 12 June 2024 . 29 November 2019.
  15. Web site: 34th FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships Tokyo (Japan), 28 November - 1 December 2019 Men's Trampoline Qualifications . . . 12 June 2024 . 28 November 2019.
  16. Web site: World champions, rising stars sizzle at Baku Trampoline World Cup . . 12 June 2024 . 17 February 2020.
  17. Web site: La composition de l'équipe de France olympique de trampoline dévoilée. The composition of the French Olympic trampoline team unveiled. fr. French Gymnastics Federation. 16 June 2021.
  18. Web site: FIG TRA World Cup 2021 - Individual / Synchronized - Finals . . . 12 June 2024 . 5 June 2021.
  19. Web site: 20 November 2021 . Mondiaux : Gouzou-Faroux en bronze . World Championships: Gouzou-Faroux win bronze . fr . 21 November 2021 . L'Équipe.
  20. Web site: Ups and downs on Day 3 of Trampoline Worlds in Baku . . 12 June 2024 . 20 November 2021.
  21. Web site: Céline . Nony . 5 June 2022 . Allan Morante sacré champion d'Europe de trampoline . Allan Morante crowned European trampoline champion . 6 June 2022 . L'Équipe. .
  22. Web site: Mori stars with double gold on final day of Trampoline Worlds . . 12 June 2024 . 19 November 2022.
  23. Web site: FIG Trampoline World Cup - Coimbra 2023 4th Edition Individual trampoline — Male —Qualification2 . . 12 June 2024 . 5.
  24. Web site: 2023 FIG World Cup - Palm Beach - Final1 Event Results - Individual Trampoline . . . 12 June 2024 . 5 August 2023.
  25. Web site: 2023 FIG World Cup - Palm Beach - Final1 Event Results - Synchro Trampoline . . . 12 June 2024 . 5 August 2023.
  26. Web site: TRA FIG World Cup 2023 (ID 17180) VARNA (BUL), 7-8.10.2023 Individual trampoline — Men —Final . . 12 June 2024.
  27. Web site: TRA FIG World Cup 2023 (ID 17180) VARNA (BUL), 7-8.10.2023 Synchronised trampoline — Men —Final . . 12 June 2024.
  28. Web site: Céline . Nony . 11 November 2023 . Un titre mondial par équipe pour les Bleus en trampoline, pas de finale individuelle . A world team title for the Blues in trampoline, no individual final . 12 November 2023 . L'Équipe.
  29. Web site: At last! World titles for Briere-Vetillard, Malkin, Rodriguez — and a second gold for Padilla . . 12 June 2024 . 11 November 2023.
  30. Web site: Céline . Nony . 12 November 2023 . Encore une médaille française aux Mondiaux de trampoline . Another French medal at the World Trampoline Championships . 12 November 2023 . L'Équipe.
  31. Web site: 5 April 2024 . Les équipes de France féminine et masculine médaillées d'or aux championnats d'Europe . The French women's and men's teams won gold medals at the European Championships . 5 April 2024 . Ouest-France.
  32. Web site: Maxime Cazenave . 6 April 2024 . Championnats d'Europe de trampoline : Deux médailles d'argent pour les Bleus en synchronisé . European Trampoline Championships: Two silver medals for the Blues in synchronized . 7 April 2024 . Dicodusport.
  33. Web site: Céline . Nony . 7 April 2024 . Léa Labrousse et Pierre Gouzou bien partis pour disputer les Jeux Olympiques . Léa Labrousse and Pierre Gouzou on track to compete in the Olympic Games . 8 April 2024 . L'Équipe.
  34. Web site: La Sélection De Léa Labrousse Et Pierre Gouzou Aux JO 2024. The selection of Léa Labrousse and Pierre Gouzou for the 2024 Olympics . . 7 June 2024 . fr . 3 May 2024.

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