Samir Aït Saïd Explained

Samir Aït Saïd
Nickname:Sam
Birth Date:1 November 1989
Birth Place:Champigny-sur-Marne, France
Height:1.67m (05.48feet)[1]
Discipline:MAG
Level:Senior International Elite
Natlteam:2004 – present
Club:Olympique Antibes Juan les Pins Gymnastique
Headcoach:Kévin Depuis
Formercoach:Rodolphe Bouche
Eponymousskills:Still Rings: Roll backward slowly with straight arms and body to handstand through swallow
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Samir Aït Saïd (born 1 November 1989)[1] is a French artistic gymnast.[2] He's the 2019 World bronze medalist and the 2013 European champion on the still rings. He is also a three-time European silver medalist and a two-time European bronze medalist. He represented France at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2020 Summer Olympics, and the 2024 Summer Olympics. He was one of France's flagbearers at the 2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.

Personal life

Aït Saïd was born on 1 November 1989 in Champigny-sur-Marne. He is of Kabyle descent, and he learned the Kabyle language to communicate with the part of his family that still lived in Algeria.[3] He began gymnastics when he was six years old. His father, who was a bus driver, died in January 2019 due to lung cancer. He has a daughter who was born in March 2021.[4]

Career

Junior career

Aït Saïd joined the French junior national team in 2004.[5] At the 2004 Junior European Championships, he won the bronze medal on the rings and placed fourth with the French team.[6] Then at the 2006 Junior European Championships, he won the gold medal on the rings, and he placed eighth with the French team.[7]

Senior career

2009–2012

Aït Saïd's first World Championships was in 2009, and he finished seventh in the rings final.[8] At the 2010 European Championships, he helped the French team win the bronze medal, and he won the silver medal on the rings behind Italy's Matteo Morandi.[9] He won the gold medal on the rings at the 2010 Paris World Cup.[10]

Aït Saïd won the silver medal on the vault at the 2011 European Championships behind his teammate Thomas Bouhail.[11] Then at the 2011 Summer Universiade, he won the silver medal on the rings behind Brazil's Arthur Zanetti.[12] He also finished second to Zanetti on the rings at the 2012 Osijek World Challenge Cup.[13]

Aït Saïd fractured his right tibia in three places at the 2012 European Championships during the team final, and he could not compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[14] He had surgery and missed six months of training.[15] He still attended the 2012 Olympics as a spectator.[4] [16]

2013–2014

At the 2013 European Championships, Aït Saïd tied for the gold medal on rings with Ukraine's Igor Radivilov.[17] He then won a silver medal on the rings at the 2013 Osijek World Challenge Cup behind Eleftherios Petrounias.[18] He placed sixth in the rings final at the 2013 World Championships.[19]

Aït Saïd won the bronze medal on the rings at the 2014 European Championships.[20] He also helped the French team place fifth in the team final.[21] He helped the French team win a 2014 friendly meet against Belgium and Spain with the highest scores on rings and vault.[22] At the 2014 World Championships, he placed fifth in the rings final.[23]

2015–2016

Aït Saïd won the silver medal on the rings at the 2015 Ljubljana World Challenge Cup.[24] Then at the 2015 European Championships, he tied with Russia's Denis Ablyazin for the silver medal on the rings.[25] At the 2015 World Championships, he helped the French team finish 10th,[26] and he placed fourth in the rings final.[27]

At the 2016 Olympic Test Event, he helped France secure the final team berth for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[28] He helped the French team place sixth in the team final at the 2016 European Championships,[29] and he placed sixth in the rings final.[30] He then won the vault gold medal at the 2016 Anadia World Challenge Cup.[31] In the qualification round of the Olympic Games, Aït Saïd suffered a double compound fracture in his left leg while landing badly on the vault.[32] [33] The volunteers carrying him out of the arena dropped the stretcher, but this did not cause further damage. He had qualified for the still rings final, but he had to withdraw.[34] He had surgery the same day at the Samaritano Hospital.[35]

2017–2019

Aït Saïd returned to competition thirteen months later at the 2017 Paris World Challenge Cup and won the silver medal on the rings.[36] After this performance, he was selected to compete at the 2017 World Championships.[37] There, he finished in fourth place in the rings final, missing out on a medal by only 0.008.[38] [39] He won the gold medal on the rings at the 2018 Paris World Challenge Cup.[40]

Aït Saïd placed sixth in the rings final at the 2019 European Championships,[41] and he finished fifth in the rings final at the 2019 European Games.[42] At the 2019 Paris World Challenge Cup, he tied for the gold medal on the rings with Egypt's Ali Zahran.[43] He won the bronze medal on the rings at the 2019 World Championships, his first World medal.[44] Because of this result, he qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games as an individual.[45]

2021–2024

He was a French flag bearer in the opening ceremonies of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, and he performed a backflip after the French team walked in.[46] [47] He injured his bicep during training, but he still competed despite his coach suggesting he withdraw.[4] During the qualification round, he competed a new skill that was named after him in the Code of Points.[48] He placed fourth in the still rings final, 0.300 points away from winning a medal.[4]

Aït Saïd finished fourth on the rings at the 2023 Paris World Challenge Cup.[49] He registered for the 2024 FIG World Cup series to attempt to qualify for the 2024 Olympic Games.[50] At the Cottbus World Cup, he won the silver medal on the rings.[51] Then at the Baku World Cup, he won the bronze medal on rings.[52] He also won the bronze medal on rings at the Doha World Cup.[53] With these results, he earned an individual berth for the 2024 Olympic Games.[54]

Eponymous skill

Aït Saïd has a skill on the still rings that is named after him in the Code of Points.[55] [48]

Notes and References

  1. News: Samir Aït Saïd . . 11 August 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160826093245/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/samir-ait-said . 26 August 2016.
  2. Web site: 2024-02-21 . Paris Olympics 2024 Update: 34-Year-Old Gymnast Aims for Redemption 8 Years After Horrific Injury . 2024-05-20 . EssentiallySports . en.
  3. Web site: Achache . Farid . JO 2016: Samir Aït-Saïd, des anneaux et de l'or . 2016 Olympic Games: Samir Aït-Saïd, rings and gold . . 22 April 2024 . fr . 1 March 2016.
  4. Web site: An Olympic curse for French athlete? There's always Paris . . 22 April 2024 . 2 August 2021.
  5. Web site: Samir Aït Saïd . . 23 April 2024 . fr.
  6. Web site: 26th Men's European Championships Artistic Gymnastics Ljubljana, Slovenia SLO April 15–18, 2004 Results Men's Junior . . 23 April 2024 . 26, 38.
  7. Web site: 27th Men's European Artistic Gymnastics Team Championships Volos (GRE) 4 – 7 May 2006 Results Men's Juniors . . 23 April 2024 . 1, 24.
  8. Web site: 41st Artistic Gymnastics World Championships October 13–18, 2009 London (GBR) Results Men's Rings Final . . . 23 April 2024 . 3 . 17 October 2009.
  9. Web site: 29th European Artistic Gymnastics Team Championships Juniors and Seniors Birmingham (GBR) April 21st-April 25th 2010 Results . . 23 April 2024 . 13, 22.
  10. Web site: Horton wins two bronze medals at World Cup . . 23 April 2024 . 12 April 2010.
  11. Web site: 4th European Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships Berlin (GER), April 6th–10th 2011 Results Men's Vault Final . . 23 April 2024 . 234 . 10 April 2011.
  12. Web site: Artistic Gymnastics Men's Rings Final . Gymnastics Results . Shenzhen 2011 . 16 August 2011.
  13. Web site: ART Grand Prix Osijek 2012 Chalenge cup CIII finals Rings . Gymnastics Results . . 23 April 2024 . 29 April 2012.
  14. Web site: Promise to father driving Ait Said's ambition . . 22 April 2024 . 2 October 2019.
  15. Web site: Ait Said Samir . . 22 April 2024.
  16. Web site: Wetzel . Dan . Five years after gruesome Olympic injury, French flag bearer set for triumph at Tokyo Opening Ceremony . Yahoo! Sports . 22 April 2024 . 22 July 2021.
  17. Web site: SHARE 5th ECh in Artistic Gymnastics in Moscow: apparatus finals 1st part . . 23 April 2024 . 20 April 2013.
  18. Web site: Individual Apparatus series winners determined in Osijek . . 22 April 2024 . 18 September 2013.
  19. Web site: 44th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Antwerp (BEL) Men's Apparatus Final . . . 23 April 2024 . 3 . 5 October 2013.
  20. Web site: Ablyazin, Russians lead the way as Europeans end . . 22 April 2024 . 27 May 2014.
  21. Web site: 31st European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Team Championships Seniors Team Final . . 23 April 2024 . 203 . 24 May 2014.
  22. Web site: Dutch women, French men victorious at pre-Worlds Friendly in Rouen . . 22 April 2024 . 16 September 2014.
  23. Web site: 45th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning (CHN) Men's Apparatus Final . . . 23 April 2024 . 3 . 11 October 2014.
  24. Web site: Final results – Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup Ljubljana, 3.-5. April 2015 . Gymnastics Results . . 23 April 2024 . 4 April 2015.
  25. Web site: Competition report: event finals day 1 . . 23 April 2024 . 18 April 2015.
  26. Web site: 46th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, Glasgow (GBR) Men's Qualification . . . 23 April 2024 . 3 . 25 October 2015.
  27. Web site: 46th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, Glasgow (GBR) Men's Apparatus Final . . . 23 April 2024 . 3 . 31 October 2015.
  28. Web site: Germany, Ukraine, Netherlands and France grab final men's team berths to Rio Olympic Games . . 22 April 2024 . 17 April 2016.
  29. Web site: 32nd European Championships in Men's Artistic Gymnastics Seniors and Juniors Senior Team Final . . 23 April 2024 . 28 May 2016.
  30. Web site: 32nd European Championships in Men's Artistic Gymnastics Seniors and Juniors Senior Apparatus Finals . . 23 April 2024 . 29 May 2016.
  31. Web site: Chinese, Saraiva shine at Anadia World Challenge Cup . . 22 April 2024 . 27 June 2016.
  32. News: Rio 2016: French gymnast Samir Ait Said suffers horrific broken leg in men's gymnastics qualifying . . 6 August 2016 . 11 August 2018.
  33. News: Megan . Levy . Rio 2016: Gymnast Samir Ait Said suffers horrific leg break during vault . . 7 August 2016 . 11 August 2018.
  34. Web site: Armour . Nancy . Scary injury: French gymnast Samir Ait Said snaps his leg on vault . . 22 April 2024 . 6 August 2016.
  35. Web site: Samir Ait Said: 'Even amidst my misfortune, it was an extraordinary moment' . . 22 April 2024 . 8 August 2016.
  36. Web site: En route for Montreal Worlds, stars of Gymnastics light up Internationaux de France . . 22 April 2024 . 19 September 2017.
  37. Web site: Liberated after Rio leg injury, Samir Aït Saïd prepares World Championships return . . 22 April 2024 . 1 October 2017.
  38. Web site: Five world champions successfully defend their titles on day one of apparatus finals in Montreal . . 22 April 2024 . 8 October 2017.
  39. Web site: Rogers . Martin . Samir Ait Said's story of strength, perseverance and triumph . . 22 April 2024 . 23 July 2021.
  40. Web site: Host France take 5 golds at World Challenge Cup in Paris . . 22 April 2024 . 1 October 2018.
  41. Web site: 8th European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships Men Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus Final . . 23 April 2024 . 13 April 2019.
  42. Web site: 2nd European Games Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus Final Men . . Minsk 2019 . 23 April 2024 . 30 June 2019.
  43. Web site: Eight nations grab gold at Paris World Challenge Cup . . 22 April 2024 . 18 September 2019.
  44. Web site: More history made in Stuttgart as Biles ties all-time medal record . . 22 April 2024 . 12 October 2019.
  45. Web site: Zaccardi . Nick . French gymnast who broke leg at Rio Olympics qualifies for Tokyo after father's death . 12 October 2019 . . 1 March 2020.
  46. Web site: Top moments from the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 . . 23 April 2024 . 23 July 2021.
  47. Web site: Armour . Nancy . After gruesome injury in Rio, French gymnast Samir Ait Said shows the power of the Olympics . . 23 April 2024 . 24 July 2021.
  48. Web site: Newly named for their creators, these Men's elements are the opposite of elementary . . 22 April 2024 . 17 September 2021.
  49. Web site: In a World Championship warmup, French gymnasts sizzle at Paris World Challenge Cup . . 22 April 2024 . 19 September 2023.
  50. Web site: For Artistic gymnasts, the race to Paris picks up with this week's Cairo World Cup . . 22 April 2024 . 13 February 2024.
  51. Web site: Champions in Cottbus! All the thrills from a World Cup weekend to remember . . 22 April 2024 . 27 February 2024.
  52. Web site: Golden celebrations and Olympic qualifications: Who did what at the Baku World Cup . . 22 April 2024 . 11 March 2024.
  53. Web site: The Doha decider: inside a doubly significant weekend in Artistic Gymnastics . . 22 April 2024 . 22 April 2024.
  54. Web site: 23 more Artistic gymnasts have earned Olympic berths! See who's headed to Paris here . . 22 April 2024 . 22 April 2024.
  55. Web site: 2022 – 2024 Code of Points Men's Artistic Gymnastics . . 29 December 2023 . 93.

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