Julien Gobaux

Julien Gobaux
Julien Gobaux, 2023
Personal information
Full nameJulien Jean-Marc Gilbert Gobaux
Born (1990-12-11) 11 December 1990
Soissons, France
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented
France France
(2014)
Former countries represented
Monaco Monaco
ClubL'Etoile de Monaco
Head coach
Thierry Aymes
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing  France
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2018 GlasgowTeam
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place2018 TarragonaAll-around
Bronze medal – third place2018 TarragonaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2018 TarragonaParallel bars
Representing  Monaco
Games of the Small States of Europe
Gold medal – first place2013 LuxembourgTeam
Gold medal – first place2013 LuxembourgAll-Around
Gold medal – first place2013 LuxembourgParallel bars
Gold medal – first place2013 LuxembourgVault
Silver medal – second place2013 LuxembourgHorizontal bar
Silver medal – second place2013 LuxembourgPommel horse

Julien Jean-Marc Gilbert Gobaux (born 11 December 1990) is a French male artistic gymnast and a member of the national team. He participated at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Nanjing, China,[2] and qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1]

Biography

Julien Gobaux plays for the Étoile de Monaco club, which qualified for the 2015 French National Division 2 Championship. In 2013, he won the all-around competition at the 15th Games of the Small States of Europe held in Luxembourg. He also took first place in the team competition, as well as in the individual apparatus competitions on the vault and parallel bars. He won the silver medal on the pommel horse and the horizontal bar.

In May 2015, he competed in the World Cup event in Varna, Bulgaria, and took part in his first international final on the parallel bars, where he finished 6th.[3]

After dominating the French Elite Championships in June 2016 with no fewer than five medals, including three golds (all-around, floor exercise, and parallel bars), his selection for the French national team for the 2016 Rio Olympics was confirmed two weeks later.[4]

He won the bronze medal in the team event at the 2018 Mediterranean Games.

He won a bronze medal in the team event at the 2018 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow alongside Axel Augis, Loris Frasca, Edgar Boulet, and Cyril Tommasone.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Julien Gobaux". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "2014 World Gymnastics Championships – Entry List by NOC" (PDF). Longines. p. 4. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Varna World Cup". varnaworldcup2015.com.
  4. ↑ "JO 2016 : La composition de l'équipe olympique dévoilée - FFGym". ffgym.com.
  5. ↑ "Championnats d'Europe : le bronze pour les Bleus par équipes". lequipe.fr.
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