Cyril Tommasone

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Cyril Tommasone
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Tommasone at the 2018 Paris World Challenge Cup
Personal information
Born (1987-07-04) 4 July 1987 (age 38)
Villeurbanne, France [1]
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in) [2]
Gymnastics career
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		 Flag of France.svg France
ClubConvention Gymnique de Lyon [3]
Head coach(es)Anatoli Vorontzov
Retired2024
Medal record
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Tokyo Pommel horse
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Nanning Pommel horse
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Berlin Pommel horse
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Szczecin Pommel horse
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Birmingham Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Glasgow Team
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Tarragona Pommel horse
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2018 TarragonaTeam
Summer Universiade
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Belgrade Parallel bars
FIG World Cup
Event1st2nd3rd
Apparatus World Cup221
World Challenge Cup334
Total555

Cyril Tommasone (born 4 July 1987) is a French former artistic gymnast. He is the 2011 World silver medalist and the 2014 World bronze medalist on the pommel horse. He is also a two-time European silver medalist on the pommel horse (2011, 2019) and a two-time European bronze medalist (2010, 2018) in the team event. He is a three-time Olympian (2012, 2016, 2020).

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Gymnastics career

Tommasone began gymnastics when he was seven years old. [4]

2009–2010

At the 2009 Montreal World Cup, Tommasone won the pommel horse silver medal behind Krisztián Berki. [5] He then won the gold medal at the Doha World Cup. [6] At the 2009 Summer Universiade, he tied with Japan's Takuya Nakase for the parallel bars gold medal. [7] He finished fourth in the pommel horse final at the 2009 World Championships. [8]

Tommasone won pommel horse gold at the 2010 Paris World Cup. [9] He helped France win the team bronze medal at the 2010 European Championships, and he finished eighth in the pommel horse final. [10] At the 2010 World Championships, he finished 13th in the all-around final and fourth in the pommel horse final.

2011–2013

At the 2011 European Championships, Tommasone won the silver medal in the pommel horse final behind Krisztián Berki. [11] He once again finished second to Berki at the 2011 World Championships. [12] He helped the French team win the silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Test Event and qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics. [13] He was then selected to represent France at the 2012 Summer Olympics alongside Pierre-Yves Bény, Yann Cucherat, Gaël Da Silva, and Hamilton Sabot, and they finished eighth in the team final. He advanced into the all-around final and finished 16th. [14] Then in the pommel horse final, he finished in fifth place with a score of 15.141. [15] He had elbow surgery in 2013. [4]

2014–2015

Tommasone helped the French team finish fifth at the 2014 European Championships. [16] He helped the French team win a 2014 friendly meet against Belgium and Spain with the second highest score in the all-around. [17] At the 2014 World Championships, he won a bronze medal on the pommel horse behind Krisztián Berki and Filip Ude. [18] He also finished 20th in the all-around final. [19] After the World Championships, he competed at the Toyota International and won the pommel horse bronze medal despite falling. [20]

Tommasone dealt with a shoulder injury throughout the 2015 season. [4] He won a pommel horse bronze medal at the 2015 Cottbus World Challenge Cup. [21] At the 2015 World Championships, he helped the French team finish 10th in the qualifications. [22]

2016–2018

At the 2016 Olympic Test Event, Tommasone helped France secure the final team berth for the 2016 Summer Olympics. [23] He then helped the French team place sixth in the team final at the 2016 European Championships, [24] and he finished eighth in the pommel horse final. [25] He tied with Robert Seligman for the pommel horse silver medal at the Varna World Challenge Cup. [26] He represented France at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He finished fourth in the pommel horse final and was one-tenth of a point away from the bronze medal. [27]

Tommasone won pommel horse silver medals at both the 2017 Varna and Paris World Challenge Cup. [28] [29] He helped France win the team bronze medal at the 2018 European Championships. [30] At the 2018 Mediterranean Games, he helped France win another team bronze, and he won the pommel horse title. [31] He won the gold medal on the pommel horse at the 2018 Paris World Challenge Cup. [32] Then at the 2018 World Championships, he fell in the pommel horse final and finished eighth. [33]

2019–2021

Tommasone won the pommel horse silver medal at the 2019 Baku World Cup. [34] At the 2019 European Championships, he won the silver medal behind Max Whitlock. [35] He finished sixth in the pommel horse final at the 2019 World Championships. As the second-highest placing gymnast who was not part of a qualified team, Tommasone earned an individual berth for the 2020 Summer Olympics. [36]

During lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he practiced with a pommel horse in his basement. [37] At the Olympic Games, he fell off the pommel horse during the qualification round and did not advance into the final. [38] He also fell at the 2021 World Championships and did not advance into the final. [39]

2022–2024

Tommasone won the pommel horse bronze medal at the 2022 Baku World Cup. [40] He had shoulder surgery in June 2022. [41] After missing out on qualifying for the 2024 Summer Olympics, he competed at the French Championships, won his tenth pommel horse national title, and announced his retirement. [42] He began coaching at a gymnastics club in Lyon. [43]

References

  1. ↑ "Cyril Tommasone". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "Cyril Tommasone". BBC.co.uk/sport/. BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  3. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Cyril Tommasone". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 "Tommasone Cyril - FIG Athlete Profile". International Gymnastics Federation . Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  5. ↑ "Shapiro wins uneven bars at World Cup in Montreal". USA Gymnastics . 8 March 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  6. ↑ "Markovic upstages Kosmidis to claim floor exercise gold". Doha World Cup. 30 September 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  7. ↑ "Gymnastics Artistic Men's Parallel Bars Final" (PDF). Gym Media. Belgrade 2009. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "World Champ 2009: First day Apparatus Finals: China's gymnasts once again proved their dominance". Asian Gymnastics Union . 18 October 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  9. ↑ "Horton wins two bronze medals at World Cup". USA Gymnastics . 12 April 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  10. ↑ "29th European Artistic Gymnastics Team Championships Juniors and Seniors Birmingham (GBR) April 21st-April 25th 2010 Results" (PDF). European Gymnastics . Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  11. ↑ "Berki's Pommels Are Golden At Euros". FloGymnastics. FloSports. 26 April 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  12. ↑ "Gym : Cyril Tommasone vice-champion du monde du cheval-d'arçons" [Gymnastics: Cyril Tommasone, world vice-champion on pommel horse]. Le Monde (in French). 15 October 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  13. ↑ "Great Britain, France, Spain and Italy's men's teams qualify for Olympic Games". International Gymnastics Federation . 10 January 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  14. ↑ "Menʼs Individual All-Around - London 2012 Olympics". The New York Times . Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  15. ↑ "Games of the 30th Olympiad London (GBR) 2012 August 5 Artistic Gymnastics Pommel Horse Final Men". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  16. ↑ "31st European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Team Championships Seniors Team Final" (PDF). European Gymnastics . 24 May 2014. p. 203. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  17. ↑ "Dutch women, French men victorious at pre-Worlds Friendly in Rouen". International Gymnastics Federation . 16 September 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  18. ↑ "Biles, Skinner win vault medals at 2014 World Gymnastics Championships". USA Gymnastics . 11 October 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  19. ↑ "Results for 45th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, Nanning 2014 (CHN) Men's All-Around". International Gymnastics Federation . Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  20. ↑ "Japanese gymnasts dominate Toyota International". International Gymnastics Federation . 15 December 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  21. ↑ "Strong showings at Cottbus World Challenge Cup". International Gymnastics Federation . 23 March 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  22. ↑ "46th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, Glasgow (GBR) Men's Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation. 25 October 2015. p. 3. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  23. ↑ "Germany, Ukraine, Netherlands and France grab final men's team berths to Rio Olympic Games". International Gymnastics Federation . 17 April 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  24. ↑ "32nd European Championships in Men's Artistic Gymnastics Seniors and Juniors Senior Team Final" (PDF). European Gymnastics . 28 May 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  25. ↑ "32nd European Championships in Men's Artistic Gymnastics Seniors and Juniors: Senior Apparatus Finals (Pommel Horse)" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. European Gymnastics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  26. ↑ "Oleg Verniaiev leads Ukraine to a near sweep at Varna World Cup". International Gymnastics Federation . 16 May 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  27. ↑ "Rio 2016 : Cyril Tommasone 4e de la finale aux arçons" [Rio 2016: Cyril Tommasone 4th in the pommel final]. French Gymnastics Federation (in French). 15 August 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  28. ↑ "Brazilians make a splash at the Varna World Challenge Cup". International Gymnastics Federation . 5 September 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  29. ↑ "En route for Montreal Worlds, stars of Gymnastics light up Internationaux de France". International Gymnastics Federation . 19 September 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  30. ↑ "Russian men take gold after high bar woe for Britain". Euronews . 11 August 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  31. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (1 July 2018). "2018 Mediterranean Games Men's Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  32. ↑ "Host France take 5 golds at World Challenge Cup in Paris". International Gymnastics Federation . 1 October 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  33. ↑ "CM Doha 2018 : Finale arçons - Cyril Tommasone 8ème" [Doha World Cup 2018: Pommel Final - Cyril Tommasone 8th]. French Gymnastics Federation (in French). 2 November 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  34. ↑ "Gymnasts from nine nations golden at Baku World Cup". International Gymnastics Federation . 18 March 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  35. ↑ McDaid, David (13 April 2019). "European Gymnastics Championships: Max Whitlock wins pommel gold, Ellie Downie wins bronze on vault". BBC Sport . Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  36. ↑ "Rhys McClenaghan qualifies for Olympics - Gymnastics". BBC Sport . 7 October 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  37. ↑ "GAM - Une troisième préparation olympique insolite pour Cyril Tommasone" [MAG - A third unusual Olympic preparation for Cyril Tommasone]. French Gymnastics Federation (in French). 28 October 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  38. ↑ Henry, Aude (24 July 2021). "Le rêve brisé de Cyril Tommasone, le gymnaste de Lyon ne décrochera pas de médaille olympique" [Cyril Tommasone's dream shattered, the Lyon gymnast will not win an Olympic medal]. Franceinfo (in French). Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  39. ↑ "GAM - CM 2021 - Cyril Tommasone en difficulté" [GAM - CM 2021 - Cyril Tommasone in difficulty]. French Gymnastics Federation (in French). 19 October 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  40. ↑ "Kovtun's fourth consecutive title leads Ukraine to distinction at Baku World Cup". International Gymnastics Federation . 4 April 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  41. ↑ "GAM - Cyril Tommasone sur le retour" [MAG - Cyril Tommasone on the return]. French Gymnastics Federation (in French). 13 February 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  42. ↑ Laroche, Charlotte (9 June 2024). "Cyril Tommasone s'offre un dixième titre en guise d'adieu" [Cyril Tommasone offers himself a tenth title as a farewell]. Spot Gym (in French). Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  43. ↑ Saive, Marion (24 September 2024). "D'athlète à entraîneur, Cyril Tommasone au service de la gymnastique" [From athlete to coach, Cyril Tommasone at the service of gymnastics]. Le Progrès (in French). Retrieved 22 June 2025.
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