Danny Pinheiro Rodrigues

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Danny Pinheiro Rodrigues
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Pinheiro-Rodrigues in 2011
Personal information
Nickname(s)Danny Boule
Country representedFlag of France.svg  France
Born (1985-04-16) 16 April 1985 (age 38)
Hometown Rouen, France
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) [1]
Weight57 kg (126 lb) [1]
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior international elite
Years on national team2005–
ClubLa Sottevillaise
Head coach(es)Frantz Gaillard

Danny Pinheiro Rodrigues (born 16 April 1985) is a French male artistic gymnast and a member of the national team. He was selected to compete for the French gymnastics squad in two editions of the Summer Olympic Games (2008 in Beijing and 2016 in Rio de Janeiro). [1] [2] He missed 2012 Olympics due to injury. [3]

At his second Olympic appearance in Rio de Janeiro, Pinheiro originally finished the rings apparatus in tenth position from the qualifying phase, but moved into the final after his teammate Samir Aït Saïd suffered a left leg injury and Dutch gymnast Yuri van Gelder was expelled from the competition for breaching team rules, including alcohol consumption. [4]

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References

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