Manrique Larduet

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Manrique Larduet
Full nameManrique Larduet Bicet
Nickname(s)La Maquina
Country representedFlag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Born (1996-07-10) 10 July 1996 (age 28)
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Height161 cm (5 ft 3 in) [1]
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
Years on national team2013-2021
Head coach(es)Carlos Gil
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Glasgow All-around
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2015 GlasgowHorizontal bar
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Toronto Vault
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2015 Toronto All-around
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2015 Toronto Parallel bars
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2015 Toronto Rings
Pan American Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 San Juan Vault
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2013 San JuanParallel bars
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Lima All-around
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 LimaParallel bars
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2013 San JuanFloor exercise
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Mississauga All-around
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2014 MississaugaParallel bars
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2014 MississaugaHorizontal bar
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2018 LimaFloor exercise
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2018 LimaPommel horse
Pan American Sports Festival
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Guadalajara All-around
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2014 GuadalajaraParallel bars
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2014 GuadalajaraFloor exercise
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2014 GuadalajaraPommel horse
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2014 GuadalajaraRings
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2014 GuadalajaraVault
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Veracruz All-around
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2014 VeracruzVault
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Barranquilla All-around
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 BarranquillaRings
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 BarranquillaParallel bars
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2014 VeracruzFloor exercise
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2014 VeracruzRings
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2014 VeracruzParallel bars
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2014 VeracruzHorizontal bar
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2018 BarranquillaTeam
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2018 BarranquillaPommel horse
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2018 BarranquillaVault
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2014 VeracruzTeam
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2018 BarranquillaHorizontal bar

Manrique Larduet Bicet (born 10 July 1996) [2] is a Cuban artistic gymnast. At the 2015 World Championships, he won the silver medal in the all-around- becoming Cuba's first World all-around medalist. He is also the 2015 World horizontal bar bronze medalist, and he represented Cuba at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He is the 2015 Pan American Games vault champion and all-around silver medalist. He is the 2018 Pan American all-around champion and a two-time Pan American champion on the parallel bars (2013, 2018) At the 2014 Pan American Sports Festival he won medals in every event, including the all-around gold. He withdrew from the 2020 Summer Olympics due to a dispute with the Cuban Gymnastics Federation, and he now lives and trains in Italy.

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Career

Larduet began gymnastics when he was five years old. [3] He moved away from his family to Havana at age nine to train at the National Gymnastics School. [4]

2013-14

At the 2013 Pan American Championships, Larduet won gold on vault and parallel bars and silver on floor exercise behind Diego Hypólito. [5] [6] He won the all-around and parallel bars titles at the 2014 Pan American Sports Festival. He also won silver medals on the floor exercise, pommel horse, rings, and vault. [7] At the 2014 Pan American Championships, he won the all-around silver medal behind Jossimar Calvo. [8] He also won the horizontal bar silver medal behind Calvo and the parallel bars silver medal behind Jorge Hugo Giraldo. [9] Then at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games, he won the all-around and vault gold medals. He won four silver medals in the event finals, and the Cuban team won the bronze medal. [10]

2015

For the first time since 2003, Cuba sent gymnasts to the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series, including Larduet. At the Anadia World Challenge Cup, he won gold medals on the vault, floor exercise, and horizontal bar, and he won silver medals on parallel bars and still rings. [11] He then represented Cuba at the 2015 Pan American Games and won the silver medal in the all-around final behind Sam Mikulak. Then in the event finals, he won gold on vault, silver on parallel bars, and bronze on rings. [12] Cuba also sent Larduet and other gymnasts to the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships for the first time since 2003. [3] Larduet won the silver medal in the all-around behind Japan's Kōhei Uchimura. This marked the first time a Cuban gymnast won a World medal in the all-around competition. [3] [13] He then won the bronze medal in the horizontal bar final behind Uchimura and Danell Leyva. [14] This medal secured his qualification for the 2016 Olympic Games. [15]

2016

Larduet began the Olympic season at the Doha World Cup and won the silver medal on the parallel bars behind Oleg Stepko. [16] Then at the Osijek World Cup, he won another silver medal on the parallel bars, this time behind Emin Garibov. [17] At this competition, he became the first gymnast to perform a double front somersault with a full twist dismount off the parallel bars, and this skill was named after him in the Code of Points. [18] He then represented Cuba at the 2016 Summer Olympics. During the qualification round, he made a major mistake on vault, but he still qualified for the all-around final in 15th place. [19] During the all-around final, he injured his ankle on vault and withdrew from the rest of the event. [20] Despite the injury, he competed in the parallel bars and horizontal bar finals, finishing fifth and sixth, respectively. [21] [22]

2017-18

Due to the injury sustained at the Olympic Games, Larduet did not resume training until July 2017. [23] He competed at the 2017 World Championships in Montreal. During the qualification round, he finished first place in the all-around. [24] However, in the all-around final, he finished in fifth place, missing the podium by 0.400. [25] In the event finals, he finished seventh on the floor exercise and fourth on parallel bars. [26]

At the 2018 Guimarães World Challenge Cup, Larduet won gold medals on the rings, vault, and parallel bars. [27] Then at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games, he won the all-around title as well as gold medals on rings and parallel bars. He also won silver medals on pommel horse, vault, and with the Cuban team, and he won bronze on the horizontal bar. [1] He also won the all-around title at the 2018 Pan American Championships. In the event finals, he won gold on parallel bars and silver on floor exercise and pommel horse. [28] He then competed at the 2018 World Championships but did not advance into any finals. [29]

2019-present

In January 2019, Larduet received stem cell treatment for prolonged wrist injuries, and he missed the 2019 Pan American Games as a result. [23] He competed at the 2019 World Championships and qualified for the all-around final, ensuring his qualification for the 2020 Olympic Games. [30] [31] However, he withdrew from the final. [32]

In 2020, Larduet's head coach was suspended by the Cuban Gymnastics Federation. [33] In May 2021, Larduet announced on his Instagram account that he was no longer training and would not compete at the postponed-2020 Summer Olympics. [34] This was confirmed in July when the Cuban Olympic Committee announced its delegation for the Olympic Games without Larduet. [35]

In 2022, Larduet moved to Italy and began training there. [36] He competed at the 2023 Italian Championships as a guest and received the highest all-around total. [37]

Eponymous skill

Larduet has a parallel bars dismount that is named after him in the Code of Points. [38] [18]

ApparatusNameDescriptionDifficulty [lower-alpha 1] Added to Code of Points
Parallel barsLarduetDouble salto forward tucked with 1/1 twistG 2016 Osijek World Cup
  1. ↑ Valid for the 2022–2024 Code of Points

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