Marine Brevet

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Marine Brevet
Full nameMarine Grace Brevet
Born (1994-11-23) 23 November 1994 (age 30)
Viriat, France
Height162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Gymnastics career
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Country representedFlag of France.svg  France
Years on national team2007 - 2016 (FRA)
ClubDétente et Loisirs Viriat
Head coach(es)Veronique Legras, Nellu Pop
Music2015-2016: "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"
Retired2016
Medal record
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Bern Team

Marine Grace Brevet (born 23 November 1994) [1] is a French former artistic gymnast. She was a member of the team that won a bronze medal at the 2016 European Championships. She was supposed to represent France at the 2012 Summer Olympics, but a dislocated elbow one month before forced her to withdraw. She represented France at the 2016 Summer Olympics where she finished 11th with the French team, and individually, she finished 15th in the all-around final.

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Career

Brevet won the junior national all-around title in 2009. She then became the senior national all-around champion in 2010. [2] She competed at her first World Championships in 2010 and was the third reserve for the all-around final. [3] Then at the 2011 World Championships, she finished 11th with the French team. She was also the first reserve for the all-around final. [4]

Brevet competed with the French team that finished third at the 2012 Olympic Test Event and qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics. [5] In the event finals, she tied with Brazil's Daiane dos Santos for the bronze medal on floor. [6] She finished second in the all-around at the 2012 French Championships behind Anne Kuhm. She was selected for France's 2012 Olympic team but had to withdraw after dislocating her elbow in training. [2] She then tore her Achilles tendon in 2013. [7]

Brevet finished second in the all-around to Céline van Gerner at the 2014 Rencontre Internationale. [8] She won the bronze medal in the all-around at the 2015 French Championships. [9] Then at the 2015 FIT Challenge, she helped the French team finish fourth and won the bronze medal in the all-around behind Brazilians Flávia Saraiva and Rebeca Andrade. [10]

Brevet won a bronze medal with the French team at the 2016 European Championships. [11] She was selected to represent France at the 2016 Summer Olympics alongside Marine Boyer, Loan His, Oréane Lechenault, and Louise Vanhille, and she was named the team captain. [12] The team finished 11th in the qualification round and did not advance to the team final. [13] Brevet did qualify for the individual all-around final where she finished 15th. [12] She announced her retirement from the sport after the Olympic Games. [14]

References

  1. ↑ "Marine Brevet". French Gymnastics Federation (in French). Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 Turner, Amanda (25 June 2012). "Brevet Out of Olympics with Injured Elbow". International Gymnast Magazine . Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "40th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2007 Results Women's Qualifications" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation. 2 September 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "43rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Tokyo (JPN) 7-16 October 2011 All-Around Results Women's Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation. 7 October 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "2012 Olympic Test Event Results! Women's Qualification". FloGymnastics. FloSports. 11 January 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  6. ↑ "Event specialists enjoy a full house at London Test Event". International Gymnastics Federation . 13 January 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  7. ↑ "Marine Brevet : "J'avais hâte de découvrir ma nouvelle vie sans la gym"" [Marine Brevet: “I was looking forward to discovering my new life without the gym”]. Spot Gym (in French). 9 June 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  8. ↑ "Dutch women, French men victorious at pre-Worlds Friendly in Rouen". International Gymnastics Federation . 16 September 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  9. ↑ "Gymnastique: Marine Brevet remporte la médaille de Bronze" [Gymnastics: Marine Brevet wins the bronze medal]. Le Progrès (in French). 17 March 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  10. ↑ "Brazilians, Germans best at Flanders International Team Challenge". International Gymnastics Federation . 1 June 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  11. ↑ "31st European Championships in Women's Artistic Gymnastics Seniors and Juniors Senior Team Final Results" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. European Gymnastics. 4 June 2016. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  12. 1 2 "Marine Brevet : "Vivre une finale olympique, c'est un moment unique"" [Marine Brevet: "Experiencing an Olympic final is a unique moment"]. French Gymnastics Federation (in French). 16 August 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  13. ↑ "Artistic Gymnastics Women's Team Qualification Results" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . Rio 2016. 7 August 2016. p. 3. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  14. ↑ Laroche, Charlotte (30 August 2016). "Marine Brevet arrête le haut-niveau" [Marine Brevet stops high-level]. Spot Gym (in French). Retrieved 21 May 2025.
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