Marine Debauve

Marine Debauve
Full name	Marine Debauve
Country represented	France
Born	September 3, 1988 (1988-09-03) (age 23) Dijon, France
Hometown	Paris, France
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International
Head coach(es)	Yves Kieffe
Assistant coach(es)	Veronique Legras, Marjorie Heuls
Choreographer	Karine Martelli
Medal record European Championships Gold 2005 Debrecen All-around Silver 2005 Debrecen Balance beam World Cup Gold 2005 Paris Balance beam Silver 2004 Lyon Uneven bars Bronze 2005 Stuttgart Balance beam

Marine Debauve (born September 3, 1988) is a French artistic gymnast who competed in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. As the 2005 all-around European Champion, Debauve is also the first French female gymnast to win a major international all-around title. She was also the 2003 French all-around national champion.

Gymnastics career

Debauve first became interested in gymnastics at the age of 4 and participated in her first international competition at the age of 11. In 2003 she won the all-around French championship and took part in her first world championships. She represented her country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece finishing 6th in the team event. In the all-around final she finished in 7th place, the highest ranking ever achieved by a French gymnast at the Olympics. A year later she was all-around champion at the 2005 European Championships, becoming the first Frenchwoman to win a major international all-around title.

Although she initially retired in 2005 after winning the European Championships, Debauve returned to compete for France at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In the team final the French team finished in 7th place. Debauve currently lives in Paris and is coached by Yves Kieffer and Marjorie Heuls.

References

External links

• Marine Debauve at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique

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Name	Debauve, Marine
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Date of birth	September 3, 1988
Place of birth	Dijon, France
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