Cyril Tommasone
French artistic gymnast
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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).
France
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| Born | 4 July 1987 Villeurbanne, France[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Convention Gymnique de Lyon[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach | Anatoli Vorontzov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
