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Julien Jean-Marc Gilbert Gobaux (born 11 December 1990) is a French male artistic gymnast and a member of the national team. He participated at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Nanjing, China,[2] and qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1]

FullnameJulien Jean-Marc Gilbert Gobaux
Born (1990-12-11) 11 December 1990 (age 35)
Soissons, France
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
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Full nameJulien Jean-Marc Gilbert Gobaux
Born (1990-12-11) 11 December 1990 (age 35)
Soissons, France
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented
  • France France
  • (2014)
Former countries represented
Monaco Monaco
ClubL'Etoile de Monaco
Head coach
Thierry Aymes
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Biography

Julien Gobaux plays for the Étoile de Monaco club, which qualified for the 2015 French National Division 2 Championship. In 2013, he won the all-around competition at the 15th Games of the Small States of Europe held in Luxembourg. He also took first place in the team competition, as well as in the individual apparatus competitions on the vault and parallel bars. He won the silver medal on the pommel horse and the horizontal bar.

In May 2015, he competed in the World Cup event in Varna, Bulgaria, and took part in his first international final on the parallel bars, where he finished 6th.[3]

After dominating the French Elite Championships in June 2016 with no fewer than five medals, including three golds (all-around, floor exercise, and parallel bars), his selection for the French national team for the 2016 Rio Olympics was confirmed two weeks later.[4]

He won the bronze medal in the team event at the 2018 Mediterranean Games.

He won a bronze medal in the team event at the 2018 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow alongside Axel Augis, Loris Frasca, Edgar Boulet, and Cyril Tommasone.[5]

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