Loran de Munck

De Munck finished ninth on the pommel horse in the qualification round of the 2021 European Championships, making him the first reserve for the event final.^[3] At the Varna World Challenge Cup, he finished eighth on the parallel bars.^[4] Then at the 2021 World Championships, he was the third reserve for the pommel horse final.^[5]

De Munck finished eighth on the parallel bars at the 2022 Baku World Cup.^[6] Then at the Varna World Challenge Cup, he finished fourth in the pommel horse final.^[7] He then won the silver medal on the pommel horse at the 2022 European Championships, only 0.033 behind Armenia's Harutyun Merdinyan. This was the first time a Dutch gymnast won a European medal on the pommel horse.^[1][8] Then at the 2022 World Championships, he placed sixth in the pommel horse final after a fall.^[9][10] Additionally, the Dutch team finished 13th in the qualification round.^[11]

At the 2023 Cairo World Cup, De Munck finished sixth on the pommel horse and fifth on the parallel bars.^[12] He then finished fourth in the pommel horse final at the 2023 European Championships after losing the execution-score tiebreaker for the bronze medal.^[13] At the 2023 World Championships, de Munck and the Dutch team placed 11th in the qualification round and earned a team berth for the 2024 Olympic Games.^[14] Individually, he was the second reserve for the pommel horse final.^[15]

De Munck finished seventh in the pommel horse final at the 2024 Cottbus World Cup.^[16] He then won a silver medal on the pommel horse at the 2024 European Championships behind Ireland's Rhys McClenaghan.^[17] He was then selected to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside Jermain Grünberg, Martijn de Veer, Frank Rijken, and Casimir Schmidt.^[18] The team finished 10th in the qualification round, making them the second reserves for the team final.^[19] Individually, de Munck qualified for the pommel horse event final and finished eighth.^[20]

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