Emilie LEPENNEC |
France (FRA) |
Date of birth |
31 December 1987 |
Hometown |
Nanterre |
|
Place of birth |
La Garenne |
Profession |
Student |
|
Height |
151 |
cm |
Children |
|
Weight |
37 |
kg |
Start gymnastics |
1993 |
Gender |
Female |
Club |
US Créteil |
|
Nickname |
Mimi |
Head coach |
Yves Kieffer |
|
Spouse name |
|
Favourite apparatus |
|
World class in |
2003 |
First competition |
|
Last competition |
|
Emilie Lepennec made history by earning the 1st Olympic gold medal for France
in women's artistic. She won the uneven-bars in Athens 2004, defeating the queen
Khorkina (RUS), Kupets and Humphrey (USA).
A talented gymnast, Emilie has trained since 2001 at the INSEP. Her strong points
are the uneven bars and the floor, but she is also very complete on the 4 apparatus
and can classed amount the best of the competition. In 2003 she won the Gold
medal on the Uneven bars in a stage of the World Cup, in front of the Russian
Svetlana Khorkina multiple Medallist on this apparatus.
Year |
Competition |
Team |
AA |
||||
2002 |
3 |
- |
- |
8 |
6 |
8 |
|
2003 |
37.
World Championships |
10 |
11 |
- |
- |
- |
5 |
2004 |
7 |
99 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
2005 |
1.
Individual European Champs M & W |
- |
8 |
- |
1 |
8 |
3 |
Gymnastics > Biography > Lepennec