Benoît Caranobe (born 12 June 1980 in Vitry-sur-Seine) is a French former gymnast who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Caranobe was the first Frenchman to medal in the Individual All-Around competition since Marco Torrès won silver and Jean Gounot won bronze in said event at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics.[1]
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Benoît Caranobe |
| Country represented |  France |
| Born | 12 June 1980 Vitry-sur-Seine, France |
| Hometown | Noisy-le-Grand, France |
| Height | 164 cm (5 ft 5 in) |
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics |
| Level | Senior |
| Retired | 2013 |
2004 Athens Olympics
editIn his first Olympic appearance, Benoît Caranobe placed 19th in the men's all around competition and helped the French men's team to a 9th-place finish in the team qualification, though not enough to make the team finals.[2]
2008 Beijing Olympics
editCaranobe qualified to the all around finals in tenth place, 2.950 points behind the leader Yang Wei.[3] In the all-around finals, Caranobe finished in third place, ahead of medal favorites Hiroyuki Tomita, Fabian Hambüchen, and Yang Tae-Young.[4] His third-place finish is particularly surprising given that Benoît had placed only third at the French National Gymnastics championships,[2] and his overall score was only 0.050 behind silver medalist, legendary Kohei Uchimura of Japan.
Later life
editCaranobe retired from competition in 2013. He is the owner of a wine shop in Noisy-le-Grand near Paris and also works as an acrobat at the Moulin Rouge cabaret.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Caranobe too busy having fun to notice medal". Reuters. 2008-08-14. Retrieved 2008-08-14.
- ^ a b "International Gymnast Magazine Online". Archived from the original on 2012-02-16. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
- ^ "Archived copy". CBC News. Archived from the original on 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy". CBC News. Archived from the original on 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Hernandez, Anthony (April 30, 2016). "On a retrouvé Benoît Caranobe, le gymnaste devenu acrobate au Moulin Rouge". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved July 1, 2017.
External links
edit- Benoît Caranobe at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Benoît Caranobe at Olympedia
- Benoît Caranobe at Olympics.com
- Benoît Caranobe at Olympic.org (archived)
- Benoît Caranobe at Équipe de France (in French)
- Benoît Caranobe at Équipe de France Olympique (archived) (in French)
