René Cournoyer
René Cournoyer (born April 23, 1997) is a Canadian artistic gymnast, who has competed internationally since 2014.[1]
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Born | Repentigny, Quebec, Canada | April 23, 1997|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
At the 2014 Pan American Youth Gymnastics Championships, Cournoyer qualified for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China.[2][1] At the games, Cournoyer finished in 19th in the all-around, 6th in the vault and 7th in the horizontal bar.[2]
Cournoyer was named to his first senior national team for the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.[1]
At the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, Cournoyer was part of the silver medal-winning team, along with three fourth-place finishes in the individual finals (rings, vault and parallel bars).[1]
At the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, Cournoyer won bronze in the team event, while finishing fourth in the individual all-around.[1]
At the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Cournoyer finished in 43rd in the individual all around, which was high enough to qualify him for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[1] Cournoyer was officially named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team on June 17, 2021.[3][4]
References
- "René Cournoyer". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- "2nd Youth Olympic Games Qualifiers - Gymnastics". FIG. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- Awad, Brandi (17 June 2021). "Five artistic gymnasts set to fly for Team Canada at Tokyo 2020". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- Haines, Brayden Jagger (17 June 2021). "Canada's Tokyo Olympic artistic gymnastics team is primed and ready in country colours". Global News. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Retrieved 17 June 2021.