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Manrique Larduet
Full nameManrique Larduet Bicet
Nickname(s)La Maquina
Country represented Cuba
Born (1996-07-10) 10 July 1996 (age 28)
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Height161 cm (5 ft 3 in)[1]
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Years on national team2013-2021
Head coach(es)Carlos Gil
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Cuba
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Glasgow All-around
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Glasgow Horizontal bar
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Vault
Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto All-around
Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto Parallel bars
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Toronto Rings
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 San Juan Vault
Gold medal – first place 2013 San Juan Parallel bars
Gold medal – first place 2018 Lima All-around
Gold medal – first place 2018 Lima Parallel bars
Silver medal – second place 2013 San Juan Floor exercise
Silver medal – second place 2014 Mississauga All-around
Silver medal – second place 2014 Mississauga Parallel bars
Silver medal – second place 2014 Mississauga Horizontal bar
Silver medal – second place 2018 Lima Floor exercise
Silver medal – second place 2018 Lima Pommel horse
Pan American Sports Festival
Gold medal – first place 2014 Guadalajara All-around
Gold medal – first place 2014 Guadalajara Parallel bars
Silver medal – second place 2014 Guadalajara Floor exercise
Silver medal – second place 2014 Guadalajara Pommel horse
Silver medal – second place 2014 Guadalajara Rings
Silver medal – second place 2014 Guadalajara Vault
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Veracruz All-around
Gold medal – first place 2014 Veracruz Vault
Gold medal – first place 2018 Barranquilla All-around
Gold medal – first place 2018 Barranquilla Rings
Gold medal – first place 2018 Barranquilla Parallel bars
Silver medal – second place 2014 Veracruz Floor exercise
Silver medal – second place 2014 Veracruz Rings
Silver medal – second place 2014 Veracruz Parallel bars
Silver medal – second place 2014 Veracruz Horizontal bar
Silver medal – second place 2018 Barranquilla Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Barranquilla Pommel horse
Silver medal – second place 2018 Barranquilla Vault
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Veracruz Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Barranquilla Horizontal bar
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Larduet and the second or maternal family name is Bicet.

Manrique Larduet Bicet (born 10 July 1996)[2] is a Cuban artistic gymnast. At the 2015 World Championships, he won the silver medal in the all-around- becoming Cuba's first World all-around medalist. He is also the 2015 World horizontal bar bronze medalist, and he represented Cuba at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He is the 2015 Pan American Games vault champion and all-around silver medalist. He is the 2018 Pan American all-around champion and a two-time Pan American champion on the parallel bars (2013, 2018) At the 2014 Pan American Sports Festival he won medals in every event, including the all-around gold. He withdrew from the 2020 Summer Olympics due to a dispute with the Cuban Gymnastics Federation, and he now lives and trains in Italy.

Career

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Larduet began gymnastics when he was five years old.[3] He moved away from his family to Havana at age nine to train at the National Gymnastics School.[4]

2013-14

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At the 2013 Pan American Championships, Larduet won gold on vault and parallel bars and silver on floor exercise behind Diego Hypólito.[5][6] He won the all-around and parallel bars titles at the 2014 Pan American Sports Festival. He also won silver medals on the floor exercise, pommel horse, rings, and vault.[7] At the 2014 Pan American Championships, he won the all-around silver medal behind Jossimar Calvo.[8] He also won the horizontal bar silver medal behind Calvo and the parallel bars silver medal behind Jorge Hugo Giraldo.[9] Then at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games, he won the all-around and vault gold medals. He won four silver medals in the event finals, and the Cuban team won the bronze medal.[10]

2015

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For the first time since 2003, Cuba sent gymnasts to the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series, including Larduet. At the Anadia World Challenge Cup, he won gold medals on the vault, floor exercise, and horizontal bar, and he won silver medals on parallel bars and still rings.[11] He then represented Cuba at the 2015 Pan American Games and won the silver medal in the all-around final behind Sam Mikulak. Then in the event finals, he won gold on vault, silver on parallel bars, and bronze on rings.[12] Cuba also sent Larduet and other gymnasts to the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships for the first time since 2003.[3] Larduet won the silver medal in the all-around behind Japan's Kōhei Uchimura. This marked the first time a Cuban gymnast won a World medal in the all-around competition.[3][13] He then won the bronze medal in the horizontal bar final behind Uchimura and Danell Leyva.[14] This medal secured his qualification for the 2016 Olympic Games.[15]

2016

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Larduet began the Olympic season at the Doha World Cup and won the silver medal on the parallel bars behind Oleg Stepko.[16] Then at the Osijek World Cup, he won another silver medal on the parallel bars, this time behind Emin Garibov.[17] At this competition, he became the first gymnast to perform a double front somersault with a full twist dismount off the parallel bars, and this skill was named after him in the Code of Points.[18] He then represented Cuba at the 2016 Summer Olympics. During the qualification round, he made a major mistake on vault, but he still qualified for the all-around final in 15th place.[19] During the all-around final, he injured his ankle on vault and withdrew from the rest of the event.[20] Despite the injury, he competed in the parallel bars and horizontal bar finals, finishing fifth and sixth, respectively.[21][22]

2017-18

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Due to the injury sustained at the Olympic Games, Larduet did not resume training until July 2017.[23] He competed at the 2017 World Championships in Montreal. During the qualification round, he finished first place in the all-around.[24] However, in the all-around final, he finished in fifth place, missing the podium by 0.400.[25] In the event finals, he finished seventh on the floor exercise and fourth on parallel bars.[26]

At the 2018 Guimarães World Challenge Cup, Larduet won gold medals on the rings, vault, and parallel bars.[27] Then at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games, he won the all-around title as well as gold medals on rings and parallel bars. He also won silver medals on pommel horse, vault, and with the Cuban team, and he won bronze on the horizontal bar.[1] He also won the all-around title at the 2018 Pan American Championships. In the event finals, he won gold on parallel bars and silver on floor exercise and pommel horse.[28] He then competed at the 2018 World Championships but did not advance into any finals.[29]

2019-present

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In January 2019, Larduet received stem cell treatment for prolonged wrist injuries, and he missed the 2019 Pan American Games as a result.[23] He competed at the 2019 World Championships and qualified for the all-around final, ensuring his qualification for the 2020 Olympic Games.[30][31] However, he withdrew from the final.[32]

In 2020, Larduet's head coach was suspended by the Cuban Gymnastics Federation.[33] In May 2021, Larduet announced on his Instagram account that he was no longer training and would not compete at the postponed-2020 Summer Olympics.[34] This was confirmed in July when the Cuban Olympic Committee announced its delegation for the Olympic Games without Larduet.[35]

In 2022, Larduet moved to Italy and began training there.[36] He competed at the 2023 Italian Championships as a guest and received the highest all-around total.[37]

Eponymous skill

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Larduet has a parallel bars dismount that is named after him in the Code of Points.[38][18]

Apparatus Name Description Difficulty[a] Added to Code of Points
Parallel bars Larduet Double salto forward tucked with 1/1 twist G 2016 Osijek World Cup
  1. ^ Valid for the 2022–2024 Code of Points

References

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  1. ^ a b Raúl Concepción, José (25 July 2018). "Barranquilla-2018: La doble "M" de la gimnasia cubana" [Barranquilla-2018: The double "M" of Cuban gymnastics]. Cuba Debate (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Manrique Larduet". Toronto Organizing Committee for the 2015 Pan and Parapan American Games. Archived from the original on 2016-01-14.
  3. ^ a b c Axon, Rachel (30 October 2015). "Cuban Manrique Larduet took a surprising, history-making silver at worlds". USA Today. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Cuban gymnast Larduet goes for Olympic dream". Xinhua. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
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  6. ^ "Event Results - Floor" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Pan American Gymnastics Union. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  7. ^ "México destaca en gimnasia de Festival Panamericano, Cuba con honores" [Mexico stands out in gymnastics at the Pan American Festival, Cuba with honors]. Yahoo! Deportes (in Spanish). 20 July 2014. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  8. ^ "2014 Senior Pan American Gymnastics Championships Aug 25 - Sep 1, 2014 – Mississauga Hershey Centre Senior AA" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  9. ^ "2014 Senior Pan American Gymnastics Championships Aug 25 - Sep 1, 2014 – Mississauga Hershey Centre Session MAG C3" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  10. ^ Reed, Becca (20 November 2014). "Results: Central American and Caribbean Games Team and All-Around". FloGymnastics. FloSports. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Anadia World Cup: A show of Cuban strength in Artistic Gymnastics". International Gymnastics Federation. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
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  13. ^ "With sixth consecutive World title, Kohei Uchimura's legend grows even bigger". International Gymnastics Federation. 30 October 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  14. ^ "Golden record: Simone Biles marks medal milestone as Glasgow World Championships end". International Gymnastics Federation. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  15. ^ Axon, Rachel (1 November 2015). "Cuban gymnast Manrique Larduet secures Rio spot with high bar bronze". USA Today. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  16. ^ Morgan, Liam (26 March 2016). "Steingruber secures second gold medal as FIG World Cup closes in Doha". Inside the Games. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  17. ^ "Ellie Downie completes rare golden sweep at Osijek World Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. 2 May 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  18. ^ a b "In Osijek, Manrique Larduet inks his name in the Men's code of points". International Gymnastics Federation. 1 May 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  19. ^ Daniels, Tim (6 August 2016). "Olympic Men's Gymnastics 2016: Qualification Scores, Results and Reaction". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  20. ^ McMillen, Gabrielle (10 August 2016). "Rio Olympics 2016: Medal favorite Manrique Larduet out of all-around with ankle injury". Sporting News. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  21. ^ "Rio 2016 - Gymnastics Artistic - Parallel Bars Men Result". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  22. ^ "Rio 2016 - Gymnastics Artistic - Horizontal Bar Men Result". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  23. ^ a b "Larduet Manrique". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  24. ^ Morgan, Liam (3 October 2017). "Larduet tops men's all-around qualification at Artistic Gymnastics World Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  25. ^ "Xiao Ruoteng crowned 2017 World All-around champion". International Gymnastics Federation. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  26. ^ "47th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2017 Montréal (CAN) Men's Event Finals" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  27. ^ "Larduet, Methuen golden at Guimarães World Challenge Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  28. ^ "Suzuki, Bock medal at 2018 Senior Pan Am Championships". USA Gymnastics. 15 September 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
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  30. ^ "49th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Stuttgart (GER), 4 October - 13 October 2019 Men's All-Around Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 6 October 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
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  32. ^ Goh, ZK (11 October 2019). "Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2019 Day 8 as it happened". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  33. ^ "Gimnasta cubano Manrique Larduet dedica emotiva carta a su entrenador sancionado por el INDER" [Cuban gymnast Manrique Larduet dedicates emotional letter to his coach sanctioned by INDER]. CiberCuba (in Spanish). 23 October 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  34. ^ Bregman, Scott (7 May 2021). "Manrique Larduet says 'No!' to Tokyo Games". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  35. ^ "Cuban delegation to Tokyo Games will finally comprise 69 athletes". OnCuba. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  36. ^ "Gimnasta cubano Manrique Larduet retoma su carrera deportiva en Italia tras desencuentros con el INDER" [Cuban gymnast Manrique Larduet resumes his sports career in Italy after disagreements with INDER]. CiberCuba (in Spanish). 7 August 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  37. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (9 September 2023). "2023 Italian Championships Men's All-Around Final Live Blog". The Gymternet. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  38. ^ "2022 – 2024 Code of Points Men's Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation. p. 136. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
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