Benoît Caranobe

Benoît Caranobe
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Personal information
Full name	Benoît Caranobe
Country represented	France
Born	(1980-06-12) June 12, 1980 Vitry-sur-Seine, France
Hometown	Noisy-le-Grand, France
Height	164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior
Medal record Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Individual All-Around Universiade 2001 Beijing Vault Mediterranean Games 2009 Pescara Individual All-Around 2009 Pescara Team All-Around

Benoît Caranobe (born in Vitry-sur-Seine on June 12, 1980) is a French 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.

2004 Athens Olympics

In 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.

2008 Beijing Olympics

Caranobe qualified to the all around finals in tenth place, 2.950 points behind the leader Yang Wei. In the all-around finals, Caranobe finished in third place, ahead of medal favorites Hiroyuki Tomita, Fabian Hambüchen, and Yang Tae-Young. His third-place finish is particularly surprising given that Benoît had placed only third at the French National Gymnastics championships.

External links

• Benoît Caranobe at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique