The Most Famous
GYMNASTS from France
This page contains a list of the greatest French Gymnasts. The pantheon dataset contains 183 Gymnasts, 4 of which were born in France. This makes France the birth place of the 16th most number of Gymnasts behind Belarus and Netherlands.
Top 4
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary French Gymnasts of all time. This list of famous French Gymnasts is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Noël Bas (1877 - 1960)
With an HPI of 48.77, Noël Bas is the most famous French Gymnast. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.
François "Noël" Bas (25 December 1877 –3 July 1960) was a French gymnast who competed in the early 20th century. He participated in Gymnastics at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the silver medal in the only gymnastic event to take place at the games, the combined exercises. Gustave Sandras won gold.
2. Gustave Sandras (1872 - 1951)
With an HPI of 48.06, Gustave Sandras is the 2nd most famous French Gymnast. His biography has been translated into 20 different languages.
Silvaine Gustave Sandras (24 February 1872 – 21 June 1951) was a French gymnast who competed in the early 20th century. He participated in the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, and won the equivalent (see 1900 Summer Olympics) of a gold medal in the only gymnastic event to take place at the games, the combined exercises (see Gymnastics at the 1900 Summer Olympics).
3. Lucien Démanet (1874 - 1943)
With an HPI of 46.29, Lucien Démanet is the 3rd most famous French Gymnast. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Georges Lucien Démanet (6 December 1874 – 20 June 1943) was a French gymnast who competed at the turn of the 20th century. He participated in Gymnastics at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the bronze medal with a total score of 293 points in the only gymnastic event to take place at the games, the combined exercises. Gustave Sandras won gold with a score of 302 points and Noel Bas won silver.
4. Émilie Le Pennec (1987 - )
With an HPI of 24.86, Émilie Le Pennec is the 4th most famous French Gymnast. Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Émilie Le Pennec (born 31 December 1987) is a French retired artistic gymnast. Le Pennec was the 2004 Olympic Champion on the uneven bars and was the first female French gymnast to win an Olympic medal in women's artistic gymnastics.
Pantheon has 4 people classified as gymnasts born between 1872 and 1987. Of these 4, 1 (25.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living gymnasts include Émilie Le Pennec. The most famous deceased gymnasts include Noël Bas, Gustave Sandras, and Lucien Démanet. As of April 2022, 2 new gymnasts have been added to Pantheon including Lucien Démanet and Émilie Le Pennec.
Living Gymnasts
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Noël Bas
1877 - 1960
HPI: 48.77
Gustave Sandras
1872 - 1951
HPI: 48.06
Lucien Démanet
1874 - 1943
HPI: 46.29
Newly Added Gymnasts (2022)
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