Léa Labrousse
{{short description|French trampoline gymnast}}
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| birth_place = Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme
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| discipline = TRA
| natlteam = 2014 - present
| club = Levallois Sporting Club
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| headcoach = Guillaume Bourgeon, Tristan Lajarrige
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| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport| Women's trampoline gymnastics }}
{{Medal|Country| {{FRA}} }}
{{Medal|Competition| World Championships }}
{{Medal|Silver| 2022 Sofia | Synchro }}
{{Medal|Silver| 2023 Birmingham | Individual team }}
{{Medal|Competition| European Games }}
{{Medal|Gold| 2019 Minsk | Individual }}
{{Medal|Competition| European Championships }}
{{Medal|Gold| 2016 Valladolid | Synchro }}
{{Medal|Gold| 2024 Guimarães | Individual team }}
{{Medal|Silver| 2018 Baku | Individual team }}
{{Medal|Silver| 2021 Sochi | Individual }}
{{Medal|Silver| 2024 Guimarães | Synchro }}
{{Medal|Bronze| 2021 Sochi| Individual team }}
{{Medal|Bronze| 2022 Rimini | Individual }}
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Léa Labrousse (born 6 April 1997){{cite web |title=Léa Labrousse |url=https://www.ffgym.fr/content/Labrousse |website=French Gymnastics Federation |access-date=23 June 2024 |language=fr}} is a French trampolinist. She is a two-time World silver medalist and the 2019 European Games individual champion. She became the first French woman to win gold at the European Trampoline Championships with her synchro partner Marine Jurbert. She represented France at the 2020 Summer Olympics and will compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Early life
Labrousse was born in 1997 in Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme. She began artistic gymnastics when she was five years old, and she switched to trampoline when she was eight.{{cite web |title=Labrousse Lea - FIG Athlete Profile |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/athletes/bio_detail.php?id=28180 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=14 June 2024}} She moved to Rennes at the end of middle school.
Career
Labrousse won the French junior national titles in 2007, 2008, 2011, and 2012, and she won a silver medal at the 2012 European Junior Championships.{{cite web |last1=Pécout |first1=Adrien |title=Léa Labrousse vise le grand bond qui la propulsera à Rio |trans-title=Labrousse and Jurbert on the podium of the European Olympic Trampoline Championships |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2013/10/18/lea-labrousse-vise-le-grand-bond-qui-la-propulsera-a-rio_3497868_3242.html |website=Le Monde |access-date=14 June 2024 |language=fr |date=18 October 2013}} She represented France at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics and finished fourth in the individual event.{{cite web |title=Trampoline Gymnastics Women Final |url=http://result.nanjing2014.org/IRS/resYO2014/pdf/YO2014/GT/YO2014_GT_C73B_GTW001100.pdf |website=Nanjing 2014 |access-date=14 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903183148/http://result.nanjing2014.org/IRS/resYO2014/pdf/YO2014/GT/YO2014_GT_C73B_GTW001100.pdf |archive-date=3 September 2014 |date=21 August 2014 |url-status=dead}} She injured her knee at the 2014 World Championships and was out of competition for five months. She won her first senior national title in 2015.{{cite web |title=Léa Labrousse |url=https://www.ffgym.fr/media/1466671363-FFGym_2016_TR_Labrousse%20L%C3%A9a.pdf |website=French Gymnastics Federation |access-date=14 June 2024 |language=fr}}
= 2015–16 =
Labrousse and Marine Jurbert won the silver medal in the synchronized event at the 2015 Loulé World Cup.{{cite web |title=With Worlds in sight, Belarus makes big impression at Loulé Trampoline World Cup |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=1372144 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=23 June 2024 |date=3 November 2015}} At the 2016 European Championships, she won the gold in Marine Jurbert. This was the first time France won a European title in women's trampoline.{{cite web |title=Léa Labrousse championne d'Europe |trans-title=Léa Labrousse European champion |url=https://www.lamontagne.fr/chamalieres-63400/actualites/lea-labrousse-championne-deurope_11864127/ |website=La Montagne |access-date=14 June 2024 |language=fr |date=9 April 2016 |last1=France |first1=Centre }} She then won a silver medal in the individual event at the 2016 Shanghai World Cup behind China's Li Dan.{{cite web |title=China jumps to the top at Shanghai Trampoline World Cup |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=1554200 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=23 June 2024 |date=17 May 2016}} She won a bronze medal with Jurbert at the 2016 Coimbra World Cup.{{cite web |title=2016 FIG Trampoline World Cup series concludes in Coimbra |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=1605441 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=23 June 2024 |date=12 July 2016}}
= 2017–18 =
At the 2017 Valladolid World Cup, Labrousse and Jurbert won a bronze medal in the synchro competition.{{cite web |title=China's Dong Dong and Zhu Xueying win final World Cup event before Trampoline Worlds |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=1914622 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=23 June 2024 |date=9 October 2017}} She won a silver medal with the women's trampoline team at the 2018 European Championships.{{Cite web|title=6 médailles européennes en tumbling et trampoline |url=http://espritbleu.franceolympique.com/espritbleu/actus/7445-6-mdailles-europennes-en-tumbling-et-trampoline.html |access-date=21 April 2018 |website=Esprit Bleu|date=16 April 2018|trans-title=6 European Medals in Tumbling and Trampoline|language=fr|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421094551/http://espritbleu.franceolympique.com/espritbleu/actus/7445-6-mdailles-europennes-en-tumbling-et-trampoline.html|archive-date=21 April 2018}} During the synchro competition, she landed on the frame of the trampoline and injured her foot. She was back in competition by October, winning a bronze medal with Jurbert at the Loulé World Cup.{{cite web |title=Nine nations win medals at Loulé Trampoline World Cup |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=2222250 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=23 June 2024 |date=8 October 2018}}
= 2019 =
Labrousse won the individual gold medal at the 2019 European Games.{{cite web |title=Jeux Européens : Léa Labrousse remporte le titre en trampoline individuel |trans-title=European Games: Léa Labrousse wins the individual trampoline title |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Trampoline/Actualites/Jeux-europeens-lea-labrousse-remporte-le-titre-en-trampoline-individuel/1033411 |website=L'Équipe |access-date=14 June 2024 |language=fr |date=24 June 2019}} She won a bronze medal with Jurbert at the Khabarovsk World Cup.{{cite web |title=Champions return on big weekend for Pavlova and US pair in Khabarovsk |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=2644780 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=23 June 2024 |date=23 September 2019}} After the competition at the 2019 World Championships, she was presented with the VTB Prize for accuracy and elegance.{{cite web |title=Litvinovich and Labrousse land jackpot by winning inaugural VTB Prize for Accuracy |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=2763677 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=23 June 2024 |date=1 December 2019}}
= 2021 =
At the 2021 European Championships in Sochi, Labrousse won a team bronze medal with Marine Jurbert, {{Ill|Marine Prieur|fr}}, and {{Ill|Anaïs Breche|fr}}.{{cite web |title=L'équipe de France sacrée championne d'Europe de tumbling, 21 ans après son dernier titre |trans-title=The French team crowned European tumbling champion, 21 years after its last title |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Trampoline/Actualites/L-equipe-de-france-sacree-championne-d-europe-de-tumbling-21-ans-apres-son-dernier-titre/1247827 |website=L'Équipe |access-date=14 June 2024 |language=fr |date=30 April 2021}} She also won the individual silver medal behind Russia's Iana Lebedeva, which was the best European result in the history of French women's individual trampoline.{{cite web |title=Labrousse et Jurbert sur le podium des Championnats d'Europe de trampoline olympique |trans-title=Labrousse and Jurbert on the podium of the European Trampoline Championships |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Trampoline/Actualites/Labrousse-et-jurbert-sur-le-podium-des-championnats-d-europe-de-trampoline-olympique/1248357 |website=L'Équipe |access-date=14 June 2024 |language=fr |date=2 May 2021}} She won gold medals with Jurbert at the Brescia and Anadia World Cups.{{cite web |title=Mori and Morante land on top at Brescia Trampoline World Cup |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=3173645 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=23 June 2024 |date=7 June 2021}}{{cite web |title=Reigning Olympic champion Hancharou shows form in Anadia |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=3200350 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=23 June 2024 |date=29 June 2021}}
Labrousse competed at the Olympic Games in Tokyo and finished 12th in the qualification round after making a mistake on her first routine. She finished fourth in the individual event at the 2021 World Championships.{{cite web |title=Page, Yan soar to individual golds at Trampoline World Championships |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=3392965 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=23 June 2024 |date=21 November 2021}}
= 2022–23 =
Labrousse won the individual bronze medal at the 2022 European Championships in Rimini.{{Cite web |first1=Céline |last1=Nony |date=5 June 2022 |title=Allan Morante sacré champion d'Europe de trampoline |language=fr |trans-title=Allan Morante crowned European trampoline champion |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Trampoline/Actualites/Allan-morante-sacre-champion-d-europe-de-trampoline/1337107 |access-date=6 June 2022 |website=L'Équipe}}. Then at the Arosa World Cup, she won a bronze medal with synchro partner {{Ill|Anaïs Breche|fr}}.{{cite web |title=Japan shows technical expertise with two trampoline golds in Arosa |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=3561616 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=23 June 2024 |date=4 July 2022}} She won a silver medal in synchro with Marine Jurbert at the 2022 World Championships in Sofia.{{cite web |title=Mori stars with double gold on final day of Trampoline Worlds |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=3725376 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=23 June 2024 |date=19 November 2022}} At the 2023 World Championships in Birmingham, Labrousse won the silver medal in the team event with Laura Paris, {{Ill|Cléa Brousse|fr}}, and {{Ill|Anaïs Brèche|fr}}.{{cite web |last1=Gente |first1=Sébastien |title=Trampoline : Les Bleues vice-championnes du monde par équipes |trans-title=Trampoline: Les Bleues vice-world team champions |url=https://dicodusport.fr/blog/trampoline-les-bleues-vice-championnes-du-monde-par-equipes/ |website=Dicodusport |access-date=14 June 2024 |language=fr |date=11 November 2023}}
= 2024 =
At the 2024 European Championships in Guimarães, Labrousse won the team gold medal with Laura Paris, {{Ill|Cléa Brousse|fr}}, and {{Ill|Marine Prieur|fr}}. This was the first European gold medal for France in women's team trampoline.{{Cite web |date=5 April 2024 |title=Les équipes de France féminine et masculine médaillées d'or aux championnats d'Europe |trans-title=The French women's and men's teams won gold medals at the European Championships |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/trampoline/trampoline-les-equipes-de-france-feminine-et-masculine-medaillees-dor-aux-championnats-deurope-9ac7b15e-f30e-11ee-bdbb-f65f6729e3c1 |access-date=5 April 2024 |language=fr |website=Ouest-France}} She also won the silver medal in synchro with Marine Jurbert and as an individual.{{Cite web |first1=Céline |last1=Nony |date=7 April 2024 |title=Léa Labrousse et Pierre Gouzou bien partis pour disputer les Jeux Olympiques |trans-title=Léa Labrousse and Pierre Gouzou on track to compete in the Olympic Games |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Trampoline/Actualites/Lea-labrousse-et-pierre-gouzou-bien-partis-pour-disputer-les-jeux-olympiques/1459457 |access-date=8 April 2024 |website=L'Équipe}}
Labrousse was selected to represent France at the 2024 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |title=La Sélection De Léa Labrousse Et Pierre Gouzou Aux JO 2024|trans-title=The selection of Léa Labrousse and Pierre Gouzou for the 2024 Olympics |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Jo-2024-paris/Trampoline/Actualites/La-selection-de-lea-labrousse-et-pierre-gouzou-aux-jo-2024-validee/1465110 |website=L'Équipe |access-date=7 June 2024 |language=fr |date=3 May 2024}}
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Category:French female trampolinists
Category:Gymnasts at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
Category:Gymnasts at the 2019 European Games
Category:European Games medalists in gymnastics
Category:European Games gold medalists for France
Category:Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:21st-century French sportswomen
Category:European Trampoline Championships medalists
Category:Sportspeople from Puy-de-Dôme