Manrique Larduet

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Manrique Larduet Bicet (born 10 July 1996){{cite web |url=http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/gymnastics-artistic/athlete-profile-n10148676-larduet-manrique.htm |title=Manrique Larduet |publisher=Toronto Organizing Committee for the 2015 Pan and Parapan American Games |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114013439/http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/gymnastics-artistic/athlete-profile-n10148676-larduet-manrique.htm |archive-date=2016-01-14}} 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

Larduet began gymnastics when he was five years old.{{cite web |last1=Axon |first1=Rachel |title=Cuban Manrique Larduet took a surprising, history-making silver at worlds |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2015/10/30/cuban-manrique-larduet-took-surprising-history-making-silver-worlds/74905654/ |website=USA Today |access-date=4 January 2024 |date=30 October 2015}} He moved away from his family to Havana at age nine to train at the National Gymnastics School.{{cite web |title=Cuban gymnast Larduet goes for Olympic dream |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-08/08/c_135576439.htm |website=Xinhua |access-date=10 January 2024 |date=8 August 2016}}

= 2013-14 =

At the 2013 Pan American Championships, Larduet won gold on vault and parallel bars and silver on floor exercise behind Diego Hypólito.{{cite web |title=Event Results - Vault |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/2013/am/pur/panamsenior/magef4vt.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=Pan American Gymnastics Union |access-date=4 January 2024}}{{cite web |title=Event Results - Floor |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/2013/am/pur/panamsenior/magef1fx.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=Pan American Gymnastics Union |access-date=4 January 2024}} 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.{{cite web |title=México destaca en gimnasia de Festival Panamericano, Cuba con honores |trans-title=Mexico stands out in gymnastics at the Pan American Festival, Cuba with honors |url=https://es-us.deportes.yahoo.com/noticias/m%C3%A9xico-destaca-gimnasia-festival-panamericano-cuba-honores-212705377.html |website=Yahoo! Deportes |access-date=4 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129014537/https://es-us.deportes.yahoo.com/noticias/m%C3%A9xico-destaca-gimnasia-festival-panamericano-cuba-honores-212705377.html |archive-date=29 November 2014 |language=es |date=20 July 2014 |url-status=dead}} At the 2014 Pan American Championships, he won the all-around silver medal behind Jossimar Calvo.{{cite web |title=2014 Senior Pan American Gymnastics Championships Aug 25 - Sep 1, 2014 – Mississauga Hershey Centre Senior AA |url=https://static.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/m_14paam_aa1.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=8 January 2024 |date=29 August 2014}} He also won the horizontal bar silver medal behind Calvo and the parallel bars silver medal behind Jorge Hugo Giraldo.{{cite web |title=2014 Senior Pan American Gymnastics Championships Aug 25 - Sep 1, 2014 – Mississauga Hershey Centre Session MAG C3 |url=https://static.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/m_14panam_events.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=8 January 2024 |date=31 August 2014}} 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.{{cite web |last1=Reed |first1=Becca |title=Results: Central American and Caribbean Games Team and All-Around |url=https://www.flogymnastics.com/articles/5039910-results-central-american-and-caribbean-games-team-and-all-around |website=FloGymnastics |publisher=FloSports |access-date=8 January 2024 |date=20 November 2014}}

= 2015 =

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.{{cite web |title=Anadia World Cup: A show of Cuban strength in Artistic Gymnastics |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=1154366 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=4 January 2024 |date=26 May 2015}} 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.{{cite web |title=Americans, Canadians, Cubans, Brazilians dazzle at Pan American Games |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=1252435 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=8 January 2024 |date=26 July 2015}} Cuba also sent Larduet and other gymnasts to the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships for the first time since 2003. 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.{{cite web |title=With sixth consecutive World title, Kohei Uchimura's legend grows even bigger |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=1367553 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=9 January 2024 |date=30 October 2015}} He then won the bronze medal in the horizontal bar final behind Uchimura and Danell Leyva.{{cite web |title=Golden record: Simone Biles marks medal milestone as Glasgow World Championships end |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=1371882 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=9 January 2024 |date=2 November 2015}} This medal secured his qualification for the 2016 Olympic Games.{{cite web |last1=Axon |first1=Rachel |title=Cuban gymnast Manrique Larduet secures Rio spot with high bar bronze |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2015/11/01/cuban-gymnast-manrique-larduet-rio-olympics-worlds-gymnastics-bronze-high-bar/75004102/ |website=USA Today |access-date=10 January 2024 |date=1 November 2015}}

= 2016 =

Larduet began the Olympic season at the Doha World Cup and won the silver medal on the parallel bars behind Oleg Stepko.{{cite web |last1=Morgan |first1=Liam |title=Steingruber secures second gold medal as FIG World Cup closes in Doha |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1035791/steingruber-secures-second-gold-medal-as-fig-world-cup-closes-in-doha |website=Inside the Games |access-date=10 January 2024 |date=26 March 2016}} Then at the Osijek World Cup, he won another silver medal on the parallel bars, this time behind Emin Garibov.{{cite web |title=Ellie Downie completes rare golden sweep at Osijek World Cup |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=1537861 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=10 January 2024 |date=2 May 2016}} 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.{{cite web |title=In Osijek, Manrique Larduet inks his name in the Men's code of points |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=1535758 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=10 January 2024 |date=1 May 2016}} 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.{{cite web |last1=Daniels |first1=Tim |title=Olympic Men's Gymnastics 2016: Qualification Scores, Results and Reaction |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2656231-olympic-mens-gymnastics-2016-qualification-scores-results-and-reaction |website=Bleacher Report |access-date=11 January 2024 |date=6 August 2016}} During the all-around final, he injured his ankle on vault and withdrew from the rest of the event.{{cite web |last1=McMillen |first1=Gabrielle |title=Rio Olympics 2016: Medal favorite Manrique Larduet out of all-around with ankle injury |url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/other-sports/news/manrique-larduet-hurts-ankle-on-out-of-all-around/bm0wk8wovr3l15wtwnh60j13j |website=Sporting News |access-date=11 January 2024 |date=10 August 2016}} Despite the injury, he competed in the parallel bars and horizontal bar finals, finishing fifth and sixth, respectively.{{cite web |title=Rio 2016 - Gymnastics Artistic - Parallel Bars Men Result |url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/rio-2016/results/gymnastics-artistic/parallel-bars-men |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=11 January 2024}}{{cite web |title=Rio 2016 - Gymnastics Artistic - Horizontal Bar Men Result |url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/rio-2016/results/gymnastics-artistic/horizontal-bar-men |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=11 January 2024}}

= 2017-18 =

Due to the injury sustained at the Olympic Games, Larduet did not resume training until July 2017.{{cite web |title=Larduet Manrique |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/athletes/bio_detail.php?id=28577 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=11 January 2024}} He competed at the 2017 World Championships in Montreal. During the qualification round, he finished first place in the all-around.{{cite web |last1=Morgan |first1=Liam |title=Larduet tops men's all-around qualification at Artistic Gymnastics World Championships |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1056133/larduet-tops-mens-all-around-qualification-at-artistic-gymnastics-world-championships |website=Inside the Games |access-date=11 January 2024 |date=3 October 2017}} However, in the all-around final, he finished in fifth place, missing the podium by 0.400.{{cite web |title=Xiao Ruoteng crowned 2017 World All-around champion |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=1907839 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=11 January 2024 |date=6 October 2017}} In the event finals, he finished seventh on the floor exercise and fourth on parallel bars.{{cite web |title=47th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2017 Montréal (CAN) Men's Event Finals |url=https://static.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/m_17worlds_events.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=11 January 2024}}

At the 2018 Guimarães World Challenge Cup, Larduet won gold medals on the rings, vault, and parallel bars.{{cite web |title=Larduet, Methuen golden at Guimarães World Challenge Cup |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=209048 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=11 January 2024 |date=18 June 2018}} 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.{{cite web |last1=Raúl Concepción |first1=José |title=Barranquilla-2018: La doble "M" de la gimnasia cubana |trans-title=Barranquilla-2018: The double "M" of Cuban gymnastics |url=http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2018/07/25/barranquilla-2018-la-doble-m-de-la-gimnasia-cubana/|website=Cuba Debate |access-date=12 August 2022 |language=es |date=25 July 2018}} 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.{{cite web |title=Suzuki, Bock medal at 2018 Senior Pan Am Championships |url=https://usagym.org/suzuki-bock-medal-at-2018-senior-pan-am-championships/ |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=11 January 2024 |date=15 September 2018}} He then competed at the 2018 World Championships but did not advance into any finals.{{cite web |title=48th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Doha (QAT), 25 October - 3 November 2018 Men's Event Qualification |url=https://static.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/m_18worlds_eventqual.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=11 January 2024 |date=25 October 2018}}

= 2019-present =

In January 2019, Larduet received stem cell treatment for prolonged wrist injuries, and he missed the 2019 Pan American Games as a result. He competed at the 2019 World Championships and qualified for the all-around final, ensuring his qualification for the 2020 Olympic Games.{{cite web |title=49th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Stuttgart (GER), 4 October - 13 October 2019 Men's All-Around Qualification |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2019/m_19worlds_qualaa.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=23 April 2023 |date=6 October 2019 |archive-date=4 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704031827/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2019/m_19worlds_qualaa.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=List of the Artistic Gymnastics Tokyo 2020 Olympic Qualifiers |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/results/2021/olympics/documents/mag/mag_qualifiers_list.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=23 April 2023}} However, he withdrew from the final.{{cite web |last1=Goh |first1=ZK |title=Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2019 Day 8 as it happened |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/artistic-gymnastics-world-championships-2019-live-11-october |website=Olympic Channel |access-date=23 April 2023 |date=11 October 2019}}

In 2020, Larduet's head coach was suspended by the Cuban Gymnastics Federation.{{cite web |title=Gimnasta cubano Manrique Larduet dedica emotiva carta a su entrenador sancionado por el INDER |trans-title=Cuban gymnast Manrique Larduet dedicates emotional letter to his coach sanctioned by INDER |url=https://www.cibercuba.com/noticias/2020-10-23-u1-e43231-s27066-gimnasta-cubano-manrique-larduet-dedica-emotiva-carta-su |website=CiberCuba |access-date=11 January 2024 |language=es |date=23 October 2020}} 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.{{cite web |last1=Bregman |first1=Scott |title=Manrique Larduet says 'No!' to Tokyo Games |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/rounding-off-manrique-larduet-says-no-to-tokyo-games |website=Olympic Channel |access-date=11 January 2024 |date=7 May 2021}} This was confirmed in July when the Cuban Olympic Committee announced its delegation for the Olympic Games without Larduet.{{cite web |title=Cuban delegation to Tokyo Games will finally comprise 69 athletes |url=https://oncubanews.com/en/sports/cuban-delegation-to-tokyo-games-will-finally-comprise-69-athletes/ |website=OnCuba |access-date=11 January 2024 |date=8 July 2021}}

In 2022, Larduet moved to Italy and began training there.{{cite web |title=Gimnasta cubano Manrique Larduet retoma su carrera deportiva en Italia tras desencuentros con el INDER |trans-title=Cuban gymnast Manrique Larduet resumes his sports career in Italy after disagreements with INDER |url=https://www.cibercuba.com/noticias/2022-07-08-u1-e129488-s27066-gimnasta-cubano-manrique-larduet-retoma-carrera-deportiva |website=CiberCuba |access-date=11 January 2024 |language=es |date=7 August 2022}} He competed at the 2023 Italian Championships as a guest and received the highest all-around total.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2023 Italian Championships Men's All-Around Final Live Blog |url=https://thegymter.net/2023/09/09/2023-italian-championships-mens-all-around-final-live-blog/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=11 January 2024 |date=9 September 2023}}

Eponymous skill

Larduet has a parallel bars dismount that is named after him in the Code of Points.{{cite web |title=2022 – 2024 Code of Points Men's Artistic Gymnastics |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_%202022-2024%20MAG%20CoP.pdf |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=29 December 2023 |pages=136}}

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