Marcia Videaux

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Marcia Teresa Videaux Jiménez (born 21 July 1999){{cite web |title=Marcia Vidiaux |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/129828 |website=Olympedia |access-date=12 August 2022}} is a Cuban artistic gymnast. She is the 2015 Pan American Games champion and the 2018 Pan American Championships silver medalist on the vault. She is the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games team, all-around, and floor exercise champion and the vault and uneven bars silver medalist. She has won four medals, including two gold, on the FIG World Cup series. She represented Cuba at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.

Career

Videaux began gymnastics when she was five years old.{{cite web |last1=Ríos López |first1=Eyleen |title=Gimnasta Videaux salta obstáculos rumbo a Tokio |trans-title=Gymnast Videaux jumps obstacles heading to Tokyo |url=http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2021/04/21/gimnasta-videaux-salta-obstaculos-rumbo-a-tokio/ |website=Cuba Debate |access-date=12 August 2022 |language=es |date=21 April 2021}}

= 2015 =

Videaux made her international debut at the 2015 Anadia World Challenge Cup where she won the gold medal on the vault and the bronze medal on the uneven bars.{{cite web |title=FIG ART CIII World Challenge Cup Anadia (POR) 2015 May 21-24 Artistic Gymnastics Results Men and Women |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/2015/eu/por/world-challenge-cup-anadia.html |website=Gymnastics Results |access-date=22 August 2022}} She then won the gold medal in the vault final at the Pan American Games in Toronto with an average score of 14.737. Additionally, Cuba placed fourth in the team competition, and Videaux placed ninth in the all-around final.{{cite web |title=Artistic Gymnastics Results Book Toronto 2015 |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/panam_artistic_results_2015.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |publisher=Toronto 2015 |access-date=22 August 2022 |pages=1, 23, 25}} At the Osijek World Challenge Cup, she won the silver medal on the floor exercise behind Paula Mejías and also placed fifth on vault and seventh on uneven bars.{{cite web |title=World Challenge Cup 2015 Grand prix Osijek 2015 Zito Challenge Cup Osijek (CRO) 2015 Sep 17-20 |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/2015/eu/cro/world-challenge-cup-csijek.html |website=Gymnastics Results |access-date=22 August 2022}} She then competed at the World Championships in Glasgow and finished fifty-fifth in the all-around during the qualification round.{{cite web |title=46th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, Glasgow (GBR) Women's Qualification |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_15worlds_qualaa.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=22 August 2022 |pages=3 |date=23 October 2015 |archive-date=17 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517140931/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_15worlds_qualaa.pdf |url-status=dead }}

= 2016 =

Videaux competed at the Olympic Test Event and qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games by finished twenty-sixth in the all-around.{{cite web |title=Serán tres los gimnastas cubanos en los Juegos Olímpicos de Rio |trans-title=There will be three Cuban gymnasts at the Rio Olympics |url=http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2016/04/18/seran-tres-los-gimnastas-cubanos-en-los-juegos-olimpicos-de-rio/ |website=Cuba Debate |access-date=12 August 2022 |language=es |date=18 April 2016}} She then won the gold medal on the vault at the Anadia World Challenge Cup and also finished eighth on the uneven bars.{{cite web |title=Chinese, Saraiva shine at Anadia World Challenge Cup |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=1591544 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=12 August 2022 |date=10 June 2016}}{{cite web |title=Marcia Videaux oro en caballo de salto en la Copa Mundial de Anandia|trans-title=Marcia Videaux gold in vault at the Anandia World Cup |url=http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2016/06/25/marcia-videaux-oro-en-caballo-de-salto-en-la-copa-mundial-de-anandia/ |website=Cuba Debate |access-date=12 August 2022 |language=es |date=25 June 2016}} She represented Cuba at the 2016 Summer Olympics and finished forty-eighth in the all-around during the qualification round with a total score of 52.024.{{cite web |title=Artistic Gymnastics Women's Individual All-Around Qualification |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_16olympics_wqual.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |publisher=Rio 2016 |access-date=11 August 2022 |date=7 August 2016 |archive-date=8 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108084447/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_16olympics_wqual.pdf |url-status=dead }}

= 2017 =

Videaux competed at the Central American Sports Festival in Guatemala City and won the silver medal in the all-around behind teammate Yesenia Ferrera and Cuba won the team silver medal by one point behind Mexico. She also won the uneven bars gold medal and the bronze medals on balance beam and floor exercise.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2017 Central American Sports Festival Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2017/06/30/2017-central-american-sports-festival-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=27 August 2022 |date=30 June 2017}} Then at the World Championships in Montreal, she only competed on the vault and uneven bars and did not advance into either final.{{cite web |title=47th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2017 Montréal (CAN) Women's Qualification |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_17worlds_qual.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=27 August 2022 |date=3 October 2017 |archive-date=13 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413010706/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_17worlds_qual.pdf |url-status=dead }}

= 2018 =

At the Central American and Caribbean Games, Videaux won gold medals with the Cuban team and in the individual all-around where she finished 1.700 ahead of silver-medalist Andrea Maldonado.{{cite web |last1=Ríos López |first1=Eyleen |last2=López Hevia |first2=Ricardo |title=Eres grande Marcia Vidiaux |trans-title=You are great Marcia Vidiaux |url=http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2018/07/22/eres-grande-marcia-vidiaux/ |website=Cuba Debate |access-date=12 August 2022 |language=es |date=22 July 2018}} Then in the event finals, she won another gold on the floor exercise and also won silver medals on the vault and the uneven bars.{{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}} Then at the Pan American Championships, she won the silver medal on vault behind Jade Carey and placed fifth in the all-around, floor exercise, and team competition.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2018 Pan American Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2018/09/15/2018-pan-american-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=27 August 2022 |date=15 September 2018}} She was not sent to the World Championships in Doha due to budget cuts by Cuba's National Sports and Recreation Institute.{{cite web |last1=Rodríguez |first1=Raúl |title=Contradicción: Cubana Marcia Videaux fuera del Mundial de Gimnasia por "recorte de presupuesto" |trans-title=Contradiction: Cuban Marcia Videaux out of the World Gymnastics Championships due to "budget cuts" |url=http://www.cubadebate.cu/especiales/2018/09/06/contradiccion-cubana-marcia-videaux-fuera-del-mundial-de-gimnasia-por-recorte-de-presupuesto/ |website=Cuba Debate |access-date=12 August 2022 |language=es |date=6 September 2018}}

= 2019 =

Videaux qualified for the vault final at the Doha World Cup in fifth place, but she withdrew due to a thigh injury.{{cite web |last1=García |first1=Joel |title=Barra de bronce para Randy Lerú en Doha |trans-title=Bronze bar for Randy Lerú in Doha |url=http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2019/03/24/barra-de-bronce-para-randy-leru-en-doha/ |website=Cuba Debate |access-date=12 August 2022 |language=es |date=24 March 2019}} Then at the Pan American Games, she placed sixth with the Cuban team, tenth in the all-around, and seventh in the vault final.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2019 Pan American Games Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2019/08/03/2019-pan-american-games-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=27 August 2022 |date=3 August 2019}} She qualified for an individual spot at the 2020 Olympic Games by finishing fifty-third in the all-around at the 2019 World Championships.{{cite web |last1=de la Cruz Saborit |first1=Iris |title=Gymnasts looking to Tokyo |url=https://en.granma.cu/deportes/2019-11-29/gymnasts-looking-to-tokyo |website=Granma |access-date=12 August 2022 |date=29 November 2019}}{{cite web |title=Cuban gymnast Videaux qualified to Tokyo 2020 Olympics |url=https://www.radiorebelde.cu/english/news/cuban-gymnast-videaux-qualified-to-tokyo-2020-olympics-20191007/ |website=Radio Rebelde |access-date=12 August 2022 |date=7 October 2019}}

= 2020-21 =

Videaux did not compete in 2020 or prior to the postponed 2020 Olympic Games due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Cuba.

Videaux represented Cuba at the 2020 Summer Olympics and decided to only compete on the vault in order to focus on qualifying for the vault final.{{cite web |last1=Oliva Ferrales |first1=Mailenys |title=Marcia Videaux: "My dream is to win an Olympic medal" |url=https://en.granma.cu/deportes/2020-11-12/marcia-videaux-my-dream-is-to-win-an-olympic-medal |website=Granma |access-date=12 August 2022 |date=12 November 2020}}{{cite web |last1=García |first1=Joel |title=El cumpleaños adelantado de Marcia Videaux |trans-title=Marcia Videaux's early birthday |url=http://www.cubadebate.cu/especiales/2021/07/19/el-cumpleanos-adelantado-de-marcia-videaux/ |website=Cuba Debate |access-date=12 August 2022 |language=es |date=19 July 2021}} However, she fell on her second vault during the qualification round and placed sixteenth, missing the event final.{{cite web |last1=Abadía Torres |first1=Alejandro |title=Gimnasia olímpica: Marcia Videaux sufrió en el caballo de salto |trans-title=Olympic gymnastics: Marcia Videaux fell on the vault |url=https://playoffmagazine.com/gimnasia-olimpica-marcia-videaux-sufrio-en-el-caballo-de-salto/ |website=Play Off Magazine |access-date=12 August 2022 |language=es |date=25 July 2021}}

Personal life

In 2023, Videaux emigrated from Cuba and moved to Miami, Florida.{{cite web |last1=Fernández |first1=Damian |title=Gimnasta cubana Marcia Videaux deja Cuba: ahora vive en Miami |trans-title=Cuban gymnast Marcia Videaux leaves Cuba: she now lives in Miami |url=https://www.cubanet.org/noticias/gimnasta-cubana-marcia-videaux-deja-cuba-ahora-vive-en-miami/ |website=CubaNet |access-date=28 December 2023 |language=es |date=11 December 2023}}

Competitive history

align=center \| Year ! align=center \| Event ! style="width:30px;" \| Team ! style="width:30px;" \| AA ! style="width:30px;" \| VT ! style="width:30px;" \| UB ! style="width:30px;" \| BB ! style="width:30px;" \| FX
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rowspan="4"\|2015	align=left\|Anadia World Challenge Cup			{{gold1}}	{{bronze3}}
bgcolor=#f0fccf \| align=left \| Pan American Games	4	9	{{gold1}}
align=left\|Osijek World Challenge Cup			5	7		{{silver2}}
bgcolor="#ccccff" \| align=left \| World Championships		55
rowspan="3"\|2016	align=left\|Olympic Test Event		26
align=left\|Anadia World Challenge Cup			{{gold1}}	8
bgcolor="#98fb98" \| align=left \| Olympic Games		48
rowspan="1"\|2017	align=left\|Central American Sports Festival	{{silver2}}	{{silver2}}		{{gold1}}	{{bronze3}}	{{bronze3}}
rowspan="2"\|2018	align=left\|Central American and Caribbean Games	{{gold1}}	{{gold1}}	{{silver2}}	{{silver2}}		{{gold1}}
bgcolor=#F5F6CE \| align=left \| Pan American Championships	5	5	{{silver2}}			5
rowspan="3"\|2019	align=left\|Doha World Cup			{{abbr\|WD\|Videaux withdre from the vault final}}
bgcolor=#f0fccf \| align=left \| Pan American Games	6	10	7
bgcolor=#CCCCFF \| align=left\|World Championships		53
rowspan="2" \| 2021
bgcolor=98FB98 \| align=left \| Olympic Games			16