Marine Debauve

Marine Debauve
Marine Debauve
	— Gymnast —
Full name	Marine Debauve
Country represented	France
Born	September 3, 1988 (age 35); Dijon, France
Hometown	Paris, France
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior international
Head coach(es)	Yves Kieffe
Assistant coach(es)	Veronique Legras, Marjorie Heuls
Choreographer	Karine Martelli
	Representing France
Artistic Gymnastics
European Championships
Tumbling
Trampoline World Championships

Marine Debauve (born September 3, 1988) is a French artistic gymnast who competed in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. As the 2005 all-around European Champion, Debauve is also the first French female gymnast to win a major international all-around title. She was also the 2003 French all-around national champion.

Gymnastics career

Debauve first became interested in gymnastics at the age of 4 and participated in her first international competition at the age of 11. In 2003 she won the all-around French championship and took part in her first world championships. She represented her country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece finishing 6th in the team event. In the all-around final she finished in seventh place, the highest ranking ever achieved by a French gymnast at the Olympics. A year later she was all-around champion at the 2005 European Championships, becoming the first Frenchwoman to win a major international all-around title.

Although she initially retired in 2005 after winning the European Championships, Debauve returned to compete for France at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In the team final the French team finished in seventh place. Debauve currently lives in Paris and is coached by Yves Kieffer and Marjorie Heuls.