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Léo Saladino

Léo Saladino (born 2 August 2002) is a French artistic gymnast. He is the 2025 European all-around silver medalist and the 2024 French all-around champion. He also won a team bronze medal at the 2022 Mediterranean Games.

Léo Saladino
Saladino at the 2022 European Championships
Personal information
Born (2002-08-02) 2 August 2002 (age 23)
Grasse, France[1]
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
France France
Training location
Paris, France
ClubPôle Antibes
GymINSEP
Head coach
Marc Touchais
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing  France
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2025 LeipzigAll-around
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place2022 OranTeam
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Challenge Cup 0 0 1

Gymnastics career

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Saladino began gymnastics at the age of five.[2]

Junior

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In 2018, Saladino won a pommel horse gold medal at the Gymnasiade and placed seventh with the French team at the Junior European Championships.[3][4]

Saladino placed third in the junior all-around at the 2019 French Championships.[5] As a result, he was selected to compete at the 2019 Junior World Championships and placed 22nd in the all-around.[6] He also advanced into the vault final, finishing seventh.[7] He then competed with the French team that placed fifth at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival. Individually, he advanced to the all-around final and finished seventh. Additionally, he placed eighth in the floor exercise and pommel horse finals.[8]

Senior

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At the 2022 French Championships, Saladino won the all-around silver medal.[9] He then competed with the French team that placed fifth at the 2022 European Championships.[10] At the 2022 Mediterranean Games, he helped France win the team bronze medal.[11]

Saladino won the all-around silver medal at the 2023 French Championships.[9] He then helped the French team finish seventh at the 2023 European Championships, and he placed 16th in the all-around final.[12] He won a silver medal on the vault at the Paris World Challenge Cup behind Harry Hepworth.[13]

Saladino won the all-around title at the 2024 French Championships,[9] where he also won silver medals in the rings and parallel bars.[14] At the 2024 European Championships, he placed fifth in the floor exercise final.[15] He competed at the 2024 Swiss Cup Zürich alongside Morgane Osyssek, and they became the first French pair to win the Swiss Cup.[16]

At the 2025 European Championships, Saladino finished 18th in the all-around qualifications after multiple mistakes. He went on to win the all-around silver medal behind Turkey's Adem Asil.[17] He became the first French gymnast to win an all-around medal at the European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships since Dimitri Karbanenko won silver in 1998. He also helped the French team place fifth.[18]

References

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  1. ↑ "Léo Saladino" (PDF). French Gymnastics Federation (in French). Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "Une première pour Léo Saladino" [A first for Léo Saladino]. L'Équipe (in French). 5 November 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  3. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (10 May 2018). "2018 Gymnasiade Men's Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  4. ↑ "Junior Teams results" (PDF). GymnasticsResults.com. UEG. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-02-21. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  5. ↑ "Championnat de France Élite. Léo Saladino : une étape vers les mondiaux" [French Elite Championship. Léo Saladino: a step towards the world championships]. Ouest-France (in French). 8 June 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "1st FIG Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships Gyor (HUN), 27 June - 30 June 2019 Men's All-Around Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  7. ↑ "1st FIG Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships Gyor (HUN), 27 June - 30 June 2019 Men's Event Finals" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  8. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (1 August 2019). "2019 European Youth Olympic Festival Men's Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  9. 1 2 3 Crumlish, John (9 June 2024). "De Jesus Dos Santos, Saladino crowned French all-around champion". International Gymnast. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  10. ↑ "Championnats d'Europe de gymnastique artistique : la Grande-Bretagne titrée par équipes, les Français 5es" [European Artistic Gymnastics Championships: Great Britain wins team title, France 5th]. Le Figaro (in French). 20 August 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  11. ↑ "Jeux Méditerranéens : L'équipe de France masculine en bronze" [Mediterranean Games: The French men's team wins bronze]. French Gymnastics Federation (in French). 30 June 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  12. ↑ Crumlish, John (13 April 2023). "Turkiye's Adem Asil aces all-around title at European Championships". International Gymnast Magazine. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  13. ↑ "In a World Championship warmup, French gymnasts sizzle at Paris World Challenge Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  14. ↑ "Championnats de France : Premier titre de champion de France pour Léo Saladino" [French Championships: First French champion title for Léo Saladino]. L'Équipe (in French). 8 June 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  15. ↑ Laroche, Charlotte (26 April 2024). "Championnats d'Europe (Rimini 2024) : Léo Saladino 5ème au sol, Jim Zona 8ème" [European Championships (Rimini 2024): Léo Saladino 5th on floor, Jim Zona 8th]. SpotGym (in French). Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  16. ↑ de Villiers, Ockert (9 November 2024). "Morgane Osyssek-Reimer and Léo Saladino win historic gold at the Swiss Cup Zürich". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  17. ↑ "Léo Saladino, vice-champion d'Europe du concours général" [Léo Saladino, European vice-champion in the all-around competition]. French Gymnastics Federation (in French). 29 May 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  18. ↑ Crumlish, John (14 July 2025). "European silver medalist Léo Saladino of France: 'For me, gymnastics has always been about the all-around'". International Gymnast. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
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