Loris Frasca

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Loris Frasca
Personal information
Born (1995-07-03) 3 July 1995 (age 30)
Forbach, France
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Gymnastics career
SportMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		France France
ClubOAJLP Antibes
Retired2025
Medal record
Representing  France
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Glasgow Team
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tarragona Vault
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tarragona Team
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Apparatus World Cup 0 1 1
World Challenge Cup 2 0 0
Total 2 1 1

Loris Frasca (born 3 July 1995) is a French retired artistic gymnast. He represented France at the 2020 Summer Olympics and at three consecutive World Championships (2017–2019). He is the 2018 Mediterranean Games vault champion. He won bronze medals in the team competitions at the 2018 European Championships and the 2018 Mediterranean Games.

Gymnastics career

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Frasca began gymnastics at the age of five. In 2010, he was invited to join the French junior national team, and he moved from Forbach to Antibes.[1] He finished second on the vault at the 2015 and 2016 French Championships.[2]

In 2017, Frasca became the French champion on the vault and also won a bronze medal on the floor exercise. He then made his international debut at the 2017 Paris World Challenge Cup, finishing eighth in the vault final.[1] He competed at the 2017 World Championships but did not advance into any finals.[3]

At the 2018 European Championships, Frasca helped the French team win the bronze medal.[4] Additionally, he qualified for the vault final, where he finished fourth after stepping out of bounds on both vaults.[5] He then won the vault title at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in addition to helping France win team bronze.[6] He won the vault gold medal by only 0.050 points ahead of Andrey Medvedev at the Paris World Challenge Cup.[7] At the 2018 World Championships, he was the third reserve for the all-around final after placing 29th in the qualifications.[8]

Frasca won the all-around title at the 2019 French Championships.[9] He won a silver medal on the vault at the 2019 Melbourne World Cup to Ukraine's Igor Radivilov.[10] At the 2019 European Championships, he finished ninth in the all-around final.[11] He then finished ninth in the all-around at the 2019 European Games, and he finished fifth in the vault final.[12] At the Paris World Challenge Cup, he won the vault title.[13] Although the French team did not qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics, Frasca qualified through his all-around result at the 2019 World Championships.[14] He was initially the first reserve for the all-around final, but when Kim Han-sol withdrew, he was able to compete and finished 18th.[15][16]

Frasca placed eighth in the vault final at the 2021 European Championships.[17] He then represented France at the 2020 Summer Olympics, but he did not advance beyond the qualifications.[18]

Frasca did not qualify to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics, but he was part of the torch relay in Olympia, Greece, after being invited by the city of Antibes.[19][20] He competed with the French team that placed fifth at the 2025 European Championships. He announced his retirement from the sport after the competition.[21]

References

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  1. ^ a b Hopkins, Lauren (5 November 2020). "The 2021 Olympians: Loris Frasca". The Gymternet. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  2. ^ Leclercq, Justine (19 October 2018). "Le gymnaste antibois Loris Frasca s'envole pour les Mondiaux au Qatar" [Antibes gymnast Loris Frasca flies to the World Championships in Qatar]. Francebleu.fr (in French). Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  3. ^ "47th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2017 Montréal (CAN) Men's Individual All-Around Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  4. ^ "Russian men take gold after high bar woe for Britain". Euronews. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Le Français Loris Frasca au pied du podium au saut" [Frenchman Loris Frasca at the foot of the podium in the vault]. L'Équipe (in French). 12 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  6. ^ Barker, Philip (26 June 2018). "Georgiou wins second gold medal of Mediterranean Games but France enjoy best day". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Host France take 5 golds at World Challenge Cup in Paris". International Gymnastics Federation. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  8. ^ "48th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Doha (QAT), 25 October - 3 November 2018 Men's All-Around Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  9. ^ "Loris Frasca, nouveau champion de France Elite" [Loris Frasca, new French Elite champion]. Ouest-France (in French). 9 June 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  10. ^ "Asian nations dominate Melbourne World Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. 25 February 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  11. ^ "8th European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships Men Artistic Gymnastics All-Around Final" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  12. ^ "Minsk 2019 Results Book Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). European Gymnastics. Minsk 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  13. ^ "Eight nations grab gold at Paris World Challenge Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. 18 September 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  14. ^ "As it happened - Day 4 - Artistic World Championships 2019". Olympic Channel. 7 October 2019. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020.
  15. ^ Goh, ZK (11 October 2019). "Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2019 Day 8 as it happened". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  16. ^ "49th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Stuttgart (GER), 4 October - 13 October 2019 Men's All-Around Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 11 October 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  17. ^ "9th European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). European Gymnastics. p. 208. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  18. ^ "JO de Tokyo 2021 : revivez la médaille de bronze de Luka Mkheidze et les autres résultats de la journée" [Tokyo 2021 Olympics: Relive Luka Mkheidze's bronze medal and other results of the day]. Le Monde (in French). 24 July 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  19. ^ Laroche, Charlotte (18 April 2024). "Loris Frasca, porteur de la flamme olympique à Olympie, un moment d'exception" [Loris Frasca, Olympic torchbearer in Olympia, an exceptional moment]. SpotGym. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  20. ^ Ebbhah, Florine (17 April 2024). ""C'était une expérience unique" : le gymnaste d'Antibes Loris Frasca a porté la flamme des JO en Grèce" ["It was a unique experience": Antibes gymnast Loris Frasca carried the Olympic flame in Greece]. France Info (in French). Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  21. ^ Laroche, Charlotte (5 June 2025). "Loris Frasca : "Je ne pouvais pas rêver meilleure fin"" [Loris Frasca: “I couldn’t have dreamed of a better ending”]. SpotGym (in French). Retrieved 21 August 2025.
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