Pierre Gouzou (born 17 December 1998) is a French
trampoline gymnast. He is a
2023 World and a two-time European (
2022,
2024) team champion. He is a two-time individual European silver medalist and a three-time World synchro bronze medalist. He will represent
France at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Early life
Gouzou began
artistic gymnastics when he was three years old, but he switched to trampoline in 2009. He also competed in diving and was a regional champion of
Aquitaine. When he was 13, he moved to
Paris to improve his trampoline training.[1]
Career
Gouzou made his World Cup debut at the 2017 Minsk World Cup,[1] finishing eighth in
synchronized trampoline and 12th as an individual.[2] He won a bronze medal in synchro with
Allan Morante at the 2017 Valladolid World Cup.[3] At the
2017 World Championships, the French team placed 11th,[4] and Gouzou finished 64th as an individual in the qualification round.[5]
Gouzou won bronze in synchronized trampoline with
Josuah Faroux [
fr] at the
2018 European Championships in
Baku.[6] He then won a bronze medal in synchro with Brendan Renault at the 2018 Loulé World Cup.[7] He competed at the 2018 Maebashi World Cup and finished 16th with synchro partner Sebastien Martiny and 37th as an individual.[8][9] He competed in synchro at the
2018 World Championships with Renault, and they finished 18th in the qualification round.[10]
At the 2019 Minsk World Cup, Gouzou and Sebastien Martiny won the silver medal in synchro behind the defending World champions from Belarus,
Uladzislau Hancharou and
Aleh Rabtsau.[11] Then at the 2019 Valladolid World Cup, he finished fifth with
Allan Morante in synchro.[12] At the
2019 World Championships, the French team placed sixth,[13] and he finished 30th with Faroux in synchro and 27th as an individual.[14][15]
Gouzou won a silver medal in the synchro final at the 2020 Baku World Cup.[16] He was not selected to compete at the
2020 Summer Olympics.[17] Gouzou and Faroux finished fifth as a synchro pair at the 2021 Brescia World Cup.[18] They then won bronze medals at the
2021 World Championships in
Baku.[19][20]
Gouzou finished 13th as an individual at the 2023 Coimbra World Cup.[23] He then placed sixth as an individual and with Riou in synchro at the Palm Beach World Cup.[24][25] Then at the Varna World Cup, he finished fourth as an individual and eighth with synchro partner Riou.[26][27] At the
2023 World Championships in
Birmingham, he won the gold medal in team trampoline with
Morgan Demiro-o-Domiro,
Allan Morante and
Julian Chartier [
fr],[28] the first time a French team had done so since 1996.[29] He also won the bronze medal in synchronized trampoline with Demiro-o-Domiro.[30]
At the
2024 European Championships in
Guimarães, Gouzou won the gold medal in team trampoline with Julian Chartier, Morgan Demiro-o-Domiro and Allan Morante,[31] the silver medal in synchronized trampoline with Morgan Demiro-o-Domiro[32] and the silver medal in individual trampoline.[33]