William_Émard

William Émard

William Émard

Canadian artistic gymnast


William Émard (born 17 March 2000)[2] is a Canadian artistic gymnast. At the 2021 World Championships, he finished eighth in the all-around final, marking the best result for a Canadian male gymnast in World Championship history.[3][4] Additionally, he won gold in the vault event of the Mersin event in the 2021 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series.

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Senior career

2018

Émard joined the senior Canadian national team in 2018. However, his early career was met with adversity in injury form. At the 2018 Pacific Rim Championships he injured himself during warm up and then spent several months in recovery for a knee injury and a labrum tear in the shoulder.[5]

2019–2020

Émard competed at the Paris Challenge Cup in September where he qualified to the event finals on floor exercise, rings, and vault. The following month he competed at the 2019 World Championships where he helped Canada finish 17th as a team during qualifications. Throughout 2019 and 2020 Émard had been suffering from a knee injury that kept him limited in his training.[6]

2021

Émard's first International success came in the 2021 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series where he competed at Koper and Mersin. In Koper he claimed the silver on floor exercise and in Mersin he won bronze of floor exercise, silver on rings, and gold on vault.[7] In October he competed at the 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, qualifying 11th in the all-around, 6th on rings, and 8th on vault. He placed 8th in the all-around final[8] and 7th on rings.[9][10]

2022

Émard competed at the 2022 World Championships where he helped the Canadian team finish 10th during qualifications.

2023

Émard competed at the 2023 Pan American Championships. On the first day of competition he helped the Canadian team qualify to the team final. Additionally he won silver on rings, which was the first Pan American Championships medal won by a Canadian on the apparatus.[11] During the team final Émard helped Canada win the silver medal behind the United States.

In October Émard competed at the 2023 World Championships. During qualifications he helped Canada finish fourth, which qualified Canada a team berth to the 2024 Olympic Games, a feat last achieved by the Canadian men's gymnastics team in 2008.[12] During the team final Émard contributed scores on all apparatuses except pommel horse towards Canada's seventh place finish.

Competitive history

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References

  1. "50th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Entry List (Men)". Longines Timing. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  2. "NATIONAL TEAMS WILLIAM EMARD". GYMCAN.org. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  3. "William Émard 8e au concours général des mondiaux de gymnastique" [William Émard 8th in the all-around at the World Gymnastics Championships]. Radio Canada (in French). 22 October 2021.
  4. "William Emard se classe 8e au concours complet des mondiaux de gymnastique" [William Emard places 8th in the world gymnastics all-around competition]. RDS (in French). 22 October 2021.
  5. "WILLIAM EMARD". gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  6. "MEN'S ALL-AROUND FINAL - RESULTS". gym.longinestiming. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  7. "Mondiaux de gymnastique : William Émard termine 7e en finale aux anneaux" [Gymnastics Worlds: William Émard finished 7th in the rings final]. Radio Canada (in French). 23 October 2021.
  8. "William Émard termine septième aux anneaux au Japon" [William Émard finished seventh on the rings in Japan]. La Presse (in French). 23 October 2021.

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