Léo Saladino

Léo Saladino
Saladino at the 2022 European Championships
Personal information
Born (2002-08-02) 2 August 2002
Grasse, France[1]
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		 France
Training locationParis, France
ClubPôle Antibes
GymINSEP
Head coach(es)Marc Touchais
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing  France
European Championships
2025 Leipzig All-around
Mediterranean Games
2022 Oran Team
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Challenge Cup 0 0 1

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.

Gymnastics career

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

Junior

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

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

  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. ^ a b c 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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