Although she attended dance classes from the age of eight, Furnon did not study gymnastics until April 1992, when she was eleven years old. Her rise in the sport was astonishingly rapid. In early 1994, less than two years after beginning gymnastics, she was accepted to train with the French national team in Marseille; by 1995 she was competing at the elite level. At her first French national championships, in 1995, she placed sixth in the all-around.
In 1995 Furnon also made her international debut, competing with the sixth-place French team at the World Gymnastics Championships in Sabae. With her innovative and expressive floor exercise routine, choreographed by coach Adriana Pop, she won a bronze medal in event finals, the first ever for a French gymnast at Worlds.
Furnon continued to be a major contributor to the French team for the next five years. In 1996, she became the French national champion and represented France at the 1996 Olympics, finishing nineteenth in the all-around. She also competed at the 1996, 1997, 1999 and 2001 World Championships, qualifying for the floor finals on several occasions.
In 2000, Furnon seemed to be on the brink of success again, winning the floor exercise title at the 2000 European Championships over a tough field that included Elena Produnova, Simona Amânar and reigning world FX champion Andreea Răducan. However, at the 2000 Olympics a few months later, Furnon was dealing with injury issues, and was only able to compete on the uneven bars during the team portions of the meet.
Furnon has performed with her husband, Nicolas Besnard, in act named Duo MainTenanT since they both retired from Cirque du Soleil. Nicolas Besnard had his choreography recognized in the most prestigious Circus Festival in the world - Silver Medal in the 31st Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain (France - 2010).[2] In 2010, they appeared on France's Got Talent (La France a un Incroyable Talent) coming in 6th place overall.
In 2019, Furnon performed with her husband, Nicolas Besnard, on America’s Got Talent.[3] All four judges said yes to them proceeding to the next round of the talent competition.
References
^"Acts in Cirque du Soleil show". CirqueDuSoleil.com.
^Entertainment Act. "Duo MainTenanT (FRA)". Apples and Pears Entertainment.
^America's Got Talent. "AGT's SEXIEST Audition?! Acrobatic Dance Duo Excites The AGT Judges". Youtube. Retrieved 10 July 2019.[dead YouTube link]
ludivine, furnon, born, october, 1980, nîmes, retired, olympic, athlete, from, france, during, media, interview, 2000, european, gymnastics, championshipspersonal, informationcountry, represented, franceborn, 1980, october, 1980, disciplinewomen, artistic, gym. Ludivine Furnon born October 4 1980 in Nimes is a retired Olympic athlete from France Ludivine FurnonDuring a media interview at the 2000 European Gymnastics ChampionshipsPersonal informationCountry represented FranceBorn 1980 10 04 October 4 1980 age 42 DisciplineWomen s artistic gymnasticsChoreographerAdriana PopMedal record World Artistic Gymnastics Championships1995 Sabae Floor exerciseEuropean Artistic Gymnastics Championships2000 Paris Floor exerciseAlthough she attended dance classes from the age of eight Furnon did not study gymnastics until April 1992 when she was eleven years old Her rise in the sport was astonishingly rapid In early 1994 less than two years after beginning gymnastics she was accepted to train with the French national team in Marseille by 1995 she was competing at the elite level At her first French national championships in 1995 she placed sixth in the all around In 1995 Furnon also made her international debut competing with the sixth place French team at the World Gymnastics Championships in Sabae With her innovative and expressive floor exercise routine choreographed by coach Adriana Pop she won a bronze medal in event finals the first ever for a French gymnast at Worlds Furnon continued to be a major contributor to the French team for the next five years In 1996 she became the French national champion and represented France at the 1996 Olympics finishing nineteenth in the all around She also competed at the 1996 1997 1999 and 2001 World Championships qualifying for the floor finals on several occasions In 2000 Furnon seemed to be on the brink of success again winning the floor exercise title at the 2000 European Championships over a tough field that included Elena Produnova Simona Amanar and reigning world FX champion Andreea Răducan However at the 2000 Olympics a few months later Furnon was dealing with injury issues and was only able to compete on the uneven bars during the team portions of the meet In 2008 Furnon was part of the cast of Cirque du Soleil in the production Mystere in Las Vegas Nevada 1 Furnon has performed with her husband Nicolas Besnard in act named Duo MainTenanT since they both retired from Cirque du Soleil Nicolas Besnard had his choreography recognized in the most prestigious Circus Festival in the world Silver Medal in the 31st Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain France 2010 2 In 2010 they appeared on France s Got Talent La France a un Incroyable Talent coming in 6th place overall In 2019 Furnon performed with her husband Nicolas Besnard on America s Got Talent 3 All four judges said yes to them proceeding to the next round of the talent competition References Edit Acts in Cirque du Soleil show CirqueDuSoleil com Entertainment Act Duo MainTenanT FRA Apples and Pears Entertainment America s Got Talent AGT s SEXIEST Audition Acrobatic Dance Duo Excites The AGT Judges Youtube Retrieved 10 July 2019 dead YouTube link Sources EditBiography at the French Gymnastics Federation website in French at the Wayback Machine archived May 21 2006 External links EditLudivine Furnon at the International Gymnastics Federation List of competitive results at Gymn Forum Duo Osmose at the Wayback Machine archived June 22 2012 Duo Osmose Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ludivine Furnon amp oldid 1126568096, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
