Gilbert Larose
Gilbert Larose | |
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Men's artistic gymnastics | |
College team | University of Michigan |
Gilbert Larose (also known as Gil LaRose
Early life
Larose was born in Montreal on 13 September 1942.[4] He attended Immaculate Conception high school, where he played right wing on the school's hockey team. He enjoyed the trampoline and experimented with other gymnastics equipment, quickly becoming a skilled gymnast and winning the Novice Division of the Canadian National Gymnastics Championship in 1957.[5] He competed as a gymnast while attending the University of Michigan.[3][6]
University of Michigan
In 1963 Larose was named the All-Around NCAA Champion in gymnastics and won individual titles in
Olympics
1964
At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Larose competed in the following gymnastics events:
- Men's Floor Exercise
- Men's Horse Vault
- Men's Parallel Bars
- Men's Horizontal Bar
- Men's Rings
- Men's Pommelled Horse
achieving a rank of 92 in Men's Individual All-Around.[7]
1968
At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Larose competed in the following gymnastics events:
- Men's Floor Exercise
- Men's Horse Vault
- Men's Parallel Bars
- Men's Horizontal Bar
- Men's Rings
- Men's Pommelled Horse
achieving a rank of 64 in Men's Individual All-Around and 16 in Men's Team All-Around.[8]
Later life
Larose returned to Montreal and became a high school teacher.[5] He also served as coach of the Ontario-Québec Athletic Association (OQAA) University Conference gymnastics team and eventually died in Montreal on 25 August 2006.[9]
(Note: In 1955 the OQAA was formed from a section of what had been known as the
References
- ^ "Gilbert Larose Biography and Olympic Results". Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- ^ a b c "Michigan Men's Gymnastics All-Time National Champions". Archived from the original on 7 August 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- ^ a b "Michigan in the Olympics - 1968". Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- ^ "Canadian Olympic Committee - Athletes - Gilbert Larose - Overview". Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-57167-115-8.
- ^ "Michigan in the Olympics - 1964". Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- ^ "Canada Gymnastics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Archived from the original on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- ^ "Canada Gymnastics at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games". Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- ^ Fink, Hardy, ed. (August 2006). "Gil Larose, dead at 65" (PDF). The Gymnastics Judge (2). Gymnastics Canada: 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- ^ "Open Directory - Sports: College and University: Governing Bodies: CIS". Archived from the original on 29 November 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2010.