Julie Croket

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Julie Croket
Full nameJulie Croket
Country represented Belgium
Born (1994-07-01) 1 July 1994 (age 27)
Bornem, Belgium[1]
HometownDendermonde, Belgium
ResidenceGhent, Belgium
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
ClubGymMAX vzw
Head coach(es)Yves Kieffer, Marjorie Heuls
Retired9 October 2016[2]

Julie Croket (born 1 July 1994 in Bornem) is a retired Belgian artistic gymnast. She was selected to represent Belgium at the 2012 Olympics,[3] but one month before she tore her ACL, and could not compete.[4] She was the Belgian all-around champion in 2010 and 2012,[5] and she competed at the World Championships in 2010, 2011, 2014 and 2015.

Personal life[]

Croket trained in Dendermonde at GymMAX vzw with her coaches Yves Kieffer and Marjorie Heuls. Along with doing gymnastics, Croket went to school to become a primary-school teacher.[5] Her favorite event is floor exercise.[6]

Career[]

2010[]

Croket became the 2010 Belgian all-around champion with a score of 53.000 [7] She finished thirteenth with the Belgian team at the 2010 European Championships. She finished ninth in the all-around with a score of 53.375,[8] and she was a reserve for the floor final.[9] At the 2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Croket and her team finished fifteenth.[10] In the qualification round, she finished 43rd in the all-around with a score of 52.782, and she did not qualify for the all-around final.[11]

2011[]

At the International Gymnix meet in Montreal, Croket won the all-around, vault and floor exercise titles. After being selected to compete at the 2011 European Championships, she stated, "My performance in Montreal gave me high hopes that I can perform well in Berlin (the location of the 2011 European Championships), I'm well aware of the fact that one mistake might involve big consequences. I hope to get that little bit of luck to perform to my utmost best." Croket finished twelfth in the all-around final at the 2011 European Championships with a score of 54.300.[12] She finished fourth in the beam final with a score of 14.150,[13] and fifth in the floor final with a 14.275.[14] Croket competed at the 2011 World Championships, and she finished sixteenth with her team.[15]

2012[]

In January, Croket competed in the London Prepares series. The top four teams at the event would be allowed to send full teams to the 2012 Summer Olympics,[16] but her team finished in fifth.[17] This meant that Belgium could only send one female gymnast to the Olympics. Croket competed at the 2012 European Championships where Belgium finished in sixth place.[18] She finished eighth in the floor final with a score of 12.866.[19] Croket was officially named as the Belgian gymnast for the 2012 Summer Olympics.[3] However, Croket tore her ACL at a competition in France a few weeks prior to the Olympics, so she could not compete. Gaelle Mys was selected to replace her.[20] Afterwards, Croket said in an interview, "I went through a very difficult time, because, well, from a very early age I have been working on going to the Games. That just had to be a very good experience. And when you know that you can go, preparing all your routines for it, and then something like this happens, so close to it. That hurts, a lot! But well, after the Olympics you have to get over it."[4]

2013-2015[]

Croket made her comeback at the 2013 FIG Challenger Cup in Anadia, Portugal, where she qualified for two event finals.[21] She was not selected for the 2013 World Championships team due to an elbow injury.[22]

Croket returned at the 2014 Novara Cup where Belgium won a bronze medal behind Italy and Spain.[23] She competed at the 2014 World Championships, her first major competition since 2011, and she helped the Belgian team finish eleventh.[21]

Croket sustained another injury and did not compete for most of 2015, but she returned in September at a friendly meet against Sweden and Austria.[24] She scored a 13.200 on the floor exercise, but then, she had to withdraw from the rest of the meet due to an ankle injury sustained during the vault warm-ups.[24] The injury turned out to simply be a sprained ankle,[2] but she could only compete beam at the 2015 World Championships. The team finished eleventh and qualified to the Olympic Test Event.[25]

2016[]

Croket began her season at the International Gymnix in Montreal where she placed fifth in the team competition along with Julie Meyers, Cindy Vandenhole, and Senna Deriks.[26] She then helped Belgium defeat Romania in a friendly meet, and she finished sixth in the all-around with a 53.950.[27] She was initially named the alternate for the Olympic Test Event, but she was added to the team to replace Cindy Vandenhole.[28] At the Olympic Test Event, Croket helped Belgium finish third which qualified them as a full team to the 2016 Olympic Games for the first time since 1948.[29] Croket was not named to Belgium's 2016 Olympic team,[30] and after this decision she retired.[31] In October of 2016, Croket began coaching a girl's gymnastics team in Ghent.[32]

References[]

  1. ^ "CROKET Julie". FIG. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Julie Croket is ready for the next chapter of her life!". Belgian Gymnastics. 9 October 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Crocket & Verbaeys confirmed for London". Full Twist. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "The Hard Way To Success – Episode 6 – Julie Croket (BEL)". Sports2Visuals. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Belgian Champion Verschueren Ready To Take On Europe". International Gymnast Magazine. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  6. ^ "Montreal Wins Gives Croket 'High Hopes' for Upcoming Europeans". International Gymnast Magazine. 23 March 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  7. ^ "All-around Resultaten Artistieke Gymnastiek Dames" [All-around results Artistic Gymnastics Women] (PDF). Gymnastics Results (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  8. ^ "28th European Artistic Gymnastics Team Championships Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. UEG. 29 April 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  9. ^ "European Championships 2010 Floor Exercise Qualification Women Senior". Gymnastics Results. 29 April 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  10. ^ "42nd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Team Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 16 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  11. ^ "42nd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships All-Around Results Women's Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 16 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  12. ^ "4th European Artistic Gymnastic Individual Championships All-Around Final Women". Gymnastics Results. 8 April 2011. Archived from the original on 14 October 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  13. ^ "4th European Artistic Gymnastic Individual Championships Beam Final Women". Gymnastics Results. 10 April 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  14. ^ "4th European Artistic Gymnastic Individual Championships Floor Exercise Final Women". Gymnastics Results. 10 April 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  15. ^ "43rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Team Results Women's Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 7 October 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  16. ^ "Equipe feminina de ginástica se recupera de fiascos recentes e se classifica para a Olimpíada" [Women's gymnastics team is recovering from recent fiascoes and qualifies for Olympics]. UOL 2012 Olympics (in Portuguese). 11 January 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  17. ^ "Gymnastics Artistic Women Qualification Results" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 11 January 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  18. ^ "Results Senior Team Final" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 12 May 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  19. ^ "Results Senior Apparatus Final" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 13 May 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  20. ^ "Julie Crocket injured & withdraws from Olympic Games". Full Twist. 26 June 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  21. ^ Jump up to: a b "Gymnast's profile - Julie Croket". Belgian Gymnastics. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  22. ^ "Worlds 2013: Belgium announce selection – no Crocket". Full Twist. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  23. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (6 September 2014). "Italy Dominates the 2014 Novara Cup". The Gymternet. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  24. ^ Jump up to: a b Hopkins, Lauren (15 September 2015). "Belgium Struggles in Friendly Win". The Gymternet. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  25. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (27 October 2015). "The 2015 World Championships Qualifications Day 2 Recap". The Gymternet. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  26. ^ "L'International Gymnix 2016 Team Results" (PDF). L'International Gymnix (in French). 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  27. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (4 April 2016). "Belgium Reigns Over Romania". The Gymternet. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  28. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (16 April 2016). "Women's Test Event Begins Tomorrow". The Gymternet. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  29. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (22 April 2016). "The Test Event Reflections: Belgium". The Gymternet. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  30. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (30 June 2016). "Belgium Names First Olympic Team in 68 Years". The Gymternet. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  31. ^ "Julie Croket stopt met gymnastiek". Team Belgium (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  32. ^ "Julie Croket arrête la gymnastique". Team Belgium (in French). Retrieved 26 August 2019.
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