Marcia Videaux

Marcia Videaux
Full name	Marcia Teresa Videaux Jiménez
Alternative name(s)	Marcia Vidiaux
Born	(1999-07-21) 21 July 1999 (age 25) Manzanillo, Cuba
Residence	Miami, Florida, United States
Height	143 cm (4 ft 8 in)[1]
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Cuba
Years on national team	2015-2021
Level	Senior International Elite
Club	National School of Gymnastics
Head coach(es)	Yareimi Vázquez, Osniel Blanco
Medal record Representing  Cuba Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Vault Pan American Championships 2018 Lima Vault Central American and Caribbean Games 2018 Barranquilla Team 2018 Barranquilla All-around 2018 Barranquilla Floor exercise 2018 Barranquilla Vault 2018 Barranquilla Uneven bars FIG World Cup Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Challenge Cup 2 1 1

Marcia Teresa Videaux Jiménez (born 21 July 1999)^[1] is a Cuban artistic gymnast. She is the 2015 Pan American Games champion and the 2018 Pan American Championships silver medalist on the vault. She is the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games team, all-around, and floor exercise champion and the vault and uneven bars silver medalist. She has won four medals, including two gold, on the FIG World Cup series. She represented Cuba at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.

Career

Videaux began gymnastics when she was five years old.^[2]

2015

Videaux made her international debut at the 2015 Anadia World Challenge Cup where she won the gold medal on the vault and the bronze medal on the uneven bars.^[3] She then won the gold medal in the vault final at the Pan American Games in Toronto with an average score of 14.737. Additionally, Cuba placed fourth in the team competition, and Videaux placed ninth in the all-around final.^[4] At the Osijek World Challenge Cup, she won the silver medal on the floor exercise behind Paula Mejías and also placed fifth on vault and seventh on uneven bars.^[5] She then competed at the World Championships in Glasgow and finished fifty-fifth in the all-around during the qualification round.^[6]

2016

Videaux competed at the Olympic Test Event and qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games by finished twenty-sixth in the all-around.^[7] She then won the gold medal on the vault at the Anadia World Challenge Cup and also finished eighth on the uneven bars.^[8][9] She represented Cuba at the 2016 Summer Olympics and finished forty-eighth in the all-around during the qualification round with a total score of 52.024.^[10]

2017

Videaux competed at the Central American Sports Festival in Guatemala City and won the silver medal in the all-around behind teammate Yesenia Ferrera and Cuba won the team silver medal by one point behind Mexico. She also won the uneven bars gold medal and the bronze medals on balance beam and floor exercise.^[11] Then at the World Championships in Montreal, she only competed on the vault and uneven bars and did not advance into either final.^[12]

2018

At the Central American and Caribbean Games, Videaux won gold medals with the Cuban team and in the individual all-around where she finished 1.700 ahead of silver-medalist Andrea Maldonado.^[13] Then in the event finals, she won another gold on the floor exercise and also won silver medals on the vault and the uneven bars.^[14] Then at the Pan American Championships, she won the silver medal on vault behind Jade Carey and placed fifth in the all-around, floor exercise, and team competition.^[15] She was not sent to the World Championships in Doha due to budget cuts by Cuba's National Sports and Recreation Institute.^[16]

2019

Videaux qualified for the vault final at the Doha World Cup in fifth place, but she withdrew due to a thigh injury.^[17] Then at the Pan American Games, she placed sixth with the Cuban team, tenth in the all-around, and seventh in the vault final.^[18] She qualified for an individual spot at the 2020 Olympic Games by finishing fifty-third in the all-around at the 2019 World Championships.^[19][20]

2020-21

Videaux did not compete in 2020 or prior to the postponed 2020 Olympic Games due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Cuba.^[2]

Videaux represented Cuba at the 2020 Summer Olympics and decided to only compete on the vault in order to focus on qualifying for the vault final.^[21][22] However, she fell on her second vault during the qualification round and placed sixteenth, missing the event final.^[23]

Personal life

In 2023, Videaux emigrated from Cuba and moved to Miami, Florida.^[24]

Competitive history

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
2015	Anadia World Challenge Cup
	Pan American Games	4	9
	Osijek World Challenge Cup			5	7
	World Championships		55
2016	Olympic Test Event		26
	Anadia World Challenge Cup				8
	Olympic Games		48
2017	Central American Sports Festival
2018	Central American and Caribbean Games
	Pan American Championships	5	5				5
2019	Doha World Cup			WD
	Pan American Games	6	10	7
	World Championships		53
2021
	Olympic Games			16

References

1. "Marcia Vidiaux". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
2. Ríos López, Eyleen (21 April 2021). "Gimnasta Videaux salta obstáculos rumbo a Tokio" [Gymnast Videaux jumps obstacles heading to Tokyo]. Cuba Debate (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2022.
3. "FIG ART CIII World Challenge Cup Anadia (POR) 2015 May 21-24 Artistic Gymnastics Results Men and Women". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
4. "Artistic Gymnastics Results Book Toronto 2015" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. Toronto 2015. pp. 1, 23, 25. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
5. "World Challenge Cup 2015 Grand prix Osijek 2015 Zito Challenge Cup Osijek (CRO) 2015 Sep 17-20". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
6. "46th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, Glasgow (GBR) Women's Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 23 October 2015. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
7. "Serán tres los gimnastas cubanos en los Juegos Olímpicos de Rio" [There will be three Cuban gymnasts at the Rio Olympics]. Cuba Debate (in Spanish). 18 April 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
8. "Chinese, Saraiva shine at Anadia World Challenge Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
9. "Marcia Videaux oro en caballo de salto en la Copa Mundial de Anandia" [Marcia Videaux gold in vault at the Anandia World Cup]. Cuba Debate (in Spanish). 25 June 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
10. "Artistic Gymnastics Women's Individual All-Around Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. Rio 2016. 7 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
11. Hopkins, Lauren (30 June 2017). "2017 Central American Sports Festival Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
12. "47th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2017 Montréal (CAN) Women's Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 3 October 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 April 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
13. Ríos López, Eyleen; López Hevia, Ricardo (22 July 2018). "Eres grande Marcia Vidiaux" [You are great Marcia Vidiaux]. Cuba Debate (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2022.
14. Raúl Concepción, José (25 July 2018). "Barranquilla-2018: La doble "M" de la gimnasia cubana" [Barranquilla-2018: The double "M" of Cuban gymnastics]. Cuba Debate (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2022.
15. Hopkins, Lauren (15 September 2018). "2018 Pan American Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
16. Rodríguez, Raúl (6 September 2018). "Contradicción: Cubana Marcia Videaux fuera del Mundial de Gimnasia por "recorte de presupuesto"" [Contradiction: Cuban Marcia Videaux out of the World Gymnastics Championships due to "budget cuts"]. Cuba Debate (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2022.
17. García, Joel (24 March 2019). "Barra de bronce para Randy Lerú en Doha" [Bronze bar for Randy Lerú in Doha]. Cuba Debate (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2022.
18. Hopkins, Lauren (3 August 2019). "2019 Pan American Games Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
19. de la Cruz Saborit, Iris (29 November 2019). "Gymnasts looking to Tokyo". Granma. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
20. "Cuban gymnast Videaux qualified to Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Radio Rebelde. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
21. Oliva Ferrales, Mailenys (12 November 2020). "Marcia Videaux: "My dream is to win an Olympic medal"". Granma. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
22. García, Joel (19 July 2021). "El cumpleaños adelantado de Marcia Videaux" [Marcia Videaux's early birthday]. Cuba Debate (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2022.
23. Abadía Torres, Alejandro (25 July 2021). "Gimnasia olímpica: Marcia Videaux sufrió en el caballo de salto" [Olympic gymnastics: Marcia Videaux fell on the vault]. Play Off Magazine (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2022.
24. Fernández, Damian (11 December 2023). "Gimnasta cubana Marcia Videaux deja Cuba: ahora vive en Miami" [Cuban gymnast Marcia Videaux leaves Cuba: she now lives in Miami]. CubaNet (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 December 2023.

External links

• Marcia Vidiaux at the International Gymnastics Federation
• Marcia Vidiaux Jiménez on Instagram