In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Larduet and the second or maternal family name is Bicet.
Manrique Larduet Bicet (born 10 July 1996)[2] is a Cuban artistic gymnast. At the 2015 World Championships, he won the silver medal in the all-around- becoming Cuba's first World all-around medalist. He is also the 2015 World horizontal bar bronze medalist, and he represented Cuba at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He is the 2015 Pan American Games vault champion and all-around silver medalist. He is the 2018 Pan American all-around champion and a two-time Pan American champion on the parallel bars (2013, 2018) At the 2014 Pan American Sports Festival he won medals in every event, including the all-around gold. He withdrew from the 2020 Summer Olympics due to a dispute with the Cuban Gymnastics Federation, and he now lives and trains in Italy.
Career
Larduet began gymnastics when he was five years old.[3] He moved away from his family to Havana at age nine to train at the National Gymnastics School.[4]
Larduet began the Olympic season at the Doha World Cup and won the silver medal on the parallel bars behind Oleg Stepko.[16] Then at the Osijek World Cup, he won another silver medal on the parallel bars, this time behind Emin Garibov.[17] At this competition, he became the first gymnast to perform a double front somersault with a full twist dismount off the parallel bars, and this skill was named after him in the Code of Points.[18] He then represented Cuba at the 2016 Summer Olympics. During the qualification round, he made a major mistake on vault, but he still qualified for the all-around final in 15th place.[19] During the all-around final, he injured his ankle on vault and withdrew from the rest of the event.[20] Despite the injury, he competed in the parallel bars and horizontal bar finals, finishing fifth and sixth, respectively.[21][22]
2017-18
Due to the injury sustained at the Olympic Games, Larduet did not resume training until July 2017.[23] He competed at the 2017 World Championships in Montreal. During the qualification round, he finished first place in the all-around.[24] However, in the all-around final, he finished in fifth place, missing the podium by 0.400.[25] In the event finals, he finished seventh on the floor exercise and fourth on parallel bars.[26]
At the 2018 Guimarães World Challenge Cup, Larduet won gold medals on the rings, vault, and parallel bars.[27] Then at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games, he won the all-around title as well as gold medals on rings and parallel bars. He also won silver medals on pommel horse, vault, and with the Cuban team, and he won bronze on the horizontal bar.[1] He also won the all-around title at the 2018 Pan American Championships. In the event finals, he won gold on parallel bars and silver on floor exercise and pommel horse.[28] He then competed at the 2018 World Championships but did not advance into any finals.[29]
In 2020, Larduet's head coach was suspended by the Cuban Gymnastics Federation.[33] In May 2021, Larduet announced on his Instagram account that he was no longer training and would not compete at the postponed-2020 Summer Olympics.[34] This was confirmed in July when the Cuban Olympic Committee announced its delegation for the Olympic Games without Larduet.[35]
In 2022, Larduet moved to Italy and began training there.[36] He competed at the 2023 Italian Championships as a guest and received the highest all-around total.[37]
Eponymous skill
Larduet has a parallel bars dismount that is named after him in the Code of Points.[38][18]
