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Kaylia Nemour

Kaylia Nemour (Arabic: كيليا نمور, romanizedKailiya Numur; born 30 December 2006) is an Algerian artistic gymnast. She is the 2024 Olympic champion on the uneven bars and the first gymnast from any African nation to win an Olympic medal. At the 2023 World Championships, she became the first African gymnast to win a medal at the World Championships, winning silver on the uneven bars. She is the 2023 African all-around champion. At the 2025 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, she won a gold medal on uneven bars, a silver medal on balance beam and came in fourth all-around.

Nemour was born in Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt, France, to a French mother and an Algerian father. Her father's parents were from Jijel Province, Beni Meslem tribe, Algeria, making Kaylia and her father dual nationals.

She began gymnastics when she was four years old. Nemour made her international debut at the 2017 Tournoi International where she placed 16th in the all-around in the espoir division. She competed on all four events at the Top 12 Series 2, helping her club win its matchup against Lyon.

Nemour's first event of 2018 was the Top 12 Series 3. She contributed on uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise toward Avoine's win over Rouen. Then at Series 4, she competed on the uneven bars and helped her club win against Haguenau. At the Top 12 Final she competed on uneven bars and floor exercise, helping Avoine win the silver medal overall. At the 2018 French Championships, she finished seventh all-around in the espoir division.

Nemour competed on vault, balance beam, and floor exercise at the 2019 Top 12 Finals, helping Avoine finish second. At the French Championships, she won the all-around for her age division; additionally, she scored the highest on floor exercise and uneven bars, and third highest on vault. In September, she competed at the Mediterranean Championships where she helped France finish third as a team. Individually, Nemour placed first in the all-around, on uneven bars, and on balance beam, fourth on vault, and fifth on floor exercise.

Nemour competed at the Swiss Cup Juniors where she helped France finish second as a team. Individually, she won silver in the all-around behind Ana Bărbosu. Then at the Elite Gym Massilia, she placed fifth in the all-around. In the event finals, she won the gold medal on the uneven bars and bronze on the floor exercise behind Viktoria Listunova and Jennifer Gadirova. She helped Avoine win its matchup against Colomiers at the Top 12 Series 2.

In February 2020, Nemour competed on all four events at the Top 12 Series 3, helping Avoine win its matchup against Combs la Ville. Most competitions were canceled or postponed in 2020 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. She returned to competition in October at the French Test Meet, winning the junior all-around title by over three points. She competed at the Coupe d’Hiver as part of the Blue Team, in which they finished first. Additionally, Nemour finished first in the all-around.

In 2021, Nemour competed at the Top 12 Championships. She had the highest scores of the competition on the three events she competed, and she helped Avoine win the title. She then competed at the French Championships. She only competed on the uneven bars but won the title ahead of the senior competitors. Nemour had to undergo two surgeries on her knees after developing osteochondritis.

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