Samir Aït Saïd

Samir Aït Saïd (born 1 November 1989) is a French artistic gymnast. He is the 2019 World bronze medalist and the 2013 European champion on the still rings. He is also a three-time European silver medalist and a two-time European bronze medalist. He represented France at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2020 Summer Olympics, and the 2024 Summer Olympics. He was one of France's flagbearers at the 2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.

Personal life

Aït Saïd was born on 1 November 1989 in Champigny-sur-Marne. He is of Kabyle descent, and he learned the Kabyle language to communicate with the part of his family that still lived in Algeria. He began gymnastics when he was six years old. His father, who was a bus driver, died in January 2019 due to lung cancer. He has a daughter who was born in March 2021.

Career

Junior career

Aït Saïd joined the French junior national team in 2004. At the 2004 Junior European Championships, he won the bronze medal on the rings and placed fourth with the French team. Then at the 2006 Junior European Championships, he won the gold medal on the rings, and he placed eighth with the French team.

Senior career

2009–2012

Aït Saïd's first World Championships was in 2009, and he finished seventh in the rings final. At the 2010 European Championships, he helped the French team win the bronze medal, and he won the silver medal on the rings behind Italy's Matteo Morandi. He won the gold medal on the rings at the 2010 Paris World Cup.