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Biography
Julie Croket (born 1 July 1994) is a Belgian artistic gymnast. She was selected to represent Belgium at the 2012 Olympics, but one month before she tore her ACL, and could not compete. She was the Belgian all-around champion in 2010 and 2012.
Personal life
Croket currently lives in Dendermonde where she trains at GymMAX vzw with her coaches Yves Kieffer and Marjorie Heuls. Along with doing gymnastics, Croket is also studying to become a primary-school teacher. Her favorite event is Floor.
Career
2010
Croket became the 2010 Belgian all-around champion with a score of 53.000Croket finished thirteenth with the Belgian team at the 2010 European Championships. She finished ninth in the all-around with a score of 53.375. She was a reserve for the floor final. At the 2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Croket and her team finished fifteenth. In the qualification round, Croket finished 43rd in the all-around with a score of 52.782, and she did not qualify for the final.
2011
At the International Gymnix meet in Montreal Croket won the all-around, vault, and floor exercise titles. She was selected to compete at the 2011 European Championships
Croket finished twelfth in the all-around final at the 2011 European Championships with a score of 54.300. She finished fourth in the beam final with a score of 14.150, and fifth in the floor final with a 14.275. Croket competed at the 2011 World Championships, and she finished sixteenth with her team.
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, but her team finished in fifth. This meant that Belgium could only send one female gymnast to the Olympics. Croket competed at the 2012 European Championships. Her team finished in sixth place. She finished eighth in the floor final with a score of 12.866. Croket was officially named as the Belgian gymnast for the 2012 Summer Olympics. However, Croket tore her ACL at a competition in France, and she could not go to the Olympics. Gaelle Mys was selected to replace her.
2013
Croket was not selected for the 2013 World Championships team due to another injury.