Kaylia Nemour

Kaylia Nemour is an Algerian gymnast who won Olympic gold on the uneven bars in Paris in 2024. It was the first Olympic gymnastics medal for an African athlete. She was born on 30 December 2006 in Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt, in central France.

The family of Nemour's father comes from Beni Meslem, in the wilaya of Jijel. She began gymnastics at the age of 4 at the Avoine Beaumont club.

After knee surgery in 2021, she chose to compete for Algeria. In May 2023 she became African all-around champion in Pretoria and showed a new bars element, now called the Nemour. That October she won silver on bars at the World Championships in Antwerp.

On 4 August 2024 she won the Olympic uneven bars final with a score of 15.700. 10 days later, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune awarded her the Order of National Merit.

Since May 2025 the gymnast has trained in Dijon with the coach Nadia Massé. At the World Championships in Jakarta, on 24 October 2025, she became Africa's first world champion in gymnastics, on bars. She also won silver on the beam.

In February 2026 the FIG approved a second bars element named after her. In April she won 5 gold medals at the African Championships in Yaoundé. At the Mediterranean Games in Taranto she won the all-around title on 1 September 2026, then gold on bars and beam.