Alison Camille Chantal Lepin (born 22 June 2000 in Romorantin-Lanthenay)[1] is a French artistic gymnast. She was a member of the team that won a bronze medal at the 2016 European Championships.[2]
| Alison Lepin | ||||||||||||
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| Full name | Alison Camille Chantal Lepin | |||||||||||
| Country represented |  France | |||||||||||
| Born | 22 June 2000 Romorantin-Lanthenay | |||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | |||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2014 - 2018 | |||||||||||
| Club | Avoine Beaumont Gymnastics | |||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Marc and Gina Chirilcenco | |||||||||||
| Retired | 2020 | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
editLepin began gymnastics at the age of 9 at a club in Romorantin after doing figure skating.[3] At the age of 11, Alison joined Avoine Beaumont Gymnastics. In 2012, Lepin won the French 12 year old Championships, a title that allowed her to begin competing in elite gymnastics.
Career
editJunior career
editLepin competed at the 2014 French National Championships and finished fifteenth in the all-around.[4] She was selected to compete for the French national team for the first time in November 2014, for a friendly match against Italy and Mexico. Less than a year later, Lepin competed at both Massilia and Top Gym for France. She won gold on uneven bars at Top Gym.[5]
Senior career
editIn 2016, she competed at her first major international competition: the 2016 European Championships, in Bern, Switzerland. She helped France win the team bronze medal along with Marine Brevet, Loan His, Marine Boyer and Oréane Lechenault. This was significant for France as they had not been on a European team podium since 2008.[6] She then competed at the 2016 National Championships where she finished seventh in the all-around and fifth on vault. Although she was the favorite to win uneven bars, she fell in the final and finished last.[7] She was not selected for the 2016 Olympic team.[8]
Lepin competed at the 2017 European Championships, but she did not qualify for any finals.[9] At the end of 2017, Lepin had back surgery that kept her out of competition for a year.[10] She was take off the national team, so she left the national training center and began training in Orléans.[11] She came back in December 2018 for the second competition of the Top 12 Series where she scored a 12.500 on uneven bars, but, in February 2019, at the third competition, she fell on her first release and only scored an 11.700.[10] Throughout 2019, she competed domestically, but she only competed on the uneven bars and was not added back to the French national team. She retired from gymnastics in 2020.[12]
References
edit- ^ "Alison Lepin" (PDF). French Gymnastics Federation (in French). Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ "31st European Championships in Women's Artistic Gymnastics Seniors and Juniors Senior Team Final Results" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 4 June 2016. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ "Interview d'Alison Lepin" [Interview with Alison Lepin]. Facebook (in French). Interviews de gymnastes. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (6 April 2014). "2014 French Championships". The Gymternet. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (29 November 2015). "2015 Top Gym Tournament Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ "Championnats d'Europe de gymnastique : la France en bronze" [European Gymnastics Championships: France takes bronze]. L’Équipe (in French). 4 June 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (22 June 2016). "France's Young Stars Shine in Mulhouse". The Gymternet. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ Johnson, Rebecca (29 June 2016). "France and Belgium Announce Olympic Teams". FloGymnastics. FloSports, Inc. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (20 April 2017). "2017 European Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ a b Troadec, Elodie (19 February 2019). "Avoine/Beaumont: Alison Lepin se reconstruit" [Avoine/Beaumont: Alison Lepin is rebuilding]. la Nouvelle Republique (in French). Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ "Alison Lepin va quitter l'INSEP mais…" [Alison Lepin will leave INSEP but...]. Gym and News (in French). 26 May 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ "Alison Lepin : "Ma plus grande fierté est d'avoir réussi l'impensable"" [Alison Lepin: “My greatest pride is to have achieved the unthinkable”]. Spot Gym (in French). 7 October 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2023.