Emma Delaine (born 18 December 2003) is a French

rhythmic gymnast Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous and coordi ...

, member of the French national group.

Personal life

Emma trains for 40 hours per week at the National Institute for Sport, Expertise and Performance NSEPin Paris, her dream is to be part of the group that will represent France at the 2024 Olympics Games.

Career

Delaine was included into the national senior group in 2019, she made it to the starting five in 2021 debuting at the World Championships in

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, they were 11th in the All-Around, 12th with 3 hoops + 4 clubs and 8th in the final with 5 balls. In 2022, debuting at the World Cup in Athens where the group won All-Around gold. One month later, in April, they won bronze in both the All-Around and 5 hoops in Sofia. In June Emma and the group travelled to

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, being 6th in the All-Around and 4th with 5 hoops. Ten days later she competed at the

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in Tel Aviv along the senior group, seniors

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and Lily Ramonatxo and juniors Chloé Ineze, Shana Loxton-Vernaton, Margot Tran, where France was 6th in the All-Around, 7th in the 5 hoops final and 5th in the 3 ribbons + 2 balls' one. In September Delaine took part in the World Championships in Sofia along Eleonore Caburet, Ainhoa Dot, Manelle Inaho, Ashley Julien, Lozea Vilarino and the two individuals

and Maelle Millet, taking 11th place in the All-Around. In 2023 the group was 8th in the All-Around and 5th with 3 balls + 2 ribbons in Athens, in Sofia they won 3 bronze medals. In April she competed in

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, the group was 8th in the All-Around and 6th with hoops. In April the girls won all the gold medals at the tournament in Thiais. It was later revealed she was among the selected gymnasts for the

European Championships The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...

in Baku along Eleonore Caburet, Manelle Inaho, Lozea Vilarino,

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, Justine Lavit and the individuals

and Maelle Millet. In May, at the stage in Portimão, they won a silver medal in the 3 ribbon and 2 hoops final.

References

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