Shana Loxton-Vernaton (born 21 May 2007) 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 ...

, currently a member of the reserve national group.

Career

Shana first caught the eye of the national team coordinators in 2019, when she was invited for a training camp among other pre junior gymnasts. In 2021, she integrated the national team, when she was again selected for a training camp and an internal routine review with the 2022-2024 code of points. In February 2022, she won gold among the juniors born in 2007 in the first internal control. In March she was again the winner, among all the juniors this time, and therefore sent to the international tournament in Sofia along Chloé Ineze, where Shana was 15th in the All-Around and second reserve in the hoop and ball finals. In May she won silver at nationals behind Ineze, she was selected for the

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in Tel Aviv along the senior group, senior individuals

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and Lily Ramonatxo and Chloé Ineze and

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, there Loxton competed with ribbon and was 11th in teams and 23rd with the apparatus. From 2 to 4 June she was also a member of the French team for the Mediterranean Gymnastics Confederation Championships in

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, she was 6th in teams and 4th in the ribbon final. In 2023, she became a senior and was invited to join the national senior group, training under

Anna Baranova Anna Baranova (born 3 March) is a rhythmic gymnastics coach, former Spanish national coach and current coach of the French national team. She has held the position of coach of the Spanish group in two stages: the first from 2004 to 2008, and the ...

and Sara Bayòn with the dream of competing at the

2028 Olympic Games The 2028 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXXIV Olympiad, also known as Los Angeles 2028 or LA28) is an upcoming international multi-sport event scheduled to take place from July 14 to July 30, 2028, in and around Los Angeles, Cali ...

. On April 14, she was revealed as a reserve for the

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, on the 28th she participated in a demonstration in Miramas.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Loxton-Vernaton, Shana 2007 births Living people French rhythmic gymnasts 21st-century French women People from Chalon-sur-Saône