Alison Lepin

Alison 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
Country represented	France
Born	(2000-06-22) June 22, 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
Medal record Representing  France European Championships 2016 Bern Team

Early life

Alison Lepin 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, where she still trains. In 2012, Lepin won the French 12 year old Championships, a title that allowed her to begin competing in elite gymnastics.

Career

Junior career

Lepin 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

In 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 of 2018 for the second competition of the Top 12 Series where she scored a 12.500 on uneven bars, but, in February of 2019, at the third competition, she fell on her first release and only scored an 11.700.[10] Lepin still competes domestically, but she has only competed uneven bars since her back surgery and has not been added back to the French national team.

References

1. "Alison Lepin" (PDF). Fédération Française de Gymnastique (in French). Retrieved 30 June 2016.
2. "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.
3. "Interview d'Alison Lepin". Facebook (in French). Interviews de gymnastes. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
4. Hopkins, Lauren (6 April 2014). "2014 French Championships". The Gymternet. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
5. Hopkins, Lauren (29 November 2015). "2015 Top Gym Tournament Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
6. "Championnats d'Europe de gymnastique : la France en bronze". L’Équipe (in French). L’Équipe. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
7. Hopkins, Lauren (22 June 2016). "France's Young Stars Shine in Mulhouse". The Gymternet. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
8. Johnson, Rebecca (29 June 2016). "France and Belgium Announce Olympic Teams". FloGymnastics. FloSports, Inc. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
9. Hopkins, Lauren (20 April 2017). "2017 European Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
10. Troadec, Elodie (19 February 2019). "Avoine/Beaumont : Alison Lepin se reconstruit". la Nouvelle Republique (in French). Retrieved 14 August 2019.
11. "Alison Lepin va quitter l'INSEP mais…". Gym and News (in French). 26 May 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2019.