Bianca Mann

Bianca Mann
Full name	Bianca Fallon Mann
Born	(1995-02-21) 21 February 1995 (age 30) Johannesburg, South Africa
Height	155 cm (5 ft 1 in) [1]
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	South Africa
Retired	2017
Medal record Women's artistic gymnastics Representing   South Africa African Games 2015 Brazzaville Team African Championships 2014 Pretoria Team 2012 Tunis Team 2014 Pretoria All-around 2014 Pretoria Uneven bars 2014 Pretoria Balance beam

Bianca Fallon Mann (born 21 February 1995) is a South African former artistic gymnast. She is the 2015 and 2016 South African all-around champion. She is the 2014 African Championships all-around silver medalist and team champion. Additionally, she competed at the World Championships in 2014 and 2015.

Gymnastics career

Mann helped South African win the team silver medal, behind Egypt, at the 2012 African Championships. ^[2] Then at the 2014 African Championships, South Africa won the team title, and Mann won the all-around silver medal behind teammate Kirsten Beckett. In the event finals, she won silver medals on the uneven bars and balance beam. ^[3] She competed for South Africa at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she finished 20th in the all-around final and sixth in the team final. ^[4] At the 2014 World Championships, she competed in the all-around to help the South African team finish 33rd. ^[5]

At the 2015 Doha World Cup, Mann finished sixth on the uneven bars with a score of 12.625. ^[6] Then, at the 2015 Ljubljana World Cup, she finished fifth on the uneven bars with a score of 11.425. ^[7] She won the 2015 South African national titles in the all-around and on the uneven bars, and she also won silver on vault and bronze on balance beam and floor exercise. ^[8] She won a team gold medal at the 2015 African Games. ^[9] At the 2015 World Championships, she scored 49.432 in the all-around and finished 109th in the qualifications. ^[10]

Mann won the 2016 South African national titles in the all-around and on the uneven bars, and she also won silver on balance beam and floor exercise. ^[11] Her last international competition was the 2017 Summer Universiade where she finished 11th with the team and 28th in the all-around. ^[12] She won the uneven bars bronze medal at the 2017 South African Championships, and this was the final competition of her career. ^[13]

References

1. "Bianca Mann". Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2021.^{[ dead link ]}
2. Hopkins, Lauren (16 April 2012). "2012 African Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
3. "Egypt on top of African Championships rankings". International Gymnastics Federation . 1 April 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
4. "20th Commonwealth Games 2014". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
5. "45th ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS in Nanning (CHN) Women's Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. FIG. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
6. "Bianca masters the bars for sixth spot in Doha". Team South Africa. 27 March 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
7. "Results for World Challenge Cup 2015 Ljubljana (SLO)". International Gymnastics Federation . Retrieved 4 July 2025.
8. Hopkins, Lauren (6 June 2015). "2015 South African Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
9. Hopkins, Lauren (9 September 2015). "2015 All-Africa Games Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
10. "46th ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, GLASGOW (GBR) Women's Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. FIG. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
11. Hopkins, Lauren (2 July 2016). "2016 South African Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
12. Hopkins, Lauren (22 August 2017). "2017 Summer Universiade Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
13. "Bianca Mann". The Gymternet. Retrieved 23 March 2021.

External links

• Bianca Mann at the International Gymnastics Federation
• Bianca Mann at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)