| Elena Colas | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Colas in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country represented |  France | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 May 2010 Chambray-lès-Tours, France | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Junior International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2021–present (FRA) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Avoine-Beaumont | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Marc and Gina Chirilcenco | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Elena Colas (born 1 May 2010) is a French artistic gymnast. She is the 2024 Junior European all-around, uneven bars, and team champion.
Colas began gymnastics at three years old at the club Avoine-Beaumont because her mother was a coach there. [1]
Colas won the all-around title at the 2021 French Championships in the 11-year-old category, standing out for her high level of difficulty for her age. [2] She made her international debut at the 2021 Swiss Cup Juniors. She placed fifth in the all-around and helped the French team win the bronze medal behind Germany and Belgium. [3] She won the all-around in the espoir division at the 2021 Tournoi International and the Avoine club won the team title. In the event finals, she won the gold medal on the balance beam, the silver medal on the uneven bars, and the bronze medals on the vault and floor exercise. [4]
Colas won the all-around title in the espoir division at the 2022 Elek Matolay Memorial. She then won gold medals on the vault and balance beam in the event finals. [5] She helped Avoine-Beaumont win the Top 12 Finals by winning all four events. [6] Then at the French Championships, she won the all-around title in the 12-year-old division by more than 13 points. [7] At the 2022 Tournoi International, she won six medals- gold in the all-around, vault, uneven bars, and balance beam, and silver in the team and floor exercise. [8]
At the 2023 Top 12 Finals, Colas helped Avoine-Beaumont win its third consecutive title. [9] She then won her third consecutive French national all-around title, this time in the 13-year-old division. [10]
Colas had the highest all-around score in the European Championships selection meet, [11] and she was named to the French junior team. [12] Before the European Championships, she competed at the Magglingen Junior Friendly where she won the all-around gold medal and helped the French team win the gold medal by nearly 10 points. [13]
Two days after her 14th birthday, Colas led the French team to a gold medal at the 2024 Junior European Championships, and she won the individual all-around title. [14] [15] Then in the event finals, she tied with Italy's Giulia Perotti for the gold medal on the uneven bars, and she won the bronze medal on the vault. [16]
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