Maelle Millet

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Maelle Millet
Maelle Millet 2024 Sofia World Cup Hoop QF 1.jpg
Millet in 2024
Country representedFlag of France.svg  France
Born (2004-08-22) 22 August 2004 (age 19)
Saint Gaudens, France
Discipline Rhythmic Gymnastics
LevelInternational Elite
Years on national team2019-2024
ClubAssociation Thionville Gymnastique Rythmique et Sportive
Head coach(es) Alexandra Konova
Assistant coach(es) Emilie Bohn
Former coach(es)Stéphanie and Magalie Fontan
Choreographer Fabrice Mineau
Retiredyes
Medal record
Rhythmic gymnastics
Representing France
Event1st2nd3rd
FIG World Cup 001
Total001
National Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Calais All-Around
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Calais All-Around
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Mulhouse All-Around

Maelle Millet (born 22 August 2004) is a retired French rhythmic gymnast. She is a three-time French national champion (2021-2023). [1]

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Personal life

Millet took up rhythmic gymnastics at age six after a demonstration near her home. [2] She moved to train at the national youth training hub (Pole Espoir) in Montpellier, France at age 11, [3] and she trained for 26 hours per week. Her favourite apparatuses are ball and ribbon, and her ultimate ambition was to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. [4]

Career

Junior

At the first Junior World Championships in Rhythmic Gymnastics in Moscow in 2019, she placed 14th with ball, the only apparatus she competed with. [5]

Senior

She debuted in as a senior in 2021 at the World Cup Sofia, where she ended 19th in the all-around and didn't qualify for finals. She was selected to represent France at the 2021 European Championship in Varna, Bulgaria, along with Kseniya Moustafaeva. At the Championships, she competed with four apparatuses and did not qualify for the all-around final. Millet also competed at the World Championships, placing 19th in the all around.

In 2022 she took part at the World Cups in Sofia and Baku. She qualified for the hoop and ball finals in Sofia and won her first world cup medal, a bronze with hoop. [6] Despite winning the French nationals [7] she was only named reserve gymnast for the 2022 European Championship.

In 2024, she won the silver medal in the all-around behind Hélène Karbanov at the French National Championships. She retired in July. [3]

Routine music information

YearApparatusMusic Title
2024HoopCasting by Christophe Maé
BallVole by Celine Dion
Clubs Alors on danse (Dubdogz Remix) by Stromae
Ribbon Non, je ne regrette rien by Édith Piaf
2023HoopObijmy by Okean Elzy
BallVole by Celine Dion
Clubs Alors on danse (Dubdogz Remix) by Stromae
RibbonBella by Gims
2022HoopObijmy by Okean Elzy
Ball Caruso by Lara Fabian
Clubs Alors on danse (Dubdogz Remix) by Stromae
Ribbon L'enfer by Stromae
2021HoopWho Am I? by The Mystery of Bulgarian Voices
Ball Una Mattina by Ludovico Einaudi
Clubs Can't Hold Us by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat Ray Dalton
RibbonDark Angel (Original Mix) by 8 O'clock
2019Rope Knock On Wood by Safari Duo
Ball Comme toi by Amel Bent
ClubsI Wanna Dance by Artem Uznov
RibbonLon Lon (Ravel's Bolero) by Angelique Kidjo

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References

  1. ↑ "Passe de trois pour Maelle Millet, championne de France de gymnastique rythmique". L'Equipe (in French). Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "Maëlle Millet : la gymnaste étoile de Saint-Gaudens". Haute-Garonne (in French). Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  3. 1 2 Cohen, Elisa (18 July 2024). "Lily Ramonatxo et Maëlle Millet quittent le pôle de Montpellier" [Lily Ramonatxo and Maëlle Millet leave the Montpellier center]. SpotGym.fr (in French). Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "Détail de contenu". www.ffgym.fr. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "MILLET Maelle – FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  6. ↑ "Golden quad: Kaleyn soars at Sofia Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup". gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "GR – Maëlle Millet conserve le titre national". www.ffgym.fr. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
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