Maelle Millet

Maelle Millet
Millet in 2024
Born	(2004-08-22) 22 August 2004 (age 20) Saint Gaudens, France
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Country represented	France
Years on national team	2019-2024
Club	Association 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
Retired	yes
Medal record Rhythmic gymnastics Representing France Event 1st 2nd 3rd FIG World Cup 0 0 1 Total 0 0 1 National Championships 2021 Calais All-Around 2022 Calais All-Around 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]

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

Year	Apparatus	Music Title
2024	Hoop	Casting by Christophe Maé
	Ball	Vole by Celine Dion
	Clubs	Alors on danse (Dubdogz Remix) by Stromae
	Ribbon	Non, je ne regrette rien by Édith Piaf
2023	Hoop	Obijmy by Okean Elzy
	Ball	Vole by Celine Dion
	Clubs	Alors on danse (Dubdogz Remix) by Stromae
	Ribbon	Bella by Gims
2022	Hoop	Obijmy by Okean Elzy
	Ball	Caruso by Lara Fabian
	Clubs	Alors on danse (Dubdogz Remix) by Stromae
	Ribbon	L'enfer by Stromae
2021	Hoop	Who 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
	Ribbon	Dark Angel (Original Mix) by 8 O'clock
2019	Rope	Knock On Wood by Safari Duo
	Ball	Comme toi by Amel Bent
	Clubs	I Wanna Dance by Artem Uznov
	Ribbon	Lon Lon (Ravel's Bolero) by Angelique Kidjo

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. 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.