Lily Ramonatxo (born 24 February 2005) is a French individual rhythmic gymnast. She a two-time French National all-around medalist.
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| Country represented |  France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 February 2005 Montpellier, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Montpellier, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Montpellier 3M GRS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Alexandra Konova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Emilie Bohn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Sandrine Cabrera | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Alexandra Konova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World ranking | 18 WC[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editLily Ramonatxo started rhythmic gymnastics at 8 years old after watching the 2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in her hometown, Montpellier. She began her career with coach Sandrine Cabrera in Montpellier 3M GRS club, before switching with Alexandra Konova when she joined the national youth training hub in the same city.
Junior
editHer first competition as a national team member was the International Tournament in Corbeil-Essonnes, France.[2] The next year, she won the silver medal in the all-around at the French national junior championships, along with a gold in the ribbon final and a bronze with clubs.[3] Thanks to her results, she was selected to represent France at the 2019 Junior World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Moscow, Russia. She competed with the rope, and finished 23rd with a score of 13.950.[4]
In 2020, her last junior season, she won silver with clubs at the Corbeil-Essonnes International tournament. She also won three medals at the Fellbach Schmiden tournament in Germany: two silvers with ribbon and clubs, and a bronze with ball.[5] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most of the events in the season were cancelled. Her final junior competition was the 2020 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships in Kyiv, postponed in November. With her teammate Elsa Somville and the group, she finished 4th in the team competition. She qualified to three finals: she finished 7th with rope and clubs and 8th with ball.[6]
Senior
editIn 2021, she started competing as a senior. She debuted on international level at Baku World Cup, where she was 45th in All-around. Later, she competed at Challenge Cup in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, where she ended on 12th place in All-around. She qualified to her first Apparatus final - Ball, and took 7th place.
In 2022, she competed at the 2022 European Championships in Tel Aviv and placed 24th during the All-around competition.[7]
Routine music information
edit| Year | Apparatus | Music title |
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| 2023 | Hoop | "Trouble" by Alan Cumming |
| Ball | "(IL Est 5 heures) Paris S'éveille" by An Pierlé | |
| Clubs | "Opening: I Hope I Get It" from A Chorus Line by Marvin Hamlisch | |
| Ribbon | "Boléro" by Prequell | |
| 2022 | Hoop | "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen |
| Ball | "(IL Est 5 heures) Paris S'éveille" by An Pierlé | |
| Clubs | "Allumez le Feu" by Johnny Hallyday | |
| Ribbon | "Boléro" by Prequell | |
| 2021 | Hoop | "Sax" by Fleur East |
| Ball | "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish | |
| Clubs | "Були на селі" by Vopli Vidopliassova | |
| Ribbon | "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I |
References
edit- ^ "Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique". www.gymnastics.sport.
- ^ "GR - GÉNÉRATION 2024 : Portrait de Lily Ramonatxo". www.ffgym.fr.
- ^ Lily Ramonatxo ffgym.fr Retrieved 7 July 2023
- ^ "1st FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics Junior World Championships". gym.longinestiming.com.
- ^ "GR- Lily médaillée au Tournoi d'Allemagne". FFGYM Occitanie.
- ^ "Une Montpelliéraine dans les dix meilleures jeunes d'Europe". midilibre.fr.
- ^ All-Around Results europeangymnastics.com Retrieved 7 July 2023