Maëna Millon
| Maëna Millon | |
|---|---|
 Millon at the 2025 Summer World University Games | |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 22 February 2003 |
| Gymnastics career | |
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics |
Country represented |  France (2017-) |
| Club | Societe Municipale d'Orleans Gymnastique |
| Gym | Societe Municipale d'Orleans Gymnastique |
Head coach | Isabelle Andre[2] |
Assistant coach | Snejana Mladenova |
Maëna Millon (born 22 February 2003) is a French individual rhythmic gymnast. She is a two-time (2025, 2026) French National all-around champion.
Career
Millon started rhythmic gymnastics at age 6 in Ligueil, France. Her idol is French rhythmic gymnast Eva Serrano.
Junior
In 2018, she won bronze medal in all-around at French National Championships and also won gold medal in ball, silver in ribbon and bronze in hoop.[3] She represented France at the 2018 European Junior Championships in Guadalajara. Together with her teammates Manelle Inaho, Célia Joseph-Noël, Hélène Karbanov and senior group, she finished 8th in the team competition. She competed with ball (47th place) and ribbon (22nd place).[4]
Senior
In 2019, she started competing as a senior. She debuted on international level at Baku World Cup, where she was 48th in all-around. Later, she competed at World Challenge Cup in Minsk, Belarus, where she ended on 33rd place in All-around. She won silver medal in all-around at French National Championships.[5] In September, she and Valerie Romenski competed at the 2019 World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. Maena took 66th place in all-around qualifications and 17th place in team competition.[6]
In 2020, Millon began experiencing persistent headaches that gradually worsened and affected her training. Her performance declined, prompting her coaches to ease her training load. Despite the pain, she continued to train daily and was later diagnosed with tension-type headaches. A new treatment helped her recover. As a result of her condition, she was not selected for the 2020 European Championships in Kyiv, Ukraine. After finishing last in the first selection test, she withdrew from the second to focus on recovery — a decision she later viewed as the right one, especially since France ultimately did not send any senior gymnasts.[7]
In 2021, she was invited to a selection test at INSEP for the World Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan, but she was unable to participate due to a minor sprain and therefore did not make it to the team.[8]
She returned to the international scene in 2024, competing at Grand Prix Marbella, where she took 25th place in the all-around.[9]
In 2025, she began her season at the Sofia World Cup in April, where she took 37th place in the all-around. She was most successful with hoop (19th place). Then she competed at the Tashkent World Cup and took 25th place in the all-around and 15th with hoop. At the French National Championships in Paris, she won gold in the all-around in front of Lily Ramonatxo.[10][11] In the finals, she won gold with hoop and silver in the clubs and ribbon finals.[12] In June, Millon represented France together with Lily Ramonatxo at the 2025 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. She placed 16th in the all-around final.[13] She and Ramonatxo took 8th place in the team competition together with the senior group. On 17-19 July, she took 17th place in the all-around at the 2025 Summer Universiade in Essen. She qualified to the hoop final, finishing 6th.[14] In August, she represented France at the 2025 World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She ended on 44th place in all-around qualifications and 14th in team competition.
In 2026, she started the season at Sofia World Cup, and finished on 47th place in all-around. She made mistakes in three out of four routines, placing best with ball - 24th place. In June, Millon won gold medal in all-around at French National Championships. She took gold medals in hoop and ribbon finals, silver in clubs and bronze in ball final.[15] In August, she was selected to represent France at the 2026 World Championships in Frankfurt, Germany. She took 34th place in all-around qualifications, achieving highest result with ball (23rd place).[16] Afterwards, she was selected to represent France alongside Yseult Zavagno at the 2026 Mediterranean Games in Taranto, Italy. She ended on 5th place in all-around final.
Routine music information
| Year | Apparatus | Music title |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Hoop | You Are My Destiny by Paul Anka feat. Il Divo |
| Ball | Stranger by Dimash Kudaybergen, Igor Krutoy | |
| Clubs | Kashmir by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant | |
| Ribbon | Road to Hell by André De Shields (Hadestown Original Broadway Company) | |
| 2025 | Hoop | You Are My Destiny by Paul Anka feat. Il Divo |
| Ball | La Despedida by Cami | |
| Clubs | Lose Control by Teddy Swims | |
| Ribbon | Mon amie la rose by Slimane, Lina El Arabi | |
| 2024 | Hoop | Mi Amor - Libertango by Vincent Niclo |
| Ball | Chainsmoking by Jacob Banks | |
| Clubs | Kiss by Prince | |
| Ribbon | The Land Of Spice by Taraana | |
| 2022/2023 | Hoop | Forsaken by Peter Crowley |
| Ball | Belle by Garou, Daniel Lavoie & Patrick Fiori | |
| Clubs | Be My Lover by La Bouche | |
| Ribbon | Raise Vibration by Lenny Kravitz | |
| 2020/2021 | Hoop | Eye of the Tiger (Cover) by 2Cellos |
| Ball | Prelude to an end by Mystery of Bulgarian Voices | |
| Clubs | Bensonhurst Blues by Oscar Benton | |
| Ribbon | Carmen Fantasie by David Garrett | |
| 2019 | Hoop | Eye of the Tiger (Cover) by 2Cellos |
| Ball | Prelude to an end by Mystery of Bulgarian Voices | |
| Clubs | Soul Man by Pitingo feat. Sam Moore | |
| Ribbon | Carmen Fantasie by David Garrett | |
| 2018 | Hoop | Paint It Black (Cover) |
| Ball | Unchain My Heart by Joe Cocker | |
| Clubs | ||
| Ribbon | Westside Story Prologue by Columbia Studio Orchestra | |
References
- ↑ "FIG Athlete's Profile". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
- ↑ "Maëna Millon". www.ffgym.fr (in French). Retrieved 2025-06-30.
- ↑ "Championnat de France de gymnastique rythmique, les 21 et 22 avril 2018" (in French). Retrieved 2025-06-30.
- ↑ "2018 European Championships Full Results Book" (PDF). European Gymnastics. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
- ↑ "Gymnastique rythmique : Maëna Millon vice-championne de France" [Rhythmic gymnastics: Maëna Millon, French vice-champion]. www.lanouvellerepublique.fr (in French). 2019-04-17. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
- ↑ "2019 World Championships Full Results Book" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
- ↑ Troadec, Elodie (2020-11-17). "Gymnastique rythmique: Maëna Millon, déterminée au-delà des maux" [Rhythmic gymnastics: Millon, determined beyond the ailments]. www.lanouvellerepublique.fr (in French). Retrieved 2025-07-02.
- ↑ "GR - Maëlle Millet domine le test". www.ffgym.fr (in French). 2020-09-13. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
- ↑ "GR - Margot Tran 20e et Maëna Millon 25e au Grand Prix de Marbella". www.ffgym.fr (in French). 2024-03-12. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
- ↑ "Maëna Millon sacrée championne de France" [Maëna Millon crowned French champion]. French Gymnastics Federation (in French). 2025-05-23. Retrieved 2025-05-25.
- ↑ "Gymnastique rythmique. Maëna Millon, la résilience d'une championne" [Rhythmic gymnastics. Maina Millon, the resilience of a champion] (in French). 2025-06-04. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
- ↑ "Maëna Millon, Margot Tran et Lily Ramonatxo titrées par engin" [Maëna Millon, Margot Tran and Lily Ramonatxo titled by apparatus]. French Gymnastics Federation (in French). 2025-05-24. Retrieved 2025-05-25.
- ↑ "ECh Tallinn 2025 Individual All-Around Results" (PDF). European Gymnastics.
- ↑ "FISU World University Games 2025 Results Book" (PDF). rhineruhr2025.com. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ↑ "GR - CF ELITE - MAËNA MILLON ET YSEULT ZAVAGNO TITRÉES PAR ENGIN" [GR - CF ELITE - MAËNA MILLON AND YSEULT ZAVAGNO TITLED BY ENGIN] (in French). 6 June 2026. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- ↑ "GR - CM 2026 - MAËNA MILLON 34E DU CONCOURS GÉNÉRAL" [GR - CM 2026 - MAËNA MILLON 34TH IN THE GENERAL COMPETITION]. ffgym.fr (in French). French Gymnastics Federation. 13 August 2026. Retrieved 26 August 2026.