Maïana Prat
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![]() Prat at the 2025 Junior World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 11 April 2010 Bordeaux, France | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | (2023–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SA Mérignac Gymnastique | ||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach | Mickael Pallares | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Maïana Prat (born April 11, 2010) is a French artistic gymnast. She was part of the gold medal winning team at the 2025 Junior World Championships where she also won bronze on floor exercise. She is the 2024 Junior European team[1] and balance beam champion and the all-around bronze medalist.[2]
Career
Espoir: 2022–2023
Prat made her international debut at the 2023 Swiss Cup Juniors where she placed first in the all-around and helped the French team place second. [3] In November 2023, Prat won the all-around gold medal at the Tournoi International in Combs-la-Ville. She also won the balance beam and the floor exercise gold medals and the uneven bars bronze medal. She competed at the Top Gym in Charleroi where she won the floor exercise gold medal.[4]
Junior: 2024–2025
In early 2024, Prat competed with the French Team at the Magglingen Junior Friendly where she won the all-around bronze medal behind her teammates Elena Colas and Perla Denéchère.[5] She also won gold on floor exercise and bronze on balance beam at the 2024 DTB Pokal Team Challenge, after winning the team gold medal with her teammates.[6] At the 2024 Junior European Championships, Prat helped France win the junior team title. Individually she won bronze in the all-around behind teammate Colas and Giulia Perotti of Italy and she won gold on balance beam.[7][8]
At the 2025 European Youth Olympic Festival, Prat helped France win gold as a team. Individually she won gold on floor exercise.[9]
Prat competed at the 2025 Junior World Championships alongside Lola Chassat and Elena Colas. As a team they won gold, earning France its first Junior World Championships team medal.[10] Individually Prat qualified to the all-around and floor exercise finals.[11] She finished seventh in the all-around and won bronze on floor exercise behind Misa Nishiyama of Japan and teammate Colas.[12][13]
Senior: 2026–present
Prat became age-eligible for senior level competition in 2026. She made her international debut at the 2026 City of Jesolo Trophy where she helped the French team win silver and individually she won gold on balance beam and silver on floor exercise behind Reese Esponda.[14] She next competed at the Osijek World Cup where she won silver on floor exercise.[15]
Prat was selected to compete at the 2026 European Championships alongside Lorette Charpy, Lola Chassat, Elena Colas, and Morgane Osyssek.[16] Prat finished fourteenth in the all-around and sixth on floor exercise. During the team final, she helped France win bronze.[17]
Eponymous skill
Prat has one skill named after her in the Code of Points.[18]
| Apparatus | Name | Description | Difficulty[a] | Added to the Code of Points |
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| Floor exercise | Prat | Split ring leap with 360 degree turn | E (0.5) | 2025 European Youth Olympic Festival |
- ↑ Valid for the 2025–2028 Code of Points
Competitive history
| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 2022 | French Championships | 4 | |||||
| 2023 | French Championships | ||||||
| French National Team Review | |||||||
| Swiss Cup Juniors | |||||||
| Tournoi International | 4 | ||||||
| Top Gym Tournament | 8 | 10 | |||||
| 2024 | DTB Pokal Team Challenge | ||||||
| Magglingen Junior Friendly | |||||||
| Junior European Championships | |||||||
| French Championships | 5 | 4 | |||||
| French National Team Review | |||||||
| Tournoi International | 9 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 2025 | International Gymnix | 4 | 4 | ||||
| French Championships | 4 | ||||||
| Sens Junior Friendly | |||||||
| European Youth Olympic Festival | |||||||
| French National Team Review | |||||||
| Tournoi International | |||||||
| Junior World Championships | 7 |
| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 2026 | French National Test | ||||||
| City of Jesolo Trophy | 7 | ||||||
| Osijek World Cup | |||||||
| French National Championships | 4 | 5 | |||||
| European Championships | 14 | 6 |
References
- ↑ "Elena Colas, France victorious at junior Europeans". European Gymnastics. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ↑ "Giulia Perotti shines in junior finals at #Rimini2024". European Gymnastics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ↑ "2023 Swiss Cup Juniors Results". The Gymternet. 3 November 2023.
- ↑ "2023 Top Gym Tournament Results". The Gymternet. 28 November 2023.
- ↑ "2024 Magglingen Junior Friendly Results". The Gymternet. 6 April 2024.
- ↑ "2024 DTB Pokal Team Challenge Results". The Gymternet. 18 March 2024.
- ↑ Crumlish, John (3 May 2024). "Elena Colas wins junior all-around title, leads France to junior team gold at European Championships". International Gymnast Magazine. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ↑ "Elena Colas, France victorious at junior Europeans". European Gymnastics. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ↑ "Elena Colas, France reign at #EYOF2025". European Gymnastics. 23 July 2025.
- ↑ "Vive la France, 2025 world junior team champions!". World Gymnastics. 21 November 2026.
- ↑ "Junior leader Colas enjoying fizzy World Championships debut". World Gymnastics. 22 November 2025.
- ↑ "Minamino and Dukhno grab Junior World All-Around titles on a night of surprises in the Philippines". World Gymnastics. 22 November 2025.
- ↑ "Two victories for Vera in 'veni vidi vici' performance at Junior Worlds". World Gymnastics. 24 November 2025.
- ↑ "Delight for team USA, team France and team Italy at the 2026 Jesolo Trophy!". GINNASTICANDO.it. 28 March 2026.
- ↑ "Composed Colas collects gold and two silvers in strong World Cup starter". World Gymnastics. 13 April 2026.
- ↑ "GAF - CE - La sélection officielle dévoilée" [Women's Artistic Gymnastics - European Championships - The official selection revealed]. French Gymnastics Federation (in French). 8 July 2026.
- ↑ "GAF - CE 2026 - Les Bleues décrochent le bronze par équipes" [Women's Artistic Gymnastics – 2026 European Championships – Team France wins bronze]. French Gymnastics Federation (in French). 16 August 2026.
- ↑ "Five original elements named after gymnasts". International Gymnastics Federation. 2 October 2025.
