Perla Denéchère
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 Denéchère at the 2025 Junior World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 7 January 2010 Tours, France | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented |  France (2024–2026) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Avoine-Beaumont | ||||||||||||||||||||
Head coaches | Marc and Gina Chirilcenco | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Perla Denéchère (born January 7, 2010) is a French artistic gymnast. She was the alternate for the gold medal winning team at the 2025 Junior World Championships. She was part of the gold medal winning team at the 2024 Junior European Championships where she also won bronze on floor exercise.
Early life
Gymnastics career
2024–2025: Junior
In early 2024, Denéchère competed at the Magglingen Junior Friendly where she won silver in the all-around gold medal behind teammate Elena Colas and helped the French team win the gold medal by nearly 10 points.[2] At the 2024 Junior European Championships, Denéchère helped France win team gold.[3][4] Individually she won bronze on floor exercise behind Italians Giulia Perotti and Emma Fioravanti and she placed seventh on balance beam.[5] At the 2024 French National Championships, she won bronze in the all-around behind Colas and Maïana Prat.[6]
Denéchère began 2025 competing at International Gymnix where she helped the French team win gold. Individually she placed fifth in the all-around.[7] She was selected as the alternate for the 2025 Junior World Championships team where she was awarded the gold medal after Colas, Prat, and Lola Chassat won the team title.[8][9]
2026–present: Senior
Denéchère became age-eligible for senior level competition in 2026. At her first senior level national championships, she placed fourth in the all-around behind her fellow Junior World Championships team members Colas, Prat, and Chassat.[10] In late June, Denéchère's coaches, Marc and Gina Chirilcenco, announced that they would be leaving France in order to create a high performance gymnastics team in Qatar.[11] Denéchère's mother confirmed that her daughter would follow her coaches to Qatar and begin representing Qatar in international competition.[12][13]
Competitive history
| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Tournoi International |  | 16 | ||||
| 2022 | French Test Meet | 8 | |||||
| French National Championships |  |  | | | 4 | ||
| Tournoi International | | 10 | |||||
| 2023 | French National Championships | 4 | | | |||
| French National Team Review | 7 | ||||||
| 2024 | Magglingen Junior Friendly | | | ||||
| Junior European Championships | | 7 | | ||||
| French National Championships | | | | | |||
| French National Team Review | 4 | ||||||
| Tournoi International | | | 5 | 4 | |||
| 2025 | International Gymnix | | 5 | ||||
| French National Team Review | | ||||||
| Tournoi International | | 4 | | ||||
| Junior World Championships | [a] |
- ↑ Denéchère was the Team FRA alternate
| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | French National Test | 7 | |||||
| French National Championships | 4 | 4 | 6 |
References
- ↑ "FIG Profile: Perla Denechere". World Gymnastics.
- ↑ "L'équipe de France Remporte le Match U15 SUI-FRA-GBR-GER" [The French team wins the U15 SUI-FRA-GBR-GER Match]. French Gymnastics Federation (in French). 6 April 2024. Retrieved 5 May 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.
- ↑ "Giulia Perotti shines in junior finals at #Rimini2024". European Gymnastics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ↑ "2024 French Championships Results". The Gymternet. 10 June 2024.
- ↑ "2025 International Gymnix Results". The Gymternet. 10 March 2025.
- ↑ "GAM/GAF - Championnats du monde juniors" [Men's/Women's Artistic Gymnastics - Junior World Championships]. French Gymnastics Federation (in French). 24 November 2025.
- ↑ "Vive la France, 2025 world junior team champions!". World Gymnastics. 21 November 2026.
- ↑ "Gymnastique. La pépite Elena Colas remporte deux titres aux championnats de France" [Gymnastics. Rising star Elena Colas wins two titles at the French championships]. Ouest-France (in French). 8 June 2026.
- ↑ "Les Chirilcenco au Qatar, un coup dur pour la Fédération française de gymnastique et un exode de jeunes athlètes à venir ?" [The Chirilcenco's move to Qatar: a blow to the French Gymnastics Federation and a potential exodus of young athletes?]. L'Équipe (in French). 1 July 2026.
- ↑ "INFO ICI TOURAINE - La gymnaste Perla Denéchère va quitter Avoine-Beaumont et suivre Marc et Gina Chirilcenco au Qatar" [NEWS HERE TOURAINE - Gymnast Perla Denéchère will leave Avoine-Beaumont and join Marc and Gina Chirilcenco in Qatar]. Ici (in French). 1 July 2026.
- ↑ "Décryptage Gymnastique : le couple d'entraîneurs Chirilcenco file au Qatar, la Fédération craint un exode à venir" [Deciphering Gymnastics: The Chirilcenco coaching couple are heading to Qatar; the Federation fears an exodus to come]. Libération (in French). 1 July 2026.
