Lorette Charpy

Lorette Charpy (born December 3, 2001) is a French artistic gymnast. She was part of the bronze medal-winning team at the 2023 World Championships and the silver medal winning team at the 2018 European Championships. Individually she is the 2019 European Games all-around silver medalist and 2019 European Championships bronze medalist on the balance beam. She won bronze on bars at the 2022 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships

Gymnastics career

Junior: 2012–2016 Charpy joined the French national team at age ten in 2012. In 2015, she was first in all-around, second on uneven bars, and third on balance beam in the junior category at French Championships. She won gold on uneven bars and bronze in floor exercise at the 2017 French Championships, narrowly missing the podium with fourth on balance beam and fifth in all-around. At the 2018 World Championships, Charpy finished sixteenth in the all-around and contributed to France's fifth place as a team. In qualifications, Charpy qualified for the all-around, uneven bars, and balance beam finals with scores of 13.533 on vault, 13.933 on uneven bars, 13.266 on balance beam, and 12.433 on floor for a total of 53.165. She placed 8th in the all-around final with a score of 52.433. She finished 6th on uneven bars with a score of 14.100. For the balance beam final, she earned a score of 12.900, which earned her 3rd place, with her teammate, Melanie de Jesus dos Santos finishing just ahead of her in 2nd. The bronze medal on beam became her first individual European Championships medal at the senior level.

Charpy was selected to participate in the 2019 European Games alongside Aline Friess and Carolann Heduit. She qualified to the all-around final in 3rd place, with a score of 13.366 on vault, 14.000 on uneven bars, 13.400 on balance beam, and 12.533 on floor exercise. She finished 2nd in the all-around final, her highest all-around individual placement at a European Championships/Games competition with a score of 54.166. She also had the highest beam score in the all-around final out of all 18 competitors with a score of 13.700.

Charpy was named to the 2019 Worlds Artistic Gymnastics Championships French team alongside Marine Boyer, Aline Friess, Melanie de Jesus dos Santos, and Claire Pontlevoy. On October 4, 2019, she competed in team qualifications on three events, earning 14.166 on uneven bars, 12.600 on balance beam, and 13.233 on floor exercise. On October 8, 2019, Charpy competed in the Team Final, helping France to a 5th-place team finish with her scores of 14.033 on bars and 12.666 on beam.

On October 30, 2019, Charpy took part in the Arthur Gander Memorial. She finished 1st place overall with her top scores being a 13.750 on vault, 13.500 on uneven bars, and 13.200 on balance beam.

2020–21 Charpy competed at the 2020 American Cup where she finished eighth. The remainder of the competitive season was cut short due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2021 Charpy tore her ACL and was therefore unable to contend for a spot on France's Olympic team.

2022 Charpy made her return to competition at the Baku World Cup where she qualified to three event finals. She won gold on the uneven bars and silver on the balance beam behind Sarah Voss. Additionally she placed fourth on floor exercise.

In June, Charpy competed at the Mediterranean Games, where the French team took the silver medal behind Italy. However, Charpy reinjured her knee and withdrew from the individual finals. She returned to competition in August at the European Championships, where France finished sixth in the team final. Individually, Charpy won the bronze medal on the uneven bars behind Elisabeth Seitz and Alice D'Amato. In late August, Charpy announced that she had torn her ACL for the second time.

2023 Charpy returned to competition at the Paris Challenge Cup in September, only competing on the uneven bars. She was named to the team to compete at the World Championships alongside Marine Boyer, Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos, Coline Devillard, and Morgane Osyssek. At the World Championships Charpy contributed a score on the uneven bars towards France's surprise bronze medal win – France's first team medal since 1950. Individually Charpy qualified to the uneven bars final, her first apparatus event final at a World Championships, where she finished ninth.

Personal life Charpy's mother is a gymnastics coach. She has two sisters, Serena and Grace, who have also trained in gymnastics.