Frances Stone
{{Short description|Welsh artistic gymnast}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox gymnast
| name = Frances Stone
| full_name = Frances Stone
| country = {{GBR2}}
{{WLS}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2009|12|21|df=yes}}
| discipline = WAG
| club = Amber Valley Gymnastics Academy
| nickname = Frank
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Northern European Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2023 Halmstad|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2023 Halmstad|Vault}}
| show-medals = yes
| formercountry = {{ENG}} (2022-2023)
| natlteam = 2025–Present (GBR)
}}
Frances 'Frank' Stone (born 21 December 2009) is a Welsh artistic gymnast and British national team member. As a senior she was balance beam champion at the 2025 British Gymnastics Championships and represented Great Britain at the 2025 European Championships.{{Cite web |title=British Apparatus Champions decided at the 2025 British |url=https://www.british-gymnastics.org/articles/british-apparatus-champions-decided-at-the-2025-british |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=www.british-gymnastics.org |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Teams announced for the 2025 Artistic European Championships |url=https://www.british-gymnastics.org/articles/teams-announced-for-the-2025-artistic-european-championships |access-date=2025-04-23 |website=www.british-gymnastics.org |language=en}}
Junior gymnastics career
= Espoir 2021–2022 =
At the 2022 English Championships, Stone placed 5th in the all-around competition.{{Cite web |date=2022-03-14 |title=2022 English Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2022/03/13/2022-english-championships-results/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=The Gymternet |language=en}}
= Junior 2023–2024 =
In her first year as a junior, Stone placed 36th in the all-around at the 2023 English Championships.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-27 |title=2023 English Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2023/02/27/2023-english-championships-results/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=The Gymternet |language=en}} She was named in the team selected to represent England at the 2023 Northern European Gymnastics Championships in Sweden, she won silver in the team competition and on vault, as well as finishing seventh in the individual all-around.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-28 |title=2023 Northern European Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2023/11/27/2023-northern-european-championships-results/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=The Gymternet |language=en}}
At the 2024 Welsh Championships Stone won silver on vault and placed seventh in the all-around.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-20 |title=2024 Welsh Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2024/02/19/2024-welsh-championships-results/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=The Gymternet |language=en}} Later at English Championships she won silver on floor exercise, bronze on vault and placed sixth in the all-around.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-04 |title=2024 English Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2024/03/04/2024-english-championships-results/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=The Gymternet |language=en}} At the 2024 British Championships, Stone won silver on balance beam, bronze on vault and placed 5th in the all-around.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-18 |title=2024 British Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2024/03/18/2024-british-championships-results/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=The Gymternet |language=en}}
Senior gymnastics career
= 2025 =
Stone competed at the 2025 Welsh Championships as a first year senior, winning silver in the all-around behind Ruby Evans.{{Cite web |date=2025-02-18 |title=2025 Welsh Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2025/02/17/2025-welsh-championships-results/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=The Gymternet |language=en}} She also won gold on balance beam, silver on uneven bars and bronze on floor exercise. Later that month at the 2025 English Championships Stone again won silver in the all-around alongside gold on balance beam, silver on floor exercise and bronze on uneven bars.{{Cite web |date=2025-03-02 |title=2025 English Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2025/03/02/2025-english-championships-results/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=The Gymternet |language=en}} Stone went on to be named balance beam champion at the 2025 British Gymnastics Championships and also won silver in the all-around and on vault.{{Cite web |title=Alia Leat and Jamie Lewis crowned 2025 All-Around Champions |url=https://www.british-gymnastics.org/articles/alia-leat-and-jamie-lewis-crowned-2025-all-around-champions |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=www.british-gymnastics.org |language=en}}
Stone was selected to represent Great Britain alongside Ema Kandalova, Shantae-Eve Amanakwaah, Tilly Wright and Grace Davies at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge in Stuttgart where the team won bronze. {{Cite web |date=2025-03-30 |title=China, Japan, Spain and U.S. dominate EnBW DTB Pokal Team Challenge and Mixed Cup |url=https://www.intlgymnast.com/news/china-japan-spain-and-u-s-dominate-enbw-dtb-pokal-team-challenge-and-mixed-cup/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=International Gymnast Magazine Online |language=en-US}}
She was selected for her first senior major international championships as part of the British squad for the 2025 European Championships alongside Alia Leat, Emily Roper, Ruby Evans and Ruby Stacey.{{Cite web |date=2025-04-23 |title=Welsh trio named in Great Britain squad for European Artistic Gymnastics Championships |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/gymnastics/articles/c1wd54q0vlwo |access-date=2025-04-23 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}} At 15 years, 5 months and 5 days Stone was the youngest competitor in the competition. She competed in the all-around and helped the team place sixth.{{Cite web |date=26 May 2025 |title=6th place for GB women's team in Leipzig |url=https://www.british-gymnastics.org/articles/2025-artistic-european-championships-womens-team-event |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=www.british-gymnastics.org |language=en}}
Competitive history
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!Year !Event !Team !AA !VT !UB !BB !FX | |||||||
| colspan="8" |Espoir | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| colspan="8" |Representing {{ENG}} {{GBR2}} | |||||||
| 2022 | align=left | English Championships | 5 | |||||
| colspan="8" |Junior | |||||||
| rowspan="2" | 2023 | align=left | English Championships | 36 | |||||
| align=left | Northern European Championships | {{Silver2}} | 7 | {{Silver2}} | ||||
| colspan="8" |Representing {{WLS}} {{GBR2}} | |||||||
| rowspan="3" | 2024 | align=left | Welsh Championships | 7 | {{Silver2}} | ||||
| align=left | English Championships (guest) | 6 | {{Bronze3}} | {{Silver2}} | ||||
| align=left | British Championships | 5 | {{Bronze3}} | {{Silver2}} | ||||
| colspan="8" |Senior | |||||||
| rowspan="5" | 2025 | align=left | Welsh Championships | {{Silver2}} | {{Silver2}} | {{Gold1}} | {{Bronze3}} | ||
| align=left | English Championships (guest) | {{Silver2}} | {{Bronze3}} | {{Gold1}} | {{Silver2}} | |||
| align=left | British Championships | {{Silver2}} | {{Silver2}} | {{Gold1}} | ||||
| align=left | DTB Pokal Team Challenge | {{Bronze3}} | ||||||
| style="background:#F5F6CE;"
| align="left" |European Championships |6 | | | | | |