Lorette Charpy

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.

Charpy became a senior in 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2016/10/17/turning-senior-in-2017/|title = Turning Senior in 2017|date = 18 October 2016}} 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.

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Charpy competed at the American Cup, winning bronze on uneven bars. At French Championships, she was third all-around, first on balance beam and third in floor exercise. At the European Championships she won silver with the French team and was sixth individually on uneven bars. Charpy was injured in August 2018, fracturing her face in a fall from the uneven bars. She had surgery and missed a training camp while recovering.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/athletes/bio_detail.php?id=48794|title=CHARPY Lorette – FIG Athlete Profile|website=www.gymnastics.sport|access-date=2020-02-16}} At the 2018 World Championships, Charpy finished sixteenth in the all-around and contributed to France's fifth place as a team.

Charpy was selected to participate in the 2019 European Championships alongside Marine Boyer, Melanie de Jesus dos Santos, and Coline Devillard.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2019/03/18/the-european-championships-senior-womens-master-team/|title=The European Championships Senior Women's Master Team List|date=2019-03-18|accessdate=2019-11-01}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2019/04/20/2019-european-championships-results/|title=2019 European Championships Results |date=2019-04-20|accessdate=2019-11-01}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2019/04/20/2019-european-championships-results/|title=2019 European Championships Results |date=2019-04-20|accessdate=2019-11-01}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2019/04/20/2019-european-championships-results/|title=2019 European Championships Results |date=2019-04-20|accessdate=2019-11-01}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2019/06/17/the-european-games-womens-master-team-list/|title=The European Games Women's Master Team List|date=2019-06-17|accessdate=2019-11-01}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/results/2019/european-games/documents/wagqaa.pdf|title=2019 European Games All-Around Qualifications Results|date=2019-06-30|accessdate=2019-11-01}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2019/06/30/2019-european-games-results/|title=2019 European Games Results|date=2019-06-30|accessdate=2019-11-01}} She also had the highest beam score in the all-around final out of all 18 competitors with a score of 13.700.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2019/06/30/2019-european-games-results/|title=2019 European Games Results|date=2019-06-30|accessdate=2019-11-01}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.sportmag.fr/gymnastique/la-selection-francaise-pour-les-mondiaux-de-gymnastique-2019/|title=La sélection française pour les Mondiaux de gymnastique 2019|website=SPORTMAG.fr|date=2019-09-03|accessdate=2019-11-01}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://gym.longinestiming.com/2019/Artistic-14274/en-us/default/Phase/Ranking/00001201030200010020#anchor00000FRA|title=WOMEN TEAM QUALIFICATION RESULTS|date=2019-10-05|accessdate=2019-11-01}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://gym.longinestiming.com/2019/Artistic-14274/en-us/default/Phase/Ranking/00001201030200040022#anchor00000FRA|title=Women Team Final Results After Rotation 4|date=2019-10-08|accessdate=2019-11-01}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://gymmorges.ch/gander/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/RésultatsGander19.pdf|title=36ème Mémorial Arthur Gander|date=2019-10-30|accessdate=2019-11-01}}

Charpy competed at the 2020 American Cup where she finished eighth.{{cite web|url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=25316|title=Hurd, Mikulak win American Cup titles|date=March 7, 2020|work=USA Gymnastics|access-date=April 4, 2022|archive-date=August 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814151315/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=25316|url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite tweet|user=ffgymnastique|number=1371496990136270848|date=March 15, 2021|title=Le 2 mars, @CharpyLorette s’est blessée à l’entraînement}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ffgym.fr/Actualite/2021_-_03_-_g_a_f_-_lorette_charpy_blessee_et_privee_des_jeux_de_tokyo|title=GAF – Lorette Charpy Blessée Et Privée Des Jeux De Tokyo|date=March 15, 2021|work=French Gymnastics Federation|language=fr}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?idNews=3472|title=Kovtun's fourth consecutive title leads Ukraine to distinction at Baku World Cup|date=April 4, 2022|work=International Gymnastics Federation}}

In June, Charpy competed at the Mediterranean Games, where the French team took the silver medal behind Italy.{{cite web|url= https://thegymter.net/2022/06/30/2022-mediterranean-games-results/|title=2022 Mediterranean Games results|website=The Gymternet|date=30 June 2022}} However, Charpy reinjured her knee and withdrew from the individual finals.{{cite web|url= https://olympics.com/fr/infos/lorette-charpy-bronze-barres-championnats-europe-munich|title= Lorette Charpy, une médaille continentale après les blessures|website=Olympics.com|language=FR|date=15 August 2022}}{{cite web|url= https://www.ledauphine.com/sport/2022/06/28/lorette-charpy-se-blesse-et-quitte-l-equipe-de-france|title= Lorette Charpy se blesse et quitte l'équipe de France|website=Le Dauphiné|language=FR|date=28 June 2022}} 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.{{cite web|url= https://www.europeangymnastics.com/event/2022-european-championships-artistic-gymnastics/results|title=2022 European Championships results|website=European Gymnastics|accessdate=16 August 2022}} In late August, Charpy announced that she had torn her ACL for the second time.{{cite instagram|postid=Ch2a4ndMpYK|user=lorette_charpy|title=Ce n’est pas ces mots que j’aurai voulu vous accorder ce soir et ça a été dur de vous le cacher. Je me suis pour la deuxième fois rompu les ligaments croisés.|trans-title= These are not the words I would have liked to give you tonight and it was hard to hide it from you. I tore my cruciate ligament for the second time.|lang=FR|date=29 August 2022}}{{cite web|url= https://www.leprogres.fr/sport/2022/08/31/lorette-charpy-malgre-la-blessure-n-y-a-pas-de-regret-a-avoir|title= Lorette Charpy : " Malgré la blessure, il n'y a pas de regret à avoir "|website=Le Progrès|trans-title= Lorette Charpy: "Despite the injury, there is no regret to have "|language=FR|date=31 August 2022}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.ffgym.fr/Actualite/2023_-_08_-_g_a_mg_a_f_-_c_m_2023_-_lequipe_masculine_tricolore_devoilee|title=GAM/GAF – CM 2023 – La Délégation Tricolore Au Complet Dévoilée|language=fr|trans-title=MAG/WAG – WC 2023 – The Full Tricolor Delegation Unveiled|work=French Gymnastics Federation|date=August 25, 2023}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://gymnastics-now.com/united-states-brazil-and-france-comprise-historic-womens-team-podium-at-2023-world-artistic-gymnastics-championships/|title=United States, Brazil, and France comprise historic women’s team podium at 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|date=October 4, 2023|work=Gymnastics Now}} Individually Charpy qualified to the uneven bars final, her first apparatus event final at a World Championships, where she finished ninth.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/gymnastics-world-championships-results-2023|title=2023 World Gymnastics Championships Results|date=October 8, 2023|work=NBC Sports}}

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

Charpy speaks English and Spanish in addition to her native French. She enjoys dancing, painting and cooking as hobbies.

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