Frances 'Frank' Stone (born 21 December 2009) is a Welsh

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and British national team member. As a senior she was balance beam champion at the 2025

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and represented Great Britain at the 2025 European Championships. Stone trains at Amber Valley Gymnastics Academy.

Junior gymnastics career

Espoir 2021–2022

At the 2022 English Championships, Stone placed 5th in the all-around competition.

Junior 2023–2024

In her first year as a junior, Stone placed 36th in the all-around at the 2023 English Championships. She was named in the team selected to represent

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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. At the 2024 Welsh Championships Stone won silver on vault and placed seventh in the all-around. Later at English Championships she won silver on floor exercise, bronze on vault and placed sixth in the all-around. At the 2024 British Championships, Stone won silver on balance beam, bronze on vault and placed 5th in the all-around.

Senior gymnastics career

2025

Stone competed at the 2025 Welsh Championships as a first year senior, winning silver in the all-around behind

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. 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. Stone went on to be named balance beam champion at the 2025

and also won silver in the all-around and on vault. 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

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where the team won bronze. She was selected for her first senior major international championships as part of the

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squad for the 2025 European Championships alongside Alia Leat,

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and

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. 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.

Competitive history

References

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