Oréane Caroline Marie Lechenault (born 31 August 2000) is a retired French female

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. She finished fourth alongside her teammates at the

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, and she represented

France at the 2016 Summer Olympics France competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. French athletes had appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside Australia, Great Britain, and Greece. The French Olympic Comm ...

. She won a bronze medal in the team final at the 2016 European Championships.

Career

Junior career: 2013-2015

Lechenault made her international debut at the 2012 Elite Gym Massilia in Marseilles where she won the team silver medal and placed fifth in the all-around. She competed at the 2013 International Gymnix in Montreal where she finished eleventh in the all-around and seventh on the floor exercise. At the 2014 French Championships, she only competed on the balance beam, and her team, Association Sportive et Culturelle, placed tenth. At the 2014 Elite Gym Massilia, she was a member of the French team that finished eighth in the open division. Lechenault placed sixth in the all-around and fourth on the balance beam at the 2015 French Championships. Then at the Flanders Team Challenge, she competed on a mixed team with athletes from the Netherlands and Sweden, and they finished eighth. At the Elite Gym Massilia, she won the bronze medal on the uneven bars behind

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and

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. Then at the Top Gym Tournament, she won the bronze medal on the uneven bars and the silver medal on the balance beam.

Senior career

2016

Lechenault made her senior debut at the 2016

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where she won the silver medal on the balance beam behind

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. Then at the

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, the French team finished fourth. She was then selected to compete at the

2016 Olympic Test Event The 2016 Olympic Gymnastics Test Event, known officially as Aquece Rio 2016, served as the final qualifier to the gymnastics events at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Concerns and criticisms During the test event the FIG (In ...

with Marine Boyer,

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, and

Louise Vanhille Louise Vanhille (born 6 November 1998) is a retired French female artistic gymnast. She participated at the 2015 and 2018 World Championships. She represented France at the 2016 Summer Olympics where the French team finished eleventh, and Vanhil ...

. The team finished fourth and qualified for the final team spot for the 2016 Olympics. She then competed at the

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with Boyer, Brevet, His, and Alison Lepin, and they won the bronze medal behind Russia and Great Britain. She finished sixth in the all-around at the French Championships and won the bronze medal on the floor exercise. Then at the Chemnitz Friendly, the French team won the silver medal, and Lechenault finished eleventh in the all-around. Lechenault was selected to represent

alongside Marine Boyer, Marine Brevet, Loan His, and Louise Vanhille. In the qualification round, the French team finished eleventh, and Lechenault placed forty-sixth in the all-around.

2017-2020

At the 2017 French Championships, Lechenault placed tenth in the all-around and won the silver medal on the vault. At the 2018 French Championships, she only competed on the uneven bars and did not qualify for the event final. Lechenault retired in April 2020 due to injuries.

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