Frances Stone
Frances 'Frank' Stone (born 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.[1]
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| Full name | Frances Stone | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Frank | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 2009 | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Great Britain  Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2025–Present (GBR) | ||||||||||||||
| Former countries represented |  England (2022-2023) | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Amber Valley Gymnastics Academy | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Stone trains at Amber Valley Gymnastics Academy.[1]
Junior gymnastics career
[edit]Espoir 2021–2022
[edit]At the 2022 English Championships, Stone placed 5th in the all-around competition.[2]
Junior 2023–2024
[edit]In her first year as a junior, Stone placed 36th in the all-around at the 2023 English Championships.[3] 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.[4]
At the 2024 Welsh Championships Stone won silver on vault and placed seventh in the all-around.[5] Later at English Championships she won silver on floor exercise, bronze on vault and placed sixth in the all-around.[6] At the 2024 British Championships, Stone won silver on balance beam, bronze on vault and placed 5th in the all-around.[7]
Senior gymnastics career
[edit]2025
[edit]Stone competed at the 2025 Welsh Championships as a first year senior, winning silver in the all-around behind Ruby Evans.[8] She also won gold on balance beam, silver on uneven bars and bronze on floor exercise.[8] 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.[9] 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.[1][10]
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. [11]
Competitive history
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| 2022 | English Championships | 5 | |||||
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| 2023 | English Championships | 36 | |||||
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| Representing Wales Great Britain
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| 2024 | Welsh Championships | 7 | |
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| English Championships (guest) | 6 |  |
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| British Championships | 5 | |
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c "British Apparatus Champions decided at the 2025 British". www.british-gymnastics.org. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
- ^ "2022 English Championships Results". The Gymternet. 2022-03-14. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
- ^ "2023 English Championships Results". The Gymternet. 2023-02-27. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
- ^ "2023 Northern European Championships Results". The Gymternet. 2023-11-28. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
- ^ "2024 Welsh Championships Results". The Gymternet. 2024-02-20. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
- ^ "2024 English Championships Results". The Gymternet. 2024-03-04. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
- ^ "2024 British Championships Results". The Gymternet. 2024-03-18. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
- ^ a b "2025 Welsh Championships Results". The Gymternet. 2025-02-18. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
- ^ "2025 English Championships Results". The Gymternet. 2025-03-02. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
- ^ "Alia Leat and Jamie Lewis crowned 2025 All-Around Champions". www.british-gymnastics.org. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
- ^ "China, Japan, Spain and U.S. dominate EnBW DTB Pokal Team Challenge and Mixed Cup". International Gymnast Magazine Online. 2025-03-30. Retrieved 2025-04-09.