| Ming Gherardi van Eijken | |||||||||||||||||||||
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van Eijken at the 2022 European Championships
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Ming Gherardi van Eijken | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Mingou | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  France | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (2008-04-03) 3 April 2008 (age 16) Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Lyon, France | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Saint-Etienne | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2021–present (FRA) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Gym'Dans' Francheville | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gym | Pole France Saint-Etienne | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Monique Hagard & Eric Hagard | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Marie Angélique Colson | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Monique Hagard | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ming Gherardi van Eijken (born 3 April 2008)[1] is a French artistic gymnast. She is the 2023 Junior World Championships bronze medalist on vault and the 2022 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships junior silver medalist on vault.
Van Eijken was born in 2008 in Hong Kong. She began gymnastics when she was three years old in France.[2]
Van Eijken competed at the 2022 City of Jesolo Trophy where she helped France finish sixth as a team.[3] In August she competed at the European Championships where she helped France finish fifth as a team.[4] During event finals van Eijken won silver on vault behind Sabrina Voinea.[5]
In March van Eijken competed at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge where she helped France place fourth as a team. Individually she won gold on vault and placed fifth on floor exercise.[6] Van Eijken was selected to compete at the 2023 Junior World ChampionshipsinAntalya, Turkey alongside Lana Pondart and Lilou Viallat; the team finished in eleventh place.[7] Individually van Eijken qualified for the vault final. During the final van Eijken performed two clean vaults and won the bronze medal behind Mia Mainardi and July Marano, earning France its first ever Junior World Championship medal.[8]
Van Eijken was selected to make her senior international debut at the 2024 Trophy of Jesolo where she won gold on vault. In May she competed at the European Championships alongside Marine Boyer, Lorette Charpy, Coline Devillard, and Morgane Osyssek.[9] During event finals she won bronze on vault behind teammate Devillard and Valentina Georgieva of Bulgaria. During the team final van Eijken helped France win the bronze medal behind Italy and Great Britain.
In July van Eijken was officially selected to represent France at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside Boyer, Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos, Devillard, and Osyssek.[10]
| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| Junior | |||||||
| 2021 | French Championships |  |
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| Swiss Cup Juniors | |
13 | |||||
| Elite Gym Massilia | 4 | 5 | |||||
| French National Team Review | 4 | ||||||
| 2022 | French Test Meet | 4 | |||||
| City of Jesolo Trophy | 6 | 28 | |||||
| Haguenau Friendly |  |
11 | |||||
| French Championships | 6 | |
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| European Championships | 5 |  |
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| 2023 | DTB Pokal Team Challenge | 4 | |
5 | |||
| Junior World Championships | 11 | |
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| French Championships | 10 | |
4 | ||||
| Épernay Friendly | |
13 | |
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| Tournoi International | |
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4 | ||||
| Senior | |||||||
| 2024 | City of Jesolo Trophy | 5 | |
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| European Championships | |
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8 | ||||
