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Full name | Elena Shinohara |
Country represented | United States |
Born | Saitama, Japan[1] | April 6, 2000
Hometown | Suwanee, Georgia, United States |
Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics |
Level | Senior International Elite |
Years on national team | 2019-present |
Club | Rhythmic Brains |
Head coach(es) | Nancy Shinohara |
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Years active | 2021–present | |||||||||
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Genre(s) | Flexibility, Gaming | |||||||||
Followers | 10.5 thousand | |||||||||
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Subscribers | 1.24 million[2] | |||||||||
Total views | 760 million[2] | |||||||||
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Last updated: 14 December 2023 |
Elena Shinohara (born April 6, 2000) is a Japanese-born American rhythmic gymnast and social media personality.[1][3] She was a member of the U.S. National Rhythmic Gymnastics Team.[4]
Elena Shinohara was born in Japan on April 6, 2000.[1] She moved with her family to the United States when she was five months old.[5][6] Her mother, Nancy Shinohara, is a former member of the Japanese national rhythmic gymnastics team, and she coaches Elena.[5] She graduated from Collins Hill High School in 2018.[7] She graduated from Georgia Tech, and she majored in biochemistry.[7] She planned on becoming a dermatologist after her gymnastics career is over.[8] Her father, Minoru Shinohara, runs the Human Neuromuscular Physiology Laboratory at Georgia Tech.[5] Elena resides in California as of 2023.
Shinohara is the only elite-level rhythmic gymnast in the state of Georgia.[5] She was named to the Junior U.S. National team in 2015.[9]
Shinohara made her international debut at the 2018 Luxembourg Cup. She placed fourth in the ball, fifth in the ribbon, and seventh in the hoop.[10][11] She also competed at the 2019 Irina Cup in Warsaw, Poland where she finished eighth in clubs.[12][1] At the 2019 Amsterdam Masters, she won the silver medal in the all-around and the gold medal in the hoop.
At the 2019 National Championships, she finished tenth in the all-around, seventh in clubs and ribbon, and eighth in ball.[13] She was then named to the Senior U.S. National team.[14] She also won the 2019 Sportsperson of the Year Award, which was voted on by the top twelve rhythmic gymnasts at the competition.[15] At the 2020 Rhythmic Challenge in Lake Placid, New York, she finished fifth in the all-around and won the bronze medal in clubs.[16]
Shinohara posts training and flexibility videos on TikTok.[17] As of June 2021, she has 4.8 million followers on TikTok.[18] In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in May 2021, TikTok named her an API TikTok Trailblazer.[19]