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Elena Shinohara
Full name Elena Shinohara
Country represented  United States
Born (2000-04-06) April 6, 2000 (age 24)
Saitama, Japan
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
Elena Shinohara
Born
Erena Shinohara

(2000-04-06) 6 April 2000 (age 24)
Nationality
  • Japanese
  • American
Occupation
Years active 2021–present
Twitch information
Channel
  • elenashinohara
Genre Flexibility, Gaming
Followers 10.5 thousand
Elena Shinohara
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Genre
  • Rhythmic Gymnastics
Subscribers 1.24 million
Total views 760 million
Subscriber and view counts updated as of 14 December 2023.

Elena Shinohara (born April 6, 2000) is a Japanese-born American rhythmic gymnast and social media personality. She was a member of the U.S. National Rhythmic Gymnastics Team.

Personal life

Elena Shinohara was born in Japan on April 6, 2000. She moved with her family to the United States when she was five months old. Her mother, Nancy Shinohara, is a former member of the Japanese national rhythmic gymnastics team, and she coaches Elena. She graduated from Collins Hill High School in 2018. She graduated from Georgia Tech, and she majored in biochemistry. She planned on becoming a dermatologist after her gymnastics career is over. Her father, Minoru Shinohara, runs the Human Neuromuscular Physiology Laboratory at Georgia Tech. Elena resides in California as of 2023.

Gymnastics career

Shinohara is the only elite-level rhythmic gymnast in the state of Georgia. She was named to the Junior U.S. National team in 2015.

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. She also competed at the 2019 Irina Cup in Warsaw, Poland where she finished eighth in clubs. 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. She was then named to the Senior U.S. National team. She also won the 2019 Sportsperson of the Year Award, which was voted on by the top twelve rhythmic gymnasts at the competition. At the 2020 Rhythmic Challenge in Lake Placid, New York, she finished fifth in the all-around and won the bronze medal in clubs.

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