Alona Tal Franco
Alona Tal Franco is an Israeli rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2023 Junior World champion with the hoop and a silver medalist in the team event and the 2024 Junior European silver medalist in the hoop and with the team. She won a gold medal in the team event at the 2022 Junior European Championships. On national level, she is the 2022 Israeli Junior all-around champion.
Early life
Tal Franco was born on 7 March 2009. She has a twin brother named Adam who competes in artistic gymnastics. She was put into rhythmic gymnastics in first grade because of her natural flexibility.Gymnastics career
Junior
In June 2022, Tal Franco was selected for her first European Championships in Tel Aviv, Israel, contributing a hoop routine toward the gold medal in the team event with Daniela Munits, Michelle Munits, and Lian Rona, as well as bronze in the hoop final behind Elvira Krasnobaeva and Liliana Lewinska.In July 2023, she competed at the Junior World Championships in Cluj-Napoca, where she became Junior World champion with the hoop, and she won silver in the team event alongside Lian Rona, Regina Polishchuk, Yael Aloni Goldblatt and the junior national group.
The following year, she competed in the 2024 European Cup in Baku, winning gold medals in the team event with Meital Maayam Sumkin and with the ball and ribbon. On 22 May, she won a team silver medal with Maayan Sumkin at the European Championships in Budapest. Additionally, she won a silver medal in the hoop final behind Amalia Lică and a bronze medal in the clubs final behind Lică and Alja Ponikvar.