Alice Kinsella

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Alice Kinsella
Full nameAlice Nicole Kinsella
Country represented Great Britain
 England
Born (2001-03-13) 13 March 2001 (age 20)
Basildon, Essex, England, United Kingdom
ResidenceSutton Coldfield, West Midlands[1]
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2015–Present (GBR)
ClubPark Wrekin School of Gymnastics
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
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Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Szczecin Balance Beam
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
All-Around World Cup 0 0 1
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Balance Beam
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast All-Around

Alice Nicole Kinsella (born 13 March 2001) is an English artistic gymnast and member of the British national gymnastics team. She represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the team event. She is the 2018 Commonwealth Games and 2019 European champion on the balance beam.

Early career[]

Kinsella began training when aged seven at Park Wrekin Gymnastics Club in Wellington, Shropshire and has continued training there since.[2]

Senior career[]

2017[]

Her senior debut came in March 2017 where she finished seventh in the 2017 Stuttgart World Cup.[3]

She competed at the 2017 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Cluj-Napoca, Romania where she placed tenth in the all-around.[4]

In October 2017, Alice was chosen to represent Great Britain at the 2017 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She competed in the all-around in qualifications and placed twenty-fourth overall, qualifying her to the all-around final with a score of 51.365.[5]

On 6 October 2017, British Gymnastics announced that Alice had withdrawn from the all-around final after sustaining a minor ankle injury during qualifications.[6]

2018[]

On 10 February, Alice competed at the English Championships where she placed seventh in the all-around. She also placed fourth on vault and bars and sixth on floor.[7] On 21 February, Alice was named to the English team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.[8]

In March, Alice competed at the British Championships. She competed in the all-around where she placed fifth with a score of 51.650. She then competed in the beam final where she won a silver medal with a score of 13.350 and also in the floor final where she placed fifth with a score of 13.000.[9] Later on that month, Alice was chosen to compete at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Birmingham to replace teammate Claudia Fragapane who had to withdraw due to injury. She won the bronze medal with a total score of 53.099 behind Russia's Angelina Melnikova and American Margzetta Frazier.[10]

In April Kinsella competed at the Commonwealth Games on all four events in the team final/individual qualifications where she won a silver medal with the English team, finishing behind Canada. She had also qualified in third for the all-around final, second for the beam final and sixth for the floor final. In the all-around final, Alice won bronze with a total score of 53.150 behind gold medal winner Ellie Black from Canada and silver medal winner Georgia Godwin from Australia. Alice competed in the beam final where she won gold with a score of 13.700. She told the BBC after her win:

"I'm still quite speechless. I don't really know what to say. I went out quite confident because I came second in qualifications. I thought if I go clean a medal was possible. But when I got the gold I didn't know what to do."[11]

Alice then competed in the floor final where she placed eighth after falling on her final tumble. She scored 11.666.[12]

On 7–8 July Kinsella competed at the Heerenveen Friendly where she placed third in the team final with Great Britain, second on balance beam behind Sanne Wevers, 4th on floor, and 10th in the all-around after a fall on the beam.[13] On 6 July Kinsella was named to the team to compete at the 2018 European Championships alongside Becky Downie, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Kelly Simm, and Lucy Stanhope.[14] Great Britain finished fourth in team finals.[15]

On September 27, Kinsella was named to the team to compete at the World Championships in Doha, Qatar alongside Becky Downie, Ellie Downie, Georgia-Mae Fenton, and Kelly Simm.[16] Great Britain finished ninth in qualifications and was the first reserve for team finals.

2019[]

In March Kinsella competed at the English Championships where she placed third in the all-around behind Amelie Morgan and Kelly Simm. She was later selected to compete at the 2019 European Championships alongside Ellie Downie, Morgan, and Simm.[17] At the British Championships Kinsella placed fourth in the all-around, second on uneven bars, fourth on balance beam, and fifth on floor exercise.[18] At the European Championships Kinsella qualified to the all-around final in third place behind Angelina Melnikova and Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos. She additionally qualified to the balance beam final in third and the floor exercise final in seventh.[19] In the all-around final Kinsella finished fifteenth.[20] During event finals she won gold on the balance beam making her the first British gymnast to become a European champion on the apparatus. She later placed seventh in the floor exercise final.[21]

In September Kinsella competed at the British Team Championships where she placed second in the all-around behind Kelly Simm and helped her club, Park Wreckin, place second.[22] Later that month Kinsella was named to the team to compete at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart alongside Ellie Downie, Becky Downie, Taeja James, and Georgia-Mae Fenton.[23] During qualifications Kinsella helped Great Britain place seventh, earning a spot in the team final and qualifying a team for Great Britain to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Individually she qualified to the all-around final.[24] During the team final she contributed scores on vault, balance beam, and floor exercise towards Great Britain's sixth place finish.[25] In the all-around final Kinsella finished in twelfth place.[26]

2020–21[]

In early February it was announced that Kinsella was selected to represent Great Britain at the Birmingham World Cup taking place in late March.[27] However, the Birmingham World Cup was later canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.[28]

In April 2021 Kinsella was selected to represent Great Britain at the European Championships alongside Jessica Gadirova, Jennifer Gadirova (later replaced by Phoebe Jakubczyk),[29] and Amelie Morgan.[30]

On 7 June 2021, Kinsella was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Jessica Gadirova, Jennifer Gadirova, and Amelie Morgan.[31] During qualifications Kinsella suffered multiple mishaps and did not qualify for any individual event finals; however Great Britain qualified for the team final. During the team final Kinsella performed on all four apparatuses, hitting all of her routines and helping Great Britain win the bronze medal, their first Olympic team medal in 93 years.[32]

Outside of gymnastics, Alice was one of a number of Olympians to appear on CBBC’s Saturday Mash Up. Kinsella was gunged with 20 buckets of slime after losing a public vote.

Personal life[]

Kinsella is the daughter of former Republic of Ireland international footballer Mark Kinsella. Her brother Liam is also a footballer who currently plays with Walsall and has represented Ireland at under-age level.[33]

Competitive history[]

Junior[]

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2014 English Championships (Espoir) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2015 English Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 1st place, gold medalist(s)
British Championships 12 7
Flanders Team Challenge 5 13
British Team Championships 28
Olympic Hopes Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2016 International Gymnix 15 8 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
British Team Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
English Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s)
British Championships 4 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4
Italian Junior Friendly 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Elite Gym Massilia 7 6

Senior[]

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2017 Stuttgart World Cup 7
British Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 5
English Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
European Championships 10
Dutch Invitational 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
British Team Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships WD
2018 English Championships 7 4 4 6
British Championships 5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5
Birmingham World Cup 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Commonwealth Games 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 8
Heerenveen Friendly 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 10 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4
European Championships 4
World Championships R1
2019 English Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
British Championships 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 5
European Championships 15 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7
British Team Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships 6 12 R2
2021
European Championships R3
Olympic Games 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.alicekinsella.net/
  2. ^ "Alice is back home after Tokyo heroics". Shropshire Star. 31 July 2021. p. 86.Report by Nick Elwell.
  3. ^ https://database.fig-gymnastics.com/public/results/display/14918?idAgeCategory=4&idCategory=65
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-11. Retrieved 2018-04-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-11. Retrieved 2018-04-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Update from Montreal - Alice Kinsella - British Gymnastics".
  7. ^ https://www.british-gymnastics.org/documents/regions-and-home-countries/england/9331-2018-english-championship-final-results/file
  8. ^ "Commonwealth Games Team Announcement: Team England". 21 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Gymnastics British Championships 2020 **CANCELLED*".
  10. ^ "2018 Birmingham World Cup Results". 23 March 2018.
  11. ^ "Wilson and Kinsella win gymnastics golds". BBC Sport.
  12. ^ "2018 Commonwealth Games Results". 6 April 2018.
  13. ^ "2018 Heerenveen Friendly Results". The Gymnter.net. July 11, 2018.
  14. ^ "British teams announced for 2018 European Championships". British Gymnastics. July 6, 2018.
  15. ^ "European Championships 2018: GB fourth in women's team gymnastics final". BBC Sports. August 4, 2018.
  16. ^ "GBR women's team confirmed for World Championship action". British Gymnastics. September 27, 2018.
  17. ^ "British team for 2019 European Championships announced". British Gymnastics. March 11, 2019.
  18. ^ "Gymnastics British Championships 2019". British Gymnastics.
  19. ^ "British women shine in European Championship qualifying". British Gymnastics. April 11, 2019.
  20. ^ "Ellie Downie wins superb European silver". British Gymnastics. April 12, 2019.
  21. ^ "Alice Kinsella wins brilliant beam gold". British Gymnastics. April 14, 2019.
  22. ^ "2019 British Team Championships Results". The Gymternet. September 15, 2019.
  23. ^ "Meet the women's 2019 Artistic World Championships team". British Gymnastics. September 19, 2019.
  24. ^ "Women's team make world finals and qualify place for 2020 Olympic Games". British Gymnastics. October 5, 2019.
  25. ^ "British women's team 6th in world final". British Gymnastics. October 8, 2019.
  26. ^ "Alice Kinsella 12th in world all-around final". British Gymnastics. October 10, 2019.
  27. ^ "Birmingham World Cup roster bursts with World stars". FIG. February 7, 2020.
  28. ^ "British Gymnastics national events announcement, including FIG World Cup". British Gymnastics. March 16, 2020.
  29. ^ @BritGymnastics (April 15, 2021). "There's a change to our line up for the European Championships" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  30. ^ "British gymnasts announced for 2021 Artistic European Championships". British Gymnastics. April 1, 2021.
  31. ^ "Women's artistic gymnastics team named by Team GB for Tokyo Olympics". British Gymnastics. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  32. ^ "Tokyo Olympics: Team GB win bronze in women's team gymnastics for first time since 1928". Sky News. July 27, 2021.
  33. ^ Rowan, Paul (7 January 2018). "Kinsellas fly the flags for Ireland and Great Britain". Retrieved 9 March 2018.

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