Great Britain women's national artistic gymnastics team

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Great Britain
Continental unionEuropean Union of Gymnastics
National federationBritish Gymnastics
Head coachAmanda Reddin
Olympic Games
Appearances11
MedalsBronze medal.svg Bronze: 1928, 2020
World Championships
Appearances22
MedalsBronze medal world centered-2.svg Bronze: 2015

The Great Britain women's national artistic gymnastics team represents Great Britain in FIG international competitions. After winning the bronze medal at the 1928 Olympics, the British team have placed consistently well in modern-day 21st-century artistic gymnastics. In October 2015, they won their first team World medal, taking home a bronze medal.[1]

History[]

Great Britain has participated in the Olympic Games women's team competition 13 times. It has won two bronze medals, at the 1928[2] and the 2020 Olympic Games.[3] The team has also made 22 appearances at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

Current senior roster[]

Name Birthdate and age Birthplace Club
Ondine Achampong (2004-02-10) 10 February 2004 (age 18) Kings Langley, England Aylesbury Gymnastics Academy
Becky Downie (1992-01-24) 24 January 1992 (age 30) Nottingham, England Notts Gymnastics Club
Ellie Downie (1999-07-20) 20 July 1999 (age 22) Nottingham, England Notts Gymnastics Club
Georgia-Mae Fenton (2000-11-02) 2 November 2000 (age 21) Gravesend, England East London
Claudia Fragapane (1997-10-24) 24 October 1997 (age 24) Bristol, England Bristol Hawks
Jennifer Gadirova (2004-10-03) 3 October 2004 (age 17) Dublin, Ireland Aylesbury Gymnastics Academy
Jessica Gadirova (2004-10-03) 3 October 2004 (age 17) Dublin, Ireland Aylesbury Gymnastics Academy
Phoebe Jakubczyk (2003-08-26) 26 August 2003 (age 18) Bristol, England The Academy
Taeja James (2002-10-15) 15 October 2002 (age 19) Nottingham, England City of Birmingham
Alice Kinsella (2001-03-13) 13 March 2001 (age 21) Essex, England Park Wrekin
Amelie Morgan (2003-05-31) 31 May 2003 (age 18) Wexham, England The Academy
Kelly Simm (1995-04-23) 23 April 1995 (age 26) Southampton, England Dynamo School of Gymnastics
Lucy Stanhope (2001-09-19) 19 September 2001 (age 20) Warrington, England City of Liverpool
Emily Thomas (2001-02-25) 25 February 2001 (age 21) Bridgend, Wales Clwb Cymru Caerdydd

Team competition results[]

Olympic Games[]

World Championships[]

Junior World Championships[]

  • 2019 — 6th place
    Jennifer Gadirova, Jessica Gadirova,

Most decorated gymnasts[]

This list includes all British female artistic gymnasts who have won a medal at the Olympic Games or the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

Rank Gymnast Team AA VT UB BB FX Olympic Total World Total Total
1 Beth Tweddle Bronze medal olympic.svg 2012
Gold medal world centered-2.svg 2006
Gold medal world centered-2.svg 2010
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg 2003
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg 2005
Gold medal world centered-2.svg 2009 1 5 6
2 Becky Downie Bronze medal world centered-2.svg 2015 Silver medal world centered-2.svg 2019 0 2 2
3 Ellie Downie Bronze medal world centered-2.svg 2015 Bronze medal world centered-2.svg 2019 0 2 2
Claudia Fragapane Bronze medal world centered-2.svg 2015 Bronze medal world centered-2.svg 2017 0 2 2
Amy Tinkler Bronze medal world centered-2.svg 2015 Bronze medal olympic.svg 2016 1 1 2
6 Broadbent, Desmond, Hartley, Jagger, Judd, Kite, Moreman, Pickles, Seymour, A. Smith, H. Smith, Woods Bronze medal olympic.svg 1928 1 0 1
Ruby Harrold, Kelly Simm Bronze medal world centered-2.svg 2015 0 1 1
Jennifer Gadirova, Jessica Gadirova, Alice Kinsella, Amelie Morgan Bronze medal olympic.svg 2020 1 0 1

Best international results[]

Event TF AA VT UB BB FX
Olympic Games 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 10 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Games 8 8 6 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6
European Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Youth Olympics N/A 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Junior World Championships 6 7 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 4

See also[]

  • List of Olympic female artistic gymnasts for Great Britain

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Great Britain Gymnastics Women's Team All-Around Results".Archived 30 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Tokyo Olympics: Great Britain take bronze in women's gymnastics team final" Retrieved 30 July 2021.
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