Great Britain women's national artistic gymnastics team
Continental union | European Union of Gymnastics |
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National federation | British Gymnastics |
Head coach | Amanda Reddin |
Olympic Games | |
Appearances | 11 |
Medals | Bronze: 1928, 2020 |
World Championships | |
Appearances | 22 |
Medals | 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 |
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Ondine Achampong | 10 February 2004 | Kings Langley, England | Aylesbury Gymnastics Academy |
Becky Downie | 24 January 1992 | Nottingham, England | Notts Gymnastics Club |
Ellie Downie | 20 July 1999 | Nottingham, England | Notts Gymnastics Club |
Georgia-Mae Fenton | 2 November 2000 | Gravesend, England | East London |
Claudia Fragapane | 24 October 1997 | Bristol, England | Bristol Hawks |
Jennifer Gadirova | 3 October 2004 | Dublin, Ireland | Aylesbury Gymnastics Academy |
Jessica Gadirova | 3 October 2004 | Dublin, Ireland | Aylesbury Gymnastics Academy |
Phoebe Jakubczyk | 26 August 2003 | Bristol, England | The Academy |
Taeja James | 15 October 2002 | Nottingham, England | City of Birmingham |
Alice Kinsella | 13 March 2001 | Essex, England | Park Wrekin |
Amelie Morgan | 31 May 2003 | Wexham, England | The Academy |
Kelly Simm | 23 April 1995 | Southampton, England | Dynamo School of Gymnastics |
Lucy Stanhope | 19 September 2001 | Warrington, England | City of Liverpool |
Emily Thomas | 25 February 2001 | Bridgend, Wales | Clwb Cymru Caerdydd |
Team competition results[]
Olympic Games[]
- 1928 — Bronze medal
- 1936 — 8th place
- 1948 — 9th place
- 1952 — 16th place
- 1956 — did not participate
- 1960 — 17th place
- 1964 — did not participate
- 1968 — did not participate
- 1972 — 18th place
- Barbara Alred, Pamela Hopkins, Pamela Hutchinson, Avril Lennox, Yvonne Mugridge, Elaine Willett
- 1976 — did not participate
- 1980 — did not participate
- 1984 — 7th place
- , Amanda Harrison, Sally Larner, Hayley Price, Kathleen Williams, Lisa Young
- 1988 — did not participate
- 1992 — did not participate
- 1996 — did not participate
- 2000 — 10th place
- Kelly Hackman, Lisa Mason, Sharna Murray, Annika Reeder, Paula Thomas, Emma Williams
- 2004 — 11th place
- Cherrelle Fennell, Vanessa Hobbs, Katy Lennon, Elizabeth Line, Beth Tweddle, Nicola Willis
- 2008 — 9th place
- Imogen Cairns, Becky Downie, Marissa King, Beth Tweddle, Hannah Whelan, Rebecca Wing
- 2012 — 6th place
- Imogen Cairns, Jennifer Pinches, Rebecca Tunney, Beth Tweddle, Hannah Whelan
- 2016 — 5th place
- Ellie Downie, Rebecca Downie, Claudia Fragapane, Ruby Harrold, Amy Tinkler
- 2020 – Bronze medal
- Jennifer Gadirova, Jessica Gadirova, Alice Kinsella, Amelie Morgan
World Championships[]
- 1934 — did not participate
- 1938 — did not participate
- 1950 — did not participate
- 1954 — did not participate
- 1958 — did not participate
- 1962 — did not participate
- 1966 — 17th place
- Margaret Bell, , , , , Mary Prestidge
- 1970 — 19th place
- Barbara Alred, Pamela Hopkins, Pamela Hutchinson, , Yvonne Mugridge,
- 1974 — 17th place
- 1978 — 16th place
- 1979 — 16th place
- Susan Cheesebrough, , Suzanne Dando, , Denise Jones, Kathleen Williams
- 1981 — 12th place
- 1983 — 17th place
- , Natalie Davies, Amanda Harrison, Hayley Price, Kathleen Williams, Lisa Young
- 1985 — 16th place
- , Sally Larner, , , Hayley Price, Lisa Young
- 1987 — 17th place
- 1989 — 15th place
- , Lisa Grayson, Lorna Mainwaring, Sarah Mercer, , Louise Redding
- 1991 — 17th place
- Jackie Brady, Sarah Mercer, Louise Redding, Rowena Roberts, ,
- 1994 — 12th place
- , Gemma Cuff, , , Zita Lusack, Annika Reeder, Karin Szymko
- 1995 — 18th place
- Gemma Cuff, , , Sonia Lawrence, Zita Lusack, Annika Reeder, Karin Szymko
- 1997 — 13th place
- , Gemma Cuff, Sonia Lawrence, , Sharna Murray, Annika Reeder
- 1999 — 11th place
- , , Lisa Mason, , Sharna Murray, Annika Reeder
- 2001 — 9th place
- , Beth Tweddle, Melissa Wilcox, Emma Williams, Nicola Willis
- 2003 — 9th place
- , Cherrelle Fennell, Vanessa Hobbs, Elizabeth Line, , Beth Tweddle
- 2006 — 11th place
- , , , Beth Tweddle, Emma White, Aisling Williams
- 2007 — 7th place
- Hannah Clowes, Becky Downie, Marissa King, Beth Tweddle, Aisling Williams, Rebecca Wing
- 2010 — 7th place
- Imogen Cairns, Becky Downie, Nicole Hibbert, Beth Tweddle, Hannah Whelan
- 2011 — 5th place
- Imogen Cairns, Becky Downie, Danusia Francis, Jennifer Pinches, Beth Tweddle, Hannah Whelan
- 2014 — 6th place
- Becky Downie, Claudia Fragapane, Ruby Harrold, Gabrielle Jupp, Kelly Simm, Hannah Whelan
- 2015 — bronze medal
- Becky Downie, Ellie Downie, Claudia Fragapane, Ruby Harrold, Kelly Simm, Amy Tinkler, Charlie Fellows
- 2018 — 9th place
- Becky Downie, Ellie Downie, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Alice Kinsella, Kelly Simm
- 2019 — 6th place
- Becky Downie, Ellie Downie, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Taeja James, Alice Kinsella
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 |
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1 | Beth Tweddle | 2012 2006 2010 2003 2005 |
2009 | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||||
2 | Becky Downie | 2015 | 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||
3 | Ellie Downie | 2015 | 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||
Claudia Fragapane | 2015 | 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||
Amy Tinkler | 2015 | 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
6 | Broadbent, Desmond, Hartley, Jagger, Judd, Kite, Moreman, Pickles, Seymour, A. Smith, H. Smith, Woods | 1928 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Ruby Harrold, Kelly Simm | 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Jennifer Gadirova, Jessica Gadirova, Alice Kinsella, Amelie Morgan | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Best international results[]
Event | TF | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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Olympic Games | 10 | |||||
World Championships | 4 | |||||
European Games | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | ||
European Championships | ||||||
Youth Olympics | N/A | 4 | ||||
Junior World Championships | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
See also[]
- List of Olympic female artistic gymnasts for Great Britain
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Great Britain Gymnastics Women's Team All-Around Results".Archived 30 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ^ "Tokyo Olympics: Great Britain take bronze in women's gymnastics team final" Retrieved 30 July 2021.
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