James Hall (gymnast)
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| Full name | James Robert Hall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Great Britain  England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 October 1995 Bankstown, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Maidstone, Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Pegasus GC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Ionut Trandaburu, Ovi Rugina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World ranking | 8th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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James Robert Hall (born 6 October 1995)[1] is an English artistic gymnast. A member of the British Senior team since 2014, he has won all-around bronze in the European Artistic Gymnastic Championships and a team gold and an individual all-round silver in the Commonwealth Games.
Personal life[]
Hall was born 6 October 1995 in Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia. His family moved to Kent, England in 1997.[2]
He began gymnastics at age six after a coach encouraged him to so do.[2]
In 2018, Hall became an ambassador for the Young Lives Foundation, a charity that helps disadvantaged youth in Kent, England.[2]
Career[]
2015[]
Hall was the alternate for the silver medal winning GB team at the 2015 Glasgow world championships.
2017[]
Hall won the all-around bronze medal at the 2017 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in April 2017, held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.[3]
2018[]
At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Hall was part of the team that won gold in the team event.[4] He also won silver on the individual all-around competition[5] as well as horizontal bar, both behind Nile Wilson.[6]
At the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow, Hall won a silver as part of the team.[7]
2019[]
In March 2019, Hall won the All-Around title at the British Championships.[8]
He also competed at the European Championships in Szczecin, Poland, as well as the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.[2]
2021[]
At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Hall competed for Great Britain. The team took fourth place with a score of 255.76.
He also competed in the all around final where he finished in 8th position, one place ahead of teammate Joe Fraser. [9]
References[]
- ^ "James Hall". British Gymnastics.
- ^ a b c d "Artistic Gymnastics HALL James". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Vernyayev Rallies To Defend European All-Around Title". International Gymnast Magazine Online.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: England win gold in men's team final". BBC Sport. 5 April 2018.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: England's Nile Wilson wins all-around gold, James Hall silver". BBC Sport. 7 April 2018.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: Nile Wilson wins third gold as Alice Kinsella seals first Commonwealth title". 9 April 2018.
- ^ "High bar falls cost British gymnasts as Russia takes European team gold". ESPN. 11 August 2018.
- ^ "James Hall Crowned British All-around Champion". British Gymnastics. 22 March 2019.
- ^ "Artistic Gymnastics - Final Results". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
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- British male artistic gymnasts
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- Gymnasts at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in gymnastics
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gymnasts of Great Britain