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Great Britain women's national artistic gymnastics team

Great Britain
Continental unionEuropean Union of Gymnastics
National federationBritish Gymnastics
Head coachMartine George
Training locationLilleshall Hall
Uniform SupplierKukri Sports & Milano
Olympic Games
Appearances14
Medals Bronze: 1928, 2020
World Championships
Appearances23
Medals Silver: 2022
Bronze: 2015
European Championships
Medals Gold: 2023
Silver: 2010, 2014, 2016, 2022, 2024

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 World Championships team medal, taking home a bronze. They won a second Olympic team bronze at the 2020 Olympic Games. The following year the team took silver at the 2022 World Championships.

History

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Great Britain has participated in the Olympic Games women's team competition 14 times. It has won two bronze medals, at the 1928[1] and the 2020 Olympic Games.[2] The team has also made 27 appearances at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

2025 Senior roster

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Main squad[3]
Name Birthdate and age Birthplace Club
Ondine Achampong (2004-02-10) 10 February 2004 (age 21) Kings Langley, England Lynx Aylesbury
University of California, Berkeley
Shantae-Eve Amankwaah Bristol Hawks Gymnastics Club
Ellie Belbin Amber Valley Gymnastics Academy
Grace Davies 2007 England Robin Hood Gymnastics
Becky Downie (1992-12-24) 24 December 1992 (age 32) Amber Valley Gymnastics Academy
Ruby Evans (2007-03-17) 17 March 2007 (age 18) Cardiff, Wales Clwb Cymru Caerdydd
Georgia-Mae Fenton (2000-11-02) 2 November 2000 (age 24) Gravesend, England South Essex Gymnastics Club
Jennifer Gadirova (2004-10-03) 3 October 2004 (age 20) Dublin, Ireland Lynx Aylesbury
Jessica Gadirova (2004-10-03) 3 October 2004 (age 20) Dublin, Ireland Lynx Aylesbury
Shanna-Kae Grant (2004-06-05) 5 June 2004 (age 21) Leeds, England Leeds Gymnastics Club
Ema Kandalova (2008-08-26) 26 August 2008 (age 16) England Tolworth Gym Club
Alice Kinsella (2001-03-13) 13 March 2001 (age 24) Basildon, England Park Wrekin Gymnastics Club
Alia Leat (2005-05-27) 27 May 2005 (age 20) Heathrow Gym Club
Abigail Martin (2008-04-19) 19 April 2008 (age 17) Paignton, England South Devon School of Gymnastics
Abigail Roper (2005-09-07) 7 September 2005 (age 19) Ipswich, England Pipers Vale Gymnastics Club
Emily Roper (2005-09-07) 7 September 2005 (age 19) Ipswich, England Pipers Vale Gymnastics Club
Ruby Stacey (2005-03-10) 10 March 2005 (age 20) Tavistock, England Plymouth Swallows
Frances Stone (2009-12-21) 21 December 2009 (age 15) Amber Valley Gymnastics Academy
Jemima Taylor (2009-03-18) 18 March 2009 (age 16) Clwb Cymru Caerdydd
Tiegan Trafford 2008 England Summit Gymnastics
Development squad[3]
Name Birthdate and age Birthplace Club
Chloe Allen Park Wrekin Gymnastics Club
Alena Carter South Essex Gymnastics Club
Renee Coleman Carousel School of Gymnastics
Shae Drysdale Park Wrekin Gymnastics Club
Helena Finc Park Wrekin Gymnastics Club
Bonnie Fisher The Wire Gymnastics Club
Connie Freeman Amber Valley Gymnastics Academy
Lexi Holmes Clwb Cymru Caerdydd
Jenitha Johnson Heathrow Gym Club
Emilia Merrick Bristol Hawks Gymnastics Club
Andrea Ndoro South Essex Gymnastics Club
Aurelia Pellowe Harrow School of Gym
Jamie Reyner-Corbett Park Wrekin Gymnastics Club
Pippa Richardson Robin Hood Gymnastics
Julianna Salcedo Revolution Gymnastics Club
Simone Seed South Essex Gymnastics Club

Team competition results

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Olympic Games

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Year Position Squad
1928 Bronze Annie Broadbent, Lucy Desmond, Margaret Hartley, Amy Jagger, Isabel Judd, Jessie Kite, Marjorie Moreman, Edith Pickles, Ethel Seymour, Ada Smith, Hilda Smith, Doris Woods
1936 8th place Doris Blake, Brenda Crowe, Edna Gross, Clarice Hanson, Mary Heaton, Mary Kelly, Lilian Ridgewell, Marion Wharton
1948 8th place Joan Airey, Cissy Davies, Pat Evans, Dorothy Hey, Irene Hirst, Pat Hirst, Audrey Rennard, Dorothy Smith
1952 16th place Cissy Davies, Irene Hirst, Pat Hirst, Gwynedd Lewis-Lingard, Margo Morgan, Valerie Mullins, Marjorie Raistrick, Margaret Thomas-Neale
1960 17th place Gwynedd Lewis-Lingard, Pat Perks, Jill Pollard, Marjorie Carter (née Raistrick), Dorothy Summers, Margaret Thomas-Neale
1972 18th place Barbara Alred, Pamela Hopkins, Pamela Hutchinson, Avril Lennox, Yvonne Mugridge, Elaine Willett
1984 7th place Natalie Davies, Amanda Harrison, Sally Larner, Hayley Price, Kathleen Williams, Lisa Young
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, Becky Downie, Claudia Fragapane, Ruby Harrold, Amy Tinkler
2020 Bronze Jennifer Gadirova, Jessica Gadirova, Alice Kinsella, Amelie Morgan
2024 4th place Becky Downie, Ruby Evans, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Alice Kinsella, Abigail Martin

World Championships

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See also: Great Britain at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Year Position Squad
1966 17th place Margaret Bell, Rita Francis, Marie Gough, Diana Lodge, Linda Parkin, Mary Prestidge
1970 19th place Barbara Alred, Pamela Hopkins, Pamela Hutchinson, Susan Lowther, Yvonne Mugridge, Maureen Potts
1974 17th place
1978 16th place
1979 16th place Susan Cheesebrough, Sally Crabtree, Suzanne Dando, Mandy Gornall, Denise Jones, Kathleen Williams
1981 12th place Mandy Gornall, Denise Jones, Hayley Price, Cheryl Weatherstone, Kathleen Williams, Lisa Young
1983 17th place Jackie Bevan, Natalie Davies, Amanda Harrison, Hayley Price, Kathleen Williams, Lisa Young
1985 16th place Lisa Elliott, Sally Larner, Jackie McCarthy, Stephanie Micklam, Hayley Price, Lisa Young
1987 17th place Catherine Bain, Lisa Elliott, Lisa Grayson, Karen Hargate, Karen Kennedy, Joanna Prescott
1989 15th place Lisa Elliott, Lisa Grayson, Lorna Mainwaring, Sarah Mercer, Joanna Prescott, Louise Redding
1991 17th place Jackie Brady, Sarah Mercer, Louise Redding, Rowena Roberts, Laura Timmins, Natasha Whitehead
1994 12th place Anna-Liese Acklam, Gemma Cuff, Gabby Fuchs, Andrea Leman, Zita Lusack, Annika Reeder, Karin Szymko
1995 18th place Gemma Cuff, Gabby Fuchs, Michaela Knox, Sonia Lawrence, Zita Lusack, Annika Reeder, Karin Szymko
1997 13th place Jenny Cox, Gemma Cuff, Sonia Lawrence, Jannie Mortimer, Sharna Murray, Annika Reeder
1999 11th place Rochelle Douglas, Natalie Lucitt, Lisa Mason, Holly Murdock, Sharna Murray, Annika Reeder
2001 9th place Holly Murdock, Beth Tweddle, Melissa Wilcox, Emma Williams, Nicola Willis
2003 9th place Amy Dodsley, Cherrelle Fennell, Vanessa Hobbs, Elizabeth Line, Rebecca Mason, Beth Tweddle
2006 11th place Olivia Bryl, Lynette Lisle, Leigh Rogers, 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 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
2022 Silver Ondine Achampong, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Jennifer Gadirova, Jessica Gadirova, Alice Kinsella, Poppy-Grace Stickler
2023 6th place Ondine Achampong, Ruby Evans, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Jessica Gadirova, Alice Kinsella, Poppy-Grace Stickler

European Championships

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Year Position Squad
1994
1996 8th place
1998 - DNQ for Team Final
2000 7th place Kelly Hackman, Lisa Mason, Sharna Murray, Paula Thomas, Emma Williams
2002 6th place Katy Lennon, Rebecca Owen, Beth Tweddle
2004 4th place Vanessa Hobbs, Beth Tweddle, Katy Lennon, Elizabeth Line, Nicola Willis
2006 7th place Imogen Cairns, Amy Nunes, Melanie Roberts
2008 6th place Becky Downie, Hannah Clowes, Laura Jones, Marissa King, Beth Tweddle
2010 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Becky Downie, Nicole Hibbert, Beth Tweddle, Niamh Rippin, Jocelyn Hunt
2012 4th place Danusia Francis, Ruby Harrold, Jennifer Pinches, Rebecca Tunney, Hannah Whelan
2014 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Becky Downie, Claudia Fragapane, Ruby Harrold, Rebecca Tunney, Hannah Whelan
2016 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Becky Downie, Ellie Downie, Claudia Fragapane, Ruby Harrold, Gabrielle Jupp
2018 4th place Georgia-Mae Fenton, Taeja James, Alice Kinsella, Kelly Simm, Lucy Stanhope
2020 - Did not compete due to Covid-19
2022 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Ondine Achampong, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Jennifer Gadirova, Jessica Gadirova, Alice Kinsella
2023 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Ondine Achampong, Becky Downie, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Jessica Gadirova, Alice Kinsella
2024 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Becky Downie, Ruby Evans, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Alice Kinsella, Abigail Martin
2025 6th place Ruby Evans, Alia Leat, Emily Roper, Ruby Stacey, Francis Stone

Junior World Championships

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Year Position Squad
2019 6th place Jennifer Gadirova, Jessica Gadirova, Alia Leat
2023 9th place Ema Kandalova, Abigail Martin, Jemima Taylor

Most decorated gymnasts

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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 2012
2006
2010
2003
2005		 2009 1 5 6
2 Jessica Gadirova 2020
2022		 2022 2022 1 3 4
3 Becky Downie 2015 2019 0 2 2
Jennifer Gadirova 2020
2022		 1 1 2
Alice Kinsella 2020
2022		 1 1 2
6 Ellie Downie 2015 2019 0 2 2
Claudia Fragapane 2015 2017 0 2 2
Amy Tinkler 2015 2016 1 1 2
9 Ondine Achampong, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Poppy-Grace Stickler 2022 0 1 1
12 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
Amelie Morgan 2020 1 0 1

Best international results

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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 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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 1st place, gold 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 — 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 5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 4

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Great Britain Gymnastics Women's Team All-Around Results".Archived 30 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Tokyo Olympics: Great Britain take bronze in women's gymnastics team final" Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Great Britain Women's Artistic Performance Pathway Squads 1st April 2025 – 31st March 2026" (PDF). British Gymnastics. Retrieved 29 July 2025.