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Kelly Simm
Kelly Jay Simm (born 23 April 1995) is an English artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast. She is the 2015 Summer Universiade Gymnastics at the 2015 Summer Universiade – Women's artistic individual all-around, all-around champion, Gymnastics at the 2015 Summer Universiade – Women's vault, vault silver medalist, and Gymnastics at the 2015 Summer Universiade – Women's floor, floor bronze medalist. She represented England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and won a gold medal in the Gymnastics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's artistic team all-around, team final. She competed at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2015 World Championships and she won the bronze medal with the team. Senior career 2014 Commonwealth Games In July 2014, Simm competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow, Scotland and was part of the England team that won the Gymnastics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's artistic team all-around, Women's artistic tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Fellows (gymnast)
Charlie Fellows (born 1 January 1997) is a British people, British Artistic Gymnastics, artistic gymnast. She was a reserve gymnast for the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Nanning, China, and the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. Since her retirement Charlie moved from her home town and is currently living in Leeds and is now a coach at the Leeds Rebound Gymnastic Club. Fellows doesn’t work for Leeds rebound but works elsewhere out of the gymnastics lifestyle but does have residency in Leeds still. Junior career 2011 In July Fellows competed at the British Junior Championships. She placed 4th in the all-around competition scoring 52.350, she scored 13.300 on the vault, 13.150 on the uneven bars, 12.750 on the balance beam and 13.150 on the floor exercise. In the event finals she placed 8th on the uneven bars with a score of 11.150, 7th on the balance beam with a score of 11.600 and 7th on the floor exercise with a final score ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyesha Mattis
Tyesha Mattis (born 17 April 1999 in Hackney, London) is a British artistic gymnast currently representing Jamaica in international competition. She trains at Hendon gymnastics club Junior career 2012 Mattis' first big elite meet was at the British Gymnastics Championships at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. She became the Espoir National Champion. She also won the bars final with 12.800. 2013 Mattis competed for Great Britain at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney earlier in January. The team placed 2nd behind China. Individually, Tyesha won the all-around and vault competition and also got bronze medals for Bars and Floor. In March, she then went to Liverpool for the British Championships. She became Junior British Champion ahead of Amy Tinkler and Elissa Downie. She placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd in Vault, Beam and Floor finals. Her final meet was the European Youth Olympic Festival in Utrecht. She got a team silver, 2 bronzes in the all-around and Vault and managed 5th on B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Tunney
Rebecca Tunney (born 26 October 1996) is a retired British artistic gymnast who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Personal information Tunney took ballet from a young age but gave it up at five years old to focus on gymnastics. She moved to the City of Liverpool gymnastics club when she was ten years old to train with coach, Claire Duffy. Duffy said, "She was tiny, quite scruffy and overwhelmed by the environment, but keen and excited to get in there and give it a go. When she first won a medal, you could see how she loved to train to win. She'd had a taste of medals and that was exactly what she wanted to do: she wanted to be a champion." Tunney formerly attended Droylsden Academy Secondary School. She said, "I've not been to school for quite a long time but they know why I'm away and where I'm going, they're supportive about everything and I sometimes take work with me." After formerly living in Manchester, it was felt with the 2016 Summer Olympics in mind, she should ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southampton
Southampton () is a port city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. It is located approximately south-west of London and west of Portsmouth. The city forms part of the South Hampshire built-up area, which also covers Portsmouth and the towns of Havant, Waterlooville, Eastleigh, Fareham and Gosport. A major port, and close to the New Forest, it lies at the northernmost point of Southampton Water, at the confluence of the River Test and Itchen, with the River Hamble joining to the south. Southampton is classified as a Medium-Port City . Southampton was the departure point for the and home to 500 of the people who perished on board. The Spitfire was built in the city and Southampton has a strong association with the ''Mayflower'', being the departure point before the vessel was forced to return to Plymouth. In the past century, the city was one of Europe's main ports for ocean liners and more recently, Southampton is known as the home port of some of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics At The 2018 Commonwealth Games
Gymnastics competitions at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia, were held from April 5 to 9, 2018 (artistic) and 11 to 13 (rhythmic) at the Coomera Indoor Sports Centre. A total of 14 artistic gymnastics events were held (eight for men and six for women), along with six rhythmic gymnastics events. Schedule Medal table Medal summary Artistic Men's events Women's events Rhythmic Participating nations Artistic There are 21 participating nations in the artistic gymnastics competitions with a total of 98 athletes. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Rhythmic There are 13 participating nations in the rhythmic gymnastics competitions with a total of 26 athletes. Nigeria and Sri Lanka made their Commonwealth Games debut in the sport. * * * * * * * * * * * * * See also *Gymnastics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Gymnastics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 7 to 16 October at the America Pavilion in Buenos Aires ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baku
Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world and also the largest city in the world located below sea level. Baku lies on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, alongside the Bay of Baku. Baku's urban population was estimated at two million people as of 2009. Baku is the primate city of Azerbaijan—it is the sole metropolis in the country, and about 25% of all inhabitants of the country live in Baku's metropolitan area. Baku is divided into twelve administrative raions and 48 townships. Among these are the townships on the islands of the Baku Archipelago, and the town of Oil Rocks built on stilts in the Caspian Sea, away from Baku. The Inner City of Baku, along with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower, were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000. The c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 European Games
The 2015 European Games, also known as Baku 2015 or Baku 2015 European Games ( az, Bakı 2015 Avropa Oyunları), were the inaugural edition of the European Games, an international multi-sport event for athletes representing the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of the European Olympic Committees. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 12 to 28 June 2015, and featured almost 6,000 athletes from 50 countries competing in 30 sports, including 15 summer Olympic and 2 non-Olympic sports. Host selection Baku was awarded the right to host the first European Games at the 41st EOC General Assembly in Rome, on 8 December 2012. The European Games will take place every four years thereafter, with the next competition held in 2019. The decision was made as a result of secret balloting, where of 48 votes, 38 were in favour of the sole bidder for the event. Eight votes were against, and two more abstained from voting. The representatives of Armenia refused to take part in the voting. Orga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held in Nanning, China at the Guangxi Gymnasium from 3–12 October 2014. The competition was the fourth time a World Artistic Gymnastics Championships has been held in the continent of Asia. Competition schedule All times are CST (UTC+8). Venues Main Arena The main arena where the competition was held was the Guangxi Gymnasium, which opened in 2012. Training Gymnasium The training facility for the competition was held at the Li Ning Sports Park. As per any International Gymnastics Federation competition format, there was a podium training session where the gymnast trains on the podium in the arena to get a feel for the competition equipment on a raised surface. Mascots In April 2013, the mascots Nannan (male) and Ningning (female) were unveiled as the official mascots of the event. Medalists Names with an asterisk (*) denote the team alternate. Medal table Men Women Men's results Team competition Individual a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgina Hockenhull
Georgina Hockenhull (born 4 June 1997) is a British artistic gymnast. She represented Wales at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow where she won two historic medals for Welsh women's artistic gymnastics. Hockenhull will also compete for Great Britain at the first ever European Games The European Games is a continental multi-sport event in the Olympic Games, Olympic tradition contested by sportsperson, athletes from European nations and several European Olympic Committees#Notes, transcontinental countries. The Games were .... References 1997 births Living people Sportspeople from Shrewsbury Welsh female artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Gymnasts at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Great Britain Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Wales Commonwealth Games medallists in gymnastics Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games {{UK-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Games
The European Games is a continental multi-sport event in the Olympic Games, Olympic tradition contested by sportsperson, athletes from European nations and several European Olympic Committees#Notes, transcontinental countries. The Games were envisioned and are governed by the European Olympic Committees (EOC), which announced their launch at its 41st General Assembly in Rome, on 8 December 2012. History The 2015 European Games, the first edition of the event, took place in Baku, Azerbaijan in June 2015, and further editions are planned every four years thereafter. The 2019 European Games, 2019 edition was held in Minsk, Belarus from 21 to 30 June. The 2023 European Games, 2023 edition will be held in Kraków, Poland. The European Games are the 5th continental Games in the Olympic Games, Olympic tradition to be initiated, after the Asian Games, Pan American Games, Pacific Games and African Games. As of 2015, every sporting continent has a continental games. The European Game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellie Downie
Elissa Rebecca "Ellie" Downie (born 20 July 1999) is a retired artistic gymnast who has represented Great Britain. She is the all-around 2017 European gymnastics champion, the first gymnast to win a major all-around title for Great Britain. The younger sister of double European champion Becky Downie, Downie first came to prominence as an outstanding junior gymnast at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, winning four medals. At the age of 15, she became the first British woman to win an individual all-around medal at the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships, with a bronze in 2015. Later that year, she was part of the team that won Britain's first global team medal, a bronze, at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. At the 2017 European Championships, she made history again by becoming the first British gymnast to win the all-around at a major international competition. On 23 January 2023, Downie announced her retirement from the sport. Junior career Downie com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angel Romaeo
Angel Romaeo (born 14 August 1997) is a Welsh artistic gymnast. She competed for Wales at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, and was a member of the team that won the bronze medal in the Team all-around competition. Romaeo comes from a Cardiff Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ... family and is one of six children, all of whom are involved in competitive sport. Accessed 31 July 2014 References |
