Kelly Jay Simm (born 23 April 1995) is an English
artistic gymnast
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. She is the
2015 Summer Universiade )
, Nations participating = 143
, Athletes participating = 12,885
, Events = 272 in 21 sports
, Opening ceremony =
, Closing ceremony =
, Officially opened by = Park Geun-hye
, Athlete's Oath = Kim Seong-yeon and Kim Kuk-young
, Judge's Oath = K ...
all-around champion,
vault silver medalist, and
floor bronze medalist. She represented
England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
England competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, between 23 July and 3 August 2014. Commonwealth Games England named a team of 416 athletes consisting of 216 men and 200 women across the 18 disciplines.
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and won a gold medal in the
team final. She competed at the
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
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held in Glasgow, Scotland and was part of the England team that won the
Women's artistic team all-around.
2015
Simm competed at the English Gymnastics Championships in Loughborough, England on 14 March 2015. She finished in third place at the all-around competition with a score of 54.550, she scored 14.100 on the vault, 13.750 on the uneven bars, 12.700 on the balance beam and 14.000 on the floor exercise.
Later that Month, Simm also competed at the British Championships in Liverpool. In the all-around competition she scored 14.200 on the vault, 12.800 on the uneven bars, 12.200 on the balance beam and 13.900 on the floor which gave her a final total of 53.100, almost half a point lower than her English Championships score, for joint fourth place with
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 ...
. Simm qualified for two event finals, in the vault final she tied for second place with
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.
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with an averaged score of 14.175 and in the floor final she again tied for fourth place with Romaeo with a score of 13.550.
On 23 April it was announced by the British Olympic Association that Simm was to represent Great Britain at the first ever
European Games
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. Simm was originally selected to compete alongside 2012 Olympian
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 t ...
and senior newcomer
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 Bri ...
, but both withdrew due to injuries. On 2 June it was released by British Gymnastics that Simm was to now compete with double
2014 Commonwealth Games
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bronze medalist
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 Grea ...
and
2014 World Championships reserve athlete
Charlie Fellows. As a team of three they will represent Team GB at the
2015 European Games
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in
Baku
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,
Azerbaijan
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in June.
1st European Games
The first day of competition started on 14 June, which was the first half of the team final and individual qualifications. Great Britain started on the vault first, Simm was nominated to compete two vaults to be eligible to qualify for the vault final. Her first vault, which also contributed to the team score was 14.233, her second vault scored 13.533 for an average score of 13.883 qualifying her in fifth place and on the uneven bars she scored 12.933. These scores also contributed to the first half of the all-around qualification where she currently stood at joint eighteenth place with French gymnast
Marine Brevet
Marine Brevet (born 23 November 1994, in Viriat) is a former French artistic gymnast. She was a member of the team that won a bronze medal at the 2016 European Championships. She was supposed to represent France at the 2012 Summer Olympics, but ...
with a score 27.166.
On the next day of competition Simm competed on the balance beam and floor, this was also the last day for the team final and individual qualifications. Simm scored 12.533 on the balance beam and 13.600 on the floor exercise where she scored the same as four other girls but because her difficulty score was the highest making her execution score of her routine the lowest out of the five, Simm didn't qualify for the floor final.
Overall Simm helped team GB finish in 8th place with a score of 107.964 and qualified for the all-around final in thirteenth place with a score of 53.299. In the all-around final, Simm placed 11th with a score of 51.932. Unfortunately in the vault final, Simm landed her second vault on her knees, earning a score of zero for that vault and an average score of 7.166 for the two vaults, placing 6th out of six finalists.
2015 Summer Universiade
Simm represented Great Britain at the
2015 Summer Universiade )
, Nations participating = 143
, Athletes participating = 12,885
, Events = 272 in 21 sports
, Opening ceremony =
, Closing ceremony =
, Officially opened by = Park Geun-hye
, Athlete's Oath = Kim Seong-yeon and Kim Kuk-young
, Judge's Oath = K ...
in
Gwangju
Gwangju () is South Korea's sixth-largest metropolis. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister. The city was also the capital of South Jeolla Province until the provincial office ...
, South Korea. Simm qualified for the all-around in third place with a score of 54.800. She also qualified for the vault final in second place behind
Maria Paseka
Maria Valeryevna Paseka (russian: Мария Валерьевна Пасека; born 19 July 1995) is a Russian artistic gymnast and member of the Russia women's national gymnastics team. During her decade-long career, she has primarily been succ ...
of Russia, for the uneven bars final in seventh place, and for the floor exercise final in second place. In the individual all-around final, Simm won the gold medal with a score of 56.332. She won the silver medal on vault with a score of 14.233, placed fourth on uneven bars with a score of 13.566, and won the bronze medal on floor exercise with a score of 13.966.
2018
In April Simm competed at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
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alongside
Georgia-Mae Fenton
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,
Taeja James
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,
Alice Kinsella
Alice Nicole Kinsella (born 13 March 2001) is an Irish-English artistic gymnast and member of the British national gymnastics team. She represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the team event, and was par ...
, and
Lucy Stanhope
Lucy Elizabeth Stanhope (born 19 September 2001) is an English women's artistic gymnast. She represents City of Liverpool Gymnastics Club and is a member of the England and Great Britain senior elite squads.
Career
She represented Team GB at ...
. They won silver in the
team final behind Canada. Individually Simm placed fifth in the
all-around
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, sixth in the
uneven bar final, and won bronze on
balance beam
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behind compatriot Kinsella and
Georgia-Rose Brown of Australia.
On 27 September Simm was named to the team to compete at the
World Championships
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in
Doha
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,
Qatar
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alongside
Becky Downie
Rebecca "Becky" Downie (born 24 January 1992 in Nottingham) is a British artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 and 2016 Summer Olympics. She is a double European champion (2014 and 2016) and 2014 C ...
,
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.
T ...
,
Georgia-Mae Fenton
Georgia-Mae Fenton (born 2 November 2000) is an elite English artistic gymnast and a member of both the British national gymnastics team and the England Commonwealth Games gymnastics squad. She is the 2018 and 2022 Commonwealth champion on un ...
, and
Alice Kinsella
Alice Nicole Kinsella (born 13 March 2001) is an Irish-English artistic gymnast and member of the British national gymnastics team. She represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the team event, and was par ...
. Great Britain was the first reserve to the team final. Individually Simm placed 19th in the all-around.
During the year Simm became an ambassador for the gymnastics leotard bran
Milano Pro-Sport
2019
In March Simm competed at the English Championships where she placed second in the all-around behind
Amelie Morgan
Amelie Morgan (born 31 May 2003) is a British artistic gymnast. She represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the team event. She is the 2021 European Championships bronze medalist on the uneven bars. Ad ...
. She was later selected to compete at the
2019 European Championships alongside
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.
T ...
,
Alice Kinsella
Alice Nicole Kinsella (born 13 March 2001) is an Irish-English artistic gymnast and member of the British national gymnastics team. She represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the team event, and was par ...
, and
Amelie Morgan
Amelie Morgan (born 31 May 2003) is a British artistic gymnast. She represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the team event. She is the 2021 European Championships bronze medalist on the uneven bars. Ad ...
. At the British Championships Simm placed second in the all-around behind Downie. She pulled out of event finals due to injury. She later found out that she fractured her foot and had to pull out of the European Championships.
In September Simm competed at the British Team Championships where she placed first in the all-around and helped her club, Dynamo, place fifth. Later that month Simm was named as the traveling alternate for the
2019 World Championships British team.
2020
In late January it was announced that Simm would compete at the
Stuttgart World Cup taking place in March. The Stuttgart World Cup was later canceled due to the
coronavirus pandemic in Germany.
2022
In June Simm was selected to
represent England at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet ...
alongside
Ondine Achampong
Ondine Achampong (born 10 February 2004) is a British artistic gymnast who was part of the women's team that won silver at the 2022 World Championships. She won a gold medal with the English team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, and individuall ...
,
Georgia-Mae Fenton
Georgia-Mae Fenton (born 2 November 2000) is an elite English artistic gymnast and a member of both the British national gymnastics team and the England Commonwealth Games gymnastics squad. She is the 2018 and 2022 Commonwealth champion on un ...
,
Claudia Fragapane
Claudia Fragapane (born 24 October 1997) is a British artistic gymnast. She came to prominence at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, where she was the first English woman to win four gold medals in a single Games since 1930. In 2015, Fragapane was pa ...
, and
Alice Kinsella
Alice Nicole Kinsella (born 13 March 2001) is an Irish-English artistic gymnast and member of the British national gymnastics team. She represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the team event, and was par ...
. The group went on to win gold in the
women's team all-around competition.
Competitive history
Personal life
Simm grew up in
Whiteley
Whiteley is a community in the county of Hampshire, England, near Fareham. The development straddles the boundary between two council districts: the Borough of Fareham to the south and east, and the city of Winchester to the north and west.
L ...
, Hampshire and attended
The Henry Cort Community College
The Henry Cort Community College, formerly Fareham Park Senior School, is a mixed sex comprehensive school in Fareham, Hampshire, England.
It is one of three comprehensive schools in Fareham, and had around 850 students at the last count. It ...
before studying at
Itchen College
Itchen Sixth Form College (also known as Itchen College) is a mixed sixth form college in Bitterne, Southampton, Hampshire, England. It was established in 1906 and was originally a mixed secondary school, it later became Itchen Grammar School un ...
.
References
External links
Kelly Simmat
British Gymnastics
British Gymnastics, also known as the British Amateur Gymnastics Association (BAGA), is the sports governing body for gymnastics and Trampolining in the UK.
History
It was founded in 1888 as the Amateur Gymnastics and Fencing Association. Gy ...
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1995 births
Living people
British female artistic gymnasts
English female artistic gymnasts
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
Commonwealth Games medallists in gymnastics
Gymnasts at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Gymnasts at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
European Games competitors for Great Britain
Gymnasts at the 2015 European Games
Universiade medalists in gymnastics
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Great Britain
Universiade silver medalists for Great Britain
Universiade bronze medalists for Great Britain
Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade
Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Sportspeople from Southampton
20th-century British women
21st-century British women
Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games