Lynne Hutchison OLY (born 10 November 1994 in
Tokyo
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,
Japan)
is a British
rhythmic gymnast
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who
represented England at the
2010 Commonwealth Games
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in
Delhi
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,
India
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, where she won a bronze medal in the
team event.
She also competed for
Team GB
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at the
2012 Summer Olympics in
London
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,
United Kingdom
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.
Hutchison was born in Tokyo to
Japanese
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mother Kuniko and
British
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father Brian. She moved to Britain with her family at the age of two.
Hutchison, while attending
primary school
A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary e ...
in
Combe Down
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Combe Down village consists predominantly of 18th and 19th century Bath stone-built villa ...
,
Bath, was invited by Sarah Moon, the head coach of the City of Bath Rhythmic Gymnastics Club, to come along to the gym. Hutchison started training at the club on the same day as
Francesca Fox, who would later also represent Great Britain at the
2012 Summer Olympics.
Hutchison attended
King Edward's School, Bath
King Edward's School (KES), Bath, Somerset, England is an independent co-educational day school providing education for 1,016 pupils aged 3 to 18.
The school is a member of The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.
The school was establi ...
,
and trained at the
University of Bath
(Virgil, Georgics II)
, mottoeng = Learn the culture proper to each after its kind
, established = 1886 (Merchant Venturers Technical College) 1960 (Bristol College of Science and Technology) 1966 (Bath University of Technology) 1971 (univ ...
.
Hutchison OLY is on track for a 2:1from a prestigious Russell Group University. Also known by her close friends as 'Lynnay'.
References
External links
Lynne Hutchisonat
British Gymnastics
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1994 births
Living people
British rhythmic gymnasts
English rhythmic gymnasts
English sportswomen
English people of Japanese descent
Olympic gymnasts for Great Britain
Gymnasts at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games medallists in gymnastics
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Gymnasts at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Gymnasts at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Gymnasts from Tokyo
People educated at King Edward's School, Bath
21st-century British women
Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games