Marissa Petra King (born 20 April 1991) is an English

gymnast Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, sh ...

who represented

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at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

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, as well as the 2007 and

2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 41st World Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held at The O2 Arena in London from 12 to 18 October 2009. Similar to the 2005 World Championships, there were no team competitions. Individual all-around and event finals were contested. C ...

. Marissa is the daughter of a British father and

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motherWomen's Artistic
British-gymnastics.org. Retrieved on 2013-01-05. and began gymnastics at age 8. During her elite career she trained at the Huntingdon Olympic Gymnastics Club and competed for the

University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...

Gators NCAA gymnastics team. In 2011, she became the NCAA National Champion on vault with a score of 9.875 as well as being an 11-time All American.

Elite career history

NCAA career history

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:King, Marissa 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Cambridge English people of Thai descent British female artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Great Britain Florida Gators women's gymnasts