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Suzanne Jane Dando, BEM (born 3 July 1961) is a British former Olympic gymnast, who competed at the 1979 World Gymnastics Championship [1] in Fort Worth, Dallas and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. [2] Since her retirement, she has worked as a television broadcaster for a number of channels, including BBC1, BBC2, Channel 4 and Sky Sports ...
Jill Wendy Dando [3] was born at Ashcombe House Maternity Home in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. [4] She was the daughter of Jack Dando (February 1918 – February 2009 [5]) and Winifred Mary Jean Hockey (August 1928 – January 1986), who died of leukaemia aged 57. [6]
Catherine Lyons (born 30 August 2000) is a former British artistic gymnast. She has represented Great Britain numerous times in a prodigious junior career, most notably at the 2014 European Championships where she was crowned Junior European Floor Champion as well as taking home a silver with the team.
Top British gymnast Ondine Achampong says she feels “devastated” after suffering an ACL tear that should rule her out of competing at the Paris Olympics. The 20-year-old Achampong, who was ...
Pinches was a member of the British national squad throughout her elite career, competing in the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 2010 and 2011 and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Following the Olympics, Pinches announced her retirement from elite gymnastics and completed her A level examinations at the King's School, Macclesfield.
Gabrielle 'Gabby' Jupp (born 12 June 1997) is a British former artistic gymnast. [1] A successful junior gymnast, she was part of the Great Britain senior team that won silver in the team event at the 2016 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Bern.
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.
Gymnastics events have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1896. [1] British female gymnasts have participated in every Summer Olympics since 1928, except for 1932. [2] [3] British women have won four medals at the Olympics: the 1928 team all-around bronze; the 2012 uneven bars bronze, which was won by Beth Tweddle; the 2016 floor exercise bronze, won by Amy Tinkler; and the 2021 team all ...