Gymnastics

Laura Mitchell

How I Started I started at the age of five! My parents recall me constantly being jumpy and hyper! I began at a club after school having found an interest in the sport through any normal PE lesson. This was where I fell in love with the sport. I continued to train throughout school and …

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Megan Kealy

How I Started I started in a pre-school class before moving forward to a gymnastic club at the age of 4. At the age of 7 I began Tumbling after being spotted by one of the coaches who thought I would be better suited to the Tumbling discipline. My Greatest Achievement My greatest achievement is …

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Maddi Tarrant

How I Started At the age of 4 my mum took me to Gymnastics because I was very energetic and my brother was attending the same club for trampolining. From the ages of 6-10, I was training on the trampolines and in artistic gymnastics alongside my brother. At the age of 11, I took to …

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Courtney Tulloch

How I Started When I was younger, I was a massive football fan. I watched it all the time with my brothers. One day I saw a player score a goal and do a somersault to celebrate, I thought to myself; wow, I wish I could do that. The next few weeks I drove my …

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Kirsty Way

How I Started I started trampolining when I was 7. I started because my sister did trampolining, so my mum thought it would be good for me to try it too (although apparently I wasn’t particularly keen). I worked my way up to National level before pushing for a junior world championships in 2015. I …

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Danny Purvis

How I started I have always been a climber. I remember always wanting to climb on the monkey bars and up trees as a child! It was always something I would do passively when out with friends or with my parents. I also always had lots of energy, I was always hyperactive it seemed. It …

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Jaydon Paddock

How I Started My mum tells the story of me forever climbing and hanging on to everything I could and everything I shouldn’t! So, at the age of 2 & 1/2 years old my journey as an Artistic Gymnast began. At the age of 5, I was selected into my first development squad & began …

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Marni Levena

How I Started I first tried Gymnastics at the age of 12. This was after my mum saw an advert for our local gym on Facebook and asked if I was interested in attending since I was such an energetic child. After attending for a while, I was approached by one of the coaches who …

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Otis McAuliffe

How I Started As a child, I was doing flips on the sofa a lot, and as my parents got fed up with my antics they took me to a gymnastics club. A few years after I had began trampolining I was competing in the 2014 London Regional Championships and saw the DMT setup. I …

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