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 Martin at the 2022 European Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Abigail Martin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Abi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 April 2008 Paignton, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2022–present (GBR) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | South Devon School of Gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Rachel Wignall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Abigail Martin (born 19 April 2008) is a British artistic gymnast. She represented Great Britain at the 2023 Junior World Championships.
Martin was born in Paignton in 2008. She began gymnastics at age 5. [1]
Martin competed at the 2022 DTB Pokal Team Challenge in Stuttgart where she helped the British team finish sixth. Individually she finished fifth on floor exercise. [2] In July she competed at the 2022 European Youth Olympic Festival where she helped Great Britain finish sixth. [3] The following month Martin competed at the European Championships where she helped Great Britain finish fourth. Individually she placed sixth in the all-around. [4]
Martin competed at the 2023 Junior World Championships where she helped the British team finish fourth. Individually she placed fifth in the all-around and on vault and fourth on floor exercise. [5]
Martin became age-eligible for senior competition in 2024. At the British Championships she placed third in the all-around behind Ondine Achampong and Ruby Evans. [6] Early in the year she competed at the Cottbus World Cup and the Osijek World Challenge Cup. She qualified to the vault and floor exercise event finals at both competitions; she won bronze on floor exercise in Osijek. [7]
Martin was originally named as a reserve athlete for the European Championships team; however Achampong later withdrew due to an ACL tear and Martin was added to the team. [8] While there she helped the British team finish second behind Italy. Individually she qualified to the floor exercise final where she finished seventh.
In June Martin was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside Becky Downie, Evans, Georgia-Mae Fenton, and Alice Kinsella. [9]
| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| Junior | |||||||
| 2022 | Welsh Championships (guest) | 5 | |||||
| English Championships | 4 | ||||||
| DTB Pokal Team Challenge | 6 | 5 | |||||
| British Championships |  | 4 |  | | | ||
| European Youth Olympic Festival | 6 | 18 | 4 | ||||
| European Championships | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 2023 | English Championships |  | | | | | |
| Welsh Championships (guest) | | | | | |||
| British Championships | | ||||||
| Junior World Championships | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | |||
| Rushmoor Rose Bowl | | | 7 | 9 | |||
| TopGym Tournament | | 4 | | 5 | |||
| Senior | |||||||
| 2024 | Welsh Championships (guest) | | |||||
| Cottbus World Cup | 8 | 4 | |||||
| English Championships | 5 | 1 | | ||||
| British Championships | | | 5 | | 6 | ||
| Osijek Challenge Cup | 4 | | |||||
| European Championships | | 7 | |||||
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