Claire Wright (gymnast)

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Claire Wright
Full nameClaire Louise Wright [1]
Born (1979-08-05) 5 August 1979 (age 45)
Camberley
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Gymnastics career
Discipline Trampoline gymnastics
Country representedFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
ClubOLGA
Head coach(es) Nigel Rendell
Assistant coach(es) Sharon Wood
Medal record
Women's trampoline gymnastics
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2001 Odense Individual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2001 Odense Team
World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2001 HannoverSynchro
(with Kirsten Lawton)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2006 BirminghamIndividual
World Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2001 Akita Synchro
(with Kirstin Lawton)

Claire Louise Wright (born 5 August 1979 in Camberley, England [2] ) is a British trampoline gymnast. Her parents, Bernie and Colin Wright are gymnastics coaches and they run the Rushmoor Gymnastics Academy. [3] She attended sixth form at Farnham College before doing a Sports Science degree at University of Wales Institute, Cardiff. [4]

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Wright received FIG pin for achievement at World Championships in 2000.

Wright retired after representing Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics [5] [6]

Claire is currently performing in Cirque du Soleil's La Nouba, in the trampolining and track act.

Titles

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References

  1. "Women Sport Report" . Retrieved 19 July 2008.
  2. "Athlete Profile - Claire Wright". Archived from the original on 26 February 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2008.
  3. "Biogs.com: Reliable Biographies". Biogs. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  4. "Claire Wright - Gymnastics Trampoline - News, Olympic Results and History". teamgb.com. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  5. "Team GB". Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2008.
  6. "Wright to bow out after Beijing". BBC News. 29 July 2008.
  7. "Meet Claire Wright 9x World Cup Synchro Champion". Women's Sport - Women's sport news. Retrieved 29 March 2020.