Claudia Cummins

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Claudia Cummins
Full nameClaudia Jane Cummins
Nickname(s)Claudz
Born (1995-06-12) 12 June 1995 (age 30)
Height162 cm (5 ft 4 in) [1]
Gymnastics career
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		 Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
(2012–2016)
ClubJohannesburg Gymnastics Centre
Head coach(es)Ilse Roets-Pelser
Retired2018
Medal record
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
African Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Brazzaville Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2015 BrazzavilleVault
African Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Pretoria Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Tunis Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2012 TunisUneven bars
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2012 TunisBalance beam
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Algiers Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2016 AlgiersAll-around
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2016 AlgiersVault
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2016 AlgiersUneven bars
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2016 AlgiersBalance beam
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2016 AlgiersFloor exercise

Claudia Jane Cummins (born 12 June 1995) is a South African former artistic gymnast. She is a 2015 African Games and 2014 African Championships team champion. She is a three-time national all-around silver medalist, and she competed at four World Championships.

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Gymnastics career

Cummins represented South Africa at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics and finished 27th in the all-around qualifications. [2] She helped South Africa win the team silver medal, behind Egypt, at the 2012 African Championships, and she won silver medals on the uneven bars and balance beam. [3] She competed at her first World Championships in 2013 and finished 66th in the all-around qualification round. [4]

At the 2014 African Championships, Cummins helped South Africa win the team title. [5] She then represented South Africa at the 2014 Commonwealth Games with the team that finished sixth. Individually, she advanced to the all-around final and finished 23rd after falling off the balance beam four times. [6] [7] At the 2014 World Championships, she competed in the all-around to help the South African team finish 33rd. [8]

Cummins advanced into the all-around final at the 2015 Summer Universiade and finished 12th. [9] She helped South Africa win the team title at the 2015 African Games, and she won the vault silver medal behind Farah Boufadene. [10] [11] At the World Championships, she finished 107th in the all-around during the qualification round. [12]

Cummins was originally awarded a berth to the 2016 Summer Olympics for continental representation; [13] however, South Africa rejected this spot, and it was reallocated to Egypt's Sherine El-Zeiny. [14] She won six medals at the 2016 African Championships, including the all-around silver medal behind El-Zeiny. [15]

At the 2017 World Championships, Cummins finished 34th in the all-around qualifications, which was the best-ever World all-around result for South Africa. [16] She was the first reserve for the vault and floor exercise finals at the 2018 Baku World Cup. [17] She represented South Africa at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, but during the qualifications, she tore her ACL on her final tumbling pass on the floor exercise. She did qualify for the all-around final but had to withdraw. [18] This was the final competition of her career. [19]

References

  1. ↑ "Cummins Claudia Jane". Taipei 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "1st Youth Olympic Games Singapore 2010 Singapore (SIN) 2010 Aug 14-26 All-Around Qualification Girls". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  3. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (16 April 2012). "2012 African Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "44th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Antwerp (BEL) Women's Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. International Gymnastics Federation. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "Egypt on top of African Championships rankings". International Gymnastics Federation . 1 April 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  6. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (30 July 2014). "2014 Commonwealth Games: English All-Around Sweep!". The Gymternet. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  7. ↑ "20th Commonwealth Games 2014". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  8. ↑ "45th ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS in Nanning (CHN) Women's Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. FIG. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  9. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (5 July 2015). "2015 Summer Universiade Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  10. ↑ "All Africa Games (gymnastics) - Algeria Snatches Three Gold Medals". All Africa. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  11. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (9 September 2015). "2015 All-Africa Games Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  12. ↑ "46th ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, GLASGOW (GBR) Women's Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. FIG. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  13. ↑ Turner, Amanda (17 April 2016). "List of 2016 Women's Olympic Qualifiers". International Gymnast Magazine . Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  14. ↑ Khaled, Mahmoud (10 May 2016). "Sherine El Zeiny qualifies for Rio Olympics". King Fut. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  15. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (31 March 2016). "2016 African Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  16. ↑ "SA's Cummins and Daries shine with best-ever display at worlds". Team South Africa. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  17. ↑ "SA gymnasts show good form at World Cup event ahead of #CommonwealthGames". Independent Online. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  18. ↑ "Double blow for SA gymnasts Down Under". Team South Africa. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  19. ↑ "Claudia Cummins". The Gymternet. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
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