Great Britain women's national artistic gymnastics team

History

2025 Senior roster

Team competition results

Most decorated gymnasts

Best international results

References

Olympic Games

World Championships

European Championships

Junior World Championships

Great Britain
Continental union	European Union of Gymnastics
National federation	British Gymnastics
Head coach	Martine George
Training location	Lilleshall Hall
Uniform Supplier	Kukri Sports & Milano
Olympic Games
Appearances	14
Medals	Bronze: 1928, 2020
World Championships
Appearances	23
Medals	Silver: 2022 ; Bronze: 2015
European Championships
Medals	Gold: 2023 ; Silver: 2010, 2014, 2016, 2022, 2024

Last updated August 05, 2025

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. In October 2015, they won their first World Championships team medal, taking home a bronze. They won a second Olympic team bronze at the 2020 Olympic Games. The following year the team took silver at the 2022 World Championships.

Great Britain has participated in the Olympic Games women's team competition 14 times. It has won two bronze medals, at the 1928 ^[1] and the 2020 Olympic Games.^[2] The team has also made 27 appearances at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

Main squad^[3]
Name	Birthdate and age	Birthplace	Club
Ondine Achampong	(2004-02-10) 10 February 2004 (age 21)	Kings Langley, England	Lynx Aylesbury University of California, Berkeley
Shantae-Eve Amankwaah			Bristol Hawks Gymnastics Club
Ellie Belbin			Amber Valley Gymnastics Academy
Grace Davies	2007	England	Robin Hood Gymnastics
Becky Downie	(1992-12-24) 24 December 1992 (age 32)		Amber Valley Gymnastics Academy
Ruby Evans	(2007-03-17) 17 March 2007 (age 18)	Cardiff, Wales	Clwb Cymru Caerdydd
Georgia-Mae Fenton	(2000-11-02) 2 November 2000 (age 24)	Gravesend, England	South Essex Gymnastics Club
Jennifer Gadirova	(2004-10-03) 3 October 2004 (age 20)	Dublin, Ireland	Lynx Aylesbury
Jessica Gadirova	(2004-10-03) 3 October 2004 (age 20)	Dublin, Ireland	Lynx Aylesbury
Shanna-Kae Grant	(2004-06-05) 5 June 2004 (age 21)	Leeds, England	Leeds Gymnastics Club
Ema Kandalova	(2008-08-26) 26 August 2008 (age 16)	England	Tolworth Gym Club
Alice Kinsella	(2001-03-13) 13 March 2001 (age 24)	Basildon, England	Park Wrekin Gymnastics Club
Alia Leat	(2005-05-27) 27 May 2005 (age 20)		Heathrow Gym Club
Abigail Martin	(2008-04-19) 19 April 2008 (age 17)	Paignton, England	South Devon School of Gymnastics
Abigail Roper	(2005-09-07) 7 September 2005 (age 19)	Ipswich, England	Pipers Vale Gymnastics Club
Emily Roper	(2005-09-07) 7 September 2005 (age 19)	Ipswich, England	Pipers Vale Gymnastics Club
Ruby Stacey	(2005-03-10) 10 March 2005 (age 20)	Tavistock, England	Plymouth Swallows
Frances Stone	(2009-12-21) 21 December 2009 (age 15)		Amber Valley Gymnastics Academy
Jemima Taylor	(2009-03-18) 18 March 2009 (age 16)		Clwb Cymru Caerdydd
Tiegan Trafford	2008	England	Summit Gymnastics

Development squad^[3]
Name	Birthdate and age	Birthplace	Club
Chloe Allen			Park Wrekin Gymnastics Club
Alena Carter			South Essex Gymnastics Club
Renee Coleman			Carousel School of Gymnastics
Shae Drysdale			Park Wrekin Gymnastics Club
Helena Finc			Park Wrekin Gymnastics Club
Bonnie Fisher			The Wire Gymnastics Club
Connie Freeman			Amber Valley Gymnastics Academy
Lexi Holmes			Clwb Cymru Caerdydd
Jenitha Johnson			Heathrow Gym Club
Emilia Merrick			Bristol Hawks Gymnastics Club
Andrea Ndoro			South Essex Gymnastics Club
Aurelia Pellowe			Harrow School of Gym
Jamie Reyner-Corbett			Park Wrekin Gymnastics Club
Pippa Richardson			Robin Hood Gymnastics
Julianna Salcedo			Revolution Gymnastics Club
Simone Seed			South Essex Gymnastics Club

Year	Position	Squad
1928	Bronze	Annie Broadbent, Lucy Desmond, Margaret Hartley, Amy Jagger, Isabel Judd, Jessie Kite, Marjorie Moreman, Edith Pickles, Ethel Seymour, Ada Smith, Hilda Smith, Doris Woods
1936	8th place	Doris Blake, Brenda Crowe, Edna Gross, Clarice Hanson, Mary Heaton, Mary Kelly, Lilian Ridgewell, Marion Wharton
1948	8th place	Joan Airey, Cissy Davies, Pat Evans, Dorothy Hey, Irene Hirst, Pat Hirst, Audrey Rennard, Dorothy Smith
1952	16th place	Cissy Davies, Irene Hirst, Pat Hirst, Gwynedd Lewis-Lingard, Margo Morgan, Valerie Mullins, Marjorie Raistrick, Margaret Thomas-Neale
1960	17th place	Gwynedd Lewis-Lingard, Pat Perks, Jill Pollard, Marjorie Carter (née Raistrick), Dorothy Summers, Margaret Thomas-Neale
1972	18th place	Barbara Alred, Pamela Hopkins, Pamela Hutchinson, Avril Lennox, Yvonne Mugridge, Elaine Willett
1984	7th place	Natalie Davies, Amanda Harrison, Sally Larner, Hayley Price, Kathleen Williams, Lisa Young
2000	10th place	Kelly Hackman, Lisa Mason, Sharna Murray, Annika Reeder, Paula Thomas, Emma Williams
2004	11th place	Cherrelle Fennell, Vanessa Hobbs, Katy Lennon, Elizabeth Line, Beth Tweddle, Nicola Willis
2008	9th place	Imogen Cairns, Becky Downie, Marissa King, Beth Tweddle, Hannah Whelan, Rebecca Wing
2012	6th place	Imogen Cairns, Jennifer Pinches, Rebecca Tunney, Beth Tweddle, Hannah Whelan
2016	5th place	Ellie Downie, Becky Downie, Claudia Fragapane, Ruby Harrold, Amy Tinkler
2020	Bronze	Jennifer Gadirova, Jessica Gadirova, Alice Kinsella, Amelie Morgan
2024	4th place	Becky Downie, Ruby Evans, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Alice Kinsella, Abigail Martin

Year	Position	Squad
1966	17th place	Margaret Bell, Rita Francis, Marie Gough, Diana Lodge, Linda Parkin, Mary Prestidge
1970	19th place	Barbara Alred, Pamela Hopkins, Pamela Hutchinson, Susan Lowther, Yvonne Mugridge, Maureen Potts
1974	17th place
1978	16th place
1979	16th place	Susan Cheesebrough, Sally Crabtree, Suzanne Dando, Mandy Gornall, Denise Jones, Kathleen Williams
1981	12th place	Mandy Gornall, Denise Jones, Hayley Price, Cheryl Weatherstone, Kathleen Williams, Lisa Young
1983	17th place	Jackie Bevan, Natalie Davies, Amanda Harrison, Hayley Price, Kathleen Williams, Lisa Young
1985	16th place	Lisa Elliott, Sally Larner, Jackie McCarthy, Stephanie Micklam, Hayley Price, Lisa Young
1987	17th place	Catherine Bain, Lisa Elliott, Lisa Grayson, Karen Hargate, Karen Kennedy, Joanna Prescott
1989	15th place	Lisa Elliott, Lisa Grayson, Lorna Mainwaring, Sarah Mercer, Joanna Prescott, Louise Redding
1991	17th place	Jackie Brady, Sarah Mercer, Louise Redding, Rowena Roberts, Laura Timmins, Natasha Whitehead
1994	12th place	Anna-Liese Acklam, Gemma Cuff, Gabby Fuchs, Andrea Leman, Zita Lusack, Annika Reeder, Karin Szymko
1995	18th place	Gemma Cuff, Gabby Fuchs, Michaela Knox, Sonia Lawrence, Zita Lusack, Annika Reeder, Karin Szymko
1997	13th place	Jenny Cox, Gemma Cuff, Sonia Lawrence, Jannie Mortimer, Sharna Murray, Annika Reeder
1999	11th place	Rochelle Douglas, Natalie Lucitt, Lisa Mason, Holly Murdock, Sharna Murray, Annika Reeder
2001	9th place	Holly Murdock, Beth Tweddle, Melissa Wilcox, Emma Williams, Nicola Willis
2003	9th place	Amy Dodsley, Cherrelle Fennell, Vanessa Hobbs, Elizabeth Line, Rebecca Mason, Beth Tweddle
2006	11th place	Olivia Bryl, Lynette Lisle, Leigh Rogers, Beth Tweddle, Emma White, Aisling Williams
2007	7th place	Hannah Clowes, Becky Downie, Marissa King, Beth Tweddle, Aisling Williams, Rebecca Wing
2010	7th place	Imogen Cairns, Becky Downie, Nicole Hibbert, Beth Tweddle, Hannah Whelan
2011	5th place	Imogen Cairns, Becky Downie, Danusia Francis, Jennifer Pinches, Beth Tweddle, Hannah Whelan
2014	6th place	Becky Downie, Claudia Fragapane, Ruby Harrold, Gabrielle Jupp, Kelly Simm, Hannah Whelan
2015	Bronze	Becky Downie, Ellie Downie, Claudia Fragapane, Ruby Harrold, Kelly Simm, Amy Tinkler, Charlie Fellows
2018	9th place	Becky Downie, Ellie Downie, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Alice Kinsella, Kelly Simm
2019	6th place	Becky Downie, Ellie Downie, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Taeja James, Alice Kinsella
2022	Silver	Ondine Achampong, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Jennifer Gadirova, Jessica Gadirova, Alice Kinsella, Poppy-Grace Stickler
2023	6th place	Ondine Achampong, Ruby Evans, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Jessica Gadirova, Alice Kinsella, Poppy-Grace Stickler

Year	Position	Squad
1994
1996	8th place
1998	-	DNQ for Team Final
2000	7th place	Kelly Hackman, Lisa Mason, Sharna Murray, Paula Thomas, Emma Williams
2002	6th place	Katy Lennon, Rebecca Owen, Beth Tweddle
2004	4th place	Vanessa Hobbs, Beth Tweddle, Katy Lennon, Elizabeth Line, Nicola Willis
2006	7th place	Imogen Cairns, Amy Nunes, Melanie Roberts
2008	6th place	Becky Downie, Hannah Clowes, Laura Jones, Marissa King, Beth Tweddle
2010	Silver	Becky Downie, Nicole Hibbert, Beth Tweddle, Niamh Rippin, Jocelyn Hunt
2012	4th place	Danusia Francis, Ruby Harrold, Jennifer Pinches, Rebecca Tunney, Hannah Whelan
2014	Silver	Becky Downie, Claudia Fragapane, Ruby Harrold, Rebecca Tunney, Hannah Whelan
2016	Silver	Becky Downie, Ellie Downie, Claudia Fragapane, Ruby Harrold, Gabrielle Jupp
2018	4th place	Georgia-Mae Fenton, Taeja James, Alice Kinsella, Kelly Simm, Lucy Stanhope
2020	-	Did not compete due to Covid-19
2022	Silver	Ondine Achampong, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Jennifer Gadirova, Jessica Gadirova, Alice Kinsella
2023	Gold	Ondine Achampong, Becky Downie, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Jessica Gadirova, Alice Kinsella
2024	Silver	Becky Downie, Ruby Evans, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Alice Kinsella, Abigail Martin
2025	6th place	Ruby Evans, Alia Leat, Emily Roper, Ruby Stacey, Francis Stone

Year	Position	Squad
2019	6th place	Jennifer Gadirova, Jessica Gadirova, Alia Leat
2023	9th place	Ema Kandalova, Abigail Martin, Jemima Taylor

This list includes all British female artistic gymnasts who have won a medal at the Olympic Games or the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

Rank	Gymnast	Team	AA	VT	UB	FX	Olympic Total	World Total	Total
1	Beth Tweddle				2012 2006 2010 2003 2005	2009	1	5	6
2	Jessica Gadirova	2020 2022	2022			2022	1	3	4
3	Becky Downie	2015			2019		0	2	2
	Jennifer Gadirova	2020 2022					1	1	2
	Alice Kinsella	2020 2022					1	1	2
6	Ellie Downie	2015		2019			0	2	2
	Claudia Fragapane	2015				2017	0	2	2
	Amy Tinkler	2015				2016	1	1	2
9	Ondine Achampong, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Poppy-Grace Stickler	2022					0	1	1
12	Broadbent, Desmond, Hartley, Jagger, Judd, Kite, Moreman, Pickles, Seymour, A. Smith, H. Smith, Woods	1928					1	0	1
	Ruby Harrold, Kelly Simm	2015					0	1	1
	Amelie Morgan	2020					1	0	1

Olympic Games

World Championships

European Games

European Championships

Youth Olympics

Junior World Championships

↑ "Great Britain Gymnastics Women's Team All-Around Results".Archived 30 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine . sports-reference.com. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
↑ "Tokyo Olympics: Great Britain take bronze in women's gymnastics team final" Retrieved 30 July 2021.
1 2 "Great Britain Women's Artistic Performance Pathway Squads 1st April 2025 – 31st March 2026" (PDF). British Gymnastics . Retrieved 29 July 2025.

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[1] "Great Britain Gymnastics Women's Team All-Around Results".Archived 30 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine . sports-reference.com. Retrieved 16 August 2015.

[2] "Tokyo Olympics: Great Britain take bronze in women's gymnastics team final" Retrieved 30 July 2021.

[:0-3] 1 2 "Great Britain Women's Artistic Performance Pathway Squads 1st April 2025 – 31st March 2026" (PDF). British Gymnastics . Retrieved 29 July 2025.

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