Hannah Clowes

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Hannah Clowes
Nickname(s)Han
Country representedFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Flag of England.svg  England
Born (1991-02-24) 24 February 1991 (age 31)
Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
Hometown Bollington
Height155 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
ClubCity of Liverpool
Head coach(es) Amanda Reddin
Assistant coach(es) Claire Duffy
Medal record

Hannah Clowes (born 24 February 1991) is an English artistic gymnast [1] who has represented England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and Great Britain at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. [2] She did not make the Beijing Olympic Team. Clowes also more recently attended Liverpool Johns Moores University, where she studied Sports science related to gymnastics. [3]

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