Laura Gallagher

Last updated

Laura Gallagher
Full nameLaura Gallagher Cox [1]
Born (1989-03-26) 26 March 1989 (age 36)
Taunton, Somerset, England, UK
Height5 ft 2 in (157 cm)
SpouseMatthew Cox
Gymnastics career
Country
represented		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Training locationQuayside TGC
ClubQuayside Trampoline & Gym Club
Head coach(es)Susan Bramble [2]
Medal record
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Sofia Trampoline Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Birmingham Trampoline Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Tokyo Trampoline Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Sofia Trampoline Team

Laura Gallagher Cox (born 26 March 1989) [3] is a British retired trampoline gymnast. She is a four-time team World Championships medalist, and she represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Contents

Gymnastics career

Gallagher competed with Kat Driscoll and Emma Smith at the 2011 World Championships, and they won a silver medal in the team event. [4] The same team with the addition of Bryony Page won the team gold medal at the 2013 World Championships. [5] In 2014, Gallagher suffered a back injury that led to her withdrawing from competition for seven months. [6] She initially retired in 2016 but returned to competition after 18 months to win the 2017 British Championships. [7]

At the 2017 World Championships, Gallagher, Driscoll, and Isabelle Songhurst won the team bronze medal. [8] She finished fourth at the 2018 Vallodollid World Cup and then won her first FIG World Cup medal, a bronze, in Loulé. [9] She finished sixth in the individual event at the 2019 World Championships and earned Great Britain a berth to the 2020 Summer Olympics. [7] Additionally, she won a silver medal in the team competition. [10]

In June 2021, Gallagher and Bryony Page were selected for the trampoline event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [11] [12] There, she finished 15th in the qualification round after being unable to complete her second routine, and she did not advance into the final. [13]

After the Olympic Games, Gallagher did not return to competition again until the 2023 World Championships. [14] She did not advance into the individual final. [15] In August 2024, she became Bridgwater and Taunton College’s trampolining coach. [16] [17] She subsequently announced her retirement from trampolining on in October 2024. [18]

Personal life

Gallagher volunteered as a National Health Service (NHS) responder to check in on senior citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic, and she led a Team GB fundraiser for the NHS. [7] She has one daughter, Edie, who was born in January 2023. [14]

References

  1. ↑ Laura Gallagher at the International Gymnastics Federation
  2. ↑ "Laura Gallagher". british-gymnastics.org. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "Laura Gallagher". Team GB . Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "28th Trampoline World Championships Birmingham (GBR), 17—20 November 2011 Results Individual Trampoline Women Team Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation. 18 November 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "Emma Smith, Laura Gallagher & Kat Driscoll win world team gold". BBC Sport . 8 November 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  6. ↑ Browne, Richard (12 June 2021). "Bridgwater's Laura Gallagher selected for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". bridgwatermercury.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  7. 1 2 3 "Laura Gallagher: Bouncing back". International Olympic Committee . 26 February 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "Trampoline World Championships: Britain win women's team bronze". BBC Sport . 10 November 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  9. ↑ "Nine nations win medals at Loulé Trampoline World Cup". International Gymnastics Federation . 8 October 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  10. ↑ "GB win double gold at Trampoline, Tumbling and DMT World Championships". BBC Sport . 29 November 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  11. ↑ "Two trampoline gymnasts announced for Tokyo". Team GB. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  12. ↑ "Tokyo 2020: Bryony Page and Laura Gallagher picked in Team GB trampolining squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  13. ↑ White, Jim (30 July 2021). "Bryony Page takes Olympic bronze in trampolining as Great Britain through to semi-final in women's sevens". The Telegraph . Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  14. 1 2 Hope, Nick (8 November 2023). "Laura Gallagher: Olympic gymnast on her 'surprise' comeback after becoming a mum". BBC Sport . Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  15. ↑ "GBR Gymnasts soar on the first day of the 2023 World Championships". British Gymnastics . 9 November 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  16. ↑ "Olympian Laura Gallagher to lead Bridgwater & Taunton College trampolining". Somerset Live. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  17. ↑ "Bridgwater & Taunton College appoints Olympian as new coach". Somerset County Gazette. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  18. ↑ "Olympian confirms trampoline retirement". BBC News. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.