Marissa King

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Marissa King
Full nameMarissa Petra King
Nickname(s)Riss
Country representedFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of England.svg  England
Born (1991-04-20) 20 April 1991 (age 31)
Cambridge
HometownCambridge
Height154 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Club Huntingdon
College team University of Florida (2009-2013)
Head coach(es)Rhonda Faehn
Assistant coach(es)Adrian Burde, Robert Ladanyi
Music Akordeon Latino (2012), Don't Cry For Me Argentina (2008)
Retired2013

Marissa Petra King (born 20 April 1991) is an English gymnast who represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, as well as the 2007 and 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Marissa is the daughter of a British father and Thai mother [1] and began gymnastics at age 8. During her elite career she trained at the Huntingdon Olympic Gymnastics Club and competed for the University of Florida Gators NCAA gymnastics team. [2] In 2011, she became the NCAA National Champion on vault with a score of 9.875 as well as being an 11-time All American. [2]

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Elite career history

YearCompetition DescriptionLocationApparatusRank-FinalScore-FinalRank-QualifyingScore-Qualifying
2010British Championships Guildford, England Vault213.775214.450
Floor812.0503=14.200
2009British Championships Guildford, England All Around353.100
Vault113.925
Bars313.400
Beam412.700
Floor313.450
Stuttgart World Cup Stuttgart, Germany Vault413.550213.800
World Championships London, England Vault13.850
Beam13.400
2008British Championships Guildford, England All Around655.100
Vault214.175
Bars712.800
Floor713.300
European Championships Clermont-Ferrand, France Vault1014.050
Beam1914.450
Floor3413.700
Glasgow Grand Prix Glasgow, Scotland Vault612.912413.675
Beam214.475214.650
Maribor World Cup Maribor, Slovenia Vault214.075
2007Glasgow Grand Prix Glasgow, Scotland Vault114.237213.862
Good Luck Beijing (Olympic Test Event) Beijing, China All Around856.225
Vault314.187
European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands Vault614.175714.100
Beam5612.775
Floor2913.750
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany Team7169.1756233.025
Vault1713.600
Floor4613.925
DTB CupVault414.237813.450
Floor613.650413.575

NCAA career history

CompetitionApparatusYearRank-FinalScore-FinalRank-QualifyingScore-Qualifying
NCAA ChampionshipsVault201119.875--
Team20131197.5751st-
Beam20137th

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References

  1. Women's Artistic. British-gymnastics.org. Retrieved on 2013-01-05.
  2. 1 2 "Marissa King – University of Florida – Biography". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2011.