Tyesha Mattis

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Tyesha Mattis
Full nameTyesha Mattis
Country representedFlag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Former countries representedFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Born (1999-04-17) 17 April 1999 (age 24)
Hackney, London
Hometown Tottenham, London
Height156 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
LevelJunior International Elite
Years on national team2013-present
GymHendon gymnastics club
MusicMalaguena
Medal record
Representing Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Central American and Caribbean Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 San Salvador Uneven Bars
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Australian Youth Olympic Festival
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2013 SydneyAll-Around
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2013 SydneyVault
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2013 SydneyTeam
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2013 SydneyUneven Bars
European Youth Olympic Festival
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Utrecht Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Utrecht All-Around
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Utrecht Vault

Tyesha Mattis (born 17 April 1999 in Hackney, London) is a British artistic gymnast currently representing Jamaica in international competition. She trains at Hendon gymnastics club [1]

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Junior career

2012

Mattis' first big elite meet was at the British Gymnastics Championships at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. She became the Espoir National Champion. She also won the bars final with 12.800. [2]

2013

Mattis competed for Great Britain at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney earlier in January. The team placed 2nd behind China. Individually, Tyesha won the all-around and vault competition and also got bronze medals for Bars and Floor. In March, she then went to Liverpool for the British Championships. She became Junior British Champion ahead of Amy Tinkler and Elissa Downie. She placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd in Vault, Beam and Floor finals. Her final meet was the European Youth Olympic Festival in Utrecht. She got a team silver, 2 bronzes in the all-around and Vault and managed 5th on Bars. Whilst she was there, she competed a Silivas on floor in the all-around competition and became Britain's first women ever to compete it.

2014

In March 2014, she traveled to Wigan to compete in the English Championships. She placed first in the all-around. [3] However, an injury forced her to take the rest of the 2014 season off from competition.

Senior career

2015

Mattis made her senior debut in 2015 at the English Championships in Loughborough, where she earned a silver medal on the uneven bars, while only competing bars and balance beam. [4] At the 2015 British Championships, Mattis won the event titles for both bars and beam (again only competing these two apparatuses) with identical scores of 14.400. [5]

On 23 April, it was announced by the British Olympic Association that Mattis was to represent Great Britain at the first ever European Games alongside 2012 Olympian Rebecca Tunney and 2014 Commonwealth champion Kelly Simm, [6] although due to a recent operation with Mattis and perpetual injuries with Tunney they were both withdrawn from the competition and replaced by double 2014 Commonwealth bronze medalist Georgina Hockenhull and 2014 World Championships reserve athlete Charlie Fellows (gymnast). [7]

2022

In June 2022 it was announced that Mattis and her younger sister, China, intend to return to international competition representing Jamaica. [8]

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