Beth Tweddle

Beth Tweddle
Beth Tweddle at the FIG Challenge Cup 2012
Personal information
Surname:	Elizabeth "Beth" Kimberly Tweddle
Nationality:	United Kingdom
discipline	Apparatus gymnastics
Special device / s:	Uneven bars floor
Society:	City of Liverpool
Trainer:	Amanda Reddin
Birthday:	April 1, 1985
Place of birth:	Johannesburg, South Africa
Size:	159 cm
Weight:	52 kg
Medals
Olympic games bronze 2012 London Uneven bars  World championships bronze 2003 Anaheim Uneven bars bronze 2005 Melbourne Uneven bars gold 2006 Aarhus Uneven bars gold 2009 London ground gold 2010 Rotterdam Uneven bars  European championships bronze 2002 Patras Uneven bars silver 2004 Amsterdam Uneven bars gold 2006 Volos Uneven bars silver 2007 Amsterdam ground silver 2008 Clermont-Ferrand ground gold 2009 Milan ground gold 2009 Milan Uneven bars gold 2010 Birmingham Uneven bars gold 2010 Birmingham ground silver 2010 Birmingham team gold 2011 Berlin Uneven bars  Commonwealth Games Participant for England  gold 2002 Manchester Uneven bars silver 2002 Manchester team silver 2002 Manchester All-around

Elizabeth "Beth" Kimberly Tweddle , MBE (born April 1, 1985 in Johannesburg , South Africa ) is a British gymnast . She became the first British gymnast to win medals at world and European championships. With two world titles on the uneven bars and one on the floor as well as several victories at European championships on these devices, Tweddle is the most successful British gymnast of all time.

Life

Elizabeth Tweddle was born in South Africa where her father worked. Her parents returned to England with her and her brother when Tweddle was a toddler. She grew up in Bunbury, Cheshire, England.

Tweddle began gymnastics at a local club when she was seven. Between 1994 and 1997 she was a member of the British Junior National Team. In 2007 she moved to the gymnastics club City of Liverpool Gymnastics, where she still trains today. She is looked after by the former British Olympic gymnast Amanda Reddin.

Sporting successes

Tweddle's first major international championship as a senior was the 2001 World Championships, where she was 24th in the all-around and ninth in the team. In 2002 at the European Gymnastics Championships in Patras, Greece, she won the bronze medal on the uneven bars. The medal was the first for a British gymnast at a European Championship. At the 2002 World Championships, Tweddle was fourth on the uneven bars. Tweddle also took part in the 2002 Commonwealth Games, where she won all-around and uneven bars and was fifth on the team. In 2003 Tweddle took part in the World Championships, where she won bronze on the uneven bars. In 2004 Tweddle took part in the European Championships, where she won a silver medal on the uneven bars and was fifth on the team.

Others

In early 2013, she took part in the eighth season of the figure skating show Dancing on Ice and won it.

Web links

Commons : Elizabeth Tweddle  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Official website (English)
• Beth Tweddle in the database of the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (English)
• Portrait of the British Association Turn (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} BethTweddle.com: Beth's Biography ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . (accessed on February 9, 2016) 
2. ↑ 100 Team GB contenders for London 2012: Beth Tweddle . (accessed on February 9, 2016)
3. ↑ Beth Tweddle beats Matt Lapinskas to win Dancing On Ice , March 11, 2013, www.bbc.co.uk