Amy Tinkler facts for kids
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Tinkler at the 2015 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships
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| Country represented |  Great Britain |
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| Born | 27 October 1999 Durham, United Kingdom |
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| Hometown | Bishop Auckland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 152 cm (5 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior international elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2012 – 2020 (GBR) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | South Essex (2016–20) South Durham (until 2016) |
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| Head coach(es) | Ross Falsetta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Scott Hann | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Rachael Wright Nicola Preston |
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| Music | Pretty Woman (2016-17) Bailar (2017–18) |
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| Retired | 15 January 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Amy Tinkler (born 27 October 1999) is a retired British artistic gymnast. She is famous for winning a bronze medal in the floor exercise at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. She also became the British all-around champion in 2015.
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Junior Career: Rising Star
2013: Early Success
In March 2013, Amy competed at the British Artistic Championships. She won the silver medal in the All-Around competition. She also earned a silver medal on vault and a bronze medal on balance beam. Amy won the gold medal on uneven bars and became the floor exercise champion.
In July, Amy joined the Great British team at the 2013 European Youth Olympic Festival in Utrecht, Netherlands. Her team won a silver medal.
2014: Junior Champion
In March 2014, Amy competed at her second Junior British Championships. She became the Junior All-Around champion. She was very happy, saying she just wanted to "do my job and have a good competition".
Amy won silver on vault and bronze on balance beam. She also shared the gold medal on floor exercise with another gymnast.
In May, Amy helped the British junior team win a historic team silver medal at the 2014 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Bulgaria. She also won a bronze medal on vault and a silver medal on floor exercise. Amy helped Great Britain win a total of 6 medals, which was their largest junior medal haul ever.
Senior Career: Olympic Dreams
2015: National Champion
In early 2015, Amy made her debut as a senior gymnast at the English National Championships. She became the new senior all-around champion. She won by a good margin of 1.300 points.
Later in March, Amy competed at the British Championships in Liverpool. She became the British all-around champion. She also won the gold medal in the floor exercise final.
In April, Amy was chosen for the 2015 European Championships in France. This was her first big international competition as a senior. She qualified for the floor exercise final and finished in 6th place.
In September, Amy helped her club, South Durham Gymnastics Club, finish in fourth place at the British Team Championships.
2016: Olympic Medalist
In March 2016, Amy competed at the 2016 AT&T American Cup in the USA, finishing fourth. Later that month, she placed second in the all-around at the English Championships.
In July, Amy was chosen for the British team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. At 16 years old, she was the youngest member of Team GB. Amy won the bronze medal in the floor exercise. She finished behind American gymnasts Simone Biles and Aly Raisman. She became the second British woman to win an Olympic gymnastics medal, after Beth Tweddle.
After the Olympics, Amy moved to train at South Essex Gymnastics Club.
2017: Overcoming Injury
Amy competed at the American Cup and the British Championships. In April, she won a bronze medal at the London World Cup. After these competitions, she had surgery on her knee to remove small pieces of bone.
She returned to competition in September. Amy was then named to the team for the World Championships in Montreal. She finished seventeenth in the all-around final.
2018: More Medals and Setbacks
Amy competed at the English Championships, where she won the all-around title and medals in every event. In February, she was named to the England team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia.
At the British Championships, Amy placed second in the all-around. She also won silver in the vault final and gold in the floor final. However, she tore ligaments in her ankle while warming up for a competition. This injury caused her to miss the Commonwealth Games.
2019: Injury Break
Amy did not compete in 2019 due to her injury.
2020: Retirement
Amy Tinkler announced her retirement from gymnastics in January 2020.
Personal Life
Amy Tinkler is from Bishop Auckland. She moved to Essex when she changed gymnastics clubs. She attended Durham High School for Girls. She took her GCSE exams over three years to fit in her gymnastics training.
In January 2021, Amy was a contestant on the TV show Dancing on Ice. She was partnered with Joe Johnson. She joined the show in week 3 and was eliminated in week 5.
After retiring from gymnastics, Amy started cheerleading. She competed at the 2022 World Cheerleading Championships with her team, Coventry Dynamite.
Images for kids
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Tinkler at the 2015 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships
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Amy Tinkler competes on 19 April 2015 in the floor final of the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
See also
In Spanish: Amy Tinkler para niños
