Alice Kinsella

Alice Nicole Kinsella (born 13 March 2001) is an English artistic gymnast and member of the British national gymnastics team. She represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the team event. She is the 2018 Commonwealth Games and 2019 European champion on the balance beam.

Alice Kinsella
Full nameAlice Nicole Kinsella
Country represented Great Britain
 England
Born (2001-03-13) 13 March 2001
Basildon, Essex, England, United Kingdom
ResidenceSutton Coldfield, West Midlands[1]
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2015–Present (GBR)
ClubPark Wrekin School of Gymnastics

Early career

Kinsella began training when aged seven at Park Wrekin Gymnastics Club in Wellington, Shropshire and has continued training there since.[2]

Senior career

2017

Her senior debut came in March 2017 where she finished seventh in the 2017 Stuttgart World Cup.[3]

She competed at the 2017 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Cluj-Napoca, Romania where she placed tenth in the all-around.[4]

In October 2017, Alice was chosen to represent Great Britain at the 2017 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She competed in the all-around in qualifications and placed twenty-fourth overall, qualifying her to the all-around final with a score of 51.365.[5]

On 6 October 2017, British Gymnastics announced that Alice had withdrawn from the all-around final after sustaining a minor ankle injury during qualifications.[6]

2018

On 10 February, Alice competed at the English Championships where she placed seventh in the all-around. She also placed fourth on vault and bars and sixth on floor.[7] On 21 February, Alice was named to the English team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.[8]

In March, Alice competed at the British Championships. She competed in the all-around where she placed fifth with a score of 51.650. She then competed in the beam final where she won a silver medal with a score of 13.350 and also in the floor final where she placed fifth with a score of 13.000.[9] Later on that month, Alice was chosen to compete at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Birmingham to replace teammate Claudia Fragapane who had to withdraw due to injury. She won the bronze medal with a total score of 53.099 behind Russia's Angelina Melnikova and American Margzetta Frazier.[10]

In April Kinsella competed at the Commonwealth Games on all four events in the team final/individual qualifications where she won a silver medal with the English team, finishing behind Canada. She had also qualified in third for the all-around final, second for the beam final and sixth for the floor final. In the all-around final, Alice won bronze with a total score of 53.150 behind gold medal winner Ellie Black from Canada and silver medal winner Georgia Godwin from Australia. Alice competed in the beam final where she won gold with a score of 13.700. She told the BBC after her win:

"I'm still quite speechless. I don't really know what to say. I went out quite confident because I came second in qualifications. I thought if I go clean a medal was possible. But when I got the gold I didn't know what to do."[11]

Alice then competed in the floor final where she placed eighth after falling on her final tumble. She scored 11.666.[12]

On 7–8 July Kinsella competed at the Heerenveen Friendly where she placed third in the team final with Great Britain, second on balance beam behind Sanne Wevers, 4th on floor, and 10th in the all-around after a fall on the beam.[13] On 6 July Kinsella was named to the team to compete at the 2018 European Championships alongside Becky Downie, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Kelly Simm, and Lucy Stanhope.[14] Great Britain finished fourth in team finals.[15]

On September 27, Kinsella was named to the team to compete at the World Championships in Doha, Qatar alongside Becky Downie, Ellie Downie, Georgia-Mae Fenton, and Kelly Simm.[16] Great Britain finished ninth in qualifications and was the first reserve for team finals.

2019

In March Kinsella competed at the English Championships where she placed third in the all-around behind Amelie Morgan and Kelly Simm.https://thegymter.net/2019/03/05/2019-english-championships-results/She was later selected to compete at the 2019 European Championships alongside Ellie Downie, Morgan, and Simm.[17] At the British Championships Kinsella placed fourth in the all-around, second on uneven bars, fourth on balance beam, and fifth on floor exercise.[18] At the European Championships Kinsella qualified to the all-around final in third place behind Angelina Melnikova and Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos. She additionally qualified to the balance beam final in third and the floor exercise final in seventh.[19] In the all-around final Kinsella finished fifteenth.[20] During event finals she won gold on the balance beam making her the first British gymnast to become a European champion on the apparatus. She later placed seventh in the floor exercise final.[21]

In September Kinsella competed at the British Team Championships where she placed second in the all-around behind Kelly Simm and helped her club, Park Wreckin, place second.[22] Later that month Kinsella was named to the team to compete at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart alongside Ellie Downie, Becky Downie, Taeja James, and Georgia-Mae Fenton.[23] During qualifications Kinsella helped Great Britain place seventh, earning a spot in the team final and qualifying a team for Great Britain to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Individually she qualified to the all-around final.[24] During the team final she contributed scores on vault, balance beam, and floor exercise towards Great Britain's sixth place finish.[25] In the all-around final Kinsella finished in twelfth place.[26]

2022

in march she competed atbthe english and placed 2n all around 5th beam and 3rd on floor https://www.gymdata.co.uk/events/scores.aspx?type=apparatus&eid=2221&coid=7 later that month she competed at the british championships and placed th all around https://www.british-gymnastics.org/results/10440/Womens_Senior_All_Around.pdf 1st on bars https://www.british-gymnastics.org/results/10440/Womens_Senior_Apparatus_Final_- _Uneven_Bars.pdf and 4th on floorhttps://www.british-gymnastics.org/results/10440/Womens_Senior_Apparatus_Final_-_Floor.pdf

2020–21

In early February it was announced that Kinsella was selected to represent Great Britain at the Birmingham World Cup taking place in late March.[27] However, the Birmingham World Cup was later canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.[28]

In April 2021 Kinsella was selected to represent Great Britain at the European Championships alongside Jessica Gadirova, Jennifer Gadirova (later replaced by Phoebe Jakubczyk),[29] and Amelie Morgan.[30]

On 7 June 2021, Kinsella was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Jessica Gadirova, Jennifer Gadirova, and Amelie Morgan.[31] During qualifications Kinsella suffered multiple mishaps and did not qualify for any individual event finals; however Great Britain qualified for the team final. During the team final Kinsella performed on all four apparatuses, hitting all of her routines and helping Great Britain win the bronze medal, their first Olympic team medal in 93 years.[32]

In July 2021 Alice became an official ambassador for the gymnastics leotard brand Milano Pro-Sport[33]

Outside of gymnastics, Alice was one of a number of Olympians to appear on CBBC’s Saturday Mash Up. Kinsella was gunged with 20 buckets of slime after losing a public vote.

Personal life

Kinsella is the daughter of former Republic of Ireland international footballer Mark Kinsella. Her brother Liam is also a footballer who currently plays with Walsall and has represented Ireland at under-age level.[34]

Competitive history

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
Espoir
2014English Championships
Junior
2015English Championships5
British Championships127
Flanders Team Challenge513
British Team Championships28
Olympic Hopes Cup
2016International Gymnix158
British Team Championships
English Championships
British Championships44
Italian Junior Friendly
European Championships54
Elite Gym Massilia76
Senior
2017Stuttgart World Cup7
British Championships55
English Championships
European Championships10
Dutch Invitational44
British Team Championships
World ChampionshipsWD
2018English Championships7446
British Championships55
Birmingham World Cup
Commonwealth Games8
Heerenveen Friendly104
European Championships4
World ChampionshipsR1
2019English Championships
British Championships445
European Championships157
British Team Championships
World Championships612R2
2021
European ChampionshipsR3
Olympic Games
2022English Championships55
British Championships5

References

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  2. "Alice is back home after Tokyo heroics". Shropshire Star. 31 July 2021. p. 86.Report by Nick Elwell.
  3. https://database.fig-gymnastics.com/public/results/display/14918?idAgeCategory=4&idCategory=65
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  7. https://www.british-gymnastics.org/documents/regions-and-home-countries/england/9331-2018-english-championship-final-results/file
  8. "Commonwealth Games Team Announcement: Team England". 21 February 2018.
  9. "Gymnastics British Championships 2020 **CANCELLED*".
  10. "2018 Birmingham World Cup Results". 23 March 2018.
  11. "Wilson and Kinsella win gymnastics golds". BBC Sport.
  12. "2018 Commonwealth Games Results". 6 April 2018.
  13. "2018 Heerenveen Friendly Results". The Gymnter.net. 11 July 2018.
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  15. "European Championships 2018: GB fourth in women's team gymnastics final". BBC Sports. 4 August 2018.
  16. "GBR women's team confirmed for World Championship action". British Gymnastics. 27 September 2018.
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  19. "British women shine in European Championship qualifying". British Gymnastics. 11 April 2019.
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  26. "Alice Kinsella 12th in world all-around final". British Gymnastics. 10 October 2019.
  27. "Birmingham World Cup roster bursts with World stars". FIG. 7 February 2020.
  28. "British Gymnastics national events announcement, including FIG World Cup". British Gymnastics. 16 March 2020.
  29. @BritGymnastics (15 April 2021). "There's a change to our line up for the European Championships" (Tweet) via Twitter.
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  32. "Tokyo Olympics: Team GB win bronze in women's team gymnastics for first time since 1928". Sky News. 27 July 2021.
  33. "Milano Pro Sport - Welcome Alice Kinsella to Team Milano! 🎉 We are thrilled to welcome Alice into the Milano family as she becomes our new Ambassador 💖 We are so excited to be working with such a talented athlete and wish her all the best in the upcoming weeks! #GoAlice 🙌🏻 #milano #milanoprosport #mermaidbeach #gymnastics #gymnast #flexible #handstand #tumbling #flexibility #calisthenics #cheer #acro #gymnasticsshoutouts #acrobatics #flip #gymnastic #parkour #dancemoms #backflip #gymnasts #barstarzz #beam #splits #flips #turnen #gymnastique #cheerleading #trampoline | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  34. Rowan, Paul (7 January 2018). "Kinsellas fly the flags for Ireland and Great Britain". Retrieved 9 March 2018.
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