Catherine Lyons
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| — Gymnast ♀ — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Catherine Lyons | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |
 Great Britain  England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
30 August 2000 United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Dulwich, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's Artistic Gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Junior International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2013- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gym | Europa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Rochelle Douglas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Music |
2012: "Requim for a Tower" by Escala 2013-2014: "Kissing You" by Des'ree 2015: "Hello" by Evanescence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Catherine Lyons (born 30 August 2000) is a British artistic gymnast. She has represented Great Britain numerous times, most notably at the 2014 European Championships where she was crowned Junior European Floor Champion as well as taking home a silver with the team.
Junior Career
2014
At the 2014 British Championships, Catherine took home all-around bronze as well as Floor gold and Beam silver. In May, Catherine competed at the 2014 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. She was awarded a silver with the team and a gold on the Floor.[1][2]
2015
In March, Lyons competed at the English Championships in Loughborough. In the all-around competition she scored 14.450 on the vault, 12.200 on the uneven bars, 14.550 on the balance beam and 13.500 on the floor exercise finishing with a score of 54.700. Lyons' balance beam was over half a point higher than any senior gymnast in the English gymnast, the highest senior balance beam score was 13.900 posted by Amy Tinkler, Lyons' all-around total would have been enough for the bronze medal if she were a senior.[3]
Later in March, Lyons competed at the British Championships in Liverpool. Lyons had a solid performance in the all-around competition scoring 14.100 on the vault, 13.200 on the uneven bars, 14.100 on the balance beam and 14.200 on the floor exercise for a total score of 55.600 winning gold and 2.800 points better than the second place gymnast.[4] Lyons medaled in every event final, winning gold in the vault final with an average score of 13.675,[5] a silver in the uneven bars final with 13.600,[6] another gold in the balance beam final after a positive routine and a solid score of 14.700[7] and another final gold medal in the floor exercise with 14.350[8] to finish off a positive meet at the championships.
Personal life
Lyons was born on 30 August 2000; making the age requirement for her current school year by just two days. She attended St.Anthony's RC Primary School and was made a Prefect in Year 6. She is currently attending Kingsdale Foundation School, taking her GCSE exams in 2016.
Competitive Highlights
| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 2012 | British Espoir Championships | 1st | 12th | 18th | 1st | 1st | |
| UK School Games | 1st | 4th | 9 | 1st | 5th | ||
| Coupe Avenir | 3rd | ||||||
| 2013 | Australian Youth Olympic Festival | 2nd | 4th | 4th | |||
| UK School Games | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
| Japan Junior International | 8th | 6th | 4th | 7th | |||
| British Espoir Championships | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
| 2014 | English Junior Championships | 2nd | 4th | 8th | 1st | 1st | |
| British Junior Championships | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | |||
| Munich Friendly | 2nd | 15th | |||||
| European Junior Championships | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 1st | |||
| 2015 | Welsh Open | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
| English Junior Championships | 1st | 1st | 6th | 1st | 1st | ||
| British Junior Championships | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st |
References
- ↑ http://longinestiming.com/File/Download?id=00000D000001000000FFFFFFFFFFFF02
- ↑ http://longinestiming.com/File/Download?id=00000D000001000002FFFFFFFFFFFF40
- ↑ https://memberportal.british-gymnastics.org/bgcrm/Library/Jan%20Charlton/English%20MAG%20&%20WAG%20Championships%202015%20Results.pdf
- ↑ http://www.british-gymnastics.org/results/7898/Womens_Junior_Championships_-_All-Around.pdf
- ↑ http://www.british-gymnastics.org/results/7898/Womens_Junior_Apparatus_Finals_-_Vault.pdf
- ↑ http://www.british-gymnastics.org/results/7898/Womens_Junior_Apparatus_Finals_-_Uneven_Bars.pdf
- ↑ http://www.british-gymnastics.org/results/7898/Womens_Junior_Apparatus_Finals_-_Beam.pdf
- ↑ http://www.british-gymnastics.org/results/7898/Womens_Junior_Apparatus_Finals_-_Floor.pdf