Alice Kinsella

Alice Nicole Kinsella (born 13 March 2001) is an English artistic gymnast and member of the British national gymnastics team. She is the 2018 Commonwealth Games champion and 2019 European champion on the balance beam.

Alice Kinsella
Full name	Alice Nicole Kinsella
Country represented	Great Britain  England
Born	(2001-03-13) 13 March 2001 Basildon, Essex
Residence	Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands[1]
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Years on national team	2015–Present (GB)
Club	Park Wrekin School of Gymnastics
Medal record Representing  Great Britain European Championships 2019 Szczecin Balance Beam Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast Balance Beam 2018 Gold Coast Team 2018 Gold Coast All-Around

Senior career

2017

Her senior debut came in March 2017 where she finished seventh in the 2017 Stuttgart World Cup.[2]

She competed at the 2017 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Cluj-Napoca, Romania where she placed tenth in the all-around.[3]

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.[4]

On 6 October 2017, British Gymnastics announced that Alice had withdrawn from the all-around final after sustaining a minor ankle injury during qualifications.[5]

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.[6] On 21 February, Alice was named to the English team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.[7]

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.[8] 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.[9]

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."[10]

Alice then competed in the floor final where she placed eighth after falling on her final tumble. She scored 11.666.[11]

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.[12] 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.[13] Great Britain finished fourth in team finals.[14]

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.[15] 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. She was later selected to compete at the 2019 European Championships alongside Ellie Downie, Morgan, and Simm.[16] At the British Championships Kinsella placed fourth in the all-around, second on uneven bars, fourth on balance beam, and fifth on floor exercise.[17] 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.[18] In the all-around final Kinsella finished fifteenth.[19] 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.[20]

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.[21] 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.[22] 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.[23] During the team final she contributed scores on vault, balance beam, and floor exercise towards Great Britain's sixth place finish.[24] In the all-around final Kinsella finished in twelfth place.[25]

2020

In early February it was announced that Kinsella was selected to represent Great Britain at the Birmingham World Cup taking place in late March.[26] However the Birmingham World Cup was later canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.[27]

Personal life

Alice is the daughter of former Republic of Ireland international footballer Mark Kinsella. Alice's brother Liam is also a footballer and currently plays with Walsall. Liam has represented Ireland at underage level.[28]

Competitive history

Junior

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
2014	English Championships (Espoir)
2015	English Championships			5
	British Championships		12				7
	Flanders Team Challenge	5	13
	British Team Championships		28
	Olympic Hopes Cup
2016	International Gymnix		15	8
	British Team Championships
	English Championships
	British Championships		4				4
	Italian Junior Friendly
	European Championships		5		4
	Elite Gym Massilia		7			6

Senior

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
2017	Stuttgart World Cup		7
	British Championships					5	5
	English Championships
	European Championships		10
	Dutch Invitational				4	4
	British Team Championships
	World Championships		WD
2018	English Championships		7	4	4		6
	British Championships		5				5
	Birmingham World Cup
	Commonwealth Games						8
	Heerenveen Friendly		10				4
	European Championships	4
	World Championships	R1
2019	English Championships
	British Championships		4			4	5
	European Championships		15				7
	British Team Championships
	World Championships	6	12			R2

References

1. http://www.alicekinsella.net/
2. https://database.fig-gymnastics.com/public/results/display/14918?idAgeCategory=4&idCategory=65
3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-11. Retrieved 2018-04-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-11. Retrieved 2018-04-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. https://www.british-gymnastics.org/news-and-events/news/latest-news/7295-update-from-montreal-alice-kinsella
6. https://www.british-gymnastics.org/documents/regions-and-home-countries/england/9331-2018-english-championship-final-results/file
7. https://britishgymnewstics.com/2018/02/21/commonwealth-games-team-announcement-team-england/
8. https://www.british-gymnastics.org/news-and-events/british-championships/mens-and-womens-artistic#results
9. https://thegymter.net/2018/03/23/2018-birmingham-world-cup-results/
10. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43695473
11. https://thegymter.net/2018/04/06/2018-commonwealth-games-results/
12. "2018 Heerenveen Friendly Results". The Gymnter.net. July 11, 2018.
13. "British teams announced for 2018 European Championships". British Gymnastics. July 6, 2018.
14. "European Championships 2018: GB fourth in women's team gymnastics final". BBC Sports. August 4, 2018.
15. "GBR women's team confirmed for World Championship action". British Gymnastics. September 27, 2018.
16. "British team for 2019 European Championships announced". British Gymnastics. March 11, 2019.
17. "Gymnastics British Championships 2019". British Gymnastics.
18. "British women shine in European Championship qualifying". British Gymnastics. April 11, 2019.
19. "Ellie Downie wins superb European silver". British Gymnastics. April 12, 2019.
20. "Alice Kinsella wins brilliant beam gold". British Gymnastics. April 14, 2019.
21. "2019 British Team Championships Results". The Gymternet. September 15, 2019.
22. "Meet the women's 2019 Artistic World Championships team". British Gymnastics. September 19, 2019.
23. "Women's team make world finals and qualify place for 2020 Olympic Games". British Gymnastics. October 5, 2019.
24. "British women's team 6th in world final". British Gymnastics. October 8, 2019.
25. "Alice Kinsella 12th in world all-around final". British Gymnastics. October 10, 2019.
26. "Birmingham World Cup roster bursts with World stars". FIG. February 7, 2020.
27. "British Gymnastics national events announcement, including FIG World Cup". British Gymnastics. March 16, 2020.
28. "Kinsellas fly the flags for Ireland and Great Britain". 7 January 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.

External links

• Alice Kinsella at the International Gymnastics Federation