Catherine Lyons
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— Gymnast ♀ — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Catherine Lyons | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented |
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Born |
United Kingdom | 30 August 2000||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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
Lyons was crowned British Espoir Champion in 2012.[1]
In 2013, Lyons won the British Espoir Championships title again for the second year. Later in the year, she was selected to represent Great Britain. She had a strong competition, placing 8th all-around.
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.[2][3]
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 |