Catherine Lyons

Catherine Lyons
Full name	Catherine Lyons
Country represented	Great Britain  England
Born	(2000-08-30) 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 Representing  Great Britain European Junior Championships 2014 Sofia Floor Exercise 2014 Sofia Team Australian Youth Olympic Festival 2013 Sydney Team British Junior Championships 2014 Liverpool Floor Exercise 2015 Liverpool All-Around 2015 Liverpool Vault 2015 Liverpool Balance Beam 2015 Liverpool Floor Exercise 2014 Liverpool Balance Beam 2015 Liverpool Uneven Bars 2014 Liverpool All-Around 2014 Liverpool Vault

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

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