GADIROVA Jennifer

Great Britain

Artistic Gymnastics

Date of Birth: 3 Oct 2004

Age: 16

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.53/5'0''

Place of birth: DUBLIN

Birth Country:

Ireland

Place of residence : AYLESBURY

Residence Country:

Great Britain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank
Artistic Gymnastics	Women's All-Around	13
	Women's Vault
	Women's Uneven Bars
	Women's Balance Beam
	Women's Floor Exercise	7
	Women's Team GBR Great Britain	3

Schedule

Change

Location	Event	Status
Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Women	Women's Team Final	Finished
Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Women	Women's All-Around Final	Finished
Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Floor	Women's Floor Exercise Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

World Cup overview - Best rank per season and event since 2017

Year	AA
2020/2021	1 x 4th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
4	2020/2021	All-Around	Milwaukee, WI, USA	53.565

Legend
BB - Balance Beam, FX - Floor Excercise, UB - Uneven Bars, VT - Vault, AA - Individual All-Around, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Nickname:

Jen (olympics.com, 15 Jun 2021)

Languages spoken:

English

Club name:

Aylesbury Gymnastics Academy [Great Britain]

Coach:

Molly Richardson [club], GBR; Joshua Richardson [club], GBR

Sporting relatives:

Her twin sister Jessica was selected alongside her to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram team profile, 11 Jun 2019; british-gymnastics.org, 24 Jun 2021)

Injuries:

She suffered a minor left wrist injury in December 2020. (Instagram athlete profile, 10 Jun 2021)

Reason:

Her mother introduced her and her twin sister to gymnastics because she felt they needed an outlet for their energy. "When we were younger we used to be hyper, climbing on everything and our mum put us in lots of sports but we just clicked with gymnastics." (Angela Walker, BBC News YouTube channel, 03 Apr 2019; theacademy.me, 01 Jul 2018)

Hero:

US artistic gymnast Simone Biles. (theacademy.me, 01 Jul 2018)

Philosophy:

"Think big, trust yourself and make it happen." (Instagram profile, 17 May 2021)

General Interest

General
OLYMPIC SELECTION
She and her twin sister Jessica were both selected to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Jessica received the news first that she had been selected, with Jennifer having to wait another 20 minutes before receiving news of her inclusion in the team. "I heard her news and I was so happy, but then, like, I don't want to get my hopes up - would I get in? But then as soon as I had the phone call, I was just like, we've done it together." (olympics.com, 15 Jun 2021)

TWIN TIME OUT
She says she and her twin sister Jessica share most of their time together but benefit from short spans apart. "We do spend every second with each other. But I feel like sometimes we do need that independence from each other and just focus on ourselves without her always being right by my side. We are individuals at the end of the day, so we do enjoy having our time apart but not if it's too long until we see each other again." (olympics.com, 15 Jun 2021)

FAMILY BACKGROUND
She and her twin sister Jessica were born in Dublin, Ireland, where her father Natig had moved for work for a few months in 2004. Her parents, who are both from Azerbaijan, had moved to London, England, in 2001. (haqqin.az, 24 Apr 2021)

Social Media

Legend

:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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