KINSELLA Alice

Great Britain
Artistic Gymnastics
13 Mar 2001
20
Female
1.57/5'1''
BASILDON
 
Great Britain
BIRMINGHAM
 
Great Britain

Events and Medals

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

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Ariake Gymnastics Centre - Women
Women's Team Final
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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World Championships
YearLocationBBFXUBAATeam
2019Stuttgart, GER117531126
2018Doha, QAT6243--9
2017Montreal, QC, CAN54202126-

European Championships
YearLocationBBFXUBAATeam
2021Basel, SUI18122329-
2019Szczecin, POL171415-
2018Glasgow, GBR2012--4
2017Cluj-Napoca, ROU28181710-

World Cup overview - Best rank per season and event since 2017
YearAA
20181 x 3rd
20171 x 7th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017
RankYearEventLocationResult
32018All-AroundBirmingham, GBR53.099
72017All-AroundStuttgart, GER47.099


Legend
BB - Balance Beam, FX - Floor Excercise, UB - Uneven Bars, VT - Vault, AA - Individual All-Around, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified
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Al (gymnasticsexpress.co.uk, 05 Sep 2020)
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Cosmetics, make-up artistry. (telegraph.co.uk, 29 Sep 2019)
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Athlete
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English
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Park Wrekin Gymnastics Club [Telford, GBR]
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Christine Still [club]; Brett Ince [club]
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Her father Mark Kinsella represented the Republic of Ireland at football, including at the 2002 World Cup in Republic of Korea and Japan. Her older brother Liam Kinsella has also represented the Republic of Ireland in the sport at U21 level and played football for English professional club Walsall. (bbc.co.uk, 24 Jun 2019; inews.co.uk, 19 Oct 2018; gymnasticsclubmanager.com, 22 Aug 2018; gazette-news.co.uk, 12 Jun 2014)
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2017 for Great Britain, World Cup in Stuttgart, Germany (parkwrekingymnastics.com, 22 Apr 2017)
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An ankle injury sustained in qualifying forced her to withdraw from the all-around final at the 2017 World Championships in Montreal, QC, Canada. (bbc.co.uk, 07 Oct 2017)
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She took up gymnastics at age four. (flatmanagers.co.uk, 20 Feb 2017)
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"As a tot [small child], I loved tumbling around. At four years old, while watching my older sister, a gymnastics coach noted that I might have a natural aptitude for the sport. It was a happy bonding. I loved doing it and, if I was being encouraged to do it, then happy days." (Facebook page, 12 Jul 2019)
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To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Facebook page, 27 Apr 2020; telegraph.co.uk, 29 Sep 2019)
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Winning gold in beam at the 2019 European Championships in Szczecin, Poland. (SportsDeskOnline, 29 Jun 2021; gymnasticsexpress.co.uk, 05 Sep 2020)
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Romanian gymnast Larisa Lordache, US gymnast Nastia Liukin, British gymnast Beth Tweddle. (independent.co.uk, 25 May 2021; gymnasticsexpress.co.uk, 05 Sep 2020)
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"Greatness isn't born. It's made." (Instagram profile, 21 Aug 2019)
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She was named Female Sports Person of the Year at the 2018 Sutton Coldfield Sports Awards in England. She was also named the 2014 Junior Sports Person of the Year and the 2016 Junior Female Sports Person of the Year at the Sutton Coldfield Sports Awards. (suttoncoldfieldsportsawards.org.uk, 01 Feb 2019, 10 Feb 2017)

General Interest

General
ONLINE ABUSE
She revealed in May 2021 that the abusive messages she had been receiving on social media platforms served as added motivation in her attempts to secure a place at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "I just kept scrolling and scrolling through messages of hate. It's definitely the worst it's ever been. I just don't think people think before they start typing. Being a sportsperson you know you're not going to appeal to everyone, and I think you can either let it pull you back or use it as motivation. It definitely fuels my drive to prove them all wrong. That started with the last of the trials in Cardiff and, suddenly, after I did well there, a lot of the haters were hiding and changing their minds." (independent.co.uk, 25 May 2021)

SPORTING FAMILY
She admits that watching her older brother Liam Kinsella become a professional footballer with English team Walsall and represent the Republic of Ireland at U21 level served as an inspiration for her own sporting career. "Growing up and watching my brother achieve his goals and succeed, it's just made me want to achieve mine even more, so having him there and being a pro footballer has helped me. He's inspired me a lot but I never really thought about doing football. Obviously, I've been doing gym since I was a little girl, so it's been my whole life." (echo-news.co.uk, 07 Jun 2021)

FAVOURITE DISCIPLINE
Beam has been her preferred gymnastic discipline since she was a child. "When I speak to young children in training they always say that the beam is the scariest. I've actually loved it since I was little. It's my favourite piece and my strongest one too. I like the fact that anything can happen on the day of competition. You need to have elegance, power, and accuracy. No wonky moves or it's all over." (telegraph.co.uk, 29 Sep 2019)

Legend
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Bronze Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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