James Robert Hall (born 6 October 1995)[1] is an English artistic gymnast. A member of the English and British Senior teams since 2014, he has best known as an all-around and team gymnast, having won all-around bronze and team gold and silver in the European Artistic Gymnastic Championships and two team golds and an individual all-round silver in the Commonwealth Games. His signature piece is horizontal bar, in which he has won silver at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
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| Full name | James Robert Hall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Great Britain  England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 October 1995 Bankstown, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Maidstone, Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2014–present (GBR) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Pegasus GC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Ionut Trandaburu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World ranking | 8th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal life
editHall was born 6 October 1995 in Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia. His family moved to Kent, England in 1997.[2]
He began gymnastics at age six after a coach encouraged him to so do.[2]
In 2018, Hall became an ambassador for the Young Lives Foundation, a charity that helps disadvantaged youth in Kent, England.[2]
Career
edit2015
editHall was the alternate for the silver medal winning GB team at the 2015 Glasgow world championships.
2017
editHall won the all-around bronze medal at the 2017 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in April 2017, held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.[3]
2018
editAt the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Hall was part of the team that won gold in the team event.[4] He also won silver on the individual all-around competition[5] as well as horizontal bar, both behind Nile Wilson.[6]
At the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow, Hall won a silver as part of the team.[7]
2019
editIn March 2019, Hall won the All-Around title at the British Championships.[8]
He also competed at the European Championships in Szczecin, Poland, as well as the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.[2]
2021
editAt the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Hall competed for Great Britain. The team took fourth place with a score of 255.76.
He also competed in the all around final where he finished in 8th position, one place ahead of teammate Joe Fraser.[9]
2022
editAt the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Hall was again part of the England team that won gold in the team event.[10] Despite sustaining an ankle injury during the competition, Hall also won silver in the individual all-around behind compatriot Jake Jarman.[11][12]
References
edit- ^ "James Hall". British Gymnastics.
- ^ a b c d "Artistic Gymnastics HALL James". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ "Vernyayev Rallies To Defend European All-Around Title". International Gymnast Magazine Online.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: England win gold in men's team final". BBC Sport. 5 April 2018.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: England's Nile Wilson wins all-around gold, James Hall silver". BBC Sport. 7 April 2018.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: Nile Wilson wins third gold as Alice Kinsella seals first Commonwealth title". 9 April 2018.
- ^ "High bar falls cost British gymnasts as Russia takes European team gold". ESPN. 11 August 2018.
- ^ "James Hall Crowned British All-around Champion". British Gymnastics. 22 March 2019.
- ^ "Artistic Gymnastics - Final Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: England win landmark third team gymnastics gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "Men's All-Around Medalists" (PDF). Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: Jake Jarman wins all-around gymnastics gold for England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
External links
edit- James Hall at British Gymnastics
- James Hall at the International Gymnastics Federation
- James Hall at Team GB
- James Hall at Olympics.com
- James Hall at Olympedia
- James Hall at Team England
- James Hall at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
