Kelly Louise Hackman (born 10 December 1980)[1] is a British gymnast. She competed for Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
| Kelly Hackman | |||||||||||||||
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| Country represented | England | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 December 1980 Watford | ||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Clem Malcolmson | ||||||||||||||
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Early life
editHackman briefly lived with her coach, Clem Malcolmson, and his wife before her family could move closer to Hackman's new gym.[2]
Competitive gymnast
editHackman trained at Woking gym.[3] She competed in the 1998 Commonwealth Games where she won a silver medal with the British Team and placed 10th individually.[3] The following year she won the Burrel Trophy for having the highest score in Floor Exercise at the British Team Championships.[3] Also in 1999, Hackman was a reserve for the World British Team.[3] In 2000, she won three bronze metals at the British national championship.[3] That same year Hackman was selected as a member of the British gymnastics team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.[4] She was 19 years old.[5] Her strongest apparatuses at the time were Beam and Uneven bars.[3] It was the first time a British had qualified a team for the event.[4] The British team finished in 10th place and Hackman was 74th in the Individual All-Around rankings.[6]
Later career
editAfter gymnastics, Hackman became a journalist.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Kelly Hackman". Eurosport. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
- ^ GetSurrey (14 July 2000). "Kelly's eye on Sydney". getsurrey. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f "British Olympic Association Announces Gymnasts To Compete for Team GB in the Sydney Olympic Games". www.sportcal.com. 1 August 2000. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ a b "BBC SPORT | GYMNASTICS | Sydney gymnastic squad named". news.bbc.co.uk. 10 August 2000. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ "Gymnastics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's Balance Beam". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
- ^ "Rio 2016 Media Guide". British-Gymnastics. 2016. p. 36.
- ^ "Gymnast swaps handstands for shorthand". www.pressgazette.co.uk. 24 April 2003. Retrieved 2 September 2017.