Marissa Petra King (born 20 April 1991) is an English gymnast who represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, as well as the 2007 and 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Marissa is the daughter of a British father and Thai mother[1] and began gymnastics at age 8. During her elite career she trained at the Huntingdon Olympic Gymnastics Club and competed for the University of Florida Gators NCAA gymnastics team.[2] In 2011, she became the NCAA National Champion on vault with a score of 9.875 as well as being an 11-time All American.[2]

Marissa King
Full nameMarissa Petra King
Nickname(s)Riss
Country represented United Kingdom
 England
Born (1991-04-20) 20 April 1991 (age 33)
Cambridge
HometownCambridge
Height154 cm (5 ft 1 in)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
ClubHuntingdon
College teamUniversity of Florida (2009-2013)
Head coach(es)Rhonda Faehn
Assistant coach(es)Adrian Burde, Robert Ladanyi
MusicAkordeon Latino (2012), Don't Cry For Me Argentina (2008)
Retired2013

Elite career history

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Year Competition Description Location Apparatus Rank-Final Score-Final Rank-Qualifying Score-Qualifying
2010 British Championships Guildford, England Vault 2 13.775 2 14.450
Floor 8 12.050 3= 14.200
2009 British Championships Guildford, England All Around 3 53.100
Vault 1 13.925
Bars 3 13.400
Beam 4 12.700
Floor 3 13.450
Stuttgart World Cup Stuttgart, Germany Vault 4 13.550 2 13.800
World Championships London, England Vault 13.850
Beam 13.400
2008 British Championships Guildford, England All Around 6 55.100
Vault 2 14.175
Bars 7 12.800
Floor 7 13.300
European Championships Clermont-Ferrand, France Vault 10 14.050
Beam 19 14.450
Floor 34 13.700
Glasgow Grand Prix Glasgow, Scotland Vault 6 12.912 4 13.675
Beam 2 14.475 2 14.650
Maribor World Cup Maribor, Slovenia Vault 2 14.075
2007 Glasgow Grand Prix Glasgow, Scotland Vault 1 14.237 2 13.862
Good Luck Beijing (Olympic Test Event) Beijing, China All Around 8 56.225
Vault 3 14.187
European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands Vault 6 14.175 7 14.100
Beam 56 12.775
Floor 29 13.750
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany Team 7 169.175 6 233.025
Vault 17 13.600
Floor 46 13.925
DTB Cup Vault 4 14.237 8 13.450
Floor 6 13.650 4 13.575

NCAA career history

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Competition Apparatus Year Rank-Final Score-Final Rank-Qualifying Score-Qualifying
NCAA Championships Vault 2011 1 9.875 - -
Team 2013 1 197.575 1st -
Beam 2013 7th

References

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  1. ^ Women's Artistic. British-gymnastics.org. Retrieved on 2013-01-05.
  2. ^ a b "Marissa King – University of Florida – Biography". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
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