Teal Grindle (born 15 February 2000) is a British artistic gymnast.[1] She was part of the silver medal winning junior team at the 2014 European Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.[2]

Teal Grindle
Country represented United Kingdom
Born (2000-02-15) 15 February 2000 (age 24)
Tring England, United Kingdom
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
ClubSapphire School of Gymnastics
Head coach(es)Steven Price
Medal record
Representing  United Kingdom
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Sofia Team
Australian Youth Olympic Festival
Gold medal – first place 2013 Sydney Balance Beam
Silver medal – second place 2013 Sydney Team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Sydney All-Around

Junior career

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2013

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In January, Grindle competed at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney. She was part of the silver medal winning team, she contributed scores on three apparatuses, on the vault Grindle scored 13.600, 12.266 on the uneven bars and 13.933 on the balance beam.[3] She also won the all-around silver medal behind teammate Tyesha Mattis with a final score of 54.065[4] and became the balance beam champion with a score of 14.500.[4]

In March, Grindle competed at the British Espoir Championships. She won the silver medal on uneven bars with a score of 12.850,[5] the gold on the balance beam with 13.900[6] and shared first place with Catherine Lyons on the floor exercise with 13.900.[7]

2014

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In March Grindle competed at the British Championships, her first year as a junior. She won the silver medal in the all-around competition behind Amy Tinkler. She scored 13.900 on the vault, 13.35 on the uneven bars, 13.800 on the balance beam and 13.350 on the floor exercise for a total on 54.400.[8] She was fourth in the vault final scoring 13.700 for her first vault and 13.250 for her second for an averaged total of 13.475.[9] Grindle won the bronze medal on the uneven bars with a score of 13.550[10] a gold medal on the balance beam with a score of 14.400[11] and a second bronze on the floor exercise with a score of 13.450.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Our Athletes".
  2. ^ "2014 artistic Euro's - GBR women's teams selected - British Gymnastics".
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ a b "AYOF 2013 - Results". Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  5. ^ http://www.british-gymnastics.org/results/7198/Results_-_WAG_Espoir_Apparatus_Finals_Uneven_Bars.pdf [dead link]
  6. ^ http://www.british-gymnastics.org/results/7198/Results_-_WAG_Espoir_Apparatus_Finals_Beam.pdf [dead link]
  7. ^ http://www.british-gymnastics.org/results/7198/Results_-_WAG_Espoir_Apparatus_Finals_Floor.pdf [dead link]
  8. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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