Tyesha Mattis (born 17 April 1999 in Hackney, London) is a British artistic gymnast currently representing Jamaica in international competition. She trains at Hendon gymnastics club [1]
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| Full name | Tyesha Mattis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Jamaica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former countries represented |  Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 April 1999 Hackney, London | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Tottenham, London | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 156 cm (5 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Junior International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2013-present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gym | Hendon gymnastics club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Music | Malaguena | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Junior career
edit2012
editMattis' first big elite meet was at the British Gymnastics Championships at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. She became the Espoir National Champion. She also won the bars final with 12.800.[2]
2013
editMattis competed for Great Britain at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney earlier in January. The team placed 2nd behind China. Individually, Tyesha won the all-around and vault competition and also got bronze medals for Bars and Floor. In March, she then went to Liverpool for the British Championships. She became Junior British Champion ahead of Amy Tinkler and Elissa Downie. She placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd in Vault, Beam and Floor finals. Her final meet was the European Youth Olympic Festival in Utrecht. She got a team silver, 2 bronzes in the all-around and Vault and managed 5th on Bars. Whilst she was there, she competed a Silivas on floor in the all-around competition and became Britain's first women ever to compete it.
2014
editIn March 2014, she traveled to Wigan to compete in the English Championships. She placed first in the all-around.[3] However, an injury forced her to take the rest of the 2014 season off from competition.
Senior career
edit2015
editMattis made her senior debut in 2015 at the English Championships in Loughborough, where she earned a silver medal on the uneven bars, while only competing bars and balance beam.[4] At the 2015 British Championships, Mattis won the event titles for both bars and beam (again only competing these two apparatuses) with identical scores of 14.400.[5]
On 23 April, it was announced by the British Olympic Association that Mattis was to represent Great Britain at the first ever European Games alongside 2012 Olympian Rebecca Tunney and 2014 Commonwealth champion Kelly Simm,[6] although due to a recent operation with Mattis and perpetual injuries with Tunney they were both withdrawn from the competition and replaced by double 2014 Commonwealth bronze medalist Georgina Hockenhull and 2014 World Championships reserve athlete Charlie Fellows (gymnast).[7]
2022
editIn June 2022 it was announced that Mattis and her younger sister, China, intend to return to international competition representing Jamaica.[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Tyesha Mattis - - Team GB Athlete Profile". Teamgb.com. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ "RESULTS : WAG Espoir Apparatus Finals : Men's & Women's Artistic British Championships 2012" (PDF). British-gymnastics.org. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ "Gymdata ~ Events Home". Gymdata.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ "Tinkler, Lyons are 2015 English Champs | The Gymternet". Thegymter.net. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ "2015 British Championships Results | The Gymternet". Thegymter.net. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ "BOA announces athletes selected for European Games". British Gymnastics. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ "British Gymnastics on Twitter: "Our artistic gymnasts ready for Baku! @Kelly_Simm @charlieefellows & @Ghockenhull set for European Games @TeamGB "". Twitter. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ "British sisters make the switch to Jamaica gymnastics". jamaica-gleaner.com. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
External links
edit- Tyesha Mattis at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Tyesha Mattis at Team GB (archived)
