Alice Kinsella

Alice Nicole Kinsella (born 13 March 2001) is an English artistic gymnast and member of the British national gymnastics team.

On 7–8 July Kinsella competed at the Heerenveen Friendly where she placed third in the team final with Great Britain, second on balance beam behind Sanne Wevers, 4th on floor, and 10th in the all-around after a fall on the beam.

Her senior debut came in March 2017 where she finished seventh in the 2017 Stuttgart World Cup.

She competed at the 2017 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Cluj-Napoca, Romania where she placed tenth in the all-around.

In October 2017, Alice was chosen to represent Great Britain at the 2017 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

She competed in the all-around in qualifications and placed twenty-fourth overall, qualifying her to the all-around final with a score of 51.365.

On 6 October 2017, British Gymnastics announced that Alice had withdrawn from the all-around final after sustaining a minor ankle injury during qualifications.

On 10 February, Alice competed at the English Championships where she placed seventh in the all-around.

She also placed fourth on vault and bars and sixth on floor.

Individually, she is the 2018 Commonwealth Games and 2019 European champion on the balance beam, and the 2022 Commonwealth Games champion on floor.

Domestically, Kinsella was the 2023 British national all-around champion.

Kinsella first started gymnastics at Tamworth Olympic Gymnastics Club.

She then moved to Park Wrekin Gymnastics Club in Wellington, Shropshire and has continued training there since.

On 21 February, Alice was named to the English team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.

In March, Alice competed at the British Championships.

She competed in the all-around where she placed fifth with a score of 51.650.

She then competed in the beam final where she won a silver medal with a score of 13.350 and also in the floor final where she placed fifth with a score of 13.000.

Later on that month, Alice was chosen to compete at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Birmingham to replace teammate Claudia Fragapane who had to withdraw due to injury.

She won the bronze medal with a total score of 53.099 behind Russia's Angelina Melnikova and American Margzetta Frazier.

In April Kinsella competed at the Commonwealth Games on all four events in the team final/individual qualifications where she won a silver medal with the English team, finishing behind Canada.

She had also qualified in third for the all-around final, second for the beam final and sixth for the floor final.

In the all-around final, Alice won bronze with a total score of 53.150 behind gold medal winner Ellie Black from Canada and silver medal winner Georgia Godwin from Australia.

Alice competed in the beam final where she won gold with a score of 13.700.

She told the BBC after her win:

"'I'm still quite speechless. I don't really know what to say. I went out quite confident because I came second in qualifications. I thought if I go clean a medal was possible. But when I got the gold I didn't know what to do.'"

Alice then competed in the floor final where she placed eighth after falling on her final tumble.

She scored 11.666.

On 6 July Kinsella was named to the team to compete at the 2018 European Championships alongside Becky Downie, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Kelly Simm, and Lucy Stanhope.

Great Britain finished fourth in team finals.

On September 27, Kinsella was named to the team to compete at the World Championships in Doha, Qatar alongside Becky Downie, Ellie Downie, Georgia-Mae Fenton, and Kelly Simm.

Great Britain finished ninth in qualifications and was the first reserve for team finals.

In March Kinsella competed at the English Championships where she placed third in the all-around behind Amelie Morgan and Kelly Simm.

She was later selected to compete at the 2019 European Championships alongside Ellie Downie, Morgan, and Simm.

At the British Championships Kinsella placed fourth in the all-around, second on uneven bars, fourth on balance beam, and fifth on floor exercise.

At the European Championships Kinsella qualified to the all-around final in third place behind Angelina Melnikova and Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos.

She additionally qualified to the balance beam final in third and the floor exercise final in seventh.

In the all-around final Kinsella finished fifteenth.

During event finals she won gold on the balance beam making her the first British gymnast to become a European champion on the apparatus.

She represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the team event, and was part of the Great Britain team that achieved the highest positions ever achieved in the same event at the 2022 World Championships (silver) and the 2023 European Championships (gold).

Kinsella won a Commonwealth Games team title as part of England's gold-winning team all-around squad of 2022.