British Gymnastics Championships

The British Gymnastics Championships is an annual artistic gymnastics national competition held in the United Kingdom for elite-level gymnasts. It is organized by British Gymnastics, the governing body for gymnastics in the United Kingdom.^[1] It is used as a selection event for the men's and women's national team.

In recent years the competition has taken place near the end of March at the Liverpool Arena and includes men's, women's, junior and espoir competitions, with a joint qualification and all-around followed by apparatus finals.^[2]

History

The British Gymnastics Men’s trophy is the oldest in the sport, starting in 1896 with the first women's competition starting in 1924.^[3][4] The Royal Albert Hall was the first major venue to host the championships, starting in 1961 until 1971.^[5]

Qualification

Senior gymnasts qualify by attaining an all-around ranking through a Home Nation Championships, with the top ranked gymnasts entering the competition (maximum 48). To achieve a ranking, gymnasts will need to be able to provide proof of achieving a minimum score of 41.50 from the previous years British Championships, Home Nations Competition, a regional FIG competition or Club Team Championships. They will then be ranked on their score achieved.^[6]

Women's Championships

Modern Winners at the Women's British Gymnastics Championships (2000+)

Senior Women
Year	Location		All-Around	Vault	Uneven Bars	Balance Beam	Floor
2000s
2000[7]			Emma Williams
			Annika Reeder
			Kelly Hackman
2001[7]			Beth Tweddle
			Holly Murdock
			Melissa Wilcox
2002[7]			Beth Tweddle
			Nicola Willis
			Katy Lennon
2003[7]			Beth Tweddle
			Rebecca Mason
			Vanessa Hobbs
2004[7]			Beth Tweddle
			Katy Lennon
			Nicola Willis
2005[7]			Beth Tweddle
			Samantha Bayley
			Imogen Cairns
2006[8]	Guildford		Beth Tweddle	Emma White	Beth Tweddle	Beth Tweddle	Beth Tweddle
			Lynette Lisle	Imogen Cairns	Lynette Lisle	Aisling Williams	Imogen Cairns
			Aisling Williams	Leigh Rogers	Imogen Cairns	Lynette Lisle	Aisling Williams
2007[7]			Beth Tweddle
			Hannah Clowes
			Aisling Williams
2008[9]	Guildford		Becky Downie	Imogen Cairns	Becky Downie	Hannah Whelan	Imogen Cairns
			Rebecca Wing	Marissa King	Beth Tweddle	Imogen Cairns	Hannah Whelan
			Hannah Whelan	Rebecca Purcell	Rebecca Wing	Aisling Williams	Kayleigh Cooke
2009[10]	Guildford		Becky Downie	Marissa King	Becky Downie	Becky Downie	Becky Downie
			Rebecca Wing	Becky Downie	Rebecca Wing	Hannah Whelan	Rebecca Wing
			Marissa King	Rebecca Purcell	Marissa King	Rebecca Wing	Marissa King
2010s
2010[11]	Guildford		Hannah Whelan	Imogen Cairns	Beth Tweddle	Danusia Francis	Danusia Francis
			Nicole Hibbert	Marissa King	Nicole Hibbert	Hannah Whelan	Niamh Rippin
			Danusia Francis	Nicole Hibbert	Hannah Whelan	Rebecca Wing	Hannah Whelan
2011[12]	Liverpool		Hannah Whelan	Imogen Cairns	Beth Tweddle	Danusia Francis	Beth Tweddle
			Danusia Francis	Danielle McNaney	Hannah Whelan	Hannah Whelan	Niamh Rippin
			Jennifer Pinches	Niamh Rippin	Jennifer Pinches	Imogen Cairns	Jennifer Pinches
2012[13]	Liverpool		Rebecca Tunney	Niamh Rippin	Beth Tweddle	Jennifer Pinches	Niamh Rippin
			Jennifer Pinches	Jennifer Pinches	Rebecca Tunney	Becky Downie	Imogen Cairns
			Hannah Whelan	Kelly Simm	Ruby Harrold	Hannah Whelan	Hannah Whelan
2013[14]	Liverpool		Gabrielle Jupp	Niamh Rippin	Becky Downie	Gabrielle Jupp	Gabrielle Jupp
			Charlie Fellows	Kelly Simm	Gabrielle Jupp	Hannah Whelan	Raer Theaker
			Niamh Rippin	Amy Regan	Ruby Harrold	Georgina Hockenhull	Niamh Rippin
2014[15]	Liverpool		Rebecca Tunney	Kelly Simm	Rebecca Tunney	Becky Downie	Elizabeth Beddoe
			Becky Downie	Claudia Fragapane	Becky Downie	Hannah Whelan	Emily Crowe
			Claudia Fragapane	Emma White	Claudia Fragapane	Rebecca Tunney	Hannah Whelan
2015[16]	Liverpool		Amy Tinkler	Claudia Fragapane	Tyesha Mattis	Tyesha Mattis	Amy Tinkler
			Claudia Fragapane	Kelly Simm	Ellie Downie	Georgina Hockenhull	Claudia Fragapane
			Ellie Downie	Ellie Downie	Claudia Fragapane	Claudia Fragapane	Lisa Mason
2016[17]	Liverpool		Claudia Fragapane	Ellie Downie	Gabrielle Jupp	Becky Downie	Amy Tinkler
			Rebecca Tunney	Claudia Fragapane	Becky Downie	Claudia Fragapane	Claudia Fragapane
			Ellie Downie	Abigail Solari	Ruby Harrold	Ruby Harrold	Phoebe Turner
2017[18]	Liverpool		Ellie Downie	Ellie Downie	Ellie Downie	Phoebe Turner	Maisie Methuen
			Alice Kinsella	Holly Jones	Georgia-Mae Fenton	Latalia Bevan	Claudia Fragapane
			Maisie Methuen	Phoebe Turner	Becky Downie	Lana Chilton	Charlie Fellows
2018[19]	Liverpool		Kelly Simm	Holly Jones	Kelly Simm	Maisie Methuen	Amy Tinkler
			Amy Tinkler	Amy Tinkler	Charlie Fellows	Alice Kinsella	Taeja James
			Charlie Fellows	Taeja James	Emily Thomas	Kelly Simm	Charlie Fellows
2019[20]	Liverpool		Ellie Downie	Ellie Downie	Georgia-Mae Fenton	Georgia-Mae Fenton	Ellie Downie
			Kelly Simm	Phoebe Jakubczyk	Alice Kinsella	Jessica Daykin	Claudia Fragapane
			Amelie Morgan	Megan Bridge	Amelie Morgan	Amelie Morgan	Taeja James
2020s
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19
2021[21]	Guildford		Ondine Achampong	Holly Jones	Ruby Stacey	Halle Hilton	Megan Bridge
			Emily Todd	Megan Bridge	Ondine Achampong	Ondine Achampong	Emily Todd
			Ruby Stacey	Emily Roper	Kelly Simm	Emily Roper	Ondine Achampong
2022[22]	Liverpool		Jessica Gadirova	Jessica Gadirova	Alice Kinsella	Jennifer Gadirova	Jessica Gadirova
			Ondine Achampong	Emily Roper	Georgia-Mae Fenton	Jessica Gadirova	Jennifer Gadirova
			Jennifer Gadirova	Sofia Micallef	Jennifer Gadirova	Georgia-Mae Fenton	Georgia-Mae Fenton
2023[23]	Liverpool		Alice Kinsella	Ruby Evans	Becky Downie	Ondine Achampong	Alice Kinsella
			Ondine Achampong	Emily Roper	Georgia-Mae Fenton	Jessica Gadirova	Poppy-Grace Stickler
			Georgia-Mae Fenton	Keira Thornton	Alice Kinsella	Alice Kinsella	Georgia-Mae Fenton
2024[24]	Liverpool		Ondine Achampong	Shannon Archer	Ondine Achampong	Ondine Achampong	Ondine Achampong
			Ruby Evans	Abigail Martin	Ruby Stacey	Amelie Morgan	Mali Morgan
			Abigail Martin	Emily Roper	Amelie Morgan	Abigail Martin	Emily Roper
2025[25]	Liverpool		Alia Leat	Isabelle Priestly	Emily Roper	Frances Stone	Alia Leat
			Frances Stone	Frances Stone	Jennifer Gadirova	Ema Kandalova	Jemima Taylor
			Emily Roper	Abigail Roper	Ellie Lewis	Lottie Smith	Ema Kandalova

Men's Championships

Modern Winners at the Men's British Gymnastics Championships (2000+)

Senior Men
Year	Location		All-Around	Floor	Pommel Horse	Steel Rings	Vault	Parallel Bars	High Bar
2000s
2000[3]			Kanukai Jackson
			Dominic Brindle
			John Smethurst
2001[3]			David Eaton
			Ross Brewer
			James Evans
2002[3]			Kanukai Jackson
			Barry Collie
			Ross Brewer
2003[3]			Ross Brewer
			Simon Moore
			Darren Gerard
2004[3]			Ross Brewer
			Simon Moore
			Kirk Zammit
2005[3]			Ross Brewer
			Simon Moore
			David Eaton
2006[3]			Ross Brewer
			Simon Moore
			Luke Folwell
2007[3]			Dan Keatings
			Luke Folwell
			Ross Brewer
2008[3]			Kristian Thomas
			Luke Folwell
			Steve Jehu
2009[3]			Dan Keatings
			Kristian Thomas
			Luke Folwell
2010s
2010[3]	Guildford		Daniel Purvis Sam Hunter (joint 2nd)
			Ruslan Panteleymonov
2011[3]	Liverpool		Daniel Purvis
			Dan Keatings
			Kristian Thomas
2012[3]	Liverpool		Daniel Purvis
			Sam Oldham
			Dan Keatings
2013[3]	Liverpool		Max Whitlock
			Daniel Purvis
			Mathew Firth
2014[3]	Liverpool		Max Whitlock
			Daniel Purvis
			Dan Keatings
2015[3]	Liverpool		Daniel Purvis
			Frank Baines
			Sam Oldham
2016[3]	Liverpool		Max Whitlock
			Daniel Purvis
			Nile Wilson
2017[26]	Liverpool		Joe Fraser
			Dominick Cunningham James Hall (joint 2nd)
2018[27]	Liverpool		Brinn Bevan	Max Whitlock	Max Whitlock	Nile Wilson	Jake Jarman	Nile Wilson	Nile Wilson
			Dominick Cunningham	Gaius Thompson	Brinn Bevan	Dominick Cunningham	Hamish Carter	Daniel Purvis	Hamish Carter
			Daniel Purvis	Josh Cook	Ieuan Davies	Daniel Purvis	Dominick Cunningham	Frank Baines	Brinn Bevan
2019[28]	Liverpool		James Hall	Giarnni Regini-Moran	Max Whitlock	James Hall	Jake Jarman	Joe Fraser	Joe Fraser
			Giarnni Regini-Moran	Jake Jarman	Adam Steele	Jamie Lewis	Giarnni Regini-Moran	Giarnni Regini-Moran	Josh Cook
			Jamie Lewis	Adam Steele	James Hall	Pavel Karnejenko	Pavel Karnejenko	Max Whitlock	Matthew Boardman
2020s
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19
2021[29]	Guildford		Joshua Nathan	Sam Mostowfi	Joshua Nathan	Courtney Tulloch	Dominick Cunningham	Brinn Bevan	Sam Oldham
			Joe Cemlyn-Jones	Dominick Cunningham	Frank Baines	Joe Cemlyn-Jones	Hayden Skinner	Joe Cemlyn-Jones	Joshua Nathan
			Dominick Cunningham	Joe Cemlyn-Jones	Cameron Lynn	Dominick Cunningham	Sam Mostowfi	Joshua Nathan	Dominick Cunningham
2022	Liverpool		Joe Fraser	Joe Fraser	Joe Fraser	Courtney Tulloch	Jake Jarman	Giarnni Regini-Moran	Joe Fraser
			James Hall	Giarnni Regini-Moran	Jake Jarman	Pavel Karnejenko	Harry Hepworth	Joe Fraser	Joshua Nathan
			Jake Jarman	Luke Whitehouse	Joshua Nathan	Harry Hepworth	Owen Print	Brinn Bevan	Pavel Karnejenko
2023[30]	Liverpool		Adam Tobin	Luke Whitehouse	Joshua Nathan	Courtney Tulloch	Jake Jarman	Jake Jarman	Adam Tobin
			Jake Jarman	Jake Jarman	Jamie Lewis	Pavel Karnejenko	Harry Hepworth	Adam Tobin	Jake Jarman
			Pavel Karnejenko	Harry Hepworth	Jack Stanley	Adam Tobin	Luke Whitehouse	Joshua Nathan	Joe Cemlyn-Jones
2024[31]	Liverpool		Joe Fraser	Jake Jarman	Max Whitlock	Harry Hepworth	Jake Jarman	Joe Fraser	Jake Jarman
			Jake Jarman	Joe Fraser	Jake Jarman	Courtney Tulloch	Remell Robinson-Bailey	Adam Tobin	Reuben Ward
			Courtney Tulloch	Sam Mostowfi	Joe Fraser	James Hall	Luke Whitehouse	Courtney Tulloch	Max Whitlock
2025[32]	Liverpool		Jamie Lewis	Luke Whitehouse	Jamie Lewis	Courtney Tulloch	Jake Jarman	Jake Jarman	Jamie Lewis
			Jonas Rushworth	Jacob Edwards	Jake Jarman	Harry Hepworth	Harry Hepworth	Jonas Rushworth	Winston Powell
			Luke Whitehouse	Adam Tobin	Cameron Lynn	Jamie Lewis	Lewis Henry	Jack Stanley	Adam Tobin

Records (2000-present)

Beth Tweddle has the most individual all-around titles with 7 and the most titles across all apparatus with 14. Hannah Whelan has the most medals in total with 17, followed by Becky Downie with 16.

Most Gold Medals at British Championships

	All-Around	Vault	Uneven Bars	Balance Beam	Floor	Total
Beth Tweddle	x 7		x 4 x 1	x 1	x 2	x 14 x 1	15
Becky Downie	x 2 x 1	x 1	x 4 x 2 x 1	x 3 x 1	x 1	x 10 x 5 x 1	16
Ellie Downie	x 2 x 2	x 3 x 1	x 1 x 1		x 1	x 7 x 1 x 3	11
Ondine Achampong	x 2 x 2		x 1 x 1	x 2 x 1	x 1 x 1	x 6 x 4 x 1	11
Imogen Cairns	x 1	x 3 x 1	x 1	x 1 x 1	x 1 x 2	x 4 x 4 x 3	11
Amy Tinkler	x 1 x 1	x 1			x 3	x 4 x 2	6
Gabrielle Jupp	x 1		x 1 x 1	x 1	x 1	x 4 x 1	5

Most Decorated Gymnasts at British Championships

	All-Around	Vault	Uneven Bars	Balance Beam	Floor	Total
Hannah Whelan	x 2 x 2		x 1 x 1	x 1 x 5 x 1	x 1 x 3	x 3 x 7 x 7	17
Becky Downie	x 2 x 1	x 1	x 4 x 2 x 1	x 3 x 1	x 1	x 10 x 5 x 1	16
Beth Tweddle	x 7		x 4 x 1	x 1	x 2	x 14 x 1	15
Claudia Fragapane	x 1 x 1 x 1	x 1 x 2	x 2	x 1 x 1	x 4	x 2 x 8 x 4	14
Ellie Downie	x 2 x 2	x 3 x 1	x 1 x 1		x 1	x 7 x 1 x 3	11
Ondine Achampong	x 2 x 2		x 1 x 1	x 2 x 1	x 1 x 1	x 6 x 4 x 1	11
Imogen Cairns	x 1	x 3 x 1	x 1	x 1 x 1	x 1 x 2	x 4 x 4 x 3	11
Kelly Simm	x 1 x 1	x 1 x 2 x 1	x 1 x 1	x 1		x 3 x 3 x 3	9
Georgia-Mae Fenton	x 1		x 1 x 3	x 1 x 1	x 2	x 2 x 3 x 4	9
Alice Kinsella	x 1 x 1		x 1 x 1 x 1	x 1 x 1	x 1	x 3 x 3 x 2	8
Niamh Rippin	x 1	x 2 x 1			x 1 x 2 x 1	x 3 x 2 x 3	8
Emily Roper	x 1	x 2 x 2	x 1	x 1	x 1	x 1 x 2 x 5	8

Gallery

Multi-time British Women's Medallist

Beth Tweddle
17 x British medallist

Becky Downie
16 x British medallist

Hannah Whelan
17 x British medallist

Claudia Fragapane
14 x British medallist

Ellie Downie
11 x British medallist

Imogen Cairns
11 x British medallist

Ondine Achampong
11 x British medallist

Multi-time British Men's Medallist

Max Whitlock

Daniel Purvis
10 x British medallist

Dan Keatings

Joe Fraser
10 x British medallist

Jake Jarman
16 x British medallist

See also

• Great Britain women's national artistic gymnastics team
• Great Britain men's national artistic gymnastics team
• British Gymnastics