Gabrielle Jupp

Gabrielle 'Gabby' Jupp (born 12 June 1997) Was a British artistic gymnast.[1] She trained at Sapphire School of Gymnastics Limited in Hemel Hempstead and is coached by Steve Price. Her best events are balance beam and floor exercise. Gabby Jupp was a torch bearer in the London 2012 Olympic torch relay where she ran with the Olympic flame through Harrow, London.

Gabby Jupp
Full nameGabrielle Jupp
Nickname(s)Gabs, Gabbers
Country represented Great Britain
Born (1997-06-12) June 12, 1997
Barnet, United Kingdom
HometownBorehamwood, United Kingdom
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2012present
ClubSapphire School of Gymnastics Limited
Head coach(es)Steve Price
ChoreographerIrena Kozyreva
Music"Taquito Militar" by Mariano Mores & Orchestra
Retired23 November 2019
World ranking19 (2014)

She attends Dame Alice Owen's School in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire and has 3 sisters, Jessica, Olivia and Bethany and a twin brother Luke.[2]

Junior career

Originally, Jupp trained at Hendon Gymnastics Club in North London. After a disappointing first year at the British Espoir Championships (2009) she changed clubs and began training at the Sapphire School of Gymnastics Limited. When she returned to the British Espoir Championships the following year (2010), she placed 2nd in the all-around, 1st on beam and 3rd on floor.

2012

2012 was a good year for Jupp. After placing 2nd in the all-around at the British National Championships two consecutive years in her respective age category (once as an Espoir and once as a Junior), she finally placed 1st, as the British Junior Champion (2012).[3] In the same year she also took the English Junior title. Gabby was part of the British Junior team at the 2012 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Brussels, Belgium that came 4th. She also won a Bronze medal on Floor and came 5th in the All-Around competition and 6th on Balance Beam.[4] Too young to be considered for the London Games, Jupp was given the opportunity to take part in an Olympic ambassador programme. This gave her the opportunity to watch the gymnastics live at The O2 Arena, alongside other events and enter the GB house.[5]

Senior career

2013

In March, Gabby made her debut to Senior international competition at the FIG World Cup in Worcester (The American Cup), USA where she placed 6th all-around, 2nd on beams, 5th on bars and floor and 8th on vault [6] She went on to compete at the World Cup in Doha where she won Bronze on Balance Beam and the Uneven Bars.[7]

At the British Championships, she became the Senior British All-Around Champion.[8] She also won the British titles on Floor and Balance Beam, as well as a Silver on Uneven Bars behind 2008 Olympian, Becky Downie.[9]

In April, she was chosen for the team competing at the 2013 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Moscow, Russia. During qualifiers she landed awkwardly from her Balance Beam dismount injuring her knee, and had to pull out of the competition. Her score qualified her for Balance Beam finals, despite the fall, but she had to return to the UK for medical assessment for her knee.[10][11] The injury was later reported to be an ACL tear. Jupp had surgery in May and was out of competition for about a year. She told Hemel Today, "I kind of heard a snap but I didn't know how bad it was". She continued to say that she learnt a lot from her experience in Moscow and vowed to return to gymnastics when recovered.[12][13]

2014 & 2015

Jupp returned to competition at the 2014 British Team Championships in September 2014 after tearing her ACL. She was chosen to join the team travelling to compete at the World Championships in Nanning, China with Becky Downie, Hannah Whelan, Claudia Fragapane, Ruby Harrold, Kelly Simm and Charlie Fellows. The British team qualified in 4th for the Team Final but finished 6th in the final itself. Jupp contributed to the team with scores on floor, uneven bars and balance beam.

Jupp was set to compete at the English Championships in March 2015 but unfortunately suffered another tear to her ACL in her right leg meaning she spent the rest of the year in recovery of her injuries.[14]

2016

In April 2016, she participated at the 2016 British Artistic Gymnastics Championships; she won the bars title.

2019

In November 2019, Jupp announced that she had retired from Elite gymnastics in previous months due to consistent injuries.

Competitive Highlights

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2010British Espoir Championships65
British Team Championships6
UK School Games64
2011British Junior Championships4
English Junior Championships4
European Youth Olympic Festival7
Junior International Gymnix58
2012Junior British Championships
Junior English Championships
Junior European Championships456
2013American Cup6855
British Championships
Doha World Cup4
2014British Team Championships
World Championships6
2015did not compete
2016Welsh Championships
British Team Championships
British Championships
Olympic Team Event9
European Championships7
2017did not compete
2018Toyota International

References

  1. "British Gymnastics: Gymnast Profiles". British-gymnastics.org. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
  2. "Dame Alice Owen's School - News & Dates - Sports News". Damealiceowens.herts.sch.uk. Archived from the original on 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
  3. "International Gymnast Magazine Online - Jupp, Baines, Thompson Win British Junior Titles". Intlgymnast.com. 2012-06-22. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
  4. "Latest news - Sapphire School of Gymnastics". Sapphiregymnastics.co.uk. 2013-11-03. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
  5. "Gabrielle Jupp - Uneven Bars - 2013 AT&T American Cup". YouTube. 2013-03-02. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
  6. "Thomas 5th, Jupp 6th at American Cup - British Gymnastics - Latest News". British Gymnastics. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
  7. Anna Kessel (2013-04-16). "Gabby Jupp: 'Being British gymnastics champion is still a shock to me' | Sport". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
  8. "BBC Sport - Max Whitlock and Gabby Jupp win GB Gymnastics titles". Bbc.co.uk. 2013-03-23. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
  9. "Britain's best crowned in apparatus and masters finals - British Gymnastics - Latest News". British Gymnastics. 2013-03-24. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
  10. Hope, Nick (2013-04-18). "BBC Sport - Rebecca Downie impresses, but Gabby Jupp out injured". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
  11. "5th European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastic Individual Championships : Women's Apparatus Finals : List of Qualifiers" (PDF). Gymnasticsresults.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-07-30. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
  12. "ACL tear for Gabby Jupp". Full Twist. Retrieved 2013-09-05.
  13. "Injured Gabby Jupp vows to bounce back - Gymnastics - Hemel Gazette". Hemeltoday.co.uk. 2013-04-26. Retrieved 2013-09-05.
  14. "Confirmed ACL tear 2 for Gabby Jupp". Full Twist. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
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