James Hall (gymnast)

James Hall
Hall at the 2022 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Personal information
Full nameJames Robert Hall
Born (1995-10-06) 6 October 1995 (age 29)
Bankstown, Australia
ResidenceMaidstone, Kent
Height1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented Great Britain
 England
Years on national team2014–present (GBR)
LevelSenior Elite
ClubPegasus GC
Head coach(es)Ionut Trandaburu
World ranking8th
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Glasgow Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Liverpool Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Munich Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Glasgow Team
Silver medal – second place 2024 Rimini Team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Cluj-Napoca All-around
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast All-around
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast Horizontal bar
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham All-around

James Robert Hall (born 6 October 1995)[1] is an English artistic gymnast. A member of the English and British Senior teams since 2014, he has best known as an all-around and team gymnast, having won all-around bronze and team gold and silver in the European Artistic Gymnastic Championships and two team golds and an individual all-round silver in the Commonwealth Games. His signature piece is horizontal bar, in which he has won silver at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Personal life

Hall was born 6 October 1995 in Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia. His family moved to Kent, England in 1997.[2]

He began gymnastics at age six after a coach encouraged him to so do.[2]

In 2018, Hall became an ambassador for the Young Lives Foundation, a charity that helps disadvantaged youth in Kent, England.[2]

Career

2015

Hall was the alternate for the silver medal winning GB team at the 2015 Glasgow world championships.

2017

Hall won the all-around bronze medal at the 2017 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in April 2017, held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.[3]

2018

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Hall was part of the team that won gold in the team event.[4] He also won silver on the individual all-around competition[5] as well as horizontal bar, both behind Nile Wilson.[6]

At the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow, Hall won a silver as part of the team.[7]

2019

In March 2019, Hall won the All-Around title at the British Championships.[8]

He also competed at the European Championships in Szczecin, Poland, as well as the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.[2]

2021

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Hall competed for Great Britain. The team took fourth place with a score of 255.76.

He also competed in the all around final where he finished in 8th position, one place ahead of teammate Joe Fraser.[9]

2022

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Hall was again part of the England team that won gold in the team event.[10] Despite sustaining an ankle injury during the competition, Hall also won silver in the individual all-around behind compatriot Jake Jarman.[11][12]

References

  1. ^ "James Hall". British Gymnastics.
  2. ^ a b c d "Artistic Gymnastics HALL James". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Vernyayev Rallies To Defend European All-Around Title". International Gymnast Magazine Online.
  4. ^ "Commonwealth Games: England win gold in men's team final". BBC Sport. 5 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Commonwealth Games: England's Nile Wilson wins all-around gold, James Hall silver". BBC Sport. 7 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Commonwealth Games: Nile Wilson wins third gold as Alice Kinsella seals first Commonwealth title". 9 April 2018.
  7. ^ "High bar falls cost British gymnasts as Russia takes European team gold". ESPN. 11 August 2018.
  8. ^ "James Hall Crowned British All-around Champion". British Gymnastics. 22 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics - Final Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Commonwealth Games: England win landmark third team gymnastics gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  11. ^ "Men's All-Around Medalists" (PDF). Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  12. ^ "Commonwealth Games: Jake Jarman wins all-around gymnastics gold for England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 July 2022.