Beth Tweddle

Elizabeth Tweddle MBE
Tweddle in March 2012
Personal information
Full name	Elizabeth Kimberly Tweddle
Country represented	Great Britain  England
Born	(1985-04-01) 1 April 1985 (age 39) Johannesburg, South Africa
Hometown	Bunbury, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Height	160 cm (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Years on national team	1994–2013 (GBR)[2]
Club	City of Liverpool
Head coach(es)	Amanda Reddin
Assistant coach(es)	Zoltan Jordanov
Choreographer	Corina Morosan, Adriana Pop
Eponymous skills	Tweddle: sole circle backward with counter straddle hecht with 1/2 turn on high bar in mixed L-grip
Retired	6 August 2013
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 1 World Championships 3 0 2 European Championships 6 4 1 World Cup Final 1 2 0 Summer Universiade 3 0 2 Commonwealth Games 1 2 0 Total 14 8 6 Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2012 London Uneven Bars World Championships 2006 Aarhus Uneven Bars 2009 London Floor Exercise 2010 Rotterdam Uneven Bars 2003 Anaheim Uneven Bars 2005 Melbourne Uneven Bars World Cup Final 2006 São Paulo Uneven Bars 2004 Birmingham Uneven Bars 2006 São Paulo Floor Exercise European Championships 2006 Volos Uneven Bars 2009 Milan Uneven Bars 2009 Milan Floor Exercise 2010 Birmingham Uneven Bars 2010 Birmingham Floor Exercise 2011 Berlin Uneven Bars 2004 Amsterdam Uneven Bars 2007 Amsterdam Floor Exercise 2008 Clermont Floor Exercise 2010 Birmingham Team 2002 Patras Uneven Bars Summer Universiade 2005 İzmir Uneven Bars 2009 Belgrade Uneven Bars 2009 Belgrade Floor Exercise 2005 İzmir All-Around 2005 İzmir Balance Beam Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2002 Manchester Uneven Bars 2002 Manchester Team 2002 Manchester All-Around

Elizabeth Kimberly Tweddle MBE (born 1 April 1985) is a retired English artistic gymnast. Renowned for her uneven bar and floor routines, she was the first female gymnast from Great Britain to win a medal at the European Championships, World Championships, and Olympic Games. Tweddle, known for her consistency and longevity as an elite gymnast, is regarded as a pioneer of the renaissance of British gymnastics at the beginning of the twenty-first century that saw the country's gymnastics programme progress from 'also ran' to consistent global competitiveness, and along with peers such as Vanessa Ferrari of Italy and Isabelle Severino of France, helped begin a period of significant success for western European gymnasts globally.^[3][4]

Tweddle represented Great Britain at three Olympic Games. She is the 2012 Olympic bronze medalist on uneven bars, the 2006 and 2010 World Champion on the uneven bars, the 2009 World Champion on floor exercise, a four-time European Champion on the uneven bars, and a two-time European Champion on the floor exercise. She is a Commonwealth Games gold medalist, and a three-time champion in the Universiade.

Tweddle retired in August 2013.^[5] Following retirement, Tweddle took on a variety of media and sporting work. On 10 March 2013, she won the eighth series of Dancing on Ice along with Daniel Whiston, who won the show for the third time. In 2014, she took part in the ninth and (at the time) last series of Dancing on Ice, the "All-Stars" series, with her new skating partner Łukasz Różycki, making the final and coming third.

In 2016, Tweddle participated in the third series of Channel 4 reality contest show The Jump.^[6] However, on 7 February, two weeks into the show, Tweddle suffered a back injury and withdrew. It was reported on 8 February 2016 that she had undergone successful surgery to fuse two vertebrae.^[7] As of 2023, she remains a regular analyst on her sport for the BBC and Eurosport.