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Country represented | Great Britain England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bristol, England | 24 October 1997|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 140 cm (4 ft 7 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior international elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2011–2023 (GBR) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Bristol Hawks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Helen Potter, Rory Weavers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Music | 2013–2014: Shake Break Bounce by The Chemical Brothers[citation needed] 2015–2016: Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag by Pigbag[citation needed] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 9 February 2024[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Claudia Fragapane (born 24 October 1997)[3] is a retired British artistic gymnast.[4][5] She came to prominence at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, where she was the first English woman to win four gold medals in a single Games since 1930.[6] In 2015, Fragapane was part of the women's gymnastics team that won Great Britain's first-ever team medal, a bronze, at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, before winning an individual world championship bronze on floor two years later.[7]
She competed for Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. but failed to make any individual finals. She helped the Great Britain team to finish 5th in the team final.[8] Following a series of injuries which limited her international career, she returned to the England Commonwealth Games team in 2022, winning her fifth Commonwealth Games gold in the women's team event.
Domestically, Fragapane is an eight-time English champion, and two-time British champion.
Fragapane's Italian-born dad wears Italy football shirts when she competes