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| Full name | Lisa Elena Jane Mason | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | English | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 February 1982 [1] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Huntington Gymnastics Club | |||||||||||||||||
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Lisa Elena Jane Mason (born 26 February 1982 in Aylesbury, England) is a British gymnast who has competed for her country at the Commonwealth Games (for England), European championships, World championships and the Olympic Games.[1] She was the vault champion at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, and was part of the first Great Britain women's artistic gymnastic team to qualify for the team event at the Olympic Games.
Having retired aged 18 in 2001, Mason unusually made a very successful elite comeback aged 31, winning numerous national titles and being invited to World trials for the Great Britain team, despite team ranking having improved dramatically in the years since her first retirement.
In 2020 Mason, with fellow gymnast Catherine Lyons went public with allegations of serious physical and mental abuse within the British Gymnastics system[2] In response several elite and former elite gymnasts came forward, corroborating Lyons and Mason's allegations in their own careers, including European champions Becky Downie and Ellie Downie and Olympic medallist Amy Tinkler . Later that year, British Gymnastics CEO Jane Allen resigned from her role, though denied her resignation was linked to the Lyons and Mason interviews and their fallout.[3]
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lisa Mason". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
- ^ Scott, Steve (7 July 2020). "'Beaten and starved': Stars allege abuse at heart of British Gymnastics". ITV News. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "British Gymnastics CEO to retire amid allegations of abuse in the sport". ITV News. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2021.