Imogen Cairns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Imogen Jayne Cairns | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Great Britain England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Southmead, Bristol, England | 26 January 1989|||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Portishead, Somerset, England[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 156 cm (5 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | The Academy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Liz Kincaid | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Choreographer | Valorie Kondos Field | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Music | Alone by Delirium (2008–2011), Pulmon by Bajofondo (2012) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | October 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
World ranking | Vault 12 (2011) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Imogen Jayne Cairns (born 26 January 1989) is a British former artistic gymnast who competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.[2] Representing England, Cairns was a three-time Commonwealth Games champion in vault, twice, and in floor exercise.
Cairns chose Portishead over Devon, effectively leaving home at 14 to move in with a friend.