Marissa King

Marissa King
Full nameMarissa Petra King
Nickname(s)Riss
Country represented United Kingdom
 England
Born (1991-04-20) 20 April 1991 (age 33)
Cambridge
HometownCambridge
Height154 cm (5 ft 1 in)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
ClubHuntingdon
College teamUniversity of Florida (2009-2013)
Head coach(es)Rhonda Faehn
Assistant coach(es)Adrian Burde, Robert Ladanyi
MusicAkordeon Latino (2012), Don't Cry For Me Argentina (2008)
Retired2013

Marissa Petra King (born 20 April 1991) is an English gymnast who represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, as well as the 2007 and 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Marissa is the daughter of a British father and Thai mother[1] and began gymnastics at age 8. During her elite career she trained at the Huntingdon Olympic Gymnastics Club and competed for the University of Florida Gators NCAA gymnastics team.[2] In 2011, she became the NCAA National Champion on vault with a score of 9.875 as well as being an 11-time All American.[2]

  1. ^ Women's Artistic. British-gymnastics.org. Retrieved on 2013-01-05.
  2. ^ a b "Marissa King – University of Florida – Biography". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2011.