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The 2012 Summer Olympics held in London saw British gymnasts make history.

Competing in all the Olympic disciplines with full men’s and women’s artistic teams, Kat Driscoll in the trampoline, Frankie Jones in rhythmic and for the first time event a GBR rhythmic group, the gymnasts rose to the occasion and produced spectacular results.

The men’s team were crowned Olympic bronze medallists.
Louis Smith took silver and Max Whitlock bronze on pommel horse.
Beth Tweddle took bronze on uneven bars.

Read all the reports in the news sections.

Women’s Artistic
Imogen Cairns (age: 23, hometown: Bristol)
Jennifer Pinches (age: 18, hometown: High Peak)
Rebecca Tunney (age: 15, hometown: Manchester)
Elizabeth Tweddle (age: 27, hometown: Bunbury)
Hannah Whelan (age: 20, hometown: Stockport)

Men’s Artistic
Sam Oldham (age: 19, hometown: Nottingham)
Daniel Purvis (age: 21, hometown: Southport)
Louis Smith (age: 23, hometown: Peterborough)
Kristian Thomas (age: 23, hometown: Wolverhampton)
Max Whitlock (age: 19, hometown: Hemel Hempstead)

Trampoline Individual Female
Katherine Driscoll (age: 26, hometown: Houghton-le-Spring)

Rhythmic Individual
Francesca Jones (age: 21, hometown: Wellingborough)

Rhythmic Group
Georgina Cassar (age: 18, hometown: Bath)
Jade Faulkner (age: 18, hometown: Swindon)
Francesca Fox (age: 20, hometown: Trowbridge)
Lynne Hutchison (age: 17, hometown: Bath)
Louisa Pouli (age: 19, hometown: Bath)
Rachel Smith (age: 19, hometown: Bath)