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Jennifer Gadirova

Jennifer Gadirova (born 3 October 2004) is an English artistic gymnast of Irish birth and Azerbaijani descent, representing Great Britain internationally.[4] She represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the team event, and was part of the Great Britain team to win silver, their best ever result, in the team event at the 2022 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and the same medal at the 2022 European Championships. Competing at the 2019 Junior World Championships, she won a silver medal in the vault final.[5]

Jennifer Gadirova
Gadirova at the 2019 Junior World Championships
Personal information
Country represented Great Britain
 England
Born (2004-10-03) 3 October 2004 (age 20)[1]
Dublin, Ireland[2]
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior international elite
Years on national team2019 – present (GBR)
ClubAylesbury Gymnastics Academy[3]
Head coach(es)Molly Richardson, Joshua Richardson
Medal record
Women's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Liverpool Team
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Munich Team
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Győr Vault
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Challenge Cup 0 0 1
Total 0 0 1

Jennifer Gadirova is the twin sister and teammate of the 2022 World Champion on floor exercise, Jessica Gadirova.[1]

Personal life

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Gadirova and her twin sister Jessica were born in Dublin, Ireland, and are of Azerbaijani background.[6] Their father, Natig Gadirov, is a citizen of Azerbaijan and their mother is Azerbaijani as well. Gadirova was born in Dublin while her parents worked there for a few months; as a result she has Azeri, Irish and British citizenships.[7][8] Her paternal grandparents live in Baku: grandmother is a retired paediatrician, and grandfather is a professor in physics and mathematics.[9] Gadirova and her sister began gymnastics at six years old because their mother wanted them to have an outlet for their energy.[4]

Junior gymnastics career

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Espoir: 2016

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Gadirova competed at the 2016 English Championships, where she placed first on floor exercise, winning the Christine Bowker Artistry Trophy, and fourth in the all-around.[10]

Junior: 2018–19

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Gadirova competed at the 2018 English Championships in February where she placed twelfth.[11] The following month she competed at the British Championships, where she placed fifth on floor exercise, sixth on vault, and nineteenth in the all-around.[12] She ended the season competing at the British Team Championships, where she placed third in the junior non-squad all-around.[13]

In March 2019, Gadirova competed at the English Championships, where she placed third behind Ondine Achampong and Halle Hilton.[14] Later that month she competed at the British Championships where she placed fifth in the all-around and won gold on floor exercise, silver on vault, behind Annie Young, and bronze on uneven bars, behind Achampong and Young.[15]

Gadirova competed at the inaugural Junior World Championships in Győr, Hungary alongside her twin sister Jessica and Alia Leat. During the team final the trio finished in sixth place and individually Gadirova finished seventh in the all-around.[16] During event finals Gadirova won silver on vault with a score of 14.133 behind American Kayla DiCello. Additionally she finished fourth on floor exercise (13.266) and sixth on balance beam (13.133).[4] Gadirova was the first British gymnast to win a medal at the Junior World Championships.[5]

 
Team / All-Around Final
 
Balance Beam Final
 
Floor Exercise Final
Gadirova at the 2019 Junior World Championships

In July Gadirova competed at the Sainté Gym Cup, where she helped Great Britain win team gold.[17] In September she competed at the 2019 Women's Artistic Adrian Stan British Teams Championships, finishing second in the junior all-around, after her sister.[18] In November she competed at the Massilia Cup in France, winning gold on vault and silver on floor.[19]

Senior gymnastics career

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2020

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In 2020 Gadirova became age-eligible for senior level competition; her senior debut was the 2020 American Cup[20] where she replaced the injured Amelie Morgan. She placed fourth behind Morgan Hurd, Kayla DiCello (both from the United States), and Hitomi Hatakeda of Japan. While there, she received the highest score on floor exercise (13.700) and vault (14.566), second highest on balance beam (13.933), and tenth highest on uneven bars.[21]

2021

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In April Gadirova was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2021 European Championships alongside her twin sister Jessica, Alice Kinsella, and Amelie Morgan.[22] Later that month she withdrew as a precaution due to a minor injury and was replaced by Phoebe Jakubczyk.[23]

On 7 June, Gadirova was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics, alongside her twin sister Jessica, Alice Kinsella, and Amelie Morgan.[24] At the Olympic Games, Gadirova qualified for the all-around final; additionally Great Britain qualified for the team final. During the team final, Gadirova performed on vault, balance beam, and floor exercise, hitting all of her routines and helping Great Britain win the bronze medal, their first Olympic team medal in 93 years.[25] During the all-around final, Gadirova had some minor issues on the uneven bars but still finished thirteenth place overall.[26] Originally Gadirova was the first reserve for the floor exercise final but she was able to compete after Simone Biles withdrew. During the floor exercise event final, Gadirova finished in seventh place.[27]

In December 2021 Gadirova became a brand ambassador for gymnastics leotard manufacturer Milano Pro-Sport.[28]

2022

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In March Gadirova competed at the 2022 English Championships where she placed third on bars and second on floor.[29] Later that month she competed at the British Championships in Liverpool where she won bronze in the all-around with a score of 52.350, placing behind her Aylesbury teammates Jessica Gadirova and Ondine Achampong.[30] She then went on to win bronze on the uneven bars, gold on balance beam and silver on floor exercise.[31] In July Gadirova was selected to compete at the 2022 European Championships alongside her sister Jessica, Achampong, Georgia-Mae Fenton, and Alice Kinsella.[32] While there she contributed scores on balance beam and floor exercise towards Great Britain's second place finish.[33] During event finals Gadirova placed fifth on floor exercise.

In September Gadirova competed at the Paris World Challenge Cup. She qualified to the balance beam and floor exercise finals. She won bronze on floor exercise behind Americans Jordan Chiles and Shilese Jones and placed fourth on balance beam.[34] Later that month Gadirova was named to the team to compete at the 2022 World Championships, once again alongside her twin sister Jessica, Achampong, Kinsella, and Fenton.[35] Gadirova qualified to the floor exercise final and helped Great Britain qualify to the team final. During the team final Gadirova competed on floor exercise, helping Great Britain win the silver medal and achieve their highest placement at a World Championships.[36]

2023

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In March Gadirova competed at the British championships, where she only competed on the beam, placing twelfth with a score of 11.950. She was also awarded master gymnast.[37] On the 20th April, it was confirmed that she was injured.[38]

Selected competitive skills

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Apparatus Name Description Difficulty[a] Performed
Vault Baitova Yurchenko entry, laid out salto backwards with two twists 5.4 2020
Uneven bars Piked Jaeger Reverse grip swing to piked salto forwards to catch high bar E 2020
Van Leeuwen Toe-On Shaposhnikova transition with ½ twist to high bar E 2020
Balance beam Switch Ring Switch Leap to Ring Position (180° split with raised back leg) E 2020
Double pike Dismount: Double piked salto backwards E 2022
Full-in Dismount: Full-twisting (1/1) double tucked salto backwards G 2020
Floor exercise Mukhina Full-twisting (1/1) double tucked salto backwards E 2022
Double Layout Double laid out salto backwards F 2021–22
Chusovitina Full-twisting (1/1) double laid out salto backwards H 2021
Silivas Double-twisting (2/1) double tucked salto backwards H 2020
  1. ^ Valid for the 2017–2020 Code of Points

Competitive history

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Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
Espoir
2016 English Championships 4 4  
Junior
2018 English Championships 12
British Championships 19 6 5
British Team Championships    
2019 English Championships  
British Championships 5      
FIT Challenge 4 11
Junior World Championships 6 7   6 4
Sainté Gym Cup   11
British Team Championships    
Elite Gym Massilia 9    
Senior
2020 American Cup 4
2021
Olympic Games   13 7
2022 English Championships   6  
British Championships        
European Championships   5
Paris Challenge Cup 4  
World Championships   7
2023 British Championships 12

References

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  1. ^ a b "Entry List by NOC - 1st FIG Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships" (PDF). FIG. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Athlete profile - Jennifer Gadirova". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Wall Of Fame". Aylesbury Gymnastics Academy.
  4. ^ a b c "GADIROVA Jennifer". FIG. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Jennifer makes history at 1st Junior Artistic World Championships". British Gymnastics. 29 June 2019.
  6. ^ Johnson, Anna Rose (8 July 2019). "Double Determination: Jennifer and Jessica Gadirova". Inside Gymnastics Magazine. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Азербайджанки Джессика и Дженнифер – будущие суперзвезды и главные надежды Великобритании". Haqqin (in Russian). 24 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Natig Gadirov: Jennifer And Jessica Are Fighters". Gymnovosti. 26 April 2021.
  9. ^ Натик Гадиров – об успехе азербайджанских гимнасток: Они должны вернуть долг Великобритании, где выросли и обучились всему
  10. ^ "2016 English Championships Results". 20 March 2016.
  11. ^ "2018 English Championships Results". 11 February 2018.
  12. ^ "2018 British Championships Results". The Gymternet. 12 March 2018.
  13. ^ "2018 British Team Championships Results". The Gymternet. 18 September 2018.
  14. ^ "2019 English Championships Results". The Gymternet. 5 March 2019.
  15. ^ "2019 British Championships Results". The Gymternet. 18 March 2020.
  16. ^ "2019 Junior World Championships Results". The Gymternet. 2 July 2019.
  17. ^ "2019 Sainté Gym Cup Results". The Gymternet. 8 July 2019.
  18. ^ "The Academy come out on top in battle of British teams - British Gymnastics". www.british-gymnastics.org. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  19. ^ "Medals for British gymnasts on busy weekend of competition - British Gymnastics". www.british-gymnastics.org. Archived from the original on 16 July 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  20. ^ "James Hall secures brilliant bronze at American Cup - British Gymnastics". www.british-gymnastics.org. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  21. ^ "Morgan Hurd captures women's all-around title at American Cup". The Guardian. Associated Press. 7 March 2020. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  22. ^ "British gymnasts announced for 2021 Artistic European Championships". British Gymnastics. 1 April 2021. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  23. ^ British Gymnastics [@BritGymnastics] (15 April 2021). "There's a change to our line up for the European Championships. Phoebe Jakubczyk will now compete for the British team, with Jennifer Gadirova withdrawing as a precaution. Jennifer will continue training at her home gym ahead of the final Olympic trials in May. @UEGymnastics https://t.co/heFbrIICM1" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2023 – via Twitter.
  24. ^ "Women's artistic gymnastics team named by Team GB for Tokyo Olympics". British Gymnastics. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  25. ^ "Tokyo Olympics: Team GB win bronze in women's team gymnastics for first time since 1928". Sky News. 27 July 2021.
  26. ^ "Jessica Gadirova makes history in Olympic all-around final". British Gymnastics. 29 July 2021.
  27. ^ "Jessica Gadirova 6th and Jennifer 7th in Olympic floor final". British Gymnastics. 2 August 2021.
  28. ^ "Jessica and Jennifer Gadirova Announced as Milano's New Brand Ambassadors". Total Licensing. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  29. ^ "2022 English Championships Results". The Gymternet. 13 March 2022.
  30. ^ "Gadirova and Fraser win British all-around titles". British Gymnastics. 26 March 2022.
  31. ^ "Gymnastics British Championships 2022". British Gymnastics. 27 March 2022.
  32. ^ "Team announced for 2022 Artistic European Championships". British Gymnastics. 4 July 2022.
  33. ^ "Italy win artistic gymnastics team gold at European Championships". International Olympic Committee. 13 August 2022.
  34. ^ "USA dazzles in Paris with ten medals, including four gold". International Gymnastics Federation. 26 September 2022.
  35. ^ "Unchanged GBR women's team named for World Gymnastics Championships". British Gymnastics. 28 September 2022.
  36. ^ "Historic world silver for women's team in Liverpool". British Gymnastics. 1 November 2022.
  37. ^ British Gymnastics [@BritGymnastics] (19 April 2023). "The Olympic Athlete of the Year Award, sponsored by @MilanoProSport goes to... Giarnni Regini-Moran and Jessica Gadirova! 🌟 Last year, they were both crowned 2022 World Floor Champions! We can't wait to see what these two achieve next. Congratulations to Jess and Giarnni 👏 https://t.co/Isp85F0JOg" (Tweet). Retrieved 28 April 2023 – via Twitter.
  38. ^ Violet [@gadirovaGB] (20 April 2023). "Confirmation on Jen's injury https://t.co/NkWFI3Szx3" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 25 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023 – via Twitter.
 
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