James Hall
Hall at the 2022 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Personal information
Full nameJames Robert Hall
Country represented Great Britain
 England
Born (1995-10-06) 6 October 1995
Bankstown, Australia
ResidenceMaidstone, Kent
Height1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior Elite
Years on national team2014–present (GBR)
ClubPegasus GC
Head coach(es)Ionut Trandaburu, Ovi Rugina
World ranking8th
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2015 GlasgowTeam
Bronze medal – third place2022 LiverpoolTeam
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 MunichTeam
Silver medal – second place2018 GlasgowTeam
Bronze medal – third place2017 Cluj-NapocaAll-around
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Gold CoastTeam
Gold medal – first place2022 BirminghamTeam
Silver medal – second place2018 Gold CoastAll-around
Silver medal – second place2018 Gold CoastHorizontal bar
Silver medal – second place2022 BirminghamAll-around

James Robert Hall (born 6 October 1995)[1] is an English artistic gymnast. A member of the English and British Senior teams since 2014, he has best known as an all-around and team gymnast, having won all-around bronze and team gold and silver in the European Artistic Gymnastic Championships and two team golds and an individual all-round silver in the Commonwealth Games. His signature piece is horizontal bar, in which he has won silver at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Personal life

Hall was born 6 October 1995 in Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia. His family moved to Kent, England in 1997.[2]

He began gymnastics at age six after a coach encouraged him to so do.[2]

In 2018, Hall became an ambassador for the Young Lives Foundation, a charity that helps disadvantaged youth in Kent, England.[2]

Career

2015

Hall was the alternate for the silver medal winning GB team at the 2015 Glasgow world championships.

2017

Hall won the all-around bronze medal at the 2017 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in April 2017, held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.[3]

2018

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Hall was part of the team that won gold in the team event.[4] He also won silver on the individual all-around competition[5] as well as horizontal bar, both behind Nile Wilson.[6]

At the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow, Hall won a silver as part of the team.[7]

2019

In March 2019, Hall won the All-Around title at the British Championships.[8]

He also competed at the European Championships in Szczecin, Poland, as well as the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.[2]

2021

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Hall competed for Great Britain. The team took fourth place with a score of 255.76.

He also competed in the all around final where he finished in 8th position, one place ahead of teammate Joe Fraser.[9]

2022

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Hall was again part of the England team that won gold in the team event. [10] Despite sustaining an ankle injury during the competition, Hall also won silver in the individual all-around behind compatriot Jake Jarman.[11][12]

References

  1. ↑ "James Hall". British Gymnastics.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Artistic Gymnastics HALL James". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Vernyayev Rallies To Defend European All-Around Title". International Gymnast Magazine Online.
  4. ↑ "Commonwealth Games: England win gold in men's team final". BBC Sport. 5 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Commonwealth Games: England's Nile Wilson wins all-around gold, James Hall silver". BBC Sport. 7 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Commonwealth Games: Nile Wilson wins third gold as Alice Kinsella seals first Commonwealth title". 9 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "High bar falls cost British gymnasts as Russia takes European team gold". ESPN. 11 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "James Hall Crowned British All-around Champion". British Gymnastics. 22 March 2019.
  9. ↑ "Artistic Gymnastics - Final Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  10. ↑ "Commonwealth Games: England win landmark third team gymnastics gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  11. ↑ "Men's All-Around Medalists" (PDF). Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  12. ↑ "Commonwealth Games: Jake Jarman wins all-around gymnastics gold for England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
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