Hannah Whelan
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Hannah Whelan in 2011
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| Full name | Hannah Kate Whelan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |
 Great Britain England
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1 July 1992 Singapore |
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| Hometown | , United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2008-2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | City of Liverpool | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Claire Duffy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Sophie Whelan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Amanda Reddin, Sarah Attwell, Helen Hall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Adriana Pop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Music | Bandoneon Acorazado by Tango Fusion Club (2011-2012) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Alma mater | Liverpool John Moores University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hannah Kate Whelan (born 1 July 1992) is a retired British artistic gymnast who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics. Whelan won three European Championships medals and four British senior national titles, and was the bronze medallist in the all-around at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Whelan, the daughter of Mike and Karen Whelan, was born on 1 July 1992 in Singapore, where she lived until she was two years old. Her family then moved to . It was there that Whelan began gymnastics. She said: "At the age of six, after constantly cartwheeling around the house and Tesco, I persuaded my mum to take me to a gymnastic class. There, I was immediately spotted as a talent and began training at South Manchester Gymnastics Club with coach Helen Hall." A year later, when Whelan was seven, her family moved to the United States, where she trained at Flips Gymnastics Academy in Texas. In 2001, at the age of nine, she moved back to Stockport with her family and resumed training with Hall, this time at Vernon Park Gymnastics Club.
In 2005, Whelan switched gyms and began training under Sarah Attwell at the City of Liverpool Gymnastics Club, alongside Beth Tweddle. "Beth always helped me in the gym," she said. "Just the little comments help to pick you up if things are going wrong. She has the experience and she has had bad days in the gym, but it's good to know that she's gotten where she has by living through the same things that you are." After 2008, Whelan began training under Amanda Reddin.
Whelan attended Bramhall High School but missed much of her final year due to training. Despite this, she passed eight GCSE exams, receiving seven B's and one C. She is currently studying sports development at Liverpool John Moores University.
Whelan made her senior international debut at a World Cup event in Doha, Qatar, in March 2008. She placed eighth on balance beam, scoring 13.000, and eighth on floor exercise, scoring 13.050. In June, she placed third in the all-around competition at the British Championships in Guildford with a total score of 56.100.
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