Ruby Harrold | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Ruby Esther Harrold | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Stevenage, England, UK |
4 June 1996 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Bristol, England, UK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior international elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | The Academy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team |
LSU (2016–20) |
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Head coach(es) | Liz Kincaid | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assistant coach(es) | Nia Edwards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Music | My Number One by Elena Paparizou (2012–13) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World ranking | All Around 4 (2013–14) Bars 36 (2012) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ruby Harrold (born 4 June 1996) is a British artistic gymnast who was a member of the British Olympic team for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Harrold was also a reserve athlete for the 2012 Summer Olympics team. Harrold was also a member of the British team that won a bronze medal in the team final at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Harrold is now also a member of the LSU Tigers gymnastics team. She received a full athletic scholarship to attend Louisiana State University, beginning Fall of 2016.
In April, Harrold competed at the 2010 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Birmingham, United Kingdom. She contributed an all around score of 50.600 towards the British team's fifth-place finish.
In July, Harrold competed at the British Championships in Guildford, United Kingdom. She placed fourth in the all around with a score of 52.800. In event finals, she placed first on vault scoring 13.620 and seventh on floor scoring 12.250.
In May, Harrold participated in the British Teams competition in Guildford, United Kingdom. She contributed an all around score of 50.300 toward The Academy's fifth-place finish.
In July, Harrold competed at the British Championships in Liverpool, United Kingdom. She placed second in the uneven bars final with a score of 13.250.
In May, Harrold competed at the 2012 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Brussels, Belgium as a replacement for her injured teammate Imogen Cairns. She contributed a vault score of 14.566 and an uneven bars score of 14.333 towards the British team's fourth-place finish. Harrold placed seventh in the uneven bars final with a score of 14.366. She said, "It was an amazing competition, a really good atmosphere and we competed really well as a team. We know each other really well having practiced side by side for weeks and it all went to plan."