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Catherine Lyons

{{Short description|British gymnast (born 2000)}}

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| headcoach = Rochelle Douglas

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| music = 2012: "Requim for a Tower" by Escala
2013-2014: "Kissing You" by Des'ree
2015: "Hello" by Evanescence

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{{MedalCompetition|European Junior Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2014 Sofia|Floor Exercise}}

{{MedalSilver|2014 Sofia|Team}}

{{Medal|Competition|Australian Youth Olympic Festival}}

{{Medal|Silver|2013 Sydney|Team}}

{{Medal|Competition|British Junior Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2014 Liverpool|Floor Exercise}}

{{Medal|Gold|2015 Liverpool|All-Around}}

{{Medal|Gold|2015 Liverpool|Vault}}

{{Medal|Gold|2015 Liverpool|Balance Beam}}

{{Medal|Gold|2015 Liverpool|Floor Exercise}}

{{Medal|Silver|2014 Liverpool|Balance Beam}}

{{Medal|Silver|2015 Liverpool|Uneven Bars}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2014 Liverpool|All-Around}}

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Catherine Lyons (born 30 August 2000) is a former British artistic gymnast. She has represented Great Britain numerous times in a prodigious junior career, most notably at the 2014 European Championships where she was crowned Junior European Floor Champion as well as taking home a silver with the team. Lyons retired from the sport in 2018, aged 17.

In 2020 Lyons, with fellow gymnast Lisa Mason went public with allegations of serious physical and mental abuse within the British Gymnastics system{{Cite web|last=Scott|first=Steve|date=2020-07-07|title='Beaten and starved': Stars allege abuse at heart of British Gymnastics|url=https://www.itv.com/news/2020-07-06/beaten-and-starved-stars-allege-abuse-at-heart-of-british-gymnastics|access-date=2021-10-11|website=ITV News|language=en}} In response several elite and former elite gymnasts came forward, corroborating Lyons and Mason's allegations in their own careers, including European champions Becky Downie and Ellie Downie and Olympic medallist Amy Tinkler. Later that year, British Gymnastics CEO Jane Allen resigned from her role, although denied her resignation was linked to the Lyons and Mason interviews and their fallout.{{Cite web|date=2020-10-13|title=British Gymnastics CEO to retire amid allegations of abuse in the sport|url=https://www.itv.com/news/2020-10-13/under-fire-british-gymnastics-ceo-jane-allen-announces-retirement-amid-allegations-of-abuse-and-bullying-in-the-sport|access-date=2021-10-11|website=ITV News|language=en}}

Junior career

=2014=

At the 2014 British Championships, Lyons took home all-around bronze as well as Floor gold and Beam silver. In May, Lyons competed at the 2014 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria winning a silver with the team and a gold on the Floor.{{cite web |url=http://longinestiming.com/File/Download?id=00000D000001000000FFFFFFFFFFFF02 |title=Longines Timing |accessdate=2014-07-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715000418/http://www.longinestiming.com/File/Download?id=00000D000001000000FFFFFFFFFFFF02 |archivedate=15 July 2014 |df=dmy-all }}{{cite web |url=http://longinestiming.com/File/Download?id=00000D000001000002FFFFFFFFFFFF40 |title=Longines Timing |accessdate=2014-07-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717234236/http://longinestiming.com/File/Download?id=00000D000001000002FFFFFFFFFFFF40 |archivedate=17 July 2014 |df=dmy-all }}

=2015=

In March, Lyons competed at the English Championships in Loughborough. In the all-around competition she scored 14.450 on the vault, 12.200 on the uneven bars, 14.550 on the balance beam and 13.500 on the floor exercise finishing with a score of 54.700. Lyons' balance beam was over half a point higher than any senior gymnast in the English gymnast, the highest senior balance beam score was 13.900 posted by Olympic medallist Amy Tinkler, Lyons' all-around total would have been enough for the bronze medal if she were a senior.https://memberportal.british-gymnastics.org/bgcrm/Library/Jan%20Charlton/English%20MAG%20&%20WAG%20Championships%202015%20Results.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304194019/https://memberportal.british-gymnastics.org/bgcrm/Library/Jan%20Charlton/English%20MAG%20%26%20WAG%20Championships%202015%20Results.pdf |date=4 March 2016 }} {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}

Later in March, Lyons competed at the British Championships in Liverpool. Lyons had a solid performance in the all-around competition scoring 14.100 on the vault, 13.200 on the uneven bars, 14.100 on the balance beam and 14.200 on the floor exercise for a total score of 55.600 winning gold and 2.800 points better than the second place gymnast.{{Cite web |url=http://www.british-gymnastics.org/results/7898/Womens_Junior_Championships_-_All-Around.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2 May 2015 |archive-date=20 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320163806/https://www.british-gymnastics.org/results/7898/Womens_Junior_Championships_-_All-Around.pdf |url-status=dead }} Lyons medalled in every event final, winning gold in the vault final with an average score of 13.675,http://www.british-gymnastics.org/results/7898/Womens_Junior_Apparatus_Finals_-_Vault.pdf {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} a silver in the uneven bars final with 13.600,http://www.british-gymnastics.org/results/7898/Womens_Junior_Apparatus_Finals_-_Uneven_Bars.pdf {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} another gold in the balance beam final after a positive routine and a solid score of 14.700http://www.british-gymnastics.org/results/7898/Womens_Junior_Apparatus_Finals_-_Beam.pdf {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} and another final gold medal in the floor exercise with 14.350http://www.british-gymnastics.org/results/7898/Womens_Junior_Apparatus_Finals_-_Floor.pdf {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} to finish off a positive meet at the championships.

=2018=

After struggles with injury during transition to the senior ranks, Lyons confirmed her retirement from the sport.

Personal life

Lyons was born on 30 August 2000; making the age requirement for her school year by just two days. She attended [http://www.stanthonysprimary.co.uk St.Anthony's RC Primary School].

She attended Kingsdale Foundation School, taking her GCSE exams in 2016.

Competitive Highlights

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! Year

! Event

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! style="width:30px;"|VT

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rowspan="3"| 2012align=left| British Espoir Championshipsstyle="background:gold;"| 1st12th18thstyle="background:gold;"| 1ststyle="background:gold;"| 1st
align=left| UK School Gamesstyle="background:gold;"| 1st4th9style="background:gold;"| 1st5th
align=left| Coupe Avenirstyle="background:#c96;"| 3rd
rowspan="4"| 2013align=left| Australian Youth Olympic Festivalstyle="background:silver;"| 2nd4th4th
align=left| UK School Gamesstyle="background:gold;"| 1ststyle="background:gold;"| 1ststyle="background:gold;"| 1ststyle="background:gold;"| 1ststyle="background:gold;"| 1ststyle="background:gold;"| 1st
align=left| Japan Junior International8th6th4th7th
align=left| British Espoir Championshipsstyle="background:gold;"| 1ststyle="background:gold;"| 1ststyle="background:gold;"| 1ststyle="background:gold;"| 1ststyle="background:gold;"| 1st
rowspan="4"| 2014align=left| English Junior Championshipsstyle="background:silver;"| 2nd4th8thstyle="background:gold;"| 1ststyle="background:gold;"| 1st
align=left| British Junior Championshipsstyle="background:#c96;"| 3rdstyle="background:#c96;"| 3rdstyle="background:silver;"| 2ndstyle="background:gold;"| 1st
align=left| Munich Friendlystyle="background:silver;"| 2nd15th
align=left| European Junior Championshipsstyle="background:silver;"| 2nd4th5thstyle="background:gold;"| 1st
rowspan="3"| 2015align=left| Welsh Openstyle="background:gold;"| 1ststyle="background:silver;"| 2ndstyle="background:gold;"| 1ststyle="background:gold;"| 1ststyle="background:gold;"| 1st
align=left| English Junior Championshipsstyle="background:gold;"| 1ststyle="background:gold;"| 1st6thstyle="background:gold;"| 1ststyle="background:gold;"| 1st
align=left| British Junior Championshipsstyle="background:gold;"| 1ststyle="background:gold;"| 1ststyle="background:silver;"| 2ndstyle="background:gold;"| 1ststyle="background:gold;"| 1st

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Category:2000 births

Category:Living people

Category:British female artistic gymnasts

Category:English female artistic gymnasts

Category:People from Dulwich

Category:Sportspeople from the London Borough of Southwark

Category:Gymnasts from London

Category:21st-century English sportswomen