Emma Slevin

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Emma Slevin (born 2 May 2003) is an Irish artistic gymnast. She represented Ireland at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games. She was the first Irish female gymnast to qualify for a senior all-around final at the European Championships and at the World Championships, doing both in 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/othersport/arid-40272023.html|title=Gymnastics: Emma Slevin makes history by securing spot in European final|work=Irish Examiner|date=April 21, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/emma-slevin-becomes-first-irish-gymnast-to-qualify-for-all-around-finals-in-world-championships-40962601.html|title=Emma Slevin becomes first Irish gymnast to qualify for All Around finals in World Championships|work=Irish Independent|date=October 19, 2021}} She is the 2024 Northern European all-around champion.

Early life

Emma Slevin was born on 2 May 2003 in Galway, Ireland.

Junior gymnastics career

=2016–17=

Slevin competed at the 2016 Irish Championships where she placed first in the Espoir division. Additionally she placed first on balance beam, third on floor exercise, and sixth on uneven bars.{{Cite web |date=May 15, 2016 |title=2016 Irish Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2016/05/15/2016-irish-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet}} At the following year's competition she competed in the junior division and placed second behind Meg Ryan.{{Cite web |date=May 14, 2017 |title=2017 Irish Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2017/05/14/2017-irish-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet}} Slevin made her international debut at the 2017 Flanders International Team Challenge in Ghent where she placed 24th in the all-around and helped Ireland place seventh as a team.{{Cite web |date=June 13, 2017 |title=2017 FIT Challenge Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2017/06/13/2017-fit-challenge-results/ |website=The Gymternet}} Slevin concluded the season competing at the European Youth Olympic Festival where she finished 47th during qualifications.{{Cite web |date=July 27, 2017 |title=2017 European Youth Olympic Festival Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2017/07/27/2017-european-youth-olympic-festival-results/ |website=The Gymternet}}

=2018=

Slevin competed at the English Championships and finished first in the junior guest division.{{Cite web |date=February 11, 2018 |title=2018 English Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2018/02/11/2018-english-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet}} At the Irish Championships Slevin finished first in the junior division.{{Cite web |date=May 20, 2018 |title=2018 Irish Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2018/05/20/2018-irish-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet}} In June Slevin competed at the Youth Olympic Qualifier and finished 16th, thus qualifying a spot for Ireland for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.{{Cite web |date=June 23, 2018 |title=2018 Youth Olympic Qualifier Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2018/06/23/2018-youth-olympic-qualifier-results/ |website=The Gymternet}} At the Irish Super Championships Slevin finished second on uneven bars and first on floor exercise. She competed at the European Championships but did not qualify for any event finals.

Slevin was selected to represent Ireland at the 2018 Youth Olympics, becoming the first Irish female gymnast to do so.{{Cite web |date=October 2, 2018 |title=Emma Slevin departs for the Youth Olympic Games |url=https://www.gymnasticsireland.com/news/2018/emma-slevin-departs-for-the-youth-olympic-games |website=Gymnastics Ireland}} Additionally she was selected as the Irish flag bearer for the opening ceremonies.{{Cite web |title=Galway's Emma Slevin Announced As Ireland's Flag Bearer For The Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games Opening Ceremony |url=https://olympics.ie/galways-emma-slevin-announced-as-irelands-flag-bearer-for-the-buenos-aires-2018-youth-olympic-games-opening-ceremony/ |website=Olympic Federation of Ireland}}

At the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires Slevin qualified to the all-around, vault, uneven bars, and balance beam finals. In the all-around final she placed sixth.{{Cite web |date=October 13, 2018 |title=Historic 6th in Youth Olympic Games All Around final for Slevin |url=https://www.gymnasticsireland.com/news/2018/historic-6th-in-youth-olympic-games-all-around-final-for-slevin |website=Gymnastics Ireland}} During event finals she placed eighth on both vault and uneven bars and fifth on balance beam.{{Cite web |date=October 16, 2018 |title=2018 Youth Olympic Games Recaps, Results and Photos |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=22737 |website=USA Gymnastics}}

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| caption1 = All-Around Final

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| caption2 = Vault Final

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| caption3 = Uneven Bars Final

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Senior gymnastics career

= 2019 =

Slevin turned senior in 2019. She competed at both the European Championships and the European Games but did not qualify for any event finals. In October she competed at the World Championships and placed 96th in the all-around during qualifications.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2019/10/17/2019-world-championships-results/|title=2019 World Championships Results|work=The Gymternet|date=October 17, 2019}}

= 2021 =

In April Slevin competed at the European Championships. During qualifications she placed 27th in the all-around and qualified to the final.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/emma-slevin-qualifies-for-european-gymnastics-all-around-final-1.4544012|title=Emma Slevin qualifies for European gymnastics all-around final|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=April 21, 2021}} In doing so Slevin made history by becoming the first Irish female gymnast to qualify for a senior all-around final at any European Artistic Gymnastics Championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/galway-gymnast-emma-slevin-makes-history-by-qualifying-forsenior-all-around-final-at-european-championships-40342563.html|title=Galway gymnast Emma Slevin makes history by qualifying for Senior All-Around final at European Championships|work=Irish Independent|date=April 22, 2021}} She finished 19th.{{cite web|url=http://gymtv.online/user/ranking|title=Results|date=April 24, 2021}}

In October Slevin competed at the World Championships. She placed 21st during qualifications and qualified to the all-around final. She became the first Irish female gymnast to qualify for a senior all-around final at the World Championships.

Competitive history

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colspan="8" \| Junior
rowspan="1" \| 2016	align=left\|Irish Championships (espoir)		{{gold1}}		6	{{gold1}}	{{bronze3}}
rowspan="3" \| 2017	align=left \| Irish Championships		{{silver2}}	{{gold1}}	{{silver2}}	{{silver2}}	{{silver2}}
align=left \| FIT Challenge	7	24
align=left \| Euro Youth Olympic Festival	18
rowspan="6" \| 2018	align=left \| English Championships (guest)		{{gold1}}
align=left \| Irish Championships		{{gold1}}	{{gold1}}	{{silver2}}	5	{{silver2}}
align=left \| Youth Olympic Qualifier		16
align=left \| Irish Super Championships				{{silver2}}		{{gold1}}
bgcolor=#F5F6CE \| align=left \| European Championships	15	37
bgcolor=#EBC2AF \| align=left\|Youth Olympic Games		6	8	8	5
colspan="8" \| Senior
rowspan="4" \| 2019
bgcolor=#F5F6CE \| align=left \| European Championships		32
bgcolor=#f0fccf \| align=left \| European Games		21
align=left \| Irish Team Championships	{{gold1}}
rowspan="4" \| 2021
bgcolor=#F5F6CE \| align=left \| European Championships		19
align=left \| Koper Challenge Cup				8	4
bgcolor=#CCCCFF \| align=left \| World Championships		19
rowspan="3" \| 2022
bgcolor=#F5F6CE \| align=left \| European Championships		36
bgcolor=#CCCCFF \| align=left \| World Championships		63
rowspan="3" \| 2022
bgcolor=#F5F6CE \| align=left \| European Championships	18	31
bgcolor=#CCCCFF \| align=left \| World Championships		78
rowspan="3" \| 2024
bgcolor=#F5F6CE \| align=left \| European Championships	24	42
align=left \| Northern European Championships	{{gold1}}	{{gold1}}		{{bronze3}}	{{bronze3}}	{{silver2}}

References

External links

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Category:2003 births

Category:Living people

Category:Irish female artistic gymnasts

Category:Gymnasts at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Category:Sportspeople from Galway (city)

Category:Gymnasts at the 2019 European Games

Category:European Games competitors for Ireland

Category:21st-century Irish sportswomen