James Hall (gymnast)
{{short description|English artistic gymnast}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1995|10|06}}
| birth_place = Bankstown, Australia
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| height = 1.7 meters
| discipline = MAG
| natlteam = 2014–present (GBR)
| club = Pegasus GC
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| headcoach = Ionut Trandaburu
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| worldranking = 8th
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| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's artistic gymnastics}}
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{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2015 Glasgow|Team}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Liverpool|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Munich|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2018 Glasgow|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2024 Rimini|Team}}
{{MedalBronze|2017 Cluj-Napoca|All-around}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Gold Coast|Team}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Birmingham|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2018 Gold Coast|All-around}}
{{MedalSilver|2018 Gold Coast|Horizontal bar}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Birmingham|All-around}}
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James Robert Hall (born 6 October 1995){{cite web |url=https://www.british-gymnastics.org/gymnast-profiles/319230/james-hall |title=James Hall |work=British Gymnastics}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Artistic Gymnastics HALL James |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/artistic-gymnastics/athlete-profile-n1467533-hall-james.htm#bio |access-date=2021-07-28 |website=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |language=en-us}}
He began gymnastics at age six after a coach encouraged him to so do.
In 2018, Hall became an ambassador for the Young Lives Foundation, a charity that helps disadvantaged youth in Kent, England.
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4822:vernyayev-rallies-to-defend-european-all-around-title&catid=5:competition-reports&Itemid=221 |title=Vernyayev Rallies To Defend European All-Around Title |work=International Gymnast Magazine Online}}
= 2018 =
At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Hall was part of the team that won gold in the team event.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43652018 |title=Commonwealth Games: England win gold in men's team final |date=5 April 2018 |work=BBC Sport}} He also won silver on the individual all-around competition{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43664153 |title=Commonwealth Games: England's Nile Wilson wins all-around gold, James Hall silver |date=7 April 2018 |work=BBC Sport}} as well as horizontal bar, both behind Nile Wilson.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43695473 |title=Commonwealth Games: Nile Wilson wins third gold as Alice Kinsella seals first Commonwealth title |date=9 April 2018}}
At the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow, Hall won a silver as part of the team.{{cite news |url=http://www.espn.co.uk/olympics/story/_/id/24349251/european-championships-russia-beat-great-britain-gold-team-gymnastics |title=High bar falls cost British gymnasts as Russia takes European team gold |work=ESPN |date=11 August 2018}}
= 2019 =
In March 2019, Hall won the All-Around title at the British Championships.{{cite web |url=https://www.british-gymnastics.org/south-east/regional-news/8208-james-hall-crowned-british-all-around-champion |title=James Hall Crowned British All-around Champion |date=22 March 2019 |work=British Gymnastics}}
He also competed at the European Championships in Szczecin, Poland, as well as the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.
= 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.{{Cite web |title=Artistic Gymnastics - Final Results |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/artistic-gymnastics/results-men-s-team-fnl-000001-.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=2021-07-28 |website=Tokyo 2020 |language=en-us |archive-date=25 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725183829/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/artistic-gymnastics/results-men-s-team-fnl-000001-.htm}}
= 2022 =
At the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Hall was again part of the England team that won gold in the team event.{{cite web |title=Commonwealth Games: England win landmark third team gymnastics gold |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/62355775 |website=BBC Sport |date=29 July 2022 |access-date=30 July 2022}} Despite sustaining an ankle injury during the competition, Hall also won silver in the individual all-around behind compatriot Jake Jarman.{{cite web |title=Men's All-Around Medalists |url=https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/GAR/2022-07-31/GARM1AA---------------------------__C92A_1.0.pdf |website=Birmingham 2022 |access-date=3 August 2022}}{{cite web |title=Commonwealth Games: Jake Jarman wins all-around gymnastics gold for England |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/62367768 |website=BBC Sport |date=31 July 2022 |access-date=31 July 2022}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.british-gymnastics.org/olympics/profiles/james-hall James Hall] at British Gymnastics
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- {{Team GB}}
- {{Olympics.com|james-hall}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Team England|james-hall}}
- {{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|artistic-gymnastics/athlete-profile-n6049373-james-hall}}
{{Footer European Artistic Gymnastics Team Champions (Men)|2022}}
{{Footer Commonwealth Champions Artistic Gymnastics Team Men|2018|2022}}
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Category:British male artistic gymnasts
Category:Sportspeople from Maidstone
Category:Gymnasts at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in gymnastics
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Category:Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic gymnasts for Great Britain
Category:Gymnasts at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:European champions in gymnastics
Category:Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games