Kelly Hackman
{{short description|British gymnast}}
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{{MedalSport | Athletics}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalSilver| 1998 Kuala Lumpur | team event}}
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Kelly Louise Hackman (born 10 December 1980){{cite web|title=Kelly Hackman|url=http://www.eurosport.com/artistic-gymnastics/kelly-hackman_prs6701/person.shtml|publisher=Eurosport|accessdate=10 September 2017}} is a British gymnast. She competed for Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
Early life
Hackman briefly lived with her coach, Clem Malcolmson, and his wife before her family could move closer to Hackman's new gym.{{Cite news|url=http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/sport/other-sport/kellys-eye-on-sydney-4858885|title=Kelly's eye on Sydney|last=GetSurrey|date=14 July 2000|work=getsurrey|access-date=2 September 2017}}
Competitive gymnast
Hackman trained at Woking gym.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sportcal.com/News/PressReleases/12761?sportID=190&size=100|title=British Olympic Association Announces Gymnasts To Compete for Team GB in the Sydney Olympic Games|date=1 August 2000|website=www.sportcal.com|access-date=9 September 2017}} She competed in the 1998 Commonwealth Games where she won a silver medal with the British Team and placed 10th individually. The following year she won the Burrel Trophy for having the highest score in Floor Exercise at the British Team Championships. Also in 1999, Hackman was a reserve for the World British Team. In 2000, she won three bronze metals at the British national championship. That same year Hackman was selected as a member of the British gymnastics team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. She was 19 years old.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/GYM/womens-balance-beam.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417183429/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/GYM/womens-balance-beam.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|title=Gymnastics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's Balance Beam|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=10 September 2017}} Her strongest apparatuses at the time were Beam and Uneven bars. It was the first time a British had qualified a team for the event.{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics2000/gymnastics/873205.stm|title=BBC SPORT {{!}} GYMNASTICS {{!}} Sydney gymnastic squad named|date=10 August 2000|website=news.bbc.co.uk|access-date=2 September 2017}} The British team finished in 10th place and Hackman was 74th in the Individual All-Around rankings.{{Cite web|url=https://www.british-gymnastics.org/documents/fans-and-major-events/media-downloads/7841-2016-british-gymnastics-olympic-media-guide/file|title=Rio 2016 Media Guide|date=2016|website=British-Gymnastics|page=36}}
Later career
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Category:British female artistic gymnasts
Category:Olympic gymnasts for Great Britain
Category:Gymnasts at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Category:Gymnasts at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in gymnastics
Category:Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Category:English female artistic gymnasts