Rachael Letsche
{{Short description|British trampoline gymnast (born 1991)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|11|1}}
| birth_place = United Kingdom
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| sport = Trampolining
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}}Rachael Letsche (born 1 November 1991) is a former British tumbling trampolinist, representing her nation at international competitions.{{Cite web |title=LETSCHE Rachael - FIG Athlete Profile |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/athletes/bio_detail.php?id=6876&type=licence |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=www.gymnastics.sport}} She won medals at world championships, including at the 2014 Trampoline World Championships, where she won the gold medal in the individual tumbling event.{{Cite news |date=2014-11-10 |title=Britain’s Rachael Letsche takes gold in World Tumbling Championship |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/nov/10/rachael-letsche-gold-britain-world-tumbling-championship |access-date=2024-04-20 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} She had previously competed in 2009 and 2011. Letsche retired from competitive sports in November 2014.{{Cite web |title=LETSCHE Rachael - FIG Athlete Profile |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/athletes/bio_detail.php?id=6876&type=licence |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=www.gymnastics.sport}}
Personal life
Letsche is from Sutton Leach in St Helens on Merseyside. Letsche attended Sutton High Sports College.{{Cite web |date=2014-11-13 |title=Tumbling champ Rachael Letsche has that top of the world feeling - and now aims for Cirque du Soleil |url=https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/sport/11599544.tumbling-champ-rachael-letsche-has-that-top-of-the-world-feeling-and-now-aims-for-cirque-du-soleil/ |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=St Helens Star |language=en}}
Awards
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! colspan="4" |World Championships |
| Year
!Place !Medal !Type |
|---|
| 2013
|{{Bronze medal}} |Tumbling Team |
| 2014
|Daytona Beach (USA) |{{Gold medal}} |
| colspan="4" |World Games |
| Year
!Place !Medal !Type |
| 2013
|{{Silver medal}} |Women's tumbling |
References
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Category:People from St Helens, Merseyside
Category:Sportspeople from Merseyside
Category:British female trampolinists
Category:21st-century British sportswomen
Category:Medalists at the 2013 World Games
Category:Medalists at the Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships