Ruby Harrold
{{short description|British artistic gymnast}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|06|04}}
| birth_place = Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England
| spouse = Spencer Hollander (m. 2022)
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| discipline = WAG
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| club = The Academy
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| collegeteam = LSU
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| headcoach = Liz Kincaid
| assistcoach = Nia Edwards
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| music = My Number One by Elena Paparizou (2012–13)
| worldranking = All Around 4 (2013–14) Bars 36 (2012)
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{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2015 Glasgow|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2014 Sofia|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2016 Bern|Team}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Glasgow|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2014 Glasgow|All-around}}
{{MedalBronze|2014 Glasgow|Uneven bars}}
{{MedalCountry|Louisiana State Tigers}}
{{MedalCompetition | NCAA Championships }}
{{MedalSilver|2017 St. Louis |Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Fort Worth |Team}}
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Ruby Esther Harrold (born 4 June 1996) is a British artistic gymnast who was a member of the British Olympic team for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.{{cite web |url=http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=211063672 |title=Harrold Named to British Gymnastics Olympic Team |website=Lsusports.net |accessdate=9 October 2017}}{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Ruby Harrold |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/ruby-harrold-1.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114103854/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/ruby-harrold-1.html |archivedate=2020-01-14}} Harrold was also a reserve athlete for the 2012 Summer Olympics team.{{cite web |url=http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,5187-188452-205674-nav-list,00.html |title=Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique : Gymnast Profiles |publisher=Fig-gymnastics.com |accessdate=27 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707011254/http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0%2C10853%2C5187-188452-205674-nav-list%2C00.html |archivedate=7 July 2012 |df=dmy-all}} She was a member of the British team that won the bronze medal in the team final at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Following her retirement from elite gymnastics after the 2016 Summer Olympics, Harrold became a member of the LSU Tigers gymnastics team, having received a full athletic scholarship to attend Louisiana State University, beginning Fall of 2016.
Junior career
=2010=
In April, Harrold competed at the 2010 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Birmingham, United Kingdom. She contributed an all around score of 50.600 towards the British team's fifth-place finish.{{cite web |url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/results/2010europeans/wag_junior_team.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-07-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025011024/http://www.intlgymnast.com/results/2010europeans/wag_junior_team.pdf |archivedate=25 October 2014 |df=dmy-all}}
In July, Harrold competed at the British Championships in Guildford, United Kingdom. She placed fourth in the all around with a score of 52.800. In event finals, she placed first on vault scoring 13.620 and seventh on floor scoring 12.250.{{cite web |url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1698:whelan-mitchell-win-british-championships&catid=5:competition-reports&Itemid=221 |title=International Gymnast Magazine Online – Whelan, Mitchell Win British Championships |publisher=Intlgymnast.com |date=4 July 2010 |accessdate=27 June 2012}}
=2011=
In May, Harrold participated in the British teams competition in Guildford, United Kingdom. She contributed an all around score of 50.300 toward the academy's fifth-place finish.{{cite web |url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2566:whelan-tweddle-lead-liverpool-to-victory&catid=5:competition-reports&Itemid=221 |title=International Gymnast Magazine Online – Whelan, Tweddle Lead Liverpool to Victory |publisher=Intlgymnast.com |date=24 May 2011 |accessdate=27 June 2012}}
In July, Harrold competed at the British Championships in Liverpool, United Kingdom. She placed second in the uneven bars final with a score of 13.250.{{cite web |url=http://www.british-gymnastics.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2086:2011-womens-btitish-championships-scores&catid=51:womens-artistic&Itemid=83 |title=2011 Women's British Championships |website=British-gymnastics.org |date= |accessdate=27 June 2012}}
Senior career
=2012=
In May, Harrold competed at the 2012 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Brussels, Belgium as a replacement for her injured teammate Imogen Cairns.{{cite web |url=http://www.british-gymnastics.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2526:2012-wag-euros-how-to-follow&catid=51:womens-artistic&Itemid=83 |title=2012 WAG Euros – How to follow |publisher=British-gymnastics.org |accessdate=27 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627014004/http://www.british-gymnastics.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2526:2012-wag-euros-how-to-follow&catid=51:womens-artistic&Itemid=83 |archive-date=27 June 2012 |url-status=dead}} She contributed a vault score of 14.566 and an uneven bars score of 14.333 towards the British team's fourth-place finish. Harrold placed seventh in the uneven bars final with a score of 14.366.{{cite web |url=http://figfront.lx2.sportcentric.com/system/files/5489/original/ECh_WAG_Brussels_Results_Book.pdf?1336985168 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-10-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203062044/http://figfront.lx2.sportcentric.com/system/files/5489/original/ECh_WAG_Brussels_Results_Book.pdf?1336985168 |archivedate=3 December 2013 |df=dmy-all}} She said, "It was an amazing competition, a really good atmosphere and we competed really well as a team. We know each other really well having practiced side by side for weeks and it all went to plan."{{cite web |url=http://www.british-gymnastics.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2536:2012-wag-euros-day-two-senior-qualification-&catid=51:womens-artistic&Itemid=83 |title=2012 WAG Euros – Day two, senior qualification |publisher=British-gymnastics.org |date= |accessdate=27 June 2012}}
At the end of June, Harrold competed at the British Championships in Liverpool, United Kingdom. This was the third and final Olympic Trial to decide the gymnasts that would represent the United Kingdom at the Olympics. She placed third in the uneven bars final with a score of 14.300.{{cite web |url=http://www.british-gymnastics.org/results/7170/Results_-_WAG_Senior_Uneven_Bars_Final.pdf |title=WAG Senior Apparatus Finals : Men's & Women's Artistic British Championships 2012 |website=British-gymnastics.org |accessdate=9 October 2017}}
=2013=
At the 2013 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Moscow Harrold qualified to the individual all-around, uneven bars, and balance beam finals. In the all-around final she finished 8th with a total score of 54.633,[http://www.ueg.org/media/results/401/Results_WomSenC2.pdf] {{Dead link|date=July 2013}} becoming the first British woman ever to produce a top-10 performance in an all-around European Championships final.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/gymnastics/22219808 |title=Great Britain's Max Whitlock wins European gymnastics silver |author=Nick Hope |work=BBC Sport |accessdate=9 October 2017}} In the balance beam final she finished 6th after a solid performance which earned her a 13.633. She qualified 5th into the uneven bars final with a score of 14.133 but fell in the final, finishing 8th with a score of 12.900.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ueg.org/media/results/419/Summary_Results_WomSenC3.pdf |title=UEG Gymnastics |access-date=21 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227060539/http://www.ueg.org/media/results/419/summary_results_womsenc3.pdf |archive-date=27 February 2019 |url-status=dead}}
At the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Harrold finished 17th in the all-around and seventh in uneven bars.[http://www.fedintgym.com/microsites/13Antwerp/results/files/res/wag/WAG_Results_C2.pdf "All-Around Results"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004224947/http://www.fedintgym.com/microsites/13Antwerp/results/files/res/wag/WAG_Results_C2.pdf |date=4 October 2013 }}. Fedintgym.com. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013.[http://www.fedintgym.com/microsites/13Antwerp/results/files/res/wag/WAG_C3_Uneven_Bars_Results.pdf "Uneven Bars Results"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012055338/http://www.fedintgym.com/microsites/13Antwerp/results/files/res/wag/WAG_C3_Uneven_Bars_Results.pdf |date=12 October 2013 }}. Fedintgym.com. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
= 2014 =
Harrold competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. She contributed an all-around score of 54.065 towards England's first-place finish.{{cite web |url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/event/gymnastics_artistic/gaw400101/womens_team_final.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140806141623/http://results.glasgow2014.com/event/gymnastics_artistic/gaw400101/womens_team_final.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=6 August 2014 |title=Gymnastics Artistic Women's Team Final |website=2014 Glasgow |accessdate=30 July 2014}} She finished second in the individual all-around with a score of 55.232.{{cite web |url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/event/gymnastics_artistic/gaw024102/womens_aa_final___subdivision_2.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140731012821/http://results.glasgow2014.com/event/gymnastics_artistic/gaw024102/womens_aa_final___subdivision_2.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=31 July 2014 |title=Gymnastics Artistic Women's AA Final |website=2014 Glasgow |accessdate=30 July 2014}} Harrold won bronze in the Uneven bars final with a score of 14.366. Her teammate, Rebecca Downie, won gold.
==World championships==
In October Harrold competed at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Nanning, China, it was her second appearance at a World Championship event after first competing at the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/gymnastics/24375093 |title=World Gymnastics: Harrold, Tunney and Downie reach finals |author=Ollie Williams |work=BBC Sport |accessdate=9 October 2017}} In qualification, Harrold contributed scores of 14.600 on vault, 14.733 on uneven bars, 13.700 on the balance beam and 13.733 on the floor for an all-around score of 56.766 and helping team Great Britain qualify in 4th place, a record breaking qualifying position for the team.{{cite web |url=http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/publicdir/startlist_result/5529/wag/C73Aog_Results_Team+Mixed_WomSenC1.pdf |title=45th ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS in Nanning (CHN) : Women's Qualification |website=Fig-gymnastics.com |accessdate=9 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010114113/http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/publicdir/startlist_result/5529/wag/C73Aog_Results_Team+Mixed_WomSenC1.pdf |archive-date=10 October 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}} Harrold, qualified in 9th place for the all-around competition{{cite web |url=http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/publicdir/startlist_result/5529/wag/C73GA_Individual_Results_WomSenC1.pdf |title=45th ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS in Nanning (CHN) : Women's Qualification |website=Fig-gymnastics.com |accessdate=9 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052952/http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/publicdir/startlist_result/5529/wag/C73GA_Individual_Results_WomSenC1.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}} and in 10th place for the uneven bars final. Due to the two per country rule, Tan Jiaxin of China, who qualified in 3rd place behind Yao Jinnan and Huang Huidan and Ekaterina Kramarenko of Russia who also qualified in 9th place behind Aliya Mustafina and Daria Spiridonova could not proceed to the finals.{{cite web |url=http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/publicdir/startlist_result/5529/wag/C73I_Uneven%20Bars_Results_WomSenC1.pdf |title=45th ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS in Nanning (CHN) : Women's Qualification |website=Fig-gymnastics.com |accessdate=9 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106054034/http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/publicdir/startlist_result/5529/wag/C73I_Uneven%20Bars_Results_WomSenC1.pdf |archive-date=6 January 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}
In the team final Harrold competed on three events, vault scoring 14.800, the uneven bars scoring 14.066 and the floor exercise scoring 13.700 contributing to Great Britain's team total of 168.495 and their 6th-place finish.{{cite web |url=http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/publicdir/startlist_result/5529/wag/C73C_Results_Team_WomSenC4.pdf |title=45th ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS in Nanning (CHN) : Women's Team Final |website=Fig-gymnastics.com |accessdate=9 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014171806/http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/publicdir/startlist_result/5529/wag/C73C_Results_Team_WomSenC4.pdf |archive-date=14 October 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}} In the All-Around final, Harrold finished in 11th place, improving on her 17th-place finish at the 2013 World Championships.{{cite web |url=http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/worlds/2013/wag/faa.html |title=44th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Antwerp (BEL) 2013 Sep 30 - Oct 6 |website=Gymnasticsresults.com |accessdate=9 October 2017}} She scored 14.683 on vault, 14.400 on the uneven bars, 13.066 on the balance beam and 13.466 on the floor exercise to finish with a total of 55.615, just behind teammate Claudia Fragapane in 10th place.{{cite web |url=http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/publicdir/startlist_result/5529/wag/C73H_Results_WomSenC2.pdf |title=45th ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS in Nanning (CHN) : Women's All-Around Final |website=Fig-gymnastics.com |accessdate=9 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016044636/http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/publicdir/startlist_result/5529/wag/C73H_Results_WomSenC2.pdf |archive-date=16 October 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}} Harrold also competed in her second World Championship uneven bars final after her first final in 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.british-gymnastics.org/news-and-events/news/latest-news/3380-four-finals-for-british-girls-at-world-champs |title=Four finals for British girls at World Champs |website=British-gymnastics.org |accessdate=9 October 2017}} With an unfortunate fall during the middle of her routine, Harrold placed 8th with a score 13.666 behind her teammate Rebecca Downie who finished in 5th place.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7q5fEDGNzU |title=Ruby Harrold UB 2014 Worlds EF 1 |last=NastiaFan101take12 |date=11 October 2014 |publisher=YouTube}}{{cite web |url=http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/publicdir/startlist_result/5529/wag/C73I_Uneven%20Bars_Results_WomSenC3.pdf |title=45th ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS in Nanning (CHN) : Women's Apparatus Final |website=Fig-gymnastics.com |accessdate=9 October 2017}}
=2015=
In January, it was confirmed that Harrold would compete at the 2015 AT&T American Cup, her first appearance at the competition, alongside compatriot Claudia Fragapane. The event was set in Arlington, Texas on 7 March. However, as of 20 January, due to a minor injury, Harrold pulled out of the American Cup and was replaced by Natsumi Sasada of Japan.{{cite web |url=http://www.attamericancup.com/2015/01/usas-mikulak-skinner-whittenburg-will-compete-2015-att-american-cup/ |title=USA's Mikulak, Skinner, Whittenburg will compete at 2015 AT&T American Cup - AT&T American Cup |date=15 January 2015 |website=Attamericancup.com |accessdate=9 October 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/site/figNews/view?id=1009 |title=Simone Biles, World stars headline 2015 AT&T American Cup roster |website=Fig-gymnastics.com |accessdate=9 October 2017}}
Harrold returned to competition at the British Team Championships where she helped The academy finish in third place{{cite web |url=https://memberportal.british-gymnastics.org/bgcrm/Library/Rachel%20Seymour/WAG%20British%20Senior%20Team%20Championships%202015%20Team%20Results.pdf |title=Sage CRM |website=Memberportal.british-gymnastics.org |accessdate=9 October 2017}} contributing a score of 14.000 on the vault, 13.850 on the balance beam and 12.500 on the floor exercise.{{cite web |url=https://memberportal.british-gymnastics.org/bgcrm/Library/Rachel%20Seymour/WAG%20British%20Senior%20Team%20Championships%202015%20Individual%20Results.pdf |title=Sage CRM |website=Memberportal.british-gymnastics.org |accessdate=9 October 2017}}
Later in that month, Harrold competed with Rebecca Tunney at the World Challenge Cup in Osijek, Croatia. She won a gold medal in the uneven bars final with a score of 14.125, 0.850 clear from silver medalist Annika Urvikko.{{cite web |url=http://www.gymmedia.com/AG/events15/15-09-Che-Osijek-wom-2ub.pdf |title=Artistic Gymnastic World Cup - World Challenge Cup Men & Women |website=Gymmedia.com |accessdate=9 October 2017}}
On 12 November 2015, she signed the National Letter of Intent to Louisiana State University.{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/RubyHarrold/status/664810207525134336 |title=Ruby Harrold on Twitter |publisher=Twitter |accessdate=9 October 2017}}
=2016=
In July, Harrold was named to Great Britain's women's gymnastics team for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, along with Becky Downie, Ellie Downie, Claudia Fragapane, and Amy Tinkler.{{cite web |url=https://www.british-gymnastics.org/news-and-events/international-events/olympics |title=Olympic Games - Rio 2016 |website=British Gymnastics |accessdate=9 October 2017}} The team finished in fifth place.
On 22 August 2016 Harold announced her retirement from the international gymnastic team but would still compete at college level in America{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/gymnastics/37158294 |title=Ruby Harrold: Gymnast ends GB career aged 20 after appearing at Rio Olympics |date=23 August 2016 |website=Bbc.co.uk |accessdate=9 October 2017}} for Louisiana State University.
References
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