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James Robert Hall (born 6 October 1995)[1] 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
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Full name | James Robert Hall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Great Britain England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bankstown, Australia | 6 October 1995|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Maidstone, Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2014–present (GBR) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Pegasus GC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Ionut Trandaburu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World ranking | 8th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hall was born 6 October 1995 in Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia. His family moved to Kent, England in 1997.[2]
He began gymnastics at age six after a coach encouraged him to so do.[2]
In 2018, Hall became an ambassador for the Young Lives Foundation, a charity that helps disadvantaged youth in Kent, England.[2]
Hall was the alternate for the silver medal winning GB team at the 2015 Glasgow world championships.
Hall won the all-around bronze medal at the 2017 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in April 2017, held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.[3]
At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Hall was part of the team that won gold in the team event.[4] He also won silver on the individual all-around competition[5] as well as horizontal bar, both behind Nile Wilson.[6]
At the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow, Hall won a silver as part of the team.[7]
In March 2019, Hall won the All-Around title at the British Championships.[8]
He also competed at the European Championships in Szczecin, Poland, as well as the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.[2]
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.[9]
At the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Hall was again part of the England team that won gold in the team event. [10] Despite sustaining an ankle injury during the competition, Hall also won silver in the individual all-around behind compatriot Jake Jarman.[11][12]
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