Emily Roper (gymnast)
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| Full name | Emily Kate Roper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 September 2005 Ipswich, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Wales Great Britain (2023–Present (GBR)) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former countries represented |  England (2017–2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Pipers Vale Gymnastics Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Josie Hayes Rebecca Hambling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Emily Roper (born 7 September 2005) is a Welsh artistic gymnast and member of the British national team. She won gold on uneven bars and bronze in the all-around at the 2025 British Gymnastics Championships.[1][2] She was part of the Welsh team which won gold at the 2023 Northern European Gymnastics Championships.[3] She represented Great Britain at the 2025 European Championships.[4]
She trains at Pipers Vale Gymnastics Club alongside her twin sister Abigail Roper who is also an artistic gymnast.[5]
Senior gymnastics career
[edit]2021
[edit]At her first British Championships as a senior Roper placed fourth in the all-around behind Ondine Achampong, Ruby Stacey and Emily Todd but won bronze in the vault and beam apparatus finals.[6]
2022
[edit]At the 2022 English Championships Roper won bronze on vault. Later that month she won silver at the British Championships behind Jessica Gadirova.[7]
She was named in the England team at the 2022 Leverkusen Cup alongside Tommera Hendricks and Veronika Kritski. They won bronze in the team competition.[8]
Roper was then selected for her first Northern European Gymnastics Championships in 2022 as part of the English team. She won silver in the team competition finishing behind Wales, where her twin sister Abigail Roper was competing, and also on vault.[9][5]
2023
[edit]At the 2023 English championships Roper placed seventh in the all-around and won gold on vault, her first senior gold medal.[10] She then attended her first Welsh Championships, placing second on vault. Roper claimed another silver medal on vault, this time at the British Championships. [11]
Roper switched nationality to represent Wales and competed at the 2023 Leverkusen Cup alongside her sister, Abigail Roper. The duo placed second in the team competition and individually Roper won gold in the all-around and on floor, as well as silver on bars and bronze on vault. [12]
She was then selected to compete at the 2023 Northern European Gymnastics Championships in Halmstad alongside Ruby Evans, Poppy-Grace Stickler, Evie Flage-Donovan, Annais Kamanga and her sister Abigail Roper. She helped Wales win the team competition and individually won gold on vault.[3]
2024
[edit]At the 2024 British Championships Roper won bronze on vault and floor exercise as well as placing fourth on beam and seventh in the all-around.[13][14]
2025
[edit]Roper was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2025 Cottbus world cup alongside Ruby Evans and Charlotte Booth where she placed fourth in the uneven bar apparatus finals. [15][16]
At the 2025 British Championships Roper won bronze in the all-around and was national champion on uneven bars.[1][2]
Roper attended the 2025 Varna World Challenge Cup alongside Ruby Stacey where she placed fourth on beam and sixth on vault and bars.
She was selected for her first senior major international championships as part of the British squad for the 2025 European Championships alongside Alia Leat, Ruby Evans, Frances Stone and Ruby Stacey.[17][18] She competed on the uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise and helped the team place sixth.[4]
Competitive History
[edit]| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 2017 | British Championships | 24 | |||||
| British Team Championships | 22 | ||||||
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| 2018 | English Championships | 29 | |||||
| British Championships | 18 | ||||||
| British Team Championships | 19 | ||||||
| 2019 | English Championships | 22 | |||||
| British Championships | 18 | ||||||
| British Team Championships | 14 |  |
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| 2021 | British Championships | 4 | |
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| British Championships | 7 | |
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| 2025 | Welsh Championships | 5 | |||||
| Cottbus World Cup | 4 | ||||||
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| Varna Challenge Cup | 6 | 6 | 4 | ||||
| European Championships | 6 | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Alia Leat and Jamie-lewis crowned 2025 all-around champions". www.british-gymnastics.org. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
- ^ a b "British Apparatus Champions decided at the 2025 British". www.british-gymnastics.org. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
- ^ a b Field, Carl (2023-11-27). "Another hugely successful Northern Europeans for Welsh artistic gymnasts". Welsh Gymnastics. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
- ^ a b "6th place for GB women's team in Leipzig". www.british-gymnastics.org. Retrieved 2025-05-27.
- ^ a b "'Historic moment' for Ipswich gymnastic club". Ipswich Star. 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
- ^ "2021 British Championships Results". The Gymternet. 2021-11-28. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
- ^ "2022 British Championships Results". The Gymternet. 2022-03-29. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
- ^ "2022 Leverkusen Cup Results". The Gymternet. 2022-09-25. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
- ^ "2022 Northern European Championships Results". The Gymternet. 2022-11-21. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
- ^ "2023 English Championships Results". The Gymternet. 2023-02-27. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
- ^ "2023 British Championships Results". The Gymternet. 2023-03-27. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
- ^ "2023 Leverkusen Cup Results". The Gymternet. 2023-10-15. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
- ^ "2024 British Championships Results". The Gymternet. 2024-03-18. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
- ^ "Ipswich gymnastics club 'exceeds expectations' at best ever British Championships". Ipswich Star. 2024-03-23. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
- ^ says, Kendall (2025-02-24). "2025 Cottbus World Cup Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
- ^ "Cottbus kicks off World Cup season". www.british-gymnastics.org. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
- ^ "Teams announced for the 2025 Artistic European Championships". www.british-gymnastics.org. Retrieved 2025-04-23.
- ^ "Welsh trio named in Great Britain squad for European Artistic Gymnastics Championships". BBC Sport. 2025-04-23. Retrieved 2025-04-23.