Rachel Ennis
| Rachel Ennis | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | June 21, 1987 Hillingdon | ||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | |||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
| Club | West London Gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Nadia Alexandrova, Villy Antonova | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | yes | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rachel Ennis (born 21 June 1987) is a retired British rhythmic gymnast and coach.[1] She represented the United Kingdom and England in international competitions.
Career
[edit]In June 2005 Ennis competed in the European Championships in Moscow, taking 23rd place in teams.[2] Then she was selected for her maiden World Championships in Baku, she was 81st in the All-Around, 65th with rope, 81st with ball, 89th with clubs and 81st with ribbon.[3][4]
In 2006 she was part of the English team for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, there she placed 4th in teams along Hannah Chappell and Heather Mann.[5][6]
After a two-year injury-enforced absence Ennis returned to competition in September 2010, when she was selected for the World Championships in Moscow, placing 25th in teams (along Lynne Hutchison and Frankie Jones), 96th in the All-Around, 108th with rope, 73rd with hoop, 103rd with ball and 110th with ribbon.[7] A month later she took part in her second Commonwealth Games in Delhi, being 7th in the hoop final and winning bronze in teams along Francesca Fox and Lynne Hutchison.[8][9]
As of 2025 Ennis is coaching at the West London Gymnastics along her former trainer Villy Antonova. One of her trainees being Marfa Ekimova who won gold in the All-Around at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "ENNIS Rachel - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2025-04-23.
- ^ "2005 European Championships Teams".
- ^ "27.World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan 2005". r-gymnast.bplaced.net. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
- ^ "2005 World Championships".
- ^ "M2006 > Athletes > Display". web.archive.org. 2006-08-31. Retrieved 2025-04-23.
- ^ "Rachel Ennis | Commonwealth Games Federation". web.archive.org. 2020-02-15. Retrieved 2025-04-23.
- ^ "2010 World Championships Result Book".
- ^ "Rachel Ennis | Commonwealth Games Federation". web.archive.org. 2022-10-23. Retrieved 2025-04-23.
- ^ "Gymnastics: Bronze banishes Melbourne memories". teamengland.org. Retrieved 2025-04-23.
- ^ "We're the National Governing Body for gymnastics in the UK". www.british-gymnastics.org. Retrieved 2025-04-23.
- 1987 births
- Living people
- British rhythmic gymnasts
- Commonwealth Games medallists in gymnastics
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Gymnasts at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Gymnasts at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- English rhythmic gymnasts
- Sportspeople from the London Borough of Hillingdon