| Laura Bateman | An International Champion of Gymnastics and Movement for People with Disabilities (GMPD) British GMPD Champion for five years running. Olympic Torch Bearer – Laura Bateman was chosen for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join the 2004 Olympic Torch Relay on June 26th 2004. Laura was one of 140 torchbearers who carried the Olympic Flame along the 48 km route from Wimbledon through to central London. Laura was born with a congenital dislocation of her right hip and after several attempts to correct it through surgery she was left with approximately 70% loss of movement in her hip and a 4 cm shortening of her right leg. Despite this Laura was a dedicated gymnast training more than 20 hours per week at Coalville Gymnastics Club, travelling 70 miles a day five days a week. Laura was Coalville Gymnsatics Club most inspiring gymnast with the highest degree of drive, enthusiasm and dedication |
| Liz Moore | Fourth in the National Novice Finals 1988 East Midlands Junior Champion East Midlands Junior Squad Member Weetabix – National Junior Gymnast of The Year 1990 National Development Squad Member 1990 British Challenge Team Champions in 1993 |
| Gemma Cuff | Weetabix – National Junior Gymnast of The Year 1992 Junior British Champion 1993 British Challenge Team Champions in 1993 Senior British International 1992-1994 Reserve for the Atlanta Games 1996 |
| Katherine Brand | Leicestershire Novice and Intermediate Champion 1991-1992 East Midlands Champion at all available levels 1991 – 2000 British Challenge Team Champions (Pre Bill Slater) in 1993 Silver Medal at the National Elite Grades 1994 Sixth on bars in the British Juniors Final 1996 10th overall in the Junior British 1997 and fifth in the Floor Finals Finished in the top 20 in the Senior British 2001 and came seventh in the Beam Final National Squad Member Under 12 Squad 1994, 1995 National Junior Squad 1995 National Development Squad 1996–1998 Youngest National Judge in Great Britain finishing 2nd in the National Exam
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| Sam Eden | Finished fourth in the Under 14s National Advanced Championships at 11 years old. The National Challenge Team Bronze in 1992. British Challenge Team Champions in 1993 Finished ninth in the Senior British Team Championships in 1994 Finished ninth in the Senior British Team Championships in 1997 |
| Sam Preston | Junior British Bars Champion 1995 East Midlands Champion 4 years running Senior British Bronze winner on Beam in the Individual Apparatus Finals 1999 National Senior Squad and British International Squad Member |
| Lauri Brewster | Individual Challenge Trophy Winner 1997 Winning 3 out of 4 Gold Medals in the Individual Apparatus Finals Finished top 10 in the National Espoirs, then moving on to Junior British Squad. Finished eighth in the Junior British Championships 1997 |
| Lamara Robb | Level 4 Compulsory British Champion. (’98) Level 4 Voluntary Silver medallist. (’98) Level 4 Combined Silver Medal (’98) Level 3 Compulsory 13th. (2000) Level 3 Voluntary 4th. (2000) Level 3 Combined 5th. (2000) Under 12 Zone International Level 3 Champion, taking Individual Gold on Bars & Floor, Silver on Vault and Bronze on Beam. Heathrow Invitational Level 2 Champion Level 2 Compulsory 3rd. Level 2 Voluntary 3rd. Level 2 Combined 3rd. Under 12 Zone International F.I.G. Modified 2nd place All around taking Individual Gold on Bars & Vault. Heathrow Invitational Level 2 Champion British Espoirs Championships 9th, Silver Medal on Beam |
| Lorelie Shingler | East Midlands Age Group Champion at 9, ranked 14th Nationally (’95).East Midlands Champion again at 10, ranked 10th Nationally (’96). East Midlands Champion yet again at 11, ranked 8th Nationally (’97). Silver medallist at the Camberley International Under 12s in 1998. Former National Under 12s Squad Member. 8th in the Celtic Cup 2001 Bronze medallist in the Inter Regional Team Challenge 2001 Irish National Squad Member Irish National Team Bronze medal in the ‘Northern Europeans’ in 2004 in Denmark |
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More gymnasts that have brought Coalville success over the years are …
Kylie Brant Sian Imrie Grace Birtwhistle Helen Brown
Laura Whitehead Suzie Belcher Laura Williams
Daniella Rodriguez Torrelba Michaela Thompson Sophie Lander
Jo Bearne Laura MacDonald Jemma Thompson Carla Dawson
Annelise Moran Anna MacDonald Amber Marriott
Catherine Bearne Nicole Lamb Jessica Parnham
Laura Hewitt Jessica Woolerton Ellis Jarvis Fleur Kingsley-Mills
and many more