Elizabeth TWEDDLE

Winner of the gold medal on uneven bars at the 2002 Cottbus Cup in Germany, Great Britain's Beth Tweddle continues her string of impressive performances on her favorite event. She is the reigning British champion on uneven bars as well as in the all-around, and placed sixth on uneven bars at the 2000 Junior European Championships.
"It was my first Grand Prix win, so I was very happy," Tweddle told IG. "I was nervous for the first routine in the final, but when I made it into the winner's final, I was very excited. I just went out and enjoyed it."
Tweddle, who also competed at the 2001 Cottbus Cup, said the meet's unusual awards ceremony gave her special incentive to win in 2002. "They have two forklift trucks and (the two winner's finalists) each stand on one," Tweddle explained. "Nobody knows the scores, so they raise both trucks and then one stops, and the winner rises higher. I remember last year, watching people ride the forklift trucks and thinking, 'I want to do that!'"
Tweddle, who was born in South Africa, trains at the City of Liverpool club. She is coached by Amanda Harrison Kirby, who finished 22nd all-around at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Outside of gymnastics, Tweddle enjoys shopping, swimming and running. She used to compete in track-and-field (sprints and long jump).

Year	Competition	Team	AA
1999	British Jr Champs	-	3	-	-	-	1
2000	23. Jr. European Champs British Jr Champs Jr Commonwealth Games Hungarian International	8 - - -	14 3 1 -	- 1 - -	6 1 - 2	- - - -	- 1 - -
2001	35. World Championships Great Britain vs. Romania Cottbus Cup British Championships	9 - - -	24 - - 1	- - - -	- 1 - 1	- - 7 -	- - - -
2002	24. European Championships 36. World Championships Cottbus Cup	6 - -	14 - -	- - -	3 4 1	7 - -	- - -
2003	37. World Championships Grand Prix, Glasgow American Cup	- - -	- - 6	- - 7	3 1 3	- 3 6	- - 7
2004	25. European Championships 28. Olympic Games World Cup Final, Birmingham	5 11 -	11 19 -	- - -	2 13 2	- 34 -	- 30 5
2005	1. Individual European Champs M & W * American Cup World Cup, Paris 38. World Championships	- - - -	24 - - 4	- - - -	1 4 2 3	6 - - -	1 3 7 -
2006	26. European Championships 39. World Championships World Cup Final, Sao Paulo	7 -	98 8 -	- - 1	1 1 -	- - -	- 4 2
2007	2. Indiv. European Championships 40. World Championships	- 7	82 11	- -	- 4	- -	2 7
2008	27. European Championships 29. Olympic Games, Beijing	6 9	77 81	4 -	- 4	- -	2 -
2009	41. World Championships 3. Individual European Champs	- -	96 63	- -	- 1	- -	1 1
2010	42. World Championships 28. European Championships	7 2	176 62	- -	1 1	- -	- 1
2011	4. Indiv. European Championships 43. World Championships	5	70 191	- -	1 -	- -	4 7
2012	30. Olympic Games, London	6	-	-	3	-	-

Date of birth	1 April 1985		Hometown	Bunbury
Place of birth	Johannesburg, South Africa		Profession
Height		cm	Children
Weight		kg	Start gymnastics
Gender	Female		Club	Liverpool Gymnastics Club
Nickname	Beth		Head coach	Amanda Harrison Kirby
Spouse name			Former Coaches	Charlie Oaks, Fergus Beedham (until 1997)

Elizabeth Kimberly TWEDDLE

Great Britain (GBR)

2001 Cottbus

European Championships, 2002, Patras, Grece

European Championships, 2004, Amdterdam, Netherlands

Olympic Games, 2004, Athens, Greece

All-around - Beam

World Cup Final, 2004 Glasgow

European Championships, 2005, Debrecen, Hungary

World Championships 2005, Melbourne, Australia

All-around: Beam

All-around: Uneven Bars

Uneven Bars

European Championships, 2006, Volos, Grece

Apparatus Finals - Uneven Bars

World Championships 2006, Aarhus, Denmark

Uneven Bars

13. World Cup Final 2006, Sao Paulo, Brazil

European Championships, 2007, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Apparatus Finals - Floor

World Championships 2007, Stuttgart, Germany

Uneven Bars

European Championships, 2008, Clermont-Ferrand, France

Team - Uneven Bars

Apparatus Finals - Uneven Bars

Apparatus Finals - Floor

Olympic Games 2008, Beijing, China

Qual. - Uneven Bars

Qual. - Floor

Apparatus Final - Uneven Bars

Video

European Individual Championships 2011, Berlin, Germany

Apparatus Finals - Uneven Bars

Apparatus Finals - Floor

Olympic Games 2012, London, Great Britain

All-around - Uneven Bars