30 Facts About Claudia Fragapane

Claudia Fragapane was born on 24 October 1997 and is a retired British artistic gymnast.

Claudia Fragapane came to prominence at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, where she was the first English woman to win four gold medals in a single Games since 1930.

In 2015, Fragapane was part of the women's gymnastics team that won Great Britain's first-ever team medal, a bronze, at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, before winning an individual world championship bronze on floor two years later.

Claudia Fragapane competed for Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Claudia Fragapane helped the Great Britain team to finish 5th in the team final.

Domestically, Claudia Fragapane is an eight-time English champion, and two-time British champion.

Claudia Fragapane grew up in Bristol, where she attended St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School.

At the British national championships in 2014, Claudia Fragapane placed 2nd on vault with a score of 14.000,5th on floor exercise, and 3rd on uneven bars.

Claudia Fragapane finished third in the all-around competition with a total score of 55.700, and was selected to compete at the European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Claudia Fragapane competed on all four events in the team final, where the English team won gold.

Claudia Fragapane won the individual all-around final with a score of 56.132, and the women's vault final with a score of 14.633.

In October, Claudia Fragapane competed at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, where she helped the British women qualify into the team finals in 4th place.

Claudia Fragapane competed at the 2015 American Cup in Arlington, Texas.

Claudia Fragapane struggled throughout the competition, counting numerous falls, and finished 9th.

At the 2015 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Montpellier, France, Claudia Fragapane placed 6th in the all-around final, 6th in the vault final, 4th on the beam, and 2nd in the floor final, behind Ksenia Afanasyeva of Russia.

In March 2016, Claudia Fragapane won the all-around title and three event titles at the 2016 English Championships in Loughborough.

At the Olympics, Claudia Fragapane fell on uneven bars and balance beam in the qualifications round and narrowly missed the cut for the individual all-around final.

Claudia Fragapane placed 8th on floor but missed out on a place in the final by the Olympic tie-breaking rules.

Claudia Fragapane is Great Britain's second world championship medalist, after Beth Tweddle.

Claudia Fragapane's season was cut short when, in March 2018, she sustained an Achilles injury.

Claudia Fragapane made her comeback debut at the British Championships, where she only competed on uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise.

Claudia Fragapane competed alongside Downie, Alice Kinsella, and Amelie Morgan.

Claudia Fragapane was intending to compete at the 2021 European Championships in April; however, during trials she suffered from a head injury which resulted in a concussion.

Claudia Fragapane returned to competition at the Koper World Challenge Cup where she won the gold on floor.

In September Claudia Fragapane was selected to compete at the 2021 World Championships but had to withdraw after injuring her foot in training.

In June Claudia Fragapane was selected to represent England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games alongside Ondine Achampong, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Alice Kinsella, and Kelly Simm.

Claudia Fragapane participated in the 2016 series of the popular reality TV competition show Strictly Come Dancing.

Aged 18 at the time, Claudia Fragapane was the second youngest celebrity ever to participate, the youngest having been former EastEnders actress Louisa Lytton who was 17 when she competed in 2006.

Claudia Fragapane is the first female Olympic gymnast to compete on the show, the first gymnast having been Series 10 champion Louis Smith.

Claudia Fragapane appeared on Take Me Out, series 10, episode 8, where she was a choosing contestant and went on a date.