In 2020, Pinches emerged as a prominent figure in the campaign against abusive coaching practices in gymnastics.
32 Facts About Jennifer Pinches
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Jennifer Pinches was born in Tunbridge Wells on 25 May 1994.
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Jennifer Pinches started gymnastics at six years old, attending Fromeside Gymnastics Club on the outskirts of Bristol.
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Jennifer Pinches began training at the Lilleshall National Sports Centre at the age of nine, and by the age of ten was ranked first in Britain in her age group.
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In 2005 Jennifer Pinches was the subject of an episode of the Channel 5 documentary series 'A Different Life'.
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Jennifer Pinches started training at the City of Liverpool Gymnastics Club in 2006 after her family moved to the North-West of England.
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Jennifer Pinches received guidance there from Amanda Reddin and trained alongside Beth Tweddle and Hannah Whelan.
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Jennifer Pinches was a member of the British national squad throughout her elite career, competing in the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 2010 and 2011 and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
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In 2020, Jennifer Pinches began to speak out publicly against what she described as the "culture of abuse and fear" in gymnastics.
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Jennifer Pinches placed tenth in the all-around final with a score of 53.100.
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Jennifer Pinches placed third in the all-around competition with a score of 55.300.
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In October, Jennifer Pinches competed for Great Britain at the 2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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Jennifer Pinches finished 32nd in the all-around competition with a score of 53.898.
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Jennifer Pinches placed second in the all-around competition with a score of 56.05.
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At the beginning of April, Jennifer Pinches competed at the 2011 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Berlin, Germany.
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In October, Jennifer Pinches competed at the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
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Jennifer Pinches placed 37th in qualifications for the all-around competition with a score of 53.766.
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In May, Jennifer Pinches competed at the 2012 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Brussels, Belgium.
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Jennifer Pinches contributed a balance beam score of 13.000 and a floor score of 13.600 to the British team's fourth-place finish.
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Jennifer Pinches helped her club, City of Liverpool, take first place with an all-around score of 52.850.
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Jennifer Pinches placed seventh in the all-around with a score of 53.650.
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Jennifer Pinches placed second in the all-around competition with a score of 56.350.
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At the beginning of July, Jennifer Pinches was selected to compete for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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Jennifer Pinches helped the British team qualify to the team finals with an all-around score of 55.266.
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Jennifer Pinches had a successful freshman season during the regular season competitions, averaging to 9.731 on vault, 9.765 on floor exercise and 9.675 on balance beam.
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In March 2014, Jennifer Pinches competed in the 2014 Pac-12 Conference Championships.
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Jennifer Pinches contributed 9.775 on vault and 9.80 on floor exercise to UCLA team's 4th-place finish.
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Jennifer Pinches hit 31 of 32 routines during her freshman and sophomore seasons, with career-bests of 9.875 on floor and 9.85 on vault.
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Jennifer Pinches remained on the gymnastics team as an undergraduate assistant coach for the 2016 season.
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Jennifer Pinches appeared alongside many other former UCLA gymnasts in a tribute video to coach Valorie Kondos-Field shown at Miss Val's final home meet as UCLA Gymnastics Head Coach in Pauley Pavilion on 16 March 2019.
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In December 2020, Jennifer Pinches co-founded, with Claire Heafford, Gymnasts for Change, "a network of current and former gymnasts, as well as parents, coaches, fans and more who have come together to campaign for change, following the public revelations of widespread abuse and unsafe practices within gymnastics".
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On 21 June 2021, Jennifer Pinches announced that she had married her long-term boyfriend, James McIlveen, after their wedding had been delayed due to COVID-19.