Kelly Jay Simm was born on 23 April 1995 and is an English artistic gymnast.
23 Facts About Kelly Simm
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Kelly Simm is the 2015 Summer Universiade all-around champion, vault silver medalist, and floor bronze medalist.
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Kelly Simm represented England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and won a gold medal in the team final.
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Kelly Simm competed at the 2015 World Championships and she won the bronze medal with the team.
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In July 2014, Simm competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow, Scotland and was part of the England team that won the Women's artistic team all-around.
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Kelly Simm competed at the English Gymnastics Championships in Loughborough, England on 14 March 2015.
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Kelly Simm finished in third place at the all-around competition with a score of 54.550, she scored 14.100 on the vault, 13.750 on the uneven bars, 12.700 on the balance beam and 14.000 on the floor exercise.
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Later that Month, Kelly Simm competed at the British Championships in Liverpool.
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Kelly Simm was originally selected to compete alongside 2012 Olympian Rebecca Tunney and senior newcomer Tyesha Mattis, but both withdrew due to injuries.
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On 2 June it was released by British Gymnastics that Kelly Simm was to now compete with double 2014 Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Georgina Hockenhull and 2014 World Championships reserve athlete Charlie Fellows.
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Great Britain started on the vault first, Kelly Simm was nominated to compete two vaults to be eligible to qualify for the vault final.
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Kelly Simm scored 12.533 on the balance beam and 13.600 on the floor exercise where she scored the same as four other girls but because her difficulty score was the highest making her execution score of her routine the lowest out of the five, Kelly Simm didn't qualify for the floor final.
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Unfortunately in the vault final, Kelly Simm landed her second vault on her knees, earning a score of zero for that vault and an average score of 7.166 for the two vaults, placing 6th out of six finalists.
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Kelly Simm represented Great Britain at the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju, South Korea.
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Kelly Simm won the silver medal on vault with a score of 14.233, placed fourth on uneven bars with a score of 13.566, and won the bronze medal on floor exercise with a score of 13.966.
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Individually Kelly Simm placed fifth in the all-around, sixth in the uneven bar final, and won bronze on balance beam behind compatriot Kinsella and Georgia-Rose Brown of Australia.
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Kelly Simm was later selected to compete at the 2019 European Championships alongside Ellie Downie, Alice Kinsella, and Amelie Morgan.
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At the British Championships Kelly Simm placed second in the all-around behind Downie.
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Kelly Simm pulled out of event finals due to injury.
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Kelly Simm later found out that she fractured her foot and had to pull out of the European Championships.
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Later that month Kelly Simm was named as the traveling alternate for the 2019 World Championships British team.
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In June Kelly Simm was selected to represent England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games alongside Ondine Achampong, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Claudia Fragapane, and Alice Kinsella.
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Kelly Simm grew up in Whiteley, Hampshire and attended The Henry Cort Community College before studying at Itchen College.