Ruby Esther Harrold was born on 4 June 1996 and is a British artistic gymnast who was a member of the British Olympic team for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
22 Facts About Ruby Harrold
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Ruby Harrold was a member of the British team that won the bronze medal in the team final at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
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Ruby Harrold contributed an all around score of 50.600 towards the British team's fifth-place finish.
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Ruby Harrold placed fourth in the all around with a score of 52.800.
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Ruby Harrold contributed an all around score of 50.300 toward the academy's fifth-place finish.
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Ruby Harrold placed second in the uneven bars final with a score of 13.250.
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In May, Ruby Harrold competed at the 2012 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Brussels, Belgium as a replacement for her injured teammate Imogen Cairns.
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Ruby Harrold contributed a vault score of 14.566 and an uneven bars score of 14.333 towards the British team's fourth-place finish.
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Ruby Harrold placed seventh in the uneven bars final with a score of 14.366.
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Ruby Harrold placed third in the uneven bars final with a score of 14.300.
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At the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Ruby Harrold finished 17th in the all-around and seventh in uneven bars.
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Ruby Harrold contributed an all-around score of 54.065 towards England's first-place finish.
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Ruby Harrold finished second in the individual all-around with a score of 55.232.
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Ruby Harrold won bronze in the Uneven bars final with a score of 14.366.
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In October Ruby Harrold competed at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Nanning, China, it was her second appearance at a World Championship event after first competing at the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.
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In qualification, Ruby Harrold contributed scores of 14.600 on vault, 14.733 on uneven bars, 13.700 on the balance beam and 13.733 on the floor for an all-around score of 56.766 and helping team Great Britain qualify in 4th place, a record breaking qualifying position for the team.
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Ruby Harrold scored 14.683 on vault, 14.400 on the uneven bars, 13.066 on the balance beam and 13.466 on the floor exercise to finish with a total of 55.615, just behind teammate Claudia Fragapane in 10th place.
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Ruby Harrold competed in her second World Championship uneven bars final after her first final in 2013.
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Ruby Harrold returned to competition at the British Team Championships where she helped The academy finish in third place contributing a score of 14.000 on the vault, 13.850 on the balance beam and 12.500 on the floor exercise.
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Later in that month, Ruby Harrold competed with Rebecca Tunney at the World Challenge Cup in Osijek, Croatia.
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Ruby Harrold won a gold medal in the uneven bars final with a score of 14.125,0.850 clear from silver medalist Annika Urvikko.
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In July, Ruby Harrold was named to Great Britain's women's gymnastics team for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, along with Becky Downie, Ellie Downie, Claudia Fragapane, and Amy Tinkler.