Where is elizabeth tweddle from

She was raised in Bunbury, Cheshire, England. Tweddle began competing in gymnastics at the age of seven at a local club Hartford School of Gymnastics , and was named to the British junior national team in In , she moved to the City of Liverpool Gymnastics Club.

Tweddle trains alongside other British gymnasts, such as Hannah Whelan. Tweddle won the British senior National Championships for the first time in Tweddle attended the Queens School in Chester. Tweddle's first major senior international competition was the World Championships, placing 24th in the all-around and ninth in the team event. In Tweddle won a bronze medal on the uneven bars at the European Artistic Gymnastic Championships European Championships in Patras, Greece, the first medal won by a British gymnast at a European Championship.

At the World Championships, Tweddle finished fourth on the uneven bars whilst at the Commonwealth Games, she won the all-around event and the uneven bars and finished second in the team event. In Tweddle won a bronze on the uneven bars at the World Championships, becoming the first female British gymnast ever to medal at a World Championships.

In , Tweddle won a silver medal on the uneven bars and placing fifth with the British team at the European Championships. At the Athens Olympic Games , Tweddle finished eleventh in the team competition and nineteenth in the all-around. At the World Cup finals in Birmingham, Tweddle won a silver medal on the uneven bars and placed fifth on floor. During the season, Tweddle withdrew from the European Championships through injury, after qualifying in the top eight for all events.

At the World Championships, Tweddle finished fourth in the floor and third in uneven bars. Due to injury sustained during the uneven bars, Tweddle withdrew from floor competition. Tweddle missed the Commonwealth Games due to injury, but later in the year won the gold medal on the uneven bars at the European Championships. Her victory was the first at a European Championships for a British gymnast. In October , Tweddle became Britain's first ever gymnastics World Champion by winning the uneven bars event with a score of Tweddle also finished fifth in the floor finals.

At the final major competition of , the World Cup final, Tweddle won the uneven bars. Tweddle won her seventh consecutive British National Championship title in July Later in the year, she competed with the British team at the World Championships, helping them to qualify a full team to the Olympics, but placed out of the medals in all events. At the European Championships in April, Tweddle won a silver medal on the floor and placed fourth on the uneven bars.

At the Beijing Olympic Games , Tweddle finished 4th on the uneven bars with a score of At the European Championships, Tweddle won gold medals on both floor exercise and bars.

Tweddle also won both events at the Glasgow Grand Prix. At the World Championships held in London Tweddle failed to qualify to the uneven Bars final, but won the Floor competition. Tweddle again took two gold medals at the European Championship in Birmingham, retaining both floor and bars titles.

The British team, of which she was part, also won silver in the team competition. At the World Championships in Rotterdam, in a reverse of her performance at the World Championships in , Tweddle failed to qualify for the floor final, but won the gold medal in the uneven Bars final.

Tweddle was named to the British team for the World Championships in Tokyo. Although she did not make the uneven bars final, she did cleanly perform an upgraded routine in the team final. Tweddle underwent knee surgery in early May.

She recovered in time to compete at the British Olympic Trials, where she had the highest score on the uneven bars. She went on to compete at the British National Championships. Although she did not compete full difficulty on her routines, she had the highest scores on uneven bars throughout the competition. During qualifications, Tweddle competed on floor and uneven bars for the British team. She qualified in first for the uneven bars event final. During the team final, Tweddle continued to compete on bars and floor.

Her score on uneven bars The British team finished sixth in the team final. In the uneven bars final, Tweddle performed fifth. She scored a Tweddle is the first female British gymnast to win an Olympic medal. In early an ankle injury meant Beth had to watch the Commonwealth Games from the stands - a title she was clear favourite for. But, as is Beth's style, injuries and set-backs only make her fight harder. Later on that year she performed a brand new routine on the bars at the European Championships, and this time she was unbeatable - Beth was crowned European Championships.

Her next big challenge would come in October, at the World Championships. During bars final Beth performed her daring and dynamic routine with aggression and determination, and topped it off with a stuck-cold landing.

Her reward - the title of World Champion! Beth won her seventh consecutive British National Championship title in July where she was awarded silver for her floor routine. At the World Championships later that year, Beth competed with the British team helping them to qualify a full team to the Olympics. In , at the European Championships, Beth won a silver medal on the floor exercise and placed fourth on bars.

At the British National Championships which followed, Beth unfortunately only competed in the uneven bars due to an ankle injury. Beth was selected for the British team for the Olympics, where she competed in the uneven bars and floor and qualified for the bars event final. In the final, she competed with the most difficult bars routine of the Games and placed 4th with a score of At the European Championships she won gold medals on both floor exercise and bars and also became Champion for both events at the World Student Games.

After failing to qualify to the uneven Bars final at the World Championships, Beth really showed her strength of character and won the Floor competition with an amazing routine that had the highest difficulty rating of all the other gymnasts. In October , Beth broke into the record books once again as she became World Bars Champion in Rotterdam with a score of